We went back to Nero Nero for a pizza lunch today. Relatively quiet at lunch-time, but the skyrocketing popularity of this newbie saw it being fully-booked some three weeks in advance for dinner. And they’ve just implemented two seating sessions for dinner: a 6pm to 8.30pm first seating, and an 8.30pm to 11pm second seating.
We started our lunch with an Insalata di polpo - tender slices of slow-cooked octopus, accompanied by roasted potatoes and bathed in a lemon-pesto dressing, served on an orange & fennel salad.
Quattro formaggi - the classic “Four Cheeses” pizza, topped with mozzarella, gorgonzola, latteria and smoked scamorza.
Calzone - folded cheese filled with mozzarella, tomato sauce, button mushrooms and turkey ham.
Contadina - topped with smoked scamorza, fried eggplant, caramelised cherry tomatoes, basil pesto, and black olives.
These were some of the best pizzas we’d had in George Town, although other good Italian joints in town like Bottega Mediterranea or Via Veneto served those which are as good.
Still, this is a very much welcomed new addition to the Italian dining scene in George Town.
