Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar

It was a rainy Friday night. Exhausted from a chaotic week of work and feeling a little chilly, we decided to stay in and snuggle on the couch, with glass of red wine to relax the mind and some pizza to feed the body and soul.

Having self-banned ourselves from Pizza Capers (as disappointingly they have dropped the ball - actually they have knocked it on, kicked it over the dead ball line and sworn at the ref) I was trying to think of where else to try that was located in our vicinity. I remembered that a new place had opened up in the Grange called Crust (http://www.crust.com.au/) and it was on our way home, so bingo Crust it is!

It was busy! Lots of people waiting to order and/or receive pizzas and lots of people behind the see-through bar making them. Crust has quite an extensive menu with starters including Herb and Garlic Squares, Olive and Feta and Sweet Chilli and Basil Squares. Mains include Traditional Pizzas like Margherita and Capricciosa and Meat Pizzas such as Pepperoni, Meatball, Mexican and Philly Steak to name a few. Chicken Pizzas are also on their menu with BBQ, Peri-Peri, Satay, Saffron and Tandori, there's Seafood Pizzas and Vego too as well as Healthier Choice Pizza and Calzone. There is also an Upper Crust Menu which features rectangular shaped pizzas. Salads are on the menu as well as some desserts and of course Beverages.

We chose an Upper Crust Moroccan Lamb (which states that it received the 2007 International Best Pizza Award) and a traditional Margheria. There was a 15 minute wait and as mentioned above, they visibly make it for you while you wait. The packaging looked great and it smelt fantastic on the way home! The Lamb Pizza was delicious rating a 7.5 - 8/10. Thinly sliced Lamb with red onion and spinach topped with yoghurt. Topped with yoghurt. Not saturated in it which is great. Lemon pieces come with the pizza to squeeze over before eating and this really makes it. I was sadly disappointed in the Margherita. It's a simple pizza but can be done so very very well. This version had way too much mozzarella and it drowned out any other flavours. The tomato sauce just tasted like tomato paste and the other herb used was oregano. I would have loved to have tasted some garlic and perhaps basil in the sauce as well with a little mozzarella and a little parmesan and some love. It rated a measly 1.5/10. We will go back to Crust and try some more pizzas as the Lamb has pulled it over the line.

Peace.

K x