Pizzas with Da Paolo (Holland Village - Chip Bee Gardens)

I haven't met a single person who dislikes pizzas. Have you? Pizzas never go wrong... I love eating them, almost regardless of what's on it! But as I get a bit older, my expectations of pizzas inch upwards a little beyond takeaway pizzas. I still like them, but you know they don't cut it for more important occasions! I chanced upon Da Paolo Pizza Bar when I browsed The Entertainer app. Upon further research, I realized that this pizza bar residing in Chip Bee Gardens is often regarded as one of the best pizza places in Singapore. A positively-reviewed restaurant + 1 for 1 deal + pizzas = super craving to visit it!

The restaurant's interior adopts a brown and white theme, tending towards more classy vibes. One of the more eyecatching details include an entire wall of real wine bottles and a false ceiling made of cow hide. Upbeat melodies are played gently in the background that will have you bobbing to the beat after a few wines.

Americana (with tomato & mozzarella base) | With cooked ham and pineapple, this combination is more known as the Hawaiian. This is my favourite pizza flavour, and will always be. There's something highly comforting about this pizza due to its familiarity. This is so satisfying, especially when my teeth sinks into the mozzarella cheese. Recommended!

Pollo e Avocado (with tomato & mozzarella base) | This pizza is sprinkled with marinated rosemarychicken and avocado... I would normally only like my avocado in juice but this is surprisingly very good too. The avocado is not imposing, very soft and complemented the rest of the ingredients really well. This would give Americana a good competition. I liked this for its uniqueness. Recommended!

Prosciutto e Funghi (with tomato & mozzarella base) | This was pretty similar to the Americana except that instead of pineapples, there are fun-sized porcini mushrooms instead. It contributes to pizza variety and I would say it is relatively less exciting, but nevertheless still good.

Meat Lover (with tomato & mozzarella base) | Can I miss out on this? The answer is obviously no. Feast happily on this pizza like I did with generous servings of meat on the pizza including bacon, ham, bolognese, salami and more. This one feeds (figuratively and literally) my inner carnivore and I enjoyed this one very much indeed.

Bufala e Crudo (with mozzarella base) | Party on this pizza with buffalo mozzarella, parma ham, sliced tomatoes and basil splayed happily around! The parma ham was characteristically salty, with a little juicy respite from the tomatoes. This is a classic Italian performance that you can't miss! It made me miss pairing parma ham with rock melons.

 

Rucola e Crudo (with tomato & mozzarella base) | For those who can't decide between salads or pizzas... this is probably the one that you will choose. I don't really like this one because vegetables aren't really my thing and I like my pizza experience kept away from them. It's a bit of an overkill especially that wild rocket was quite bitter!

If you are interested, this is the menu for Da Paolo Pizza Bar! Each pizza is cut into 8 slices so six pizzas like this is best shared among seven very-hungry people or eight averagely-hungry people. The bill came up to about $150 for six pizzas and two wines after using The Entertainer app.