It's more than just dough and cheese at
Singapore's top gourmet pizza joints: expect lovingly hand-crafted
pizzas with an imaginative array of toppings and perfectly
blistered crust. And watch out for the new contenders.
This contemporary pizza bar has a
maverick, multiple-flour recipe for the crust and a DIY
customizable concept with toppings like Manchego cheese, chipotle
chicken, chorizo, white truffle oil and more. They also stock craft
beers from California’s Lost Coast Brewery. Their original branch
still stands at Suntec City. #01-06 60 Robertson
Quay, 6836-9207, www.facebook.com/altpizza.
Open Wed-Thu 5pm-10pm; Fri 5pm-11pm; Sat 11am-11pm; Sun
11am-10pm.
This Aussie import has proven itself
with the quick takeaway concept and solid pizzas. Not only do they
do a dizzying array of nine sauces like hoisin, satay and sweet
chilli, they do delicious thin-crust rectangular pizzas with
progressive options like roast duck complete with bok choy, spring
onions and sesame seeds; salmon benedict drizzled with Hollandaise
sauce; and classic reinventions like smoked ham and pineapple, and
a new version of a Hawaiian made with brie cheese and
basil. 34B Lorong
Mambong, 6467-2224, www.crustpizza.com.sg.
Open Mon-Thu noon-11pm; Fri-Sat noon-1am; Sun
noon-midnight.
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This
casual but classy Italian restaurant at the very pretty Capitol
Piazza has the full breadth of stuff: antipasti, pastas, panini and
more, but particularly exciting is their selection of over two
dozen thin-crust pizzas, all cutely named after women. Seafood
lovers, get the Sofia, which comes with shrimp, mussels,
scallops and calamari, and vegetarians won't feel forgotten with
options like the Quinta, with egg and black truffle paste. There
are five branches around town, including a great one on Club
Street. Full list here.
A mainstay with the Holland Village
crowd, this casual pizza joint decked out in cowhide and lots of
wood has a huge wine selection and good pizza options. There are
sandwiches, meat balls, and salads, as well as desserts like sinful
profiteroles. We love the thin-crusted tomato, mozzarella, pink
peppercorn, avocado and rosemary chicken, but kudos goes to their
simple ricotta, parmesan and salami calzone (folded pizza) that
cuts open with steamy deliciousness. #01-46 44 Jalan Merah Saga,
6479-6059, www.dapaolo.com.sg.
Open Mon-Fri Noon-2.30pm, 5.30pm-10.30pm; Sat-Sun
11am-10.30pm
If there's something you must get at
this Sicilian eatery, it's their pizza or pizza-related dishes,
starting from their pizza crust-like bread (schiacciata), with
mascarpone and truffle, to their thin-crust Neapolitan-style white
pizza with mozzarella, porcini mushrooms, truffle paste and
homemade pork sausage, to their signature Etna pizza with
mozzarella, porcini mushrooms, Parma ham, cream cheese and
pistachio. 49/50
Duxton Road, 6220-5513, www.etnaitalianrestaurant.com.sg.
Open daily noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm.
A New York-style pizza joint that
originated in Brooklyn, this no-frills, tile-walled place is new to
this list and has an oven right in the middle of the dining room
and pushes out Neapolitan-style gourmet pies with toppings like
brocolli rabe, pancetta and mozzarella. The tangy tomato sauce is
definitely something to write home about. #01-01A Merchant's Court 3A River
Valley Rd, 6334-4968, www.motorinopizza.com/singapore.
Open Sun-Thu 11.30am-11pm; Fri-Sat 11.30am-midnight.
This affordable Italian eatery does
thin-crust pizza justice. The plate-sized wheels of goodness come
in mouth-watering variations like their signature La Nonna, a
tomato-based concoction of mozzarella, Parmesan, asparagus, black
truffle and a sunny-side up egg in the middle. For something more
adventurous, the Nera has squid ink, tomato, mozzarella, scallops,
prawns and calamari. 26 Lor Mambong,
6468-1982, www.lanonna.sg.
Open daily noon-2pm, 6pm-10pm.
When it comes to making pizzas, few do
it better than Mario Batali. His famed pizza bar (however divisive)
puts out some good plates. Although we may skip the appetizers,
don't miss pizzas like fennel sausage with cream, red onion and
scallions; a hearty egg, guanciale, greens and bagna cuada (a
garlic-anchovy butter sauce); and a creamy buricotta (a hybrid of
burrata and ricotta), peperonata, oregano and
olives. #B1-42/46
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 2 Bayfront
Avenue, www.singapore.pizzeriamozza.com.
Open daily noon-11pm.
Tranquil surroundings and show-stopping
floral arrangements aside, the second outlet of this takeaway
concept has a larger eat-in space. We hem and haw at all that
cardboard and plastic, but fall victim to creations like the
tomato-based Kurobuta pork fennel sausage, capsicum and mozzarella
creation, as well as the carbonara, a white pizza topped with
pancetta, sage, Parmesan cream, bacon, mozzarella and pecorino.
Vegetarians should go for the decadent Green Goddess, with
broccoli, peas, French beans, spinach, capsicum, sugar snaps,
mozzarella and goat cheese. 38 Martin Rd.,
8188-6191, www.pscafe.com.
Open daily 9.30am-11pm.
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