I was therefore intrigued when a friend told me about a new pizza place in south London, dedicated to making Neapolitan pizzas. Franco Manca is housed in the covered section of Brixton Market, squeezed between a fishmonger and a mobile-phone shop.
One abiding memory of a couple of childhood years spent in Naples is quite how different Neopolitan pizza is.
No doubt I shall be disappointed, as of course nothing will taste quite like the memory, but I\’m willing to risk it.
Does Neopolitan mean from Naples? I thought it referred to whichever city Dick Cheney happened to be living in at the time.
I think Tim meant Neapolitan referring to Naples (or Napoli as its known by the locals)
Dunno about Naples, but they’re fine in Florence and vile in Venice.
Meh, best pizza I ever had was in Amsterdam. When it comes to a food as deracinated as pizza, there’s no particular reason to expect the Italians to be any better at making them than anyone else.
Tim ads: ah, yes, but I shall be in Brixton next week….