NYC Tastes

I was in Monty’s the other day out in Brooklyn for lunch. I was heading towards my usual salad line when something caught my eye. Pizza. Not just any pizza but a new special Buffalo Chicken pizza. I have to admit I found the combination both disgusting and intriguing at the same time. It just looked so weird. I had to have a slice. I ordered one up and added on a regular slice as well -not because I’m a pig but just in case the Buffalo didn’t go well (yeah right). The Buffalo pizza was interesting. Big chunks of chicken were plopped on top of the cheese and instead of tomato sauce it was covered in hot wing sauce. The first bite I absolutely hated. Something about the texture and combination just really revolted me. Then I tried a few more bites and found myself kind of enjoying the flavor of the sauce. Then about halfway through it just got to be too much. The pizza was way too thick and the mozzarella and hot wing sauce just didn’t go together. The best part about...

I had a work function the other day and they ordered a bunch of pizza's from a place called Monty Q's on Montague Street in Brooklyn. I had heard people I work with rave about this stuff so I was pretty excited to try it out. Pizza is such a funny thing. Although it is only made of three main ingredients people swear by some kinds and really hate other kinds. I grabbed a fairly small slice to start and tried it out. The first thing I noticed was the grainy bottom and crust. This is usually the sign of a brick oven pizza. The second thing I noticed was the sauce itself which was quite sweet. I actually like a tomato sauce that's more on the sweet side but I have to say the sweetness got to me a little on the 2nd slice. I don't think I could eat more than 2 because of it. As you can see this slice of pizza is very thin and has an awesome floppiness to it that I love in pizzas. I also thought that the sauce to cheese ratio was perfect. Because of the sweet taste of ...