tony's little italy pizza

tony's little italy pizza
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

as a part of ramping up on trying new places in LA, i have joined a food group - pleasure palate. our first tasting led us to a little place in placentia serving deep dish chicago style pizza--something only described to me and loved by mike, who is from chicago, before this experience.

this pizza takes about 30 min to cook, but i thought was worth the wait. the tomato sauce was sweeter than most, and there was about two inches of crust & mostly cheese. I found the pizza tasty and enjoyable, and cheese is always good, but felt there weren't more strong flavors. one thing i had hoped for was more flavor to the crust, which is a prominent part of this style of pizza. this is of course, my first experience, and coming from someone who loves thin crust pizza. still, one thing i remember about the pizza i had at di fara's in new york was that you could taste the crust.

another thing i noticed was the lack of "stuff" in the pizza. the cheese was rather nondescript, so it helps to have other ingredients add some flavor, but they--mushrooms, peppers, etc.---were sparse.

it wasn't mind-blowing pizza, but a good introduction to chicago style pizza, which i'll have to try more of. oh, this definitely fills you up. eating one slice is more like eating a stack of two. i still feel two hours later like i have a brick of cheese in my stomach. not necessarily bad, but food coma-inspiring.