Earlier this week I checked out the latest Italian pizza bar in King’s Cross called Pizza Union. First thoughts? Fast-foody, small American restaurant! To my surprise, you walk in and see a bright lion head neon light by the entrance and the restaurant was buzzzzing…and it’s Monday. I did my research before I arrived and wanted to sit where there were tiled tables and away from the crowd…with a camera in my hand I didn’t want to appear weird every time I took a picture of the food we were eating. The menu is very simple; you choose your 12″ only pizza that ranges from £3.95 – £6.50. I was really surprised how affordable these pizzas were and the proof was going to be in those pizzas! You get a disc buzzer when your pizza is ready to collect at the station and not long our pizzas were ready within 5-10 minutes. The base and crust is thin which means a well balaned pizza topping ratio with 3 different dips to choose from for your crusts. Usually you would cast aside your crust because you are too full; but thankfully my appetite was on my side and double dipped away in chilli, garlic mayo and bbq sauces.
I ordered the 12″ Carne Pizza: tomato sauce, mozzarella, beef, chicken, pepperoni and onions (£6.50). Usually I wouldn’t be able to finish a pizza this size but the crust was so thin I managed 3/4 of it and doggy bagged the rest (I will be sad to see it go to waste). My friend ordered the Vesuvio: tomato sauce, mozzarella, Pepperoni, green chillies and cracked chilli flakes at £5.50; unfortunately I can’t handle my spice very well so I decided not to try hers before I end up with a busted nose pipe (yes, it happened before from an overdose of spiciness). My friend is French and enjoys spicy food; she said her face was burning so that must have been one heck of a spicy pizza. As our side, we a bowl of Verdura salad to share between us which is a mix of rocket, tomato, mushrooms, mixed peppers, black olives and peppers. It was very light with the added grated cheese on top; sometimes we just need some healthy leafy greens in our system to balance the flavours and the goodness of our digestion!
I spent majority of our time eating, instagramming, eating, tweeting, snapchatting, snapchatting and shit!!..our pizza was going cold! We are in that generation where our social media interaction is part of the dinner and I hope we didn’t look like twats from the couple sitting next to us as they sneakily watched me photograph my meal using my hench Canon 5D Mark ii camera! I get so shy when I pull out my cameras and doing birds eye view shots; but it’s all worth it when I get to write my posts!
Last but not least; the wonderful Luca; one of the young waiters of the night recommended we try the dolce delights from their menu. I’ve also done my research on instagram and noticed their nutella and mascarpone warm dough ring (£2.95) and was on my agenda to try it. My friend ordered the Caramello (£3.95); which is the salted caramel, peanuts, chocolate and mascarpone warm dough ring. I am not a massive fan of caramel as I find it too sweet; but that nutella dough ring hit the spot…it was nutella porn all over it!
Never thought I would find a place that has great pizzas at a bargain; the restaurant was buzzing so you know it’s a great place when it’s packed on a Monday evening with a week left until payday. Pizza Union also serves salads, coffee and wine/prosecco. Oh and that Snapchatting I was talking about? I couldn’t resist and compiled my clips together:
You will find them here at 246-250 Pizza Union, Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JY
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