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Homeslice, Covent Garden

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Homeslice is pure pizza heaven. You won’t find any salads, puddings or pastas here, it’s just delicious pizza. Nothing more. Nothing less.

After two years on the street, these pizza enthusiasts have found a home in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden. Here they’ve built giant wood fire ovens and produce huge 20″ pizzas to eat in or out, by the slice or whole.

Interestingly, the news of Homeslice’s arrival on the London food scene has been quite hush-hush. Everyone who is in the know wants to keep it as their little secret. I can’t help but blab about it.

It is definitely a real foodie destination and you have to be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get seriously messy. Egged-on by the sweet waitress, we went large with a whole 20″ pizza to share between just the two of us – this costs just £20 (slices are £4 each). With eight unusual options on the menu it is hard to select just one, so you can choose to have half-and-half. After much deliberation, we chose the salami and rocket, and the caprese pizza. Also on the menu was: mackerel, mint and pea; oxtail with horseradish cream; black pudding with apple and watercress. We weren’t brave enough to try any of these.

The bases are so thin they almost disintegrate in your hand, we found it easier to roll or fold the pizza before stuffing it in our mouths. The toppings are evenly piled on top, ultra fresh and tasty. Our favourite was the salami and rocket, a lovely combination of spicy meat and peppery leaves topped with creamy mozzarella.

Homeslice offers good food fast, a mecca for pizza lovers.

More information here: www.homeslicepizza.co.uk

Pizza Places in London

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After a summer spent in Italy trying the very best pizza places, I was inspired to comb London for what is on offer for pizza loving Brits. The burger craze seems to be taking a much deserved break, making room for European fast food, and pizza is top of the menu. Quick, easy and with so many varieties and styles, it is clear why pizza is so popular all over the globe.

Pizza Pilgrims: After thrilling the streets of London with their pop-up pizza van, the Pizza Pilgrims (brothers Tom and James) have finally opened up a restaurant on Dean Street, smack bang between Jazz Pizza Express and Soho Joe’s Pizzeria! They are using all the precious knowledge and experience gathered on their Pizza Pilgrimage across Italy to present Londoners with tasty pizzas and a fun retro café to enjoy them in. After an hour wait, we were ravenous and really enjoyed the Salsiccia e Friarielli and Nduja pizzas. Yum.

Franco Manca: Now with five branches across London, enthusiasm for Franco Manca’s sourdough-based pizzas is growing at speed. They are made with the best tomatoes, cheese, meat and vegetables and the taste has a Mediterranean freshness about it. I thought my pizza was the best, number 6: tomato, organic cured chorizo (dry and semi-dry) and mozzarella (£6.95) – a soft and airy base topped with peppery chorizo, rich in flavour and blissfully luxurious.

Santa Maria: This adorable little pizzeria is located in Ealing and is always heaving with hungry locals. The traditional Neapolitan is cooked in the wood fired oven giving a lovely taste and crisp base. Often voted as the best pizza in London, this fiercely authentic little restaurant is worth seeking out. There are so many delicious choices, but the Sant’Anna is a firm favourite with regular visitors.

Homeslice: Another new fixture on the London streets is Homeslice, a passionate company who spent two years serving from a mobile wood fired oven in the courtyard of London Fields brewery. Located in lovely Covent Garden, this pizzeria is ideal for a shopping refuel. You can either have a mega slice (roughly 20 inches) for sharing between two or three people, or a half and half 20 inch of two flavours of your choice. They are extra thin and topped with intriguing and wonderful toppings like pork belly, chimichurri and smoked onion… mmmmm.

Pizza East: Each of the Pizza East venues has an industrial but charming feel, providing a lovely place to relax and feast. I have been meaning to visit this modern pizzeria for a while and was glad to finally tick it off my list after eating at the seriously trendy Portobello branch. The place was very busy, and I observed the obvious enjoyment around me. Pizzas are piled high with vibrantly fresh ingredients, but be warned the prices are ludicrously high. We shared the Spicy sausage, mozzarella and broccoli and the Aubergine with tomato, buffalo mozzarella and pesto, and enjoyed the flavours but not the bill!

Pick your pizzeria of choice and gorge on Italy’s finest contribution to the British restaurant scene.