Pizzeria Oggi 拿坡里披薩
I Highly Recommend ☆☆☆☆☆
Taipei restaurant offering: Authentic Italian Napoletana & Romana Pizza / Dessert Pizza / Calzone / Salad / Soup / Dessert / Appetizers / Wine / Beer / Sparkling Water / Soda / Juice / Tea
Address:
No. 124, Sec. 3, Minquan E. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City 105
台北市松山區民權東路三段124號
Phone: (02) 2718-3200
Hours: Mon - Fri: 11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:30pm - 9:30pm,
Sat & Sun: 11:30am - 9:30pm
Last Reviewed: 23 August 2015
There are very few authentic Italian pizza places in Taipei. At the time of this review, I'm only aware of Pizzeria Oggi 拿坡里披薩專 and Zoca Pizza 佐佧比薩 living up to the label of authentic Italian pizza--certification or no certification. Pizzeria Oggi's Tom Hsieh (謝宜榮) is a cookbook author and a chef who has worked at several five-star hotels in Taipei. Pizzeria Oggi is one of the few establishments in Taiwan that is certified by the AVPN (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana)--Zoca isn't on the list, but they are authentic, too.
Pizzeria Oggi is meticulous in their process of making authentic pizza: They use a wood-fired oven; the pizza dough is made with premium flour from Italy’s Molino Caputo, one of the world’s top pizza flour makers; only fresh ingredients are used; Himalayan sea salt and black pepper grinders are available on tables; slightly spicy olive oil to pour on your pizza is also on tables, as it is at many authentic Italian pizza joints in Italy. This last point--the spicy olive oil--is something that I have definitely missed at pizza places whilst living and eating in Taipei and was ecstatic to have found it at Oggi; I'm an olive oil fiend!
Pizzeria Oggi creates two styles of pizza: thin crust Roman pizza and Neapolitan pizza. They also make dessert pizza, which includes their sought-after banana Nutella pizza. They even offer some wheat-crust pizza choices. On my visit Oggi was temporarily out of stock of the Neapolitan-pizza ingredients, so we only got to try their Roman-style crust pizza, so unfortunately I wasn't able to compare it to Zoca Pizza's Neapolitan pizza; this will have to wait for another visit. Oggi's Roman-style pizzas were authentic down to the details and were completely delicious. Some may accuse Oggi of skimping on cheese; however, the amount of cheese they use is the authentic amount, it isn't suppose to be covering the whole pizza. This is where New York-style pizza comes in; it was introduced in America by Italian immigrants who took their authentic Roman-style thin crust pizza and completely covered it with a thin layer of cheese--not the outer crust, of course.
Pizzeria Oggi may be more expensive than Zoca Pizza, but will definitely satisfy anyone if the amount of money leaving your wallet/purse is ignored.
Vegetarian options: Vegetariano (NT$450), Margherita (NT$320), Pizza Marinara (NT$300), Funghi & Tartufo (NT$520), Fico & Formaggi (NT$520), Bruschettone Napoletano (NT$600), Pizza con Nutella (NT$450), Mascarpone Dolce Pizza (NT$500), Oggi Salad (NT$260), Vegetable and Tomato Soup (NT$100), and Arugula Salad (NT$330)
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Address:
No. 124, Sec. 3, Minquan E. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City 105 台北市松山區民權東路三段124號 Phone: 02-2718-3200 Hours: Mon-Fri: 11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:30pm - 9:30pm, Sat & Sun: 11:30am - 9:30pm Chinese, English, & Japanese (not ingredients) Menu Average Pizza: NT$475 Credit Cards Accepted Takes Reservations Free Wi-Fi All Pizzeria Oggi locations Click on link below for a Google STREET VIEW Minquan E. Rd. Pizzeria Oggi |
Chef 谢宜荣 gives us a look into how he makes his dough, pizza, and the method of cooking a pizza in a wood-fired oven.
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