Thursday, September 30, 2010

Emma's Pizza | Cambridge


Emma's Pizza | Cambridge

Emma's Pizza
Website
Address
40 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA
Date Ordered
9/28/2010
Where Consumed
Restaurant
Price
$12.00
Order Method
Waiter
Service Method
Table Service
Delivery Time
~30 min
Size (Inches)
16
Price Per Sq Inch
$0.060

Miro Score
Elizabeth Score
Average
Look
4.75
4.0
4.4
Miro's Comments: Hot, crispy and cheesy looking. The green peppers on the side with toppings look a little raw, but I'm not sure I'm allowed to count that since we're just testing the plain cheese side.
Elizabeth's Comments: Hot, fresh, a little light on cheese in parts
Smell
4.0
3.0
3.5
Miro's Comments: Smells mildly like cheese. Not a strong smell, but real and fresh
Elizabeth's Comments: Doesn't smell like much
Temp
5.0
5.0
5.0
Miro's Comments: Hot.
Elizabeth's Comments: Fresh from the oven
Cheese
4.25
2.0
3.1
Miro's Comments: Mild at first, but with a natural cheesieness.
Elizabeth's Comments: Very little and it's doing that clumpy, dry thing I hate.
Sauce
4.0
3.0
3.5
Miro's Comments: The sauce has a very strong oregano flavor. I'd like it balanced with a bit more tomato flaor, but it's good quality.
Elizabeth's Comments: Strong, overwhelming spicy flavor and we got the regular, not the spicy. I do like the tomato chunks though.
Crust
5.0
2.0
3.5
Miro's Comments: Chewy in the center and cracker crisp at the edges. One of my favorite crusts in town.
Elizabeth's Comments: It tastes like I'm eating a flattened oyster cracker, it's soooo bland and has the same consistency.
Overall Taste
5.0
2.5
3.8
Miro's Comments: It's more than the sum of its parts and all those are pretty great.
Elizabeth's Comments: Meh. It's like someone threw oregano and a hint of cheese on top of an oyster cracker. Apparently some people like that sort of thing.
Value Score
83.78
41.89
62.83
Overall Comments
Miro's Comments: One of my favorite pizza's in town.
Elizabeth's Comments: I swear this was better last time we had it, but maybe that's because it was covered in toppings…
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Pyro Pizza | Portland, OR


Pyro Pizza | Portland, OR

Pryo Pizza | Portland OR
Pryo Pizza | Portland OR
Pryo Pizza | Portland OR
Website
Address
12th & Hawthorne, SE Portland, Oregon
Date Ordered
8/5/2010
Where Consumed
On a bench surround by food trucks…(Portland…sigh…)
Price
$8.00
Order Method
In a van!
Service Method
Window of said van!
Delivery Time
11 min
Size (Inches)
11
Price Per Sq Inch
$0.084

Miro Score
Elizabeth Score
Average
Look
5.0
5.0
5.0
Miro's Comments: Maybe it's just the wood pile in the background, but, WOW!
Elizabeth's Comments: Puffy, cheesy, delicious awesomeness
Smell
4.5
4.0
4.3
Miro's Comments: Clean, not much to it since it's a delicate pie, but good
Elizabeth's Comments: The smell is romano heavy, but I like cheese!
Temp
4.0
5.0
4.5
Miro's Comments: I was expecting hotter, but it is perfect to eat right now.
Elizabeth's Comments: Just out of the oven…the wood oven…in a truck…on the side of the road!!
Cheese
4.75
5.0
4.9
Miro's Comments: Perfect balance and chewiness and, well, truffle!
Elizabeth's Comments: Lot's of it, flavorful & delicious with homemade mozzerella!
Sauce
na
na
#DIV/0!
Miro's Comments: Elizabeth violated protocol, as she often does for truffel.
Elizabeth's Comments: It's a white pizza, so we cheated, but it's so good sauce would have just ruined it anyway.
Crust
3.5
5.0
4.3
Miro's Comments: Here's where I was surprised. Chewy, but not as crsip as I like especially for a wood fire.
Elizabeth's Comments: Fluffy & delicious (like eating friend dough) w/ hints of crisp & none of that overwhelming charred taste you usually get from wood ovens
Overall Taste
4.75
4.9
4.8
Miro's Comments: Can't beat the experience!
Elizabeth's Comments: Umm…where is that truffle they advertised?
Value Score
56.43
58.21
57.32
Overall Comments
Miro's Comments: I think you are required to have visable tattoos if you are in food service in Portland.
Elizabeth's Comments: Kids dumpster diving 2 inches away form me are sad they didn’t' find nachos…ohhhh Portland…

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Upper Crust | Brookline


Upper Crust | Brookline

















Website
Address
286 Harvard Ave, Brookline, MA
Date Ordered
9/12/2010
Where Consumed
In Store
Price
$15.00
Order Method
In Store
Service Method
In Store
Delivery Time
25 min (apprx)
Size (Inches)
18
Price Per Sq Inch
$0.059

Miro Score
Elizabeth Score
Average
Look
4.75
4.0
4.4
Miro's Comments: Colorful. Cooked to crisp, bubbly perfection. A fine looking pie.
Elizabeth's Comments: It looks handmade & delicious
Smell
5.0
4.0
4.5
Miro's Comments: A good rich, garlicky smell.
Elizabeth's Comments: I smell cheese & spices
Temp
5.0
5.0
5.0
Miro's Comments: Piping hot as it should be in a restaurant. Basically straight from oven, but rested just long enough.
Elizabeth's Comments: Cheating, we're in a restaurant
Cheese
4.0
4.0
4.0
Miro's Comments: Solid. Our experiment here is a bit spoiled by topping though. There's just not much cheese.
Elizabeth's Comments: A flavorful, even coating
Sauce
4.0
4.0
4.0
Miro's Comments: Good flavor, but a little watery. Mostly it relies on big chucks of tomato.
Elizabeth's Comments: Delicious and fresh tasting with a bunch of tomatoes, but there is far too little of it!
Crust
5.0
3.8
4.4
Miro's Comments: I think upper crust is generally over-rated, but I do love the crispy toasted-ness of their crust.
Elizabeth's Comments: Crispy & tasty, but a tad too thin and charred for me.
Overall Taste
4.75
4.0
4.4
Miro's Comments: Frankly, I was prepared to dislike this place. I know it's good, but I didn't think it could live up to it's own hype. I have to say that, at least in the restaurant, I really enjoyed it.
Elizabeth's Comments: If this pizza was bigger on sauce & smaller on price, it would be close to perfection.
Value Score
80.58
67.86
74.22
Overall Comments
Miro's Comments: I haven't had as good an experience with Upper Crust delivery. For these prices, make the trek to the store.
Elizabeth's Comments: I tend to avoid this place because of price. Is the pizza really $5 better for cheese, $10 better for toppings? I don't think so. Furthermore, we devoured the entire thing (which never happens) so I conclude that 18" of really thin dough is no where near the volume of standard delivery 16" pizzas. That said, it's tasty if you feel like being fancy!
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