Blue Label Pizza
So we'd just watched this rom-com "Little Italy", which chemistry between leads Emma Roberts and easy-on-the-eye Hayden Christensen (say what you will about his disaster role as a young Anakin Skywalker in the gawdawful Star Wars prequel trilogies, but mannnn, he's sizzling hawt stuff) played sideshow to the real star of the movie: pizza. Like Burnt with fine dining and Chef with food truck cubanos, watching this made us crave pizza. Like, we were struck with a serious hankering for pizza by the time the credits rolled around. And at 11 o'clock at night, no less.
Lucky for us there was Blue Label Pizza, a late-night pizzeria that possibly serves up the best pizzas in town. Here, the Italian classic is given a modern twist, so you get hipster toppings like kale and manchego, and bases studded with sesame seeds. IT WAS AMAZING. We're not big on pizza, but we both agreed, while stuffing our face with pizza, that Blue Label Pizza made carb-loading satisfyingly, and not at all guiltily, worthwhile.
One gripe though: I'm not a fan of the space. The tight, stunted space, already claustrophobically cramped with its low ceilings, was exacerbated by the furnishing of high tables and bar stools. I would have thought it made more sense to fill out a small, low-hanging restaurant with shorter tables and chairs that were lower to the ground. Clearly, the architect didn't get the memo on scale parity. The Hubs felt like Gulliver in Lilliput.
A signature and an absolute must-try, the Blue Label State Fair Fries ($25) were just out-of-this-world. Idaho potatoes are treated three ways: brined, boiled and then fried. but the kicker was the frills: a black-pepper spiked veal jus (insanely good I tell ya), fried egg aioli and shaved black truffle. So damn good I could cry.
Many places tend to churn out overwhelmingly synthetic smelling truffle dishes. But the Black Magic ($38) was surprisingly balanced and nuanced. The heady pungency of manchego was a wonderful contrast to the black truffle cream and truffle sprinkles, while jamon iberico and asparagus lent texture and another dimension.
A must for meat-lovers, the J-Dog ($32) was an explosion of bold, stout flavours. The trinity of pork sausage, bacon, and pepperoni, was set against the spice of jalepeno and tang of red tomato sauce. Also, the crust was outstanding, and what I initially thought was just sesame seeds had been given a punchier boost with cumin.
Blue Label Pizza & Wine
28 Ann Siang Hill
Tel: 9821 9362
Open for lunch from Monday to Friday from 12-2pm;
dinner from Monday to Saturday from 6pm to 12midnight
Closed on Sundays
Website: www.bluelabelpizza.com
Lucky for us there was Blue Label Pizza, a late-night pizzeria that possibly serves up the best pizzas in town. Here, the Italian classic is given a modern twist, so you get hipster toppings like kale and manchego, and bases studded with sesame seeds. IT WAS AMAZING. We're not big on pizza, but we both agreed, while stuffing our face with pizza, that Blue Label Pizza made carb-loading satisfyingly, and not at all guiltily, worthwhile.
One gripe though: I'm not a fan of the space. The tight, stunted space, already claustrophobically cramped with its low ceilings, was exacerbated by the furnishing of high tables and bar stools. I would have thought it made more sense to fill out a small, low-hanging restaurant with shorter tables and chairs that were lower to the ground. Clearly, the architect didn't get the memo on scale parity. The Hubs felt like Gulliver in Lilliput.
A signature and an absolute must-try, the Blue Label State Fair Fries ($25) were just out-of-this-world. Idaho potatoes are treated three ways: brined, boiled and then fried. but the kicker was the frills: a black-pepper spiked veal jus (insanely good I tell ya), fried egg aioli and shaved black truffle. So damn good I could cry.
Many places tend to churn out overwhelmingly synthetic smelling truffle dishes. But the Black Magic ($38) was surprisingly balanced and nuanced. The heady pungency of manchego was a wonderful contrast to the black truffle cream and truffle sprinkles, while jamon iberico and asparagus lent texture and another dimension.
A must for meat-lovers, the J-Dog ($32) was an explosion of bold, stout flavours. The trinity of pork sausage, bacon, and pepperoni, was set against the spice of jalepeno and tang of red tomato sauce. Also, the crust was outstanding, and what I initially thought was just sesame seeds had been given a punchier boost with cumin.
Blue Label Pizza & Wine
28 Ann Siang Hill
Tel: 9821 9362
Open for lunch from Monday to Friday from 12-2pm;
dinner from Monday to Saturday from 6pm to 12midnight
Closed on Sundays
Website: www.bluelabelpizza.com
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