When we saw Adam at Tien and Shannan’s wedding, we couldn’t help but ask him what his favorite pizza is these days. He is the pizza king, afterall. Without hesitation, Adam said “Motorino” so we decided to try it out for lunch on Sunday, our last day in New York.
We skipped any sort of antipasti and went straight for the Neopolitan-style pizza.
Stracciatella : basil / olive oil / sea salt
Prosciutto di parma : mozzarella / garlic / thyme / pecorino
Cherry stone clams : garlic / parsley butter / olive oil
Soppressata Piccante : mozzarella / spicy soppressata / garlic / oregano
Motorino’s pizza was really great. I loved all the flavors. I think we liked the soppressata the best, maybe followed closely by the clam pie and the prosciutto di parma. The stracciatella was good, but I didn’t realize it was a white pie when I suggested it. I wished for something more. Still pretty good though. And hot. When the first pizza came out, Dallas and Yvan took a bite, so I did too. And I burned the roof of my mouth. 3 days later I can still feel it! I didn’t notice that Yvan and Dallas did the fold so the scalding toppings were not directly touching their mouth at once. Oh well it was worth it.
The crust on Motorino’s pizza was really delicious too. We all ate all of our crusts. Usually there is someone who can’t finish their crusts, but not this time. They were that good. It was like baked bread with a nice wood-fire char. We even asked for olive oil to dip it in. So, all in all, great pizza, but here’s the catch. We were hungry so we got 4 pizzas for 4 people. Each pie is $14 – $18. That might have been the most expensive, per person, pizza dinner I ever had! But it was totally worth it to try Adam’s recommendation. Like Jeannette and Yvan said, it’s a good splurge, but not like they’ll be back there every week or something.
P.S. Dallas also tried this NY pale ale, Pork Slap. It came in a can and had this awesome label.
