Pizza: A story of true love - Part 1

Anyone who knows me is aware that I have broad, yet specific tastes when it comes to food; I will go far out of my way to get the ideal version of something. I’ve biked a 30-kilometer round trip for Portuguese chicken; which also means I'm getting the half-chicken dinner with two sides because I earned that shit. Pizza, on the other hand, is acceptable in any form.

While my previous post may have detailed a complicated relationship with coffee, my love for pizza is pure. I will eat bad pizza out of the fridge or some pretentious Neapolitan pizza with similar amounts of enthusiasm; it comforts me all the same. Even frozen pizza is good if you pick it up on sale and ignore the inevitable consequence of feeling like you're trying to digest carpet underpadding.

I currently live above a pizza shop called AMS Pizza and Wings/Apu’s Bistro. Apu makes everything you could imagine and he makes it well. The day I moved into my apartment I had some time to kill before my helpers showed up to haul all my stuff up to my new place. I saw Apu’s shop and knew I needed a quick slice to both keep me going and calm me down from the anxiety that moving day always brings me. It did the trick and from then on he has been my go to purveyor of quick meals composed of two crispy, hot pepperoni slices. I eat at Apu’s all the time and his skills extend far beyond pizza and wings, which I will detail in the future. But I know I can always dip in for a quick slice to satiate my craving.

Two fresh pepperoni slices from AMS Pizza and Wings that I scarfed down before going grocery shopping. Never shop for food when your hungry.

Pizza is a beautiful canvas composed of fat and carbs upon which you can create anything your tastebuds desire. I love almost everything on pizza; olives, pineapple, anchovies (which are basically meat olives) and asparagus - all are valid toppings. Descendant Detroit Style Pizza has a Jaffna pizza that has mango chutney, coconut sambol and cilantro cream among other fantastic things. Yes it's pizza and it's one of the greatest things Ive ever eaten. I have and will eat any pizza. It's all good; pizza, I love you.