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2023-02-26
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This review is actually for their Pizza Bar on the 38th Pop Up at the Amber's Private Room (so it is not exactly in Amber).Their restaurant is at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo but now they are renovating which made this pop up possible. It may not be one of the first places we would try when we go to Tokyo(as the chef said, it is unlikely for a tourist to have sushi in Rome) but it is one of the top pizzerias in Japan and their waitlist is quite long. Their pop up here was fully booked within days.It
Their restaurant is at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo but now they are renovating which made this pop up possible. It may not be one of the first places we would try when we go to Tokyo(as the chef said, it is unlikely for a tourist to have sushi in Rome) but it is one of the top pizzerias in Japan and their waitlist is quite long. Their pop up here was fully booked within days.
It was really fun to watch how the dough magically became a tasty pizza in front of our eyes.
Each pizza is just like a piece of art and they would also show some of their ingredients to us.
We even got to play with the dough, which was really cotton soft. I guess this was due to the high amount of water per yeast/flour for their dough, giving their pizza crust such a light texture.
The Goat Cheese was quite strong but the tomatoes and basil balanced out the salad quite well and the first slice was plain without toppings which totally prepped us what was coming.
They were all great but I will highlight some of my favorites. The tomato and basil had a stronger tomato flavor out of the first 2 tomato based pizzas which made me love it more.
The vegetable pizza was most impressive. With such a large amount of vegetables, I would expect the moisture to turn the pizza soggy but this was ot the case.
The 5 cheese pizza was quite strong but it the flavors are more balanced when the truffle honey is added.
The strawberry pizza looked the most prettiest of course.To be able to try their popular pizzas in this tasting menu was definitely great. However, I have to say the room/table was really crowded, almost in Chinese "shoulders touching shoulders". I definitely understand there is a need to balance comfort vs price of the menu(this is a business after all). However, I think if the number of customers could be reduced to 10 instead of 12 per session, it would definitely be much more comfortable.
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