6/18/09

Brooklyn Pizza in the hood of Manila

I'm always trying to find different pizza joints from local and international franchises to mom-and-pop shops. I'm not a pizza snob by any means and its all a matter of preference really. I prefer thin crusted like the Italian ones (especially brick oven ones with the slight burnt cheese bubbly parts) but could always go for the thick Chicago style pizza too.

Jojo actually recommended Brooklyn Pizza since he has one close to his shop in Makati. I've seen this pizza shop sprouting around the area and I didn't think much of it really. I thought it was one of those places that use a US name, but is Filipino in taste.

I ordered the White Pesto pizza and he orders his all time favorite the Porko with extra anchovies.



Verdict:
Me likey-likey. Authentic pesto....not inundated with it, just little drops of pesto within the white cheese. The crust could have a little bit more crispness to it, but that could just be a matter of the food sitting still while waiting for delivery. So its tagline "A slice of New York" can probably suffice for Manila because it comes close to the pizzas back home. Since we've already ordered enough times, I can consistently say I recommend the White Cheese Pesto. The Porko is recommended by Jojo as this is his favorite, basically all meat type pizza.

What makes them so different?
They offer half pizzas (literally a half a pizza box which means they don't waste on packaging thus saving on resources :-)). Even at a half pizza, you are able to split the pizza into separate pizza slices and toppings. That is fairly rare in a pizza shop...you normally can't have it your way. The cost for what you see in the photo, P320 for a half size pizza or P80 a slice. It costs less than a slice in Sbarro...as just a plain white cheese pizza is about P85.


They also offer pastas and buffalo wings, which I will try next time. My quest for good wings is on-going here in Manila, so if you have any suggestions let me know. My criteria for it: big crispy wings, tangy, spicy, buttery flavor. It also has to have either ranch or bleu cheese dressing on the side please....and some celery sticks (heck I'll take carrot sticks as a substitute). If you guys have any recommendations, please let me know.

For locations and contact numbers, you can call them at the following. They do deliver!