Serious Pie with Not so Serious Friends

Serious Pie by Tom Douglas is the local Seattle pizza place.  This is not your traditional pizza, nor is it the true Neapolitan pizza.  It's in a world of it's own.  First off, it's oval and signal serving pie.  It also has great mix of toppings and unique flavors.  My favorite is the crust.  It's soooo good!  Chewy but buttery, smokey and crispy...so good.  I've been told by a local Italian restaurant owner that their pie has butter in the dough and that it's not traditional.  Well, it's good to me and I guess it is serious pie business.

I recently went there with my global friends from work and also with some close friends for my bday.    

They not only have great pizzas, but everything from drinks, to the salads, to the heavenly desserts are divine.

They serve Mexican Coke.  The main difference is that real sugar was used vs. corn syrup to sweeten.

The starters are simple and rustic.  

tuscan kale, pine nuts, calabria peppers, parmesan

ham hock, last summer's corn, parsley

baby lettuces, radish, moscatel vinaigrette  

The Pizzas

No matter how many fancy toppings, my favorite pizza is still the Margareta.  The tang of tomatoes, creaminess of the buffalo cheese, and fresh basil, and the olive oil that drizzles is still the best.

buffalo mozzarella, san marzano tomato

yellowfoot chanterelles, truffle cheese 

 sweet fennel sausage, roasted peppers, provolone

special of the night...blue cheese, apple, thyme, and some kind of cheese

The Sweets

My favorite is the below.  I had it the first time and then again on my bday.  It even inspired me to make my own.  The nice touch is the sea salt and alittle drizzle of very grassy olive oil. 

chocolate budino, sea salt

earl grey panna cotta, blood orange syrup

cannoli, sour cherry, dark chocolate 

Since it was my bday, I go my own budino and as you can see, none was wasted.....I was sooooo happy! Good food and great friends, nothing can be better....cheers!