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2010-07-18
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Rumours abound that the newly established NYPD Pizza Shop has received awards in China as well as in International Pizza Contests for their New York Styled pizzas. Much like the previous Taiwanese Noodles shop I had just reviewed, which similarly has also received a multitude of awards, I figured the mission of a Foodie is to try it out before you judge - I mean can you just believe and rely on some glamourised awards, especially when its literally untraceable and possibly acquired thru unof
And here I was, parlaying my World Cup winnings on a Pizza Shop to seek out the truth for myself.....
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SNACK PLATTER :
This is composed of 3 Buffalo Wings, 3 pieces of Garlic Bread and 3 singular Potato Wedges...... let me elaborate on the latter: how often in your life, have you received just three pitiful potato wedges only, in any servings of food platter? Let alone three under-fried and overly oily pieces. The garlic breads were chewy, also under baked, and this scheme of things extended to the under fried Buffalo Wings, which had an external skin texture similar to undercooked chicken. I might sound extra mean tonight, but let me reiterate again the fact that I had just received a grand total of 3 individual potato wedges in a so called Snacks attack platter. Regardless if its not tasty anyway, may I urge the shop to seriously reconsider how ridiculous their niggardly portioning really is. It won't win you extra customers. 2/5
NEW YORK SUPREME PIZZA - THICK CRUST :
Fortunately, the thickish crusted pizza, "supposedly" New York styled is not as mediocre as the above. What really intrigued me still, is how this pizza ended up becoming so 'red oily' on each and every bite, reminiscent of my super oily experience at 程班長. Is this the red meat oil leaking out from the pepperoni when its being baked? I thought the overall composition of this pizza with its assortment of cured meats and diced capsicum together with a strong mozzarella cheese wasn't bad, but I did think its pizza dough base is too chewy and dense to be considered a good New York pizza. Its not cheap either, at $108 for 12 inches. 3.5/5
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NYPD PIZZA in a way did satisfy the hype, as it really reminds me of one of many styles of pizzas available throughout New York and America (EDIT: Though not necessarily the most technically correct New York Style!), also its different from the traditional Italian versions or localised HK offerings served with either too much Tomato paste or Thousand Island sauce. I can trust that NYPD is working hard to distinguish itself from other normalised pizza outlets.
However the below par quality of the Snack Pack, the presence of too much oil in the pizza, as well as the overly elastic pizza dough base, has much more room for improvement indeed. I might be willing to give this shop another try soon - but if they do not find the solution on how to improve their food, they might not be so lucky to retain a recurrent customer by next time!
High '3'
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