If you’ve the slightest doubt that Pizza Metro Pizza warrants a special trip to South West London, consider this: Of the 200+ pizzerias featured in the comprehensive Pizzerie d’Italia del Gambero Rosso guide, only 7 are located outside of Italy. Of the 7, only 1 is Pizza Metro Pizza.
For PizzaTuesday on 23 February beginning at 7:30pm, the Battersea pizzeria will line up its signature metre-long pizzas from one end of the kitsch-congested dining room to the other. Not that a pizza’s length matters anywhere near as much as its substance. Those baked in Pizza Metro’s wood-fired brick oven look, fold and eat like authentic pizza napoletana. The puffy cornicione (outer rim) surrounds the thin interior crust which, when cut into slices, bends easily to envelop the delectably oozy toppings.
Presented by youngandfoodish, The PizzaTuesday menu begins with an assortment of antipasti, serving as the warmup for a tasting of 4 pizza varieties, from the elemental Margherita to a one-off special designed for the occasion by owner Diego Palladino. He’ll talk pizza with the group, explaining why he imports an Italian fior di latte (cow’s milk mozzarella) from outside his home region of Campania and how he gets his crust a bit crisper than is typical in his hometown of Naples.
The cost, including wine or beer, is £25. Space is limited. You don’t have to be a pizza obsessive to attend this or any PizzaTuesday but you do risk becoming one if you do.
