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Disclaimer: All drinks and dishes were provided free of charge by the restaurant. All opinions expressed below are wholly mine.
I was invites to check out the pizzas at The Red Tomato during their Pie Tunes media event. That night, I got to taste 6 of The Red Tomato's 10 pizzas. Toppings ranged from classics like Margherita to fusion flavours like Peking Duck. Each pizza was 11?, cut into quarters and a hefty meal for one. My four favourite pies were The Hangover Cure with tomato, olives, double smoked bacon, fresh mozzarella, chilies and topped with fried quail eggs. Toppings were loaded on the crispy crust and each ingredient complimented each other. In general, I found all the pie creations at The Red Tomato to be well paired.
Another favourite was the Peking Duck Pizza with roasted duck breast, enoki mushrooms, shitaki mushrooms, fresh mozzarella, hoisin sauce and crispy duck crackling. That crackling was amazing! Crunchy, savoury and just bursts of flavour (seriously, this is why I can't fit into any of my pants). After two pizzas with bold flavours, the potato pizza with slices of Yukon gold, caramelized onions, fennel, grana padano and fresh mozzarella was a nice mild break for my tastebuds. I did find my slice needed an added sprinkle of salt to brighten the natural potato taste. Lastly, I really enjoyed the garlic shrimp pizza that was the simplest with a walnut pesto and fresh mozzarella. Fresh, plump shrimp dotted each slice of pie.
Service was a bit messy as there were a ton of people. At first pizzas came of the kitchen and circulated, but many didn't make it far from the kitchen before all of the slices were snapped up. At one point, the server asked us to share slices between people. Cutting the pizzas into smaller slices (instead of quarters) would have helped alleviate some of the demand. Later on in the night, we were invited to place orders for pizzas that we had yet to try. This meant there was a huge influx of orders into the kitchen, way more than their capacity. In general, I enjoyed the pizzas at The Red Tomato, the dinner event itself had some logistics challenges keeping up with the crowd's demand.
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