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Pizza Cat learned three very important lessons this weekend: 1. Never, ever bet against the LA Kings. Evah! 2. How to eat a Neapolitan pizza. 3. Burrrrrata! Meowzers! Where has this been all my life! Pizza Cat finally got over to 800 Degrees after much self-doubt. She had Neapolitan pizza before and (in her best grumpy face) HATED IT. But the Kings were playing in the Finals and it was a beautiful sunny day... what's a cat to do? She needs PIZZA! Pizza Cat thinks she found the secret to enjoying Neapolitan pizza. KISS. No, not a kiss from Giuseppe, although that would be ideal, KISS as in Keep It Simple Stupid. Neapolitan pizza is so different from its American cousin, so when people try to treat it like its American pizza, the dough becomes yucky, undercooked and the topping flop all over the place. The solution is to treat Neapolitans simply, Pizza Cat got a basic marinara sans the fresh oregano and added bufala cheese for an extra $6. It's a very, very basic pizza that will cost around $13. It doesn't taste like American pizza at all. It tastes like naan bread with crushed tomatoes and excellent slabs of cheese. It's ok, Pizza Cat didn't hate it. Now she can tell her food snob, errr... food epicurean friends that she can eat Neapolitan pizza! But the pizza was not the star of the place. Nope. Pizza Cat just about purred over the burr, as in burrata cheese. Burrata is a cheese thats in-between mozzarella and fresh cream. It melts in your mouth and it's silky smooth at the same time. It comes with prosciutto, melon balls and arugula. It's the perfect combination of cheese, salty, meaty, sweet and bitter. This is Pizza Cat's favorite bite of 2014 (for now)! She liked the meatball too but they reheat them in their 800 degree oven, needless to say, parts of the meatball were cold while others were hot. No bueno but the taste was good. **All in all, this is a cool, trendy new place located in front of the Monte Carlo. Food leans towards healthy and $30 will get one a good hearty Italian meal.**
positive