I am quite a frequent visitor to Bangalore as my son is based there. Our entire family has a common love of pizzas, so whenever we get together a few times in a year, we make it a point to visit a pizza restaurant at least once. During our recent trips to Bangalore, there are two specific places that I absolutely loved – Pizza 4P’s and Si Nonna’s. Both are very popular places where you mostly need a reservation to get a seat. And their pizzas really stand out, due to their specialities – cheese for the first and sourdough bread for the second.
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| Pizza 4P's: Burrata Salad Pizza |
Pizza 4P’s is a Vietnamese chain of pizzerias. Originating in Vietnam, the chain has outlets in five countries. The only outlet in India is at Indiranagar, Bangalore. There is so much demand for this outlet that you need to book in advance, for the weekends, the reservation is often full, 2-3 weeks in advance.
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The biggest attraction of this place is that they make their own cheese. They have a Cheese Lab on the top floor, where you can watch the preparation of various types of cheese. One of their signatures on the menu is the Assorted Cheese Platter that you can try out while waiting for your pizza to be prepared. Different varieties of cheese are served with pizza dough, and the net result is exceptional.
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| Assorted Cheese Platter at Pizza4P's |
For couples and small group who want to try different pizzas, they have something called Half and Half, where two flavours are presented in one pizza. From the vegetarian lot, we tried the Burrata Salad pizza, with a blob of burrata cheese, rocket leaves, veggies on olive and caper sauce. They have a non-vegetarian version of this pizza with Parma Ham too. The pizza was absolutely ravishing, with the cheese in the middle so fresh.
The other interesting options in the vegetarian section seemed to be the Premium Mushroom and Eggplant Margherita.
From the non-vegetarian choices, we did a half and half of Garlic Shrimp (the sauce was Arrabiata) and Pepperoni. Apart from the cheese, a major differentiator at Pizza4P’s is that they have many oriental flavours on their pizzas too – Korean Bulgogi, Yakitori Chicken, Okonomiyaki being some examples.
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| Pizza 4P's : Garlic Shrimp & Pepperoni |
Apart from pizzas, they have some contemporary Italian dishes – Shrimp Arrabiata with Mascapone and Spaghetti, Mushroom Carbonara, and Japanese style Mushroom Pepperonchino are some that looked interesting.
The pizzeria is a fusion of Italian and oriental flavours. This, and their fresh cheese are stuff that make the restaurant interesting. The delightful service adds to the experience.
The second place I want to talk about is Si Nonna’s. It is an Indian chain of pizzeria with multiple outlets in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Surat and Ahmedabad. Bangalore has quite a few branches, and the nearest one for us was Koramangala. It was a weeknight and the pizzeria was full, but we were lucky to get a table easily.
Si Nonna’s is known for its Neapolitan pizzas, and is especially liked for its sourdough bases that are made in-house. They brand their pizzas as “The Original Sourdough Pizza”.
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| Si Nonna's: Spicy Chicken & Jalapeno |
The pizzas here are soft and fluffy giving it a unique taste. The menu made interesting reading with the pizza varieties numbers 1 through 10. They also have a variety of oven baked starters – we ordered a Spicy Chicken & Jalapeno that had mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Served with bread, it was a delightful start to our meal.
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| Si Nonna's No 4 (Fior De Latte Mozzarella, Ricotta, Blue Cheese & Parmasan with a topping of cherry tomato and basil) |
The pizzas that we requisitioned were No 4 (Fior De Latte Mozzarella, Ricotta, Blue Cheese & Parmasan with a topping of cherry tomato and basil), a vegetarian cheese-rich beauty and No 10 with cheese variants and Belgian Pork Bacon topping. The combination was much appreciated one being cheesy, and the other meaty, with the thin crust sourdough base providing an ideal foil to the toppings. It was indeed a very interesting meal with Peach Tea to go along with it.
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| Si Nonna's No 10 with cheese variants and Belgian Pork Bacon topping |
The other pizzas that may be worth a try includes No 5 (Mushroom and Mushroom cream with assorted cheese) and for chicken lovers No 7 (Chicken Pepperoni with Mozzarella).
Service here is good too, my son owing to multiple visits knew the wait staff by name. This helped too.
Bangalore has many other big names in pizzas like Toscano, Chianti and Brick Oven. Look forward to exploring them soon.
