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| - We're back on the HUNT for Toronto's BEST! Stop #3 of the pizza pie tour: Terroni
On a hot summer afternoon we made the trek up Yonge Street to a restaurant that I've heard plenty of great things about. By the time I made my way in, I recognized why. Terroni has beautifully casual interior design, giving you just about as much as you could ask for in terms of a cool, definitely not fancy, restaurant environment. You'll be able to enjoy its three or four (don't quite remember) floors, and be able to bring just a friend, or the whole crew. I can't speak to the other two locations, but this one sets the standard.
I flipped the script this time around and ordered a white pizza; the Bomba. It was their daily special, and I trusted the enthusiasm of our strapping waiter. Since this pie isn't on their regular menu, I can't tell you every ingredient on it with certainty, but I can say that you'll get plenty of white button or crimini mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, mozzarella, (possibly) chorizo, and two cooked eggs. Their pizzas all start with very thin crusts, and they're served uncut. I mean nothing overtly negative about this, but despite its name, the Bomba is no bomb. It's a solid white pizza that doesn't leave you wanting marinara sauce, and everything on it was appetizing. It was just far from an A+ bomb and more like a ... B+ firework. I will say though that I was intrigued by the two eggs on the pie, that aren't 100% cooked. I personally love my yolk uncooked, but hey, maybe you're on team no-yolk, in which case this would turn you off.
Aside from that, I also tried the Focu Meu, which I'd describe simply as pizza reminiscent of the classiest Chef Boyardee that I've ever had. My childhood was warmed.
All in all, Terroni is a fantastic establishment, with OK pizza. I've heard that they have amazing pasta, but we'll leave that for next time. Come to Terroni to chill out friends, but not for the best pizza around.
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