Pizzeria a Venetto

Pizzeria is a New York style pizza house located in Glorietta. The pizza sizes are quite large by Manila standard although the newer pizza shops have adopted the same strategy such as the Yellow Cab, Brooklyn etc. The pasta dishes are meant to be shared coming in on huge serving portions while the shop offers an assortment of entrees, soups, salads and desserts.

I have been to Pizzeria a number of times and I have never been disappointed as the shop is best known for better value for money spending. Today, I was with Allan, my best friend from La Salle days. We meet up for lunch as he was in Glorietta to pick-up his Gold's Gym membership card. I seldom had the chance to eat lunch with Allan as he now lives in Pasig and doesn't do anymore the usual employment. He is quietly having the time of his life, being in semi-retirement mode and enjoying a good ole view of the Antipolo mountains from his flat.

Allan wanted to try the appetizer platter and the pesto pasta with chicken. I thought, we should order a small pizza as well, just so he can sample Pizzeria pizza. The appetizer platter came in with onion rings, french fries, crab stick crispies and buffalo wings. I wasn't impressed with the onion rings, I thought it lacked the taste. On its own, it wasn't appetizing at all despite the french onion dip that came with it. French fries was ok though it was a little bland. The crab sticks were a surprise because it came in like cheese sticks dipped in bread crumbs and deep-fryed. I liked the buffalo wings as it was like no other. It was caramelized in spices and wasn't too sweet nor too spicy I could eat a couple of it without complaining.

I was no fan of pesto although I like the pine nut flavor but it was light and refreshing. The saving grace for me was the hungarian sausage topping the pasta but Allan would rather prefer the shublig instead. I sure wasn't able to eat much pasta, but it wasn't too bad an order for me. The pizza came with hefty toppings of peperoni, parma ham, green bell pepper, onions, mozzarella cheese, and others I could no longer identify. It was good a pizza, but I thought, large family size pizzas tasted better than their small size variants. Maybe because small size pizzas get cooked faster, and the crust isn't just the same had it been its big brother counterpart.

I had Coke light with Allan opted for water with lemon slice. He worked had to shed some unwanted poundage and he's gearing to maintaining a healthier lifestyle thereafter. I thought he must lost some 20 pounds since and he's not stopping yet though his scale reads 140 now. It really takes a lot of discipline and self-control to maintain a healthy living regimen.

The total bill came in at around Php740.00 or about $7.56 per person.