I want to give this restaurant 4 stars but there was one thing that I could not get over. The tomato sauce on our pizza was borderline cold. What a shame because everything else was great.
We ordered 2 cured meats and one soft cheese to start. They were all very well done and on point. Since they didn't come with bread, we got the bread knots for accompaniment. The zucchini flowers stuffed with halibut and shrimps came next. My boyfriend thought it was tasteless but I liked it very much. I thought the stuffing was going to be like a shrimp-dumpling-like constancy, but it was just simply minced seafood and fishy in a good way. A squeeze of lemon was all it needed. Then the main event arrived: the truffle pizza. It was beautiful! As I bit into it, I was like errrrr. The flavour was amazing; the combination of tomato sauce, fresh truffles, and burrata cheese tasted like an orgasm in my mouth... but it was cold. I didn't send it back because I thought maybe it was just my slice since the pizza was quite long. My second piece was slightly warmer but still not at my desired temperature; by then half of the pizza was gone and it seemed hypocritical to say anything at that point. The fact that the tomato sauce was cold was quite puzzling because the crust was perfectly crunchy and the cheese was melted on top. However, even though the sauce was kind of cold, it was so fresh and delicious. My boyfriend said that he liked the crust at Buca but he prefer the flavour of Terroni pizzas.
I would try Buca again because I liked the freshness and delicate flavours of the dishes. Another thing I really liked is that I didn't feel weighed down after eating here; I was able to satisfy my carb cravings without being bloated afterwards.