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CITYLIFE / Eating Out
Taking a pizza the action
By Ye Jun (Beijing Weekend)
Updated: 2007-09-17 09:29
Most people think pizza originated in Italy, others say it was created in
China. But staff at Serafino Pizzeria?are adamant that Greece was the
first home of the globally popular pizza.
The Beijing outlet, opened by Greek chef Christos Voudouris last year,
features a decor harking distinctly to its Mediterranean homeland.
Voudouris has been hand-making pizzas for nearly 30 years, and has owned
four Greek restaurants, the latest located in Auckland, New Zealand.
Although the look is not very different, the making of a pizza at
Serafino involved a special way of baking, according to a manager. The
ingredients also differ, with more than 10 going into the tomato sauce
alone.
The result is pizza that smells and looks tempting, lending the whole
place a seductive aroma. The pizza is crisp at the sides, letting the
topping droop as you pick up a slice. The taste is wonderful.
Popular options include Neptune, with mushroom, red onion, eggplant,
avocado, smoked salmon, feta and barbequed peppers, and Athena and Venus,
two vegetarian choices with mushroom, onion, dried tomatoes, spinach, or
artichoke. Another popular pizza is Marinara, mixed seafood pizza with
anchovies.
The restaurant also offers Italian pasta, and several typical Greek
dishes. There is Meze, with rice and beef wrapped in vine leaf, squid
rings and onion rings, and pita bread, matched with eggplant and yogurt
sauce. Greek salad has olive, feta cheese, tomato, cucumber and
vinaigrette. Besides that, there is moussaka, with layers of eggplant,
beef, mashed potato, and tomato sauce.
The small restaurant has a smoking and non-smoking area. It is decorated
in pleasant Greek blue and white. The walls have paintings of the God of
Wine from Greek mythology, and typical Greek souvenirs.
Average spending is 100 yuan. A pizza will be ready in 15 minutes. Menu
is in Chinese and English.
Location: 111-115, Silk Market No 2 Store, 14 Dongdaqiao Lu, Chaoyang
District
Opening hours: 10am-2pm, 5-11pm
Tel: 010-6586-5837
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