Motormouth From Ipoh – A Malaysian Food Blog

And it’s Christmas, New Year and another particularly important date came late, when I finally popped over to Michelangelo’s Pizzeria for some Fresh, Hot Pizza made on the spot. If you have no idea on what or where Michelangelo’s is, do read my previous post first, for clarification. After all, I doubt many Ipohans can grasp the idea of freshly tossed/stretched pizza dough, then literally strewn with Michael’s pick of fresh ingredients (bear in mind it’s all so spontaneous, sometimes he adds/omits whatever he likes), and baked in a most unconventional brick oven fuelled by firewood (unconventional in the sense that it’s almost unheard of here in Ipoh). Up to a blistering 750 degrees, and within minutes your pizza would be served on your table!

For the past week, it was almost an onslaught of a whirlwind of events for Michelangelo’s. Business was brisk ever since they started operations on Christmas day – People waited for seats, then for the pizzas, and some even claimed to have stood for a good 40 minutes or more in search for an empty seat! Yes, the place may not be able to cater to a HUGE crowd for the time being, resembling your casual, small-scale neighbourhood cafe more than anything. Michael claimed that it’s most regrettable to turn customers away, and he’s doing the best he could to handle the crowd. Which made me contemplating on yet another post on Michelangelo’s Pizzeria, to limit publicity for the time being, so to speak.

Psst, so if you’re reading this, and the urge for a visit is ever stronger than before, pray don’t tell on me ….

Say you heard about this place from somewhere else. Or from words of mouth. Or you stumbled upon the outlet.

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Like a breath of fresh air, Michelangelo’s Pizzeria will soon be gracing the stagnant, almost mundane food and beverage scene in Ipoh, promising quality American-style pizzas at affordable prices. Finally injecting some pizzazz to the unbelievably limited number of choices when it comes to eateries serving pizzas in Ipoh. We have Pizza Hut … and erm, that’s it. No Shakey’s, no Domino’s, no Papa John’s nor even Canadian Pizza. But of course, not including the pricier options at Brewster’s, SSTC (They did serve a wacky spaghetti pizza, to which I have yet to write about) or even Italia Mia (Last I checked they did not serve them. Do they now?)

Yeah, that should be Michelangelo’s, spelled differently. But who cares right? In his most joyous, devil-may-care attitude, I doubt Michael himself mind had I spelled his restaurant the other way ’round!

Yet to officially open for business, Michelangelo’s Pizzeria is expected to be up and running in a week or two’s time. Hopefully by Christmas, or prior to that. To appease that craving for some good ol’ REAL quality pizzas, in Michael’s own words, you must try Michelangelo’s painstakingly stretched, tossed, or rolled pizza dough from good quality flour (no idea what the name was, sorry), topped with the freshest and best of ingredients. No frozen sausages, generic pepperoni/salami, nor minuscule layers of mozzarella.

Having a whale of a time himself stretching them flat on the working counter, tossing them with much gusto and liberally throwing on ingredients as he desired …. Now that’s unorthodox.

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Penang food has never ceased to amaze me. Or any self-respecting foodie for that matter. The abundance of hawker stalls selling famous street food at dirt-cheap prices (ok, maybe not ALL but still, a lavish meal of everything will never cost you an arm or a leg), the flourishing number of restaurants and cafes on the island, and not to mention the wide array of cuisines, a perfect epitome of REAL 1Malaysia concept, whereby you’ll see people of all races hanging out at Mamak stalls more often than not.

But pardon me for the shorter than usual post today, for I was stuck in a most horrendous jam on the highway yesterday evening. For a good 6 hours on the expressway, traveling southbound from Penang back to Ipoh. Needless to say, the temptation to skip work could not get any greater.

Anyway, I wrote about Azuma Japanese Restaurant @ Queensbay Mall before, the much-relished, celebration feast after the much dreaded 5 days of imprisonment on an island known as Langkawi. So let me just share some photos of the food we had this time around, for a quick lunch in Queensbay Mall.

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