Bubba tricked me to thinking that we were going boxing at Elorde Gilmore Branch, but he actually made a dinner reservation at Pizzeria Toscana that Thursday night. It’s a small quaint restaurant in San Juan that boasts of homemade Tuscan cuisine. Prices are inclusive of 12% VAT, no service charge which is a great thing. Pizzeria Toscana is family owned and has a relaxed and comfortable ambiance similar to hole-in-the-wall Italian cafés. It only has 6 small tables with 30 maximum seating capacity. The white walls are surrounded with framed photos of celebrities in black and white and old Hollywood. There is a small TV set propped high in one corner, which is playing a DVD of An Affair to Remember.
On the Table:
Alla Angelica PHP170
The usual pasta angelica with tomatoes, garlic and basil, which was served with spaghetti noodles instead of angel hair
Quattro Formagi PHP295 (Half)
Medium sized pesto based pizza. Bubba really liked the thin crust better than Bellini’s or Segafredo but I have to disagree. I like traditional tomato based pizza than the pesto based.
Salmone PHP295 (Half)
I love the chunks of fresh salmone in the pizza.
Bacalla PHP250
Salted cod in tomato stew. Served with marble potatoes
Blueberry Cheesecake PHP100
The blueberry cheesecake had a generous blueberry topping, which always initiates a good impression. The cheesecake will satisfy any craving for sweet and cheese delight.
Gelato Balsamico PHP70
The highlight of the dessert menu has to be the Gelato Balsamico. It is Gelato in Vanilla flavor drizzled with Balsamic vinegar. It had a fruity flavor, sweet and tangy. It’s refereshingly weird at first but the taste grows on you. It was served in a cute and fun uneven glass that kept moving around.
Other interesting dishes in their menu:
Pizza Regolare translates to your regular pizza. Please allow 20-30 minutes serving time because crust is made from freshly baked dough. They have the usual flavors of Pepperoni, Basic Cheese.
Pizza Esagerato from the word exaggerated. This translates to a double layer of ingredients on your pizza!!! Twice the amount of meat, cheese and all the works!
Doppio Pizza means double-crusted pizza in which they have two flavors: Doppio Classico – roast beef, mushroom and double mozzarella cheese and Doppo Diavolo in sealed double crusted pizza –filled with hot rag-out bacon and mozzarella PHP 475.
Pizzeria Toscana
G/F Dunville Condominium,
1-A Castilla Cor. Valencia Streets, New Manila.
+632 411 3550
+63917 825 9546
Email: Toscana.pizzeria@yahoo.com
seems they expanded on theri menu, last time i ate here, the pizza crust tasted like crackers…. tapos yun bread sa pasta was plain old hot dog bun…..