Mozza Pizzeria

The two pizzas

The pizzaiolo in action

Fried potatoes with kacang puteh and rosemary

My first impression of this place was not so good for the hostess at the reception cum cashier table was non-apologetic when we found that we had unknowingly reserved in the wrong section of the restaurant.

You see, there is an osteria section and a pizzeria section. "Osteria" equals "eatery" equals more expensive stuff. If you want to enjoy good table service and fine wine and food, do go ahead. Pizzeria, to me, would be the fast food version of the restaurant that serves mainly pizza. Except, the wait for the pizzas actually start from 15 minutes!

"Sir. You did not make a reservation for the pizzeria. You made a reservation for the osteria", said the lady with a very strong Filipina accent (no discrimination intended, just wanted to start facts). That was when I half questioned my friend on whether he was told which section he was making a reservation for. His answer was negative. I know you are some celebrity restaurant/ chef kind of place but I think the least you could do is to state that the difference at the start of ANY reservation. At least ask if your would-be guests know that is actually a difference, instead of giving them a rude shock like we did.

We would not have minded it so much if not for the fact that the pizzeria was running at full house and we were going to catch The Lion King in about 2 hours' time. I made this known to the hostess because I really wanted us not to be late and get the seat quick. Besides, we were supposed to be celebrating a friend's birthday with this meal.

As usual, I was not too happy for the nonchalance and the news that we will only be offered bar seats at best since we are in such a hurry. Well, half an hour later, at 6.30pm, we really got our bar seats and it was actually a blessing in disguise coz I think we had the best seats in the house! We got to see the pizzaialos (the guys who make our pizzas) in action and smell the yummy food like the wood fire roasted chicken wings. Oh, and I get to be real close to some very cute chefs too :P

We ordered potatoes with sea salt, kacang puteh and rosemary. It is called fried potatoes ceci and herbs. I am assuming "ceci" is the Italian word for "kacang puteh". We had to wait quite a while more before our two pizzas came.

We ordered Funghi misti, fontina, taleggio and thyme pizza (vegetarian) and Fennel sausage, panna, red onions and scallions for the meaty one. It was yummy but the crust was a little tough. I ended up using my hands instead. Just as well for it tastes nicer like that.

However, I did find the potatoes and the funghi pizza (mushrooms) too salty for my liking. Even though it was sea salt (I presume), it still made me very thirsty after that.

In any case, the food dissolved all ill feelings towards the place. A good place to pamper yourself once in awhile.