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| - We're back on the HUNT for Toronto's BEST! Stop #5 of the pizza pie tour: Maker Pizza
This week celebrity chef Matty Matheson makes an appearance with his somewhat new pizza spot. During our last hunt we visited his burger joint. It missed the mark by an unfortunate amount, so though I would have liked to walk into Maker objectively, I was a little salty.
In similar fashion to the burger joint, Maker is a long & thin restaurant, but this time with enough stool seating for you to bring a small group. They keep the decor nice and simplistic, with white tables, white walls, black trim, and a pizza box shelf. Keeping it hip on a dime. I like it!
Then came the pizzas. Maker gives you a good amount of variety, half the pies being red, half white. I was up for something different, so I opted for the Little Deuce Coup. This is a red pizza that sports roasted chicken, roasted red pepper, red onion, ricotta, basil, fior dilatte, mozzarella, olive oil, parmesan, and tomato sauce. So did Matty do me right this time...? Thank baby Jesus, yes! Though this wasn't a show stopping pizza, it was a refreshing surprise, highlighted by the perfect amount of lemon zest to give it some tang, but not make it a yellow lollipop. The red onions and roasted pepper were a good combo with the thankfully not dry roasted chicken, and most of all high five to whoever decided to put dollops of ricotta on the pie. I know that that they chose dollops for artistic purposes, but the pie is begging for so much more!!!
At this point, I was plenty happy with myself, but then came the Tropic Thunder. I like tend to reserve 5 star reviews for dishes that make me speechless, but the flavour journey that this beauty took me on requires recognition. This red pizza comes stacked with inspired ingredients: jalapeño, red onion, fior di latte, mozzarella, parmesan, olive oil, tomato sauce, roasted garlic, sesame crust, red chilies, Thai Basil salsa verde, house cumin seed oil, and chili infused pineapple. First off, pineapple calls back to my childhood love for pizza, but then even before you hit it you bite your way through what appears to be purposefully varying "flavour zones". Sure you'll get good old fashion tomato sauce & mozzarella, but then take a walk to that spicy kick of the jalapeño, dabble with whatever perfect choice of sausage they have, get slapped in the face by an Indian inspired curry flavour, and then F around with that sesame seed crust! I have to say though, the sesame seed crust came out of nowhere. In no way am I mad at it, plus it was pretty good, but it was just random for me. This pizza was stupid good because of its complexity and how the distinct flavours backed each other up.
Though actually finding Maker Pizza is a bit of a challenge, get your life right and put in the effort to get there! Matty's got a hit with this one, and I'd be happy to go back to try the rest of the menu!
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