A new pizza place?

Let's just say this up front: we were spoiled in Cape Town. In many ways. One of which was the pizza restaurants and takeaway pizza places!! We came to love the style of pizza and the amazing toppings and combinations ... feta, avocado, Peppadews, bacon, sun-dried tomatoes, rocket/arugula, fig, brie ... lovely crisp thin crust with the focus on the toppings and modest amounts of cheese (not just massive amounts of cheese & pepperoni or sausage).

So we decided to try and find one or two new pizza places in B-town that might offer something similar to satisfy our new pizza preferences (not the typical big chain Pizza Hut or Papa John's).

Our first try was at Aver's Pizza, recommended by some of Jim's colleagues at work. It's a local place with some interesting toppings and even three types of pesto sauces, in addition to tomato and BBQ and alfredo. For our first visit, we ordered a "Take and Bake" (very nice option so we could bake it at home) of "Justa Fad". It had a pesto base with mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes, artichokes and ricotta.

As you can see, Jim was very excited. This really is his excited face, I promise.


And now a thoughtful expression as he chews and meditates on the flavor.


And Jul's initial bites. Hmm ...

And the verdict? Tasty. Genuinely flavorful pesto sauce. Crispy crust with generous toppings and modest cheese (well we had to order 'easy cheese'). Yum. If only it had Peppadews...