In college, my boyfriend, Chris and I were both RAs. Yeah. I know. Fun police. Losers. Whatever, laugh it up. You really can't knock free rent for two years though. You just can't. Or the unofficial license to buy your friends... errrr.. "residents" pizza, ice cream, and snacks in unreasonable quantities.
Right? Now remember how poor you were in college..... and how awesome that sounds now. Or maybe you weren't a poor starving college student, in which case, you should probably stop reading this. Unless you really like pizza. Otherwise you're going to get hung up on the RA thing and the rest of this will go over your head.
So anyways, yeah, free pizza budget. Which brings me back to my story. At a hall program (stop snickering) that Chris was running, he ordered a large quantity of pizzas, as per usual. The security desk attendant (stop snickering...) in the building exclaimed that she was in fact a "PIZZA FREAK" when the delivery came and Chris offered her a slice. Seriously, that's what she said. I can't make this stuff up.
Now, I also really happen to like pizza, perhaps even to a level that rivals even that of the "pizza freak" desk attendant. Sometimes, I get really excited describing my love for pizza. This has of course prompted Chris to start calling me a "pizza freak" sometimes in public places. It's kind of embarrassing, but pizza is SO GOOD. So good. So fine, make fun, but I am a self proclaimed PIZZA FREAK!
Last Thursday, I met some friends at the Chinatown Night Market in Philadelphia to check it out. What a scene. There were people EVERYWHERE. I arrived around 7pm as the market was just getting started, and wandered around before my friends got there, scoping out the scene. Then around 7:20 hoards of people started showing up. Literally, half the population of Philadelphia and all of Chinatown's residents crammed into a 4 block radius to enjoy delicious gourmet food fare. Jose Garce's taco truck, soul food trucks, hot dog trucks, cupcake trucks, and even mobile wood oven pizza trucks lined up and served lines of hundreds of people. When we finally decided to commit to a line, we ended up in Pitruco's line for what had to be 35 minutes, but it was WORTH it.
Check out their facebook page
here. I seriously recommend stalking out their location now and proceeding to said location. It was delicious. And I don't think that it was just because I had been standing in line for 35 minutes. That pizza was delicious, and I was totally impressed that it was made in a truck. Pizza freak was pleased.
In Pitruco's honor, I leave you with two pizzas I've made recently that were just delicious combinations of late summer and fall ingredients. Enjoy!
Whole Wheat Prosciutto and Mozzarella Pizza
Crust: Whole wheat
Toppings: Fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, micro greens (after baking)
Portobella Mushroom and Kale Pizza
Toppings: Fresh mozzarella, kale greens, sauteed or roasted garlic cloves, portobella mushrooms chopped and lightly tossed in olive oil, caramelized onions, and sauteed or grilled chicken
Both are delicious. I'm not usually for wheat crust, but Trader Joe's makes a really good one! Either of these would be delicious with regular or pesto crust as well! I've not made my own pizza dough, it looks hard. Anyone have any good recipes for that? I've always felt like pizza dough is totally something worth cheating with, and I'm someone who makes my own puff pastry, so what do I know? Thoughts?
Happy eating!
