Si Mangia Italian

[onthemove123]

I know there's lots of hype about how good the pizza's are at The Actress and The Gowlett but I had the nicest ever pizza at Si Mangia on Forest Hill Road.

Absolutely gorgeous and highly recommend.

X

[Mustard]

Their lunchtime offers are good value, and they include the pizzas.

[DulwichFox]

The reason we all get so many Pizza leaflets through our doors is that they are the Biggest money spinners.

They are cheap and easy to make and can be made by a 12 year old with 20 mins. training. And I'm being generous.

As a consequence they also give the worst value for money and have very little nutritional benefit.

DulwichFox

[Mustard]

The lunch deals at Si Mangia offers the choice of a mixed salad or garlic bread, and includes pasta dishes as mains.

[Louisa]

Dress it up as you wish. Cheese on toast with a processed concentrated pur?e on the bread. That's pizza.

Louisa.

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Louisa Wrote:

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> Dress it up as you wish. Cheese on toast with a

> processed concentrated pur?e on the bread. That's

> pizza.

>

> Louisa.

In this particular establishment, I agree

[DulwichFox]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Dress it up as you wish. Cheese on toast with a

> processed concentrated pur?e on the bread. That's

> pizza.

>

> Louisa.

Yep.. I'm English.. Adorning me with Pineapple does not make me Hawaiian..

Foxy

[Henry_17]

All,

Try the carbonara.

Henry

[newboots]

Or the risotto pescatore

[numbers]

Or the cheese on toast with a concentrated pure? on the bread.

[skiddywill]

Can I start a campaign to bring back the seafood linguine? Squid ink linguine with clams, mussels, scallops and prawns. Best thing ever. French girlfriend boasted about it to her friends back in Paris. Yes. that good!

[picmicnic]

Agree with the original poster the pizzas in SI Mangia are great

[Singapore Bhoy]

Louisa every time someone mentions "pizza" you trot out the same old boring joke......mmmm....cheese....toast. It wasn't funny the first time. YAWN

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Singapore Bhoy Wrote:

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> Louisa every time someone mentions "pizza" you

> trot out the same old boring

> joke......mmmm....cheese....toast. It wasn't funny

> the first time. YAWN

It's her thing SB

Same old, ground out again and again

Ask her about burgers or parking or blow in's or pretensions and the likes

Hilarious

[DulwichFox]

Singapore Bhoy Wrote:

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> Louisa every time someone mentions "pizza" you

> trot out the same old boring

> joke......mmmm....cheese....toast. It wasn't funny

> the first time. YAWN

You've joined up just to say that.. ?

People keep banging on about Pizza and how Marvelous X & Y's pizza are.

But it really IS no more than Cheese on Toast with bits.

Louisa is not trying to be funny. She is not joking.

Like me, she is making a point.

Pizza has little more healthy nutritional benefit than the box it comes in.

Popular types of Pizza Net C(g) Sugar(g) Fibre(g) Total Carbs(g)

Cheese Pizza

1 piece (1/8 30 cm dia) 24.48 3.06 1.6 26.08

Whole Pizza 195.84 24.48 12.8 208.64

208.64 Carbs = 41.73 spoonfulls of Sugar.

A serious threat to your health, and your children's health.

DulwichFox

[haruki]

Come on now, surely you must be joking? A serious threat to children?! I don't think anyone is advocating an exclusive diet of pizza.

And the cheese on toast comparison is odd. It's like saying beer is "just" flavoured water with bits.

For one thing, the difference between type of flour, tomatoes and cheese alone, ignoring toppings, mean there's a huge variety. E.g. Chicago style vs Naples style.

But I'm not sure you will be convinced.

[Bluelagoon]

How has a post where the OP stated simply how much they enjoyed their dinner turned into a health advisory? I presume we are all adults and capable of making our own dietary decisions. I also happen to be very fond of cheese on toast.

[cordsm]

I agree with Haruki...

If you're insistent that Pizza is just cheese on toast, then you could extend this argument to pretty much anything, no?

Shepherds pie is 'just' potato on lamb

Pasta Carbonara is 'just' ham & eggs on pasta

Caesar Salad is 'just' cheese on lettuce.....etc etc

And making, rising & stretching out decent pizza dough takes a bit of practice too. Some people do this as a living, so a bit unfair to be snotty about it... Anyway, not sure why I'm joining in this argument - if you don't like pizza, I think it's probably because you haven't had a decent one, but each to their own.

[njc97]

Can you imagine Louisa and Fox in the bakers; BUT THAT'S JUST CHEESE ON TOAST WITHOUT THE CHEESE. AND YOU HAVENT EVEN TOASTED IT!

[tallulah71]

I'm with skiddywill - Miss my squid ink seafood linguine....although I'm now addicted to the gnocchi Della casa.

Mind you, it's only gnocchi. with tomatoes and cheese.

And eating out with Dulwich fox or Louisa must be such a joy!

[Mrs Y]

Si Mangia is a great family restaurant

[DulwichFox]

tallulah71 Wrote:

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> I'm with skiddywill - Miss my squid ink seafood

> linguine....although I'm now addicted to the

> gnocchi Della casa.

>

> Mind you, it's only gnocchi. with tomatoes and

> cheese.

>

And eating out with Dulwich fox or Louisa must be

> such a joy!

I have been a regular at the Curry Club for the past year..

Why don't you come along and find out. :)

Foxy

[tallulah71]

Surely that's just veg and or meat with a curry sauce chucked over it.

Not a big curry fan, but thanks for the invite

[KidKruger]

"Surely that's just veg and or meat with a curry sauce chucked over it".

Ha ha !

[bradley]

How did a restaurant recommendation turn out to be an argument about healthy eating?!

What if I told you that you can be on a McDonald's only diet and still be healthy and not obese?

It's all about moderation people. Anything, no matter how, healthy it is can and surely will kill you if you abuse it.

P.S - Even the air (oxigen) that we breath is killing us.