Friday, September 7, 2012

Mama Lisa's | Somerville


Mama Lisa's | Somerville






Mama Lisa's

Website


Address

312 Broadway, Somerville MA

Date
Ordered

8/17/12

Where
Consumed

Home

Price

$8.95

Order
Method

Phone

Service
Method

Delivery

Delivery
Time

40 minutes

Size
(Inches)

15.5

Price
Per Sq Inch

$0.047



Miro Score

Elizabeth Score

Average

Look

3.75

3.75

3.8

Miro's
Comments:

Looks handmade and well toasted, but there is a greasy layer of red oil, I'm
worried there won't be enough cheese.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

Fairly cheesy and homeamde looking. A bit on the greasey side in that
I'm-worried-it's-going-to-slide-right-off-when-I-pick-it-up-way

Smell

2.0

3.0

2.5

Miro's
Comments:

Not much smell to note beyond grease.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

It's smells very greasy, but on my tenth sniff I got a hint of spice.

Temp

4.0

4.0

4.0

Miro's
Comments:

solidly warm

Elizabeth's
Comments:

It's not piping hot, but it's totally edible

Cheese

3.75

3.0

3.4

Miro's
Comments:

Mostly a strong oil and grease flavor. Not bad, but not exactly gourmet
either.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

SO. MUCH. GREASE. There is a lot of cheese, which I like, but it does that
seperating thing that I hate and the grease flavor overpowers the cheese
flavor.

Sauce

3.0

3.75

3.4

Miro's
Comments:

The sauce was fine. I have nothing more to say.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

When I could acutally find the sauce it was quite flavorful and strong,
however the sauce needs to be increased or the greese needs to decreased for the balance to work out.

Crust

4.0

4.0

4.0

Miro's
Comments:

While lacking in flavor, the texture of the crust is excellent. Chewy
throughout with a crisp on the edges.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

This dough is so fresh tasting which doesn't happen
very often. It loses a point for being overly chewey. I really have to tug at
it.

Overall Taste

3.5

3.5

3.5

Miro's
Comments:

Practically the Mendoza line of delivery pizzas. Good in basically every
category, though exceptional in none. That said, if
I lived near this place, I'd be happy to make it my standby pizzeria. I bet
they are exceptionally consistent. Every neighborhood should have a place
like this.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

If it wasn't so greasy I think this pizza would be awesome. As it stands
though, I have pretty nasty heartburn after one slice.

Value Score

73.79

73.79

73.79

Overall Comments

Miro's
Comments:

I wish there were a way to give extra points for service. Not sure what it
was, but the guy on the phone gave me this great old Somerville vibe.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

The delivery guy was nice too.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Cafe Kiraz | Cambridge


Cafe Kiraz | Cambridge







Café Kiraz

Website


Address

119 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA

Date
Ordered

7/21/12

Where
Consumed

home

Price

$11.00

Order
Method


Service
Method

Delivery

Delivery
Time

56 minutes

Size
(Inches)

15

Price
Per Sq Inch

$0.062



Miro Score

Elizabeth Score

Average

Look

5.0

3.75

4.4

Miro's
Comments:

Digging the look. Toasted crust. Toasted cheese. Natural looking shape. Nice
work guys

Elizabeth's
Comments:
  Looses points for being really burnt
on one half, but, the cheesy-ness makes me excited!

Smell

3.8

3.0

3.4

Miro's
Comments:

A strong toasted cheese smell

Elizabeth's
Comments:

The standard delivery greasy smell.

Temp

2.5

3.0

2.8

Miro's
Comments:

A major weak spot, it took forever, but it still retains some warmth

Elizabeth's
Comments:

Based on the time it took and the temp of our fries (frigid) I expected the
worse.  This is by no means hot,
but, it's edible luke-warm.

Cheese

3.5

4.0

3.8

Miro's
Comments:

A little salty, but nicely balanced with sauce and good texture

Elizabeth's
Comments:

Some how both greasy and dry simultaneously.  Don't know how that happens.  However, there is a ton of it and haven't
had a super cheesy pizza in a while!

Sauce

4.0

3.0

3.5

Miro's
Comments:

I'm really liking the sauce. It doesn't taste super natural, but it's bright
and without chemical taste to me.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

There is so little sauce that I can't even figure out what it tastes like.

Crust

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's
Comments:

Some disappointment on my initial high hopes for a super, duper crust. That said
it's plenty chewy and has some crisp on the edges. I would have liked more
crunch though.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

Medium-thickness and a nice chewiness.
However, it's lacking any type of crispiness and, instead, even the
piece I picked that didn’t' look burnt, tastes really burnt at the
edges. 

Overall Taste

4.0

3.75

3.9

Miro's
Comments:

One of the best delivery pizza's I've had in a while. I wish it had come
sooner though.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

As a whole, I like this pizza if I avoid the crust area. 

Value Score

64.26

60.24

62.25

Overall Comments

Miro's
Comments:

I'm liking the charred crust, maybe because our home toaster has been
underpowered lately.

Elizabeth's
Comments:

This pizza has potential.  A touch
more sauce, a touch less burnt and it would be pretty stellar. 

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Venus Pizza | Somerville


Venus Pizza | Somerville






Venus
Pizza & Grill

Website

venuspizzasomerville.com

Address

1293
Broadway St, Somerville, MA 02144

Date Ordered

5/12/2012

Where Consumed

home

Price

$9.99

Order Method


Service Method

delivery

Delivery Time

45
minutes

Size (Inches)

14.5

Price Per Sq
Inch

$0.060



Miro
Score

Elizabeth
Score

Average

Look

3.5

4.0

3.8

Miro's Comments: I’m warming up to these overly round pan pizzas. I think
because the coating of cheese is nice and thick. I think Elizabeth has taught
me to appreciate when the cheese is toasty. It does look mighty greasy
though.

Elizabeth's Comments: SO Cheesy!  But,
the overly round-ness that makes me worry it's a frozen crust…

Smell

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: Pretty standard pie smell. You can smell cheese, but not
much else in the way of herb.

Elizabeth's Comments: Cheese & Grease

Temp

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: Not hot, but still warm enough to be flavorful,

Elizabeth's Comments: OK, wish it was warmer

Cheese

3.75

3.75

3.8

Miro's Comments: Most of the cheese flavor seems to come from the
toasting, and that’s not a bad thing.

Elizabeth's Comments: Not super flavorful and really greasy, but, crispy and a
lot of it!

Sauce

3.0

3.50

3.3

Miro's Comments: I like the sauce just fine.

Elizabeth's Comments: There is a very thin layer of a slightly too sweet
sauce.  I usually don't like sauce
sweet, but, this one works with the overly greasy cheese.

Crust

2.0

2.5

2.3

Miro's Comments: I think the thing that bothers me most about these pan
pizzas is the crust. It usually lacks crunch except at the very outside where
it gets really dry. The flavor always seems underdeveloped and unbalanced

Elizabeth's Comments: Oh boy.  I don't
know how to describe this crust.  It's
chewy, but not in a good way.  It's
just really hard to get your teeth through the bottom of the pizza - like
when you microwave something too long.
Not sure how you get that effect in a pizza oven - frozen crust not
fully cooked through? 

Overall
Taste

3.0

3.0

3.0

Miro's Comments: Inoffensive and unremarkable.

Elizabeth's Comments: The overall flavors are not bad.  This is a pretty average pizza.  The crust consistency is a bit off which
brought the overall down, but the extra cheese brought it up a notch

Value
Score

49.59

49.59

49.59

Overall
Comments

Miro's Comments: I have no further remarks.

Elizabeth's Comments: I noticed when filling in this sheet that their website
advertises this as Greek pizza.  That
is news to me.  This is so thin!