July 10, 2010
明月光 Faust Pizza
Finally got around to checking out the new pizza place that opened across the street from SYT Memorial Hall. The cooking is done right up front, open to the street, where one can watch the pizzaiolo work the dough and lay out the toppings. The dining room is in the back, closed off with air-conditioning for the comfort of the diners, simply decorated in that faux-Euro Ikea-chic style.
The 10" pizzas were a bit too much for one of us and a bit too small for both to share. But on this first visit we decided to be conservative with the order. Our Roman Pizza featured thinly sliced Italian salami, shitake mushrooms, onions, and olives on a thin-crust. Pretty good pizza and a good value for NT220. The brick kiln managed to do a good job, attractively blistering and crisping the crust, despite the slow-reacting electrical heating element. I guess having a wood-fired or even gas-fired oven just isn't possible in the heavily residential neighborhood.
The other main selling point, and indeed the namesake of the place, was their featured German beers from the Faust Brewery. A golden, slightly muddled Hefeweizen went quite nicely with the slightly spicy pizza. Plenty of other fine, tempting options were available, but for the price I might as well have had another pizza instead.
I'm not a big pizza snob. Near home I'm fine with Auntie Su's bready, stuffed-to-the-brim thick-crust all-everything pizza, and even Pizza Hut has some decent options on the menu. But it's sure nice to have a half-way authentic, quality pizza within walking distance. Next time we'll get one pizza per person and damn the leftovers.
明月光 Faust Pizza Lounge
台北市信義區仁愛路四段502號之1
02-2758-7687