"You Choose" — @Pizza

Venue: @Pizza, Unit 33 Grand Central, B2 4BF 577; website
Choice: Mean Greens (£9.95) Chooser: Louis, General Manager

It'll take you 64,000 visits to try every topping combination at Grand Central newbie @Pizza. At a rate of one pizza a day, that's over 175 years worth of variations. Or you can get the skinny in the next two minutes. Go! Everyone gets a 48-hour proofed sourdough base, then you pick a sauce, like tomato or smoky BBQ, a cheese, like Italian mozzarella pearls, and then, a bit like the classiest, friendliest, freshest Subway you can conjur, you load up your base with meats, veggies, and finishes, like olives or dressings. Every combo is the same price (£9.95) and every pizza cooks in 90 seconds. And fortunately for our availability for the next couple of centuries, the "You Choose" concept exists, so it was for GM, Louis, to decide what we ate when visiting. We're alot of things, and we're definitely meat feast sort of pizza people, so Louis's selection of Eat Meat Repeat, complete with four types of the good stuff was met with an unprofessional level of grinning. Bravely then, he persisted with his second choice of Mean Greens AKA The One with a Salad on Top. And how right he was. While the subtle kick of the basilica picante (Italian sausage) next to some properly charred pepperoni was happy-making, it was the basil pesto base, salad, grilled veg and mozzarella that had the more wicked way with our mouth. The speed at which the pizza comes out after it's ready means the fresh ingredients stay crisp and distinct and suddenly, it felt like summer. Menu