Walking down King Street in Newtown, one of Sydney's oldest suburbs, one's senses can become completely overwhelmed. Despite its colourful boutiques and a seemingly endless array of second-hand book stores, it's the tastebuds that really get the work-out with the strip's vast line of culinary delights. I've walked King Street many times and have counted over 140 pubs, restuarants and cafes along it.

These never stay static either. Constantly changing, upgrading, renaming and expanding one can always expect a new gastronomic adventure to greet them when visiting King Street.

Well, I'm determined to end that and achieve the near impossible: to feast from every restaurant/cafe/bar on King Street and live to tell the tale.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Gigi

@ 379 King St

Ahh Gigi, what would life be without this little pizzeria that sits just a couple of blocks from Newtown station? The first time I encountered this place the first thing I thought was that it looked gorgeous. The next thing I thought was, "where the heck's my pizza?" Yes, the pizzas take at best 20 minutes to arrive to you but boy, are they worth it.

Wood and coal fired (something like that) these pizzas possess a quality to them that your tastebuds will savour for hours and crave for days. They're large, thin crusted and not over-topped with ingredient after ingredient as some pizzas can be. Every time I've visitied here, the pizzas have never disappointed. In fact, I'd be as bold to say that they're the best pizzas on King. The only time I've tasted better was in New York under the Brooklyn Bridge. Sure, I've not tasted an overwhelming number of pizzas in my life to qualify as being a pizza afficionado but I've tasted enough to know when one screams of quality. And these pizzas? They do.

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