Story deli pizza

On an after dinner walk one evening, we noticed an interesting corner shop in our local area. The glass windows revealed larger tables with some chairs and many interesting white/ cream coloured arty objects hanging from the ceiling. The place was lit with large candles and really warmed up the romantic in you! We were very curious about this place- as we could not discern what the shop was about- what does it sell ?? Was it an artist studio? 

At a tiny corner, we spied what looked like an 8in pizza sat in brown paper atop a stool. There was a scrawl with an arrow indicating 'pizza' . Intrigued, we headed in that direction to find a nondescript unnamed restaurant hidden behind some curtained entrance. The place was lively and the ambience was just as romantic. We made a mental note to return to try the food. 

This turned out to be story deli. A pretty popular gourmet pizza eatery. They pride themselves on their use of organic ingredients and serve only pizza, drinks and 3 choices of dessert. 

Interestingly their 'pizza' is also one of a kind! It was different, delicious and so filling it also became lunch for one of us the next day! The base was like a flat bread- super crisp and thin made with no yeast at all. We ordered pizzas with a pesto base and the toppings ... Man that was like a whole salad on top of the pizza! Thrilling for the vegetarian but also kinda intimidating! Simply presented on a board. This pizza had grilled shrimp with spices, roasted peppers, mozzarella and ALOT OF ROCKET! It was pretty awesome except that the olive oil was too generous and one became full very quickly ! It was also challenging to eat this as you can imagine! The ingredients are heavier than the base and the pesto was dropping off each bite! 

The next one was a mushroom, mozzarella, onions, rocket and pepper combination! The mushrooms are hidden under the foliage ... 

A sense of how thin the pizza is! 

Rustic and romantic interior ;) It was a lovely meal out, with enough to pack as a salad lunch the next day!  Oh yes, it was a pinch on the pocket too , each pizza was priced at a whopping £17 !!! Quality ingredients and quality time spent together eating ;) also got us thinking reflectively about what makes a pizza ? Does this constitute as one??