Pizzica

Dinner options aren’t plentiful since most eateries close in the evening, and if they open, they kinda suck. We are not going near any Chinese, Vietnamese or Thai restaurants. Nope. Of course there would be pizza at some point. Ugh. Thankfully not Domino’s. Pizzica came highly recommended, and the kitchen closes at 9pm. Made a reservation and happily lingered all the way till 8.45pm.

Ordered two types of meatballs of which the table eagerly inhaled and slathered the tomato gravy on the bread. I loved tomato sauce on bread. Mopped up everything with bread. We also had beef stew and grilled pork ribs. They were all right, a tad under-salted. I was curious about the oxtail stew that included sultanas and pine nuts and served with grilled polenta, but there wasn't any more stomach or table space. Hahaha.

Of course the man wanted pizza. He loves 'em pizzas. I will never understand why. The two pizzas of verdure and cesarina (with anchovies) were apparently delicious. I took his word for it. Between pizza and chicken, guess what I chose? Hahahha. I pushed for the charcoal-grilled chicken (half portion). The bird was so beautifully marinated. It was delicious. It must be the chickens reared in these parts. I ate it all.

The house wine was a 2018 cabernet merlot produced by Carpe Diem Vineyards. Very easy and drinkable. We ignored the rest of the wines on the menu, which were not very coherently priced. Some local Margaret River options and Italian reds. Some of the Italian labels were actually over-priced and cost more than what some Singapore restaurants offer. There wasn’t any that we were particularly interested in, and the prices were similar to Singapore’s.

The crazy people had space for dessert. They ordered deep-fried pizza dough topped with nutella. OMG. What on earth is that? It's a crazy sugar, carb plus whatever else fatty bomb! It was a huge serving! There was talk of packing it back to the apartment to drink with apple cider. You know what, fifteen minutes later, they finished it all. It was madness.