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Wonderful pizza tour in Chicago

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As a crazy pizza fan, there is no reason for me not to try the Deep Dish in Chicago. The first month in Chicago, I tried many different kinds of Pizzerias and took an interesting pizza tour.

 

After trying some pizzerias near our WTC, some friends and I decided to find the most famous pizzeria in Chicago and to enjoy the most famous Deep Dish. So, we searched the Yelp and attempted to find the top pizza restaurant in Chicago. However, the result was kind of surprised us. The only five stars recommendation review for pizza is the Chicago Pizza Tour. Anyway, we decided to have a try!

 

It is a kind of crazy tour, since we need to go to four different pizza restaurants and eat eight slices pizza in only three hours. After this tour, two of my friends just told me they would never want to eat any pizza later in the month, however, I even like eating pizza more. For my point of view, I thought it was really a worthy trip and learned a lot about pizza, such as history, procedure and ingredients.

 

Our pizza tour guide introduced the history about pizza in the US and Chicago first, he also mentioned that Deep Dish is a creation of traditional Italian Pizza. We all know that the traditional pizza is thin crust with different toppings, such as sausage, cheese and sauce. According to the name, Deep Dish, we could simply guess this kind of pizza must have very deep dough. In face, it is, however, it also has many different characteristics that makes me love it so much.

 

First, Deep Dish always has plenty of tomato sauce on the top and sometimes Deep Dish will also have real tomato on it. I love the sour and sweet flavor. Second, Deep Dish has a very special burnt edge. What is that? Well, it is the cheese that is put between dough and pan. After fully baked, the edge will look like burnt. Many people might think this burnt edge is due to over cooked, however, it is made by purpose. In my opinion, this burnt edge will neutralize the sweet and sour flavor of toppings in order to make the taste not that sweet and sour. Third, Deep Dish always makes its dough very soft for people to bite easily.

 

After trying two Deep Dish restaurants and two thin crust restaurants, the guide asked us to vote for our favorite pizza and pizzeria. The result was obvious, Deep Dish won and Pequod’s Pizza was our favorite Deep Dish restaurant! I am not going to make an advertisement for this restaurant, but just want to express how much I love the Deep Dish made by this restaurant, haha!

 

This tour also provided us a great view of Chicago. Because the four restaurants we visited are located in different street and are kind of far away from each other, we took the pizza tour bus. The guide would also introduce information about some famous places where we just went by. Really a nice tour!

If you are just new here or you are also a pizza fan, I will strongly recommend you to take this wonderful pizza tour!

 

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绝妙的芝加哥披萨之旅

 

熊思慧

2014年12月15日

 

身为一个资深披萨狂热饭,我怎么可能不去芝加哥最富盛名的深盘披萨呢?在刚到芝加哥的第一个月,我就和小伙伴们尝试各种各样的披萨,并且神奇地发现芝加哥居然有一个旅游项目就是和披萨相关的,抱着一颗吃货心,义不容辞地尝试啦!

当时发现有这么个芝加哥披萨一日游,主要是我们在想到底芝加哥最有名、最美味的披萨店是哪家呢,于是通过Yelp应用(类似国内的大众点评)进行搜索。出乎我们意料的是,在披萨类的搜索结果中,唯一一个五星评分的不是单个的披萨店,而是芝加哥披萨之旅。所以,我们当然得去会会这个披萨之旅啦!

这其实是一个疯狂地披萨旅行,原因只有一个,那就是我们需要在短短三个小时的时间内,去到4家格局特色的披萨店,品尝总共8块风格迥异的披萨。这趟旅行之后,我的两位朋友戏言,未来一个月内都不想再尝试披萨了。但就我而言,这次旅行太值啦,不仅品尝到风格各异的披萨,同时还能了解到披萨的发展史、材料特色以及制作方式。

这次披萨之旅的导游先是介绍了披萨漂洋过海来到美国后的发展史,重点指出深盘披萨是基于传统披萨的基础上,芝加哥人的创意之举。对大家而言,披萨并不陌生,大部分见到的披萨仍然一如最初的传统披萨一般,薄薄的底盘上撒上各种不同的配料,比如香肠、芝士和调味剂。仅仅从深盘披萨这个名称中,我们也可以猜到这与传统披萨的区别应该就是由非常非常厚的面团烤制出得底盘。然而经过这次披萨之旅,我们了解很多深层次的差异,而这些改进后的披萨更是深深吸引了我。

首先,深盘披萨总是在起表面会有非常丰富的番茄酱,有时也会将新鲜番茄点缀在表面。我最爱就是这种酸酸甜甜的味道!其次,深盘披萨在制作时,有一个非常独特的工艺,那就是在面团和烤盘中间会铺上一层芝士,经历充足的烘烤后,披萨的边缘看上去就会像是烤焦了一般,略变黑。当很多人看见这种披萨边的时候,无不认为是厨师失误烤焦了披萨,实则不然,这确是为做深盘而特意为之。经过我的体验,我发现这种处理非常巧妙,烤焦的边缘中和了披萨表面所具有的酸甜酱汁、略带油腻的肉肠,恰到好处。另外,深盘披萨的面团较之一般的传统披萨,更加柔软,让人忍不住多吃上几口!

尝试过两家以深盘出名的餐厅,以及两家以浅底为特色的披萨店厚,当天参加披萨之旅的伙伴们选出了其中最爱的一款披萨,毫无疑问,深盘披萨胜出。同时大家也选出了最喜爱的披萨店,以深盘出名的Pequod’s Pizza荣登榜首。哈哈,此处完全没有为此店打广告的意图,单单觉得这家店真的很值得尝试!

这次的披萨之旅还为我们展示了芝加哥的美丽风光。由于四家披萨店所处的位置并不相近,甚至距离较远,所以我们乘坐着披萨大巴环绕了大半个芝加哥的核心商业区、领略了纯净的湖滨风光。在路上,导演还热情地介绍了沿途有名的几处景点,真可谓名副其实的一次旅行!

如果你也是刚刚来到这座城市,或者你也是个狂热的披萨爱好者,不如也来体验次这绝妙的披萨之旅吧,决定值回票价,哈哈!

 


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