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Those will be your two eyes very much open when you stare at the amazing menu that Farina 00 has!

If there is one thing that I truly admire about a pizza is the dough. I know many people are so fussed about it that sometimes they even leave the outer part of the crust because it’s either 1-too hard or 2-not tasty enough/lacking flavour. What if you’ve found a perfect vegan pizza made in a true Roman traditional wood-fired oven?

What if you found the best of Italian food with options that cater for all dietary requirements without having to travel to Italy?

Yes, I know making a trip to Italy just for a pizza would be pretty... hardcore and certainly an adventure! But well, that would quite an expensive pizza 😂 plus, I have been to Italy before and let me tell you that I’m pretty sure that you wouldn’t be able to find so many non-vegan and vegan options in one place. How about vegan deserts! Vegan Nutella Calzone? What? 😍

We arrived at the venue around dinner time and there was still plenty of light outside for a semi-rainy day as it was and it was quite easy to find parking just right at the door. There is some seating outside featuring some wooden tables and the place was even a drawing a massive oven on the left side of the door. Once you step inside you feel like you are walking into one of those cosy cottages and what I obviously noticed first was the massive MASSIVE wood-fired oven just next to the counter area. Not only it is quite impressive but it also radiates warmth (very much appreciated) to the people that are coming in - very well thought! 👏

The decoration is pretty and simple with some bold moves like chairs stick in the walls up high and big oven cutlery related items placed in the walls. The tables have some very pretty flower branches and even the cutlery is rustic and elegant at the same time. The whole ambience looks like one of those Italian cosy restaurants but with a twist 👌 a special twist.

We were kindly received and sat just next to the wood-fired oven which I absolutely loved not only for the extra heat but because I would be able to see what was being made and even talk and get to know the owner better. Yes Nadim, the man, is not only able to have the most interesting conversations but he sure makes the TASTIEST pizzas! Made RIGHT in front of you, in a massive wood-fired oven, this is provable one of the most interesting experiences I have had recently!

After going through the menu, I have to say that I was quite indecisive between which vegan pizza to have but vegan cheese and pesto are definitely my weaknesses and OMG. Can we please go back in time so I can have these again?! 🤤 here’s what we had:

- Foccacia Garlic Bread with Vegan Cheese - not only was the bread amazing and the serving size is out of this world but the cheese. OMG THE CHEESE 😍 the taste is incredible and I actually even discussed the fact that the use a Philadelphia cheese in the pizzas and not a mozzarella or a cheddar. Personally I would have thought that those let ones would work better but no no no, no way. The cheese chosen here is just perfect and carefully chosen 👌 great job! Looking back, even though this was incredible - soft and gooey on the inside and crunchy on the outside - I would have asked for the cheese and herbs focaccia instead just because I think that the herbs might take this no a whole new decadent level. Either option, you will absolutely love it, that’s for sure.

- Da Meaty Vegan Pizza - after a very hard time choosing which vegan pizza to have, I ended up going for this one because of the pesto. I don’t want to give out the secret but they use a different and bold nut base for the pesto and it couldn’t work any better 👏👏👏
With a generous base of pesto, an incredible serving alone of vegan cheese and sautéed mushrooms (omg omg ao good!) this a winner already 👌 and to my surprise, the olives on top (slightly salty) enhance the flavour of the whole meal and OMG. A bite of this is just pure heaven. Not even kidding. I am not even a fan of olives and I think that without the olives here the meal would be lacking something. This is just perfection. Perfection in a a crunchy homemade pizza base 👏👏👏

- Meat Lovers - my friend had this pizza and he absolutely loved it. I didn’t try it because we didn’t ask for the vegan cheese in this one and it had mozarella, but they are quite flexible and more than willing to change the ingredients of the meals to suit everyone’s dietary requirements! With some sauce and generous portions of ham, salami, bacon and Italian pork sandwich it looked impressively delicious! Not to mention the home made bbq sauce that they use on this one and that is by itself a winner!

- Vegan Nutella Calzone - having had such an incredible experience so far, we couldn’t leave without trying the famous vegan Nutella calzone! It came on time, just as we finished the main pizzas and had an absolute smile of satisfaction, and it came leaving everyone mouth drooling again. They have also a non vegan one but of course that due to my lactose intolerance we opted for the vegan version. It’s a wood fired hazelnut chocolate filled calzone so inside what you can expect is a semi solid hazelnut crumble. The filling is actually quite liquid before the calzone goes to the oven but it becomes harder with the heat. I think that even though the taste is EXACTLY like Nutella, people would enjoy it more it if it could be somehow more liquid and creamy and not as hard. I left a friendly suggestion to the owner and I know he will certainly see what he can do, as it was a mutual opinion 🥰 otherwise the dough is slightly softer than the pizza ones and appropriate as it is supposed to be a dessert ☺️

- Affogato - my friend also decided to ask for a little treat of a scoop of vanilla icecream, expresso and amaretto and he sure loved it. It was fairly late and I even warned about the caffeine but it sounded (and then was indeed!) so good, that how could he even resist 😂 if you feel like you are already full after the main pizzas and still want a little dessert, this is perfect in size!

I felt so much love and passion here. You know the feeling of just doing things ‘just because’ versus actually loving it and not feeling like it’s a job? Nadim, the owner, is the definition of this last one and he spend hours, days, weeks, months, trialing every ingredient in the menu to create the perfect meals. And he had been impressing not only the loca costumers but having people even from the other side of the city (like me!) speechless!

Highly recommend this place. Without a doubt. And even if your more ‘I cannot deal with the crust’ team, trust me, you eat all the crust and even lick the plate here 👌👏