Hot summer days, make you long for a cool summer evening. Had another boring day at work on Friday so found myself wondering what I would do in the evening to just relax......movie marathon with the kiddies maybe......Was in no mood to cook dinner. Texted hubby, how does pizza's by the beach sound tonite??? Text back "awesome" so plans were made.
Did a quick shop at the Indian store, needed my weekly fix of Indian movies, sweets and snacks as well as my indian spices and the usual pantry stuff. Managed to pick up some yummy Laddoos and headed home! Had a cup of nice hot chai.....packed the car with beach chairs and the much loved esky with out drink...bag of chips, plates glasses etc etc. So off we were, nice long drive, headed to our famous Pizza joint...Uncle Gino's ..Authentic Italian wood fired pizza!!
There is something about the place, makes you feel at home. Small restaurant with old wooden tables and chairs laid out, nothing stand out, just simple furniture. The ordering counter, beside it the big glass counter with all the pizza dough and toppings neatly laid out, and a big roaring wood fire Oven..........the warmth of the people there and the oven warms your heart the minute you walk through that door. As you enter you find a very round italian man, with a twirled moustache, a white shirt, shorts sitting at the doorway.......we came to know his dad was called Uncle Gino......but hey the way he looked he became Uncle Gino for us!! He's a nice man, only wish he was a bit more cheery, but nonetheless, always gave the kids a 20 cent coin to turn the lolly machine so they could grab some lollies on their way out.Oh there is also a big picture of Uncle Gino on the wall.....he does look like a cheery, lovable Italian man!!
So in I went and placed our order: Kids always had the meatlovers special.....perfect crust with heaps of cheese, pepperoni, salami, bacon, shredded ham...and ofcourse Fetta cheese on top, this is my daughter's fav cheese these days. She could live on it if she had too!
For us it was the "works"....you name it this pizza had it all: cheese, pepperoni, salami, bacon, shredded ham, pineapple, capsicum, tomato, cheese, olives, jalapenos etc.........and our famous additions of chilli flakes and anchovies........no pizza tastes as good without anchovies. Chilli flakes I guess is the Indian in me!!
Watching the men round up these pizza's, throw heaps of toppings and sliding them into the huge wood fired oven, these pizza's are a treat to the eyes......they do it in perfect harmony, feels like the toppings are singing a song as they drop onto the pizza, ready to be popped in the oven, all the tastes come together to form a perfect crescendo when the taste hits your tongue with that first bite............transports you to pizza heaven...that's Uncle Gino's pizza for you.....I can definitely say the best in Perth!!
Pizzas handed over, off to the beach, which is hardly 2 minutes away.........our 4 man army, quickly got our gear out of the car.....and walked to our fav spot.........the wind was ferocious.......felt like we were going to be blown away......that's weird...didnt we just have a 37 degree day!! and now the weather's freezing...un bloody beleivable!!!
Had a quick look out to the vast Indian ocean beside us........not far away we could see a ship docked........the waves breaking on the shore...........our bodies relaxed with the cold winds. I wondered if the ocean was warm, would have loved to walk on the beach, let the water kiss my toes............squish my feet in the sand...........but i stood there and realised that the winds were never going to let me get that far!! It was pushing us away....funny that!!
So quick shift of our stuff from our fav spot to a walled area, just to keep the winds away.......quickly tucked into our pizzas. Kids were like , mom so glad we brought our jackets....hubs n me were like, wish we did the same..........quickly figured it's time to head back home, so 20 minutes of quick bites of pizza, soon we were back into the warm comfort of our car, music blaring we headed back home..........a quick stop over to the video store.............guess a movie marathon it was going to be....
xoxo.....Serena
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