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Pizzito

I'm happy to report that we've finally discovered "our" pizza and burrito joints in Philadelphia!

1) L's friend tipped everyone off to La Fourno on South Street. We must have walked past it dozens of times without giving it another thought; it looks like your average Italian restaurant and not particularly like a neighborhood pizza joint. Our waitress was extremely nice and helpful. We opted for half Margherita and half Pesto because we couldn’t decide. The small pie was cut into 6 slices, the equivalent of 1.5 regular big pie slices for each of us. Both be and I loved the pizza. The problem we’d been having with pizza in Philly was the crust – toppings, cheese and sauce were usually fine to great, but all the crusts we’d come across were soft, floppy and lacking in salt. La Fourno gets it right, with a thin crisp crust, flavored well and a pleasure to eat. Note however, if you’re ordering a saucy or topping heavy pizza, you’d better eat fast lest your crust gets soggy and wet!

2) Yesterday, on L's recommendation, we had burritos at Santa Fe Burrito on 11th Street. We've had good burritos all around Philadelphia but nothing so far had been exactly what we've wanted. For instance, the guacamole at El Fuego was excellent but the beans and hot sauce were lacking. Walking into Santa Fe, we were delighted to find numerous vegetarian, vegan and unusual burrito options that included things like tofu, jalepeno hummus, roasted vegetables and even FAUX MEAT made from wheat gluten! I opted for a "mini" burrito with beans, rice and cheese while be pounced on the faux meat large burrito. Both were very well flavored and delicious. The wheat gluten was cooked in a spiced sauce and was so meaty that we were a bit worried they mistakenly gave us real meat! My rice was real rice (not converted as many places tend to use) and the black beans were addictive. Next time i'm going to ask for hot sauce or chiles but otherwise my burrito was perfect!

posted by beXn @ 9:57 AM