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Thursday 10 March 2016

Napoli Ristorante Pizzeria

Napoli is a family owned Italian restaurant which is located in the heart of Ferry St. It is in operation since 1962 and is one of the top Italian restaurants in Niagara Falls. Since this is the last week of my adventure I saved the very best for the last. I learnt about Napoli the first week I came to Niagara Falls so, needless to say, I had high expectations walking in the restaurant. 
Upon entering the restaurant what catches one's attention is the decor. The restaurant was decorated neatly and elegantly with dozens of old Italian pictures framed in its Brick patterned walls. The tables were neatly covered with snow white table cloths which complemented the crystal clear wine glasses, chinawares and  cutleries. The restaurant was empty so we sat on the couch to enjoy our food and drinks. 
We ordered an Italiana pizza and ravioli di casa for two people when the owner came to our table and engaged us in conversation while upselling his wine menu. The wine menu is short, simple and is easily affordable. I was told that Napoli uses the freshest of ingredients to prepare every dish from scratch and avoids serving food out of a can. We were still talking to the owner when our food arrived and the smell and taste of it explained the long line of people waiting outside the restaurant during the summer time.  
The food and wine were perfect and each ingredient complemented each other like fish complements chips in the UK, they just go hand in hand. Our desserts arrived after we finished our mains. We ordered house made gelato and homemade tiramisu for deserts.  The Tiramisu was the perfect finale to the dinner and the gelato was so fancy that it could easily be mistaken with a store bought.
We paid around 60 dollars for our Napoli experience was it was worth every penny. Napoli's food was extremely well presented and tasted equally mind blowing and their deserts can hold their own against some of Niagara's best restaurants. I ended my gourmet journey with one of Niagara's best restaurant so I will absolutely recommend my friends to try Napoli once. 


Score: 5/5


Thursday 3 March 2016

Little Caesars

In my past experiences, I had no luck with popular pizza chains of Niagara Falls as both Dominos and Pizza Hut were a bit disappointing. This week I decided to give another brand a try this week I went to Little Caesars. It is one of those restaurants that the locals love to dine in when they don't feel like cooking home. The price to take away a hot and fresh pizza is really low compared to some of their competitors.




Little Caesars is located at Drummond Rd, Niagara Falls. It doesn't catch attention unless someone is looking for Little Caesars in particular. Little Caesars doesn't offer in-store dining and their menu features items like pizza, wings, bread etc. I walked into the store to the lady who took my order with a poker face. This week I ordered a Hula Hawaiian pizza this week with chicken wings and soda. The store featured an open kitchen so I could see the order was built from scratch in front of my eyes. The dough was hand made and was fresh. They used fresh vegetables and a generous amount of cheese. My order came in after 13 minutes and I could smell the molten cheese from the box.



After I came back home I and the judges tasted the Hawaiian pizza which was as cheesy and delicious, to say the least. It certainly exceeded my expectations from Little Caesars. The wings were succulent and the aroma of the spicy sweet sauce was overwhelming. Maybe it was the hunger in me but Little Caesars tasted way better than I expected. The price was definitely affordable and the taste complimented the low price of 20 dollars extremely well. I would recommend my friends to give little caesars a try when they are feeling hungry.


Score:3/5