His name is Vincenzo.
If you meet him and eat his pizza, you'll never forget him.
The place is called "Caffè Italiano", and it's just steps away from Piazza della Signoria, in a tiny street called Via delle Stinche:
What you'll see is a beautiful restaurant (great for special occasions!) but if you pay attention you'll notice that one of the doors (the third in this photo) actually lets you in a small pizza place with a beautiful wood-burning oven and a smiling man behind it - that's the famous Pizzeria del Caffè Italiano, and he is famous Vincenzo!
...and this is Vincenzo's famous bancone where he mixes just a few, fresh and high quality ingredients to make his delicious pizza
He only uses flower, water, fresh tomatoes, basil, and of course high quality olive oil.
You can choose between three types of pizza, all of which have the tomato sauce base:
-Marinara: with tomato and garlic
-Margherita: with mozzarella and basil
-Napoletana: with mozzarella, anchovies and capers (very tasty!)
You might wonder: why only three?
Well, because that's how real pizza is! - Vincenzo explained to me. In Naples, where he comes from and where pizza was invented, the best pizza is the most simple: marinara. And that's what he prepares for his clients: excellence and simplicity - a perfect combination.
...and here it is:
I can smell the perfume just looking at the photo...yum!
Enjoy!
i have been fortunate enough to have pizza in rome and it was the most delicious thing i ever tasted in my life. i have no idea why everyone else in the world does not make their pizza the same way. it was large looking, took up the whole plate and i thought, wow, i'll never eat all of this. but it was so thin and it melted in my mouth and i certainly ate the whole thing and would do so again with the opportunity!
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