This might sound a little strange, but if there is one thing about this Hamburger Al Formaggio thin crust pizza that I like, it is the rocket lettuce that they scatter so generously on top of the pizza.
See, many people would heap praises on the béchamel, the crispy, crunchy beef bits, the beef ragu, the thick, gooey mozzarella cheese and the fresh, lovely cherry tomatoes, and I do, too, but what I really, really do love about this whole pizza are its leafy greens.
To me, the rocket makes all the difference.
Faintly bitter, it pops up at the back of your tongue and is a surprising complement with each bite of the pizza. No more does your pizza taste merely salty, chewy, crunchy, crispy, or even juicy, now there's the rocket which adds a bit of raw texture and throws that hint of bitter.
I like it.
Beats eating the leaves alone as a salad with vinaigrette, and it was rather fun trying to prevent the lettuce from falling off the pizza,..
The menu at Pizza Express looks to be a carefully curated one. It is one where you don't get the usual Hawaiian (ham, pineapple and cheese) but it offers you a variety of classic pizzas, Romana pizzas and even localized ones- there was a Laksa one, I saw. And they have salads and starters and desserts.
We haven't tried their salads or desserts, but we did have one of their starters. They call it Doppio, and essentially it is a dish of cute little bread balls served with three dips of garlic butter, spiced tomato and pesto.