BEST PIZZA in ITALY! NAPLES Pizza vs. ROME Pizza!

Hey guys, it's Mike Chen. Hello from Rome. This has been an incredible trip to Italy so far my first time It's just such an amazing country beautiful people of course super super delicious food And I actually just got into Rome no less than 20 minutes ago. I'm starving All I had to eat this morning was a croissant But I wanted my first meal here in Rome to be some Roman pizza and coming to Italy I knew that there were two locations where pizza ring supreme Rome and Napoli and they are completely different from each other So I'm gonna go and find out and taste the difference for myself. Let's go pizza I get off the bus to eat pizza, and this is what I'm greeted with This is the National Monument in dedication to Victor Emmanuel the second and it is majestic this whole square is just so So beautiful almost made me forget about the pizza for a second Okay back on track Gotta go get some food Then I'll be able to appreciate this much more are my first piece of place across the street from an ancient square and next to An R.E.K. Chinese restaurant I'm here at Pizza Florida so a lot of the pizza places in Rome are very casual you go in for lunch You just grab these rectangular slices They cut for you with scissors, and they usually sell it to you by weight And I could be in trouble because my my pizza will probably weigh a lot so here all the pizza Different types of flavors now Roman pizza has way less rules than Neapolitan pizza So there could be all different types of flavors, so it could be all different types of toppings Yeah, I'll take the margarita. I'll take a slice of anchovies too. French fries and mushroom looks like potatoes and mushrooms That looks great too. Tomatoes and spicy chili. Yeah The biggest distinction between this and Neapolitan It's gonna be the crust the dough is like medium to thin crust and this pizza they add the olive oil that's where you get the crispy crust and of course Neapolitan pizza that is not added and this is definitely a huge variety of flavors just start with the basic margarita I don't know if it's because I'm like super hungry But this is so It's generally good. I don't know if you guys can hear the crunch With a slight bit of char and you can taste a little bit of the fragrance of the olive oil I mean the color of the bottom of this pizza. That's absolutely perfect the margarita size Cheese is fresh Tomatoes slightly sweet. It's not a fancy pizza by any means, but the dough is crunchy. It's robust. It's fairly light It's just a simple no-nonsense, but incredibly airy Delicious slice of pizza. I mean it doesn't look like much we're cutting it and toasting in the oven So I figured that the dough might be a little hard might be a little overcooked not the case whatsoever Oh, this should make everything better This is the anchovy slice never had anchovy pizza before in my life Actually the first time I ever heard of anchovies on pizza was in the Ninja Turtles movie when Michelangelo threatened the pizza guy I mean, I love anchovies, but probably just because I've seen that movie. I just never wanted anchovies on my pizza That's Ninja Turtle influence Very crunchy margarita slice little bits of saltiness sitting on a bit of cheese. Oh, I Can't believe Michelangelo made me miss out on this thing for all those years These are little cherry tomatoes with chili then no cheese on this. Oh God this explosive tomatoes The pizza dough without any cheese. It just highlights how crispy and chewy this pizza dough is This is so interesting potato and mushroom pizza That's probably not my favorite slice the flavor is a bit one-dimensional this is the pizza I'm most excited about tuna pizza This is my favorite one. I'm sure this is probably a personal preference This is so wonderful, but it's crying out There's like a tuna salad on top of the pizza a little arugula a little bit of tomatoes And I don't know whether it's because I love tuna salad with a passion, but this is creamy It's got tons of tuna that dough is doing its beautiful thing This is like a tuna melt pizza with fresh veggies and this this is my favorite slice today I could eat a whole pie of this Tomatoes those tomatoes are so fresh and sweet There's so many things I love about this pizza not just its tuna pizza, but the Roman style pizza in general I love the crispiness of this crust you know though. It's not like super thin crust It's not thick kind of medium thickness, but it's see those air pockets It's so so airy, and then just falling head over heels with all the crazy toppings I mean margarita simple delicious the tuna that's something I'll remember for the rest of my life pizza round two Had to sell some bacon so I had to get some bacon Porcini mushrooms is the most popular type of mushrooms in Italy I love these mushrooms and of course another slice of tuna this piece actually they just make this This is cream cheese on this slice of pizza I think I figured out the rule for a Roman style pizza you get the crust right get it perfect Then with the toppings just go crazy This is so creative But heck yeah, this is ever work You guys can see right here at the bounciness of the crust you see that like a little pizza crust Trampoline and this is the end part of the pizza. Don't be afraid to get an edge I just got off the train at Naples, the mecca of pizza Can almost smell it in the air of course Naples is really known for a Neapolitan pizza Which is like completely different than the pizza I had back in Rome so right now I'm going to a couple places that was recommended to me and one of them opens at 9 a.m.. Yeah pizza for breakfast Pizza places and my first stop is here Di Matteo apparently this is one of Clinton's favorite pizza places when you're eating Neapolitan pizza You got to go for the buffalo mozzarella Neapolitan pizza is is crazy because it's the only pizza in the world that is Regulated by by almost a police like entity called the VPN and it regulates the pizza size it regulates the topping It really relates the oven that is cooked in the heat of the oven how long the pizza is cooked We're gonna time this and it came out of the oven exactly one minute. This is it true Neapolitan pizza right in the heart right in Naples. This is like eating pizza at its home base I got one margarita with buffalo mozzarella This is of course you have to get this any place you go as you can see it's kind of soupy and centered And this way you should expect with good Neapolitan pizza And I got a second one because they asked me if I like meats and of course I said yes And this appeared in front of me as I mentioned in my New York pizza video There are a lot of rules if you want to make a pizza that can be called a true Neapolitan pizza It has to use specific ingredients in this case this cheese topping must be buffalo mozzarella The olive oil used must be extra virgin and all the ingredients must be from the Campania region of Italy and Like I mentioned you need a customized oven the oven must be wood-fired The air temperature needs to be around 800 degrees and it has to cook in under two minutes And this one as we saw cooked in exactly one minute. This is completely different than a typical New York pizza Obviously, you can't cut this into slices and fold it and eat it It's not gonna fold right because the tip as you can see here It's just wet and full of sauce ingredients. So this is one of the pieces in the world You gotta eat with a fork and knife. The dough, look at this. It's just like a soft airy Bread and it's kind of have almost like a like a kind of like a leopard print on the bottom slightly charred in certain areas and the crust Airy almost melts in your mouth You get that slight taste of bitterness which goes perfect with the sweet tomatoes I'm probably not even cutting this right. Neapolitan pizza in Naples. This is like a foodie's dream right here This is like one of the ultimate bucket list if you're a pizza lover, and I'm about to check it off mine. Oh my gosh, I cannot believe how good true Neapolitan pizza is. The dough I can't believe that's pizza dough. It just tastes like a really Really tender piece of bread with a slight bitterness from the char. Counterbalanced perfectly by the sweet sweet tomatoes. The buffalo mozzarella Which I feel like they actually pour more on the pizza for you than in New York It's much milkier and creamier than any of the pizzas I've had before Basil is so aromatic and most delicious dough that I will happily wrap any food in. You can see here all the air bubbles This is a sign that this pizza is cooked in an incredibly hot oven and this helps produce a super airy crust And the part where it's considered wet I feel like this is the best part of the pizza. Here the dough is basically in a dance of love with the tomatoes and Basil and cheese. And this to me, this is my favorite bite right here. Get a piece of the basil on there Seriously, I'll tell you guys I thought Neapolitan pizza was good when I had in New York I mean I went to some of the best Neapolitan pizza places in New York and saying it doesn't hold a candle to this would Be too much of a compliment. It doesn't even come close to the flavor of this pizza Also this pizza, it's not even filling me up. This is the meat pie right here This is obviously it's not a traditional pizza. Slices of tomatoes, bacon It looks like ricotta cheese and a ton of mozzarella She did not guide me around here The dough has the same wonderful chewy texture, I like the burst of sweetness from the tomatoes I'll tell you what guys, I like this pizza, love the meat But I still prefer the original. Come here, get the margarita with the buffalo cheese It's gonna make your pizza loving heart explode a little bit. Alright, I'm gonna finish this up, but there's a couple more pizzerias I'm dying to try on this street That was a pizza meal for the angels. My pizza bar is officially way up here right now The next place I'm going to is an institution Oh my god, I just had the scare of my lifetime Came here at 1230, this place opens at 12 And this is my like number one targeted place coming into Naples and then they told me it was sold out like I Couldn't get in and then I think I just stood out there with the saddest puppy dog Look in my eyes like just staring at the pizza oven and they let me in and they gave me the last table here Counting my lucky stars right now. Okay. I was just gonna get the margarita, but the waitress Is so nice. She also recommended I get the esterina, which is smoked mozzarella Ricotta cheese salami black pepper and basil what I had at the other place, but whatever. Hey, I'm not gonna turn down a recommendation Ah, thank you so much. Got my two pizzas. I just ate a couple pizzas. Oh my gosh I cannot tell you how excited I am still. Look at this perfect Buffalo mozzarella Smell you can smell how creamy this is crushed it looks thicker and airier than the last place I was at and One thing I love is the smell of the yeast on the pizza dough. I Feel like after a bite you gotta just soak all that deliciousness in I take a moment Let it wash all over you the mozzarella just as creamy just as milky. I Feel like taking this bite just like seeing the Coliseum for the first time walking by Duomo you just know you're in Italy And this pie is very different from the last one I ate at there's obviously less tomatoes on this piece So it's less sweet less soupy But much more olive oil the olive oil flavor is sort of pronounced like I can really taste the olive oil I feel like the crust is airier. It's softer It's got a more fragrant flavor personally I really love all the tomatoes from the last pizza and I almost wish there's more of it on this pizza But this dough is absolutely perfect even eating it on its own And I think it just melts my second pizza Estarina again beautiful crushed. There's some ricotta cheese on here some salami. It looks like some zucchini with a black pepper Nice and crunchy as well. Oh, man Get a huge hit of pepper, but that's a lot of pepper on here. Just look at that doll You can see the extra virgin olive oil see how thin it is Almost like this more than the margarita pie. I'm ashamed to say but this should be walking on a catwalk somewhere. It's so fabulous The last place I also had a pizza with ricotta cheese, but I feel like it was the toppings were kind of heavy It was okay. It wasn't the greatest but this they did this pizza, right? I mean love the crunch from the little zucchinis the black peppers give it a slight Spice slight little crunch from the salami as well and then nice porky flavor Well that ricotta cheese Yeah, there should be a movie called. It's a wonderful pizza starring this guy right here I don't know how they did it this might be the first time I'm eating like salami I'm not overwhelmed by the saltiness of it and for some reason it doesn't feel heavy at all In my stomach, I think also one reason for the pizzas not feeling heavy is the dough Like see that it's just so airy and chewy. Look at this Don't you want to just like rinse out one of these crevices and just like live in there? This is really the pizza experience of pizza experiences. Let me give it some due attention I'll see you guys a little bit. And as I was leaving the owner also told me As far as I can understand because he was trying to speak Italian, I'm speaking English He tells me his dough takes 40 hours to prepare and that's what makes it so special and so chewy You can definitely tell that dough is something special. All right, I'm gonna walk around Pizza alley over here and then on this pizza tour I still got one more place to try And what's also really cool is that you can get a pizza to go if you don't want to sit down and this is also a really popular pizzeria Del Presidente So I want to see what it's like to get a pizza to go because one I want to experience it and two Just one more pizza before I leave Naples one more Neapolitan pizza Before I probably will never be able to have this again for a long long time I kind of was expecting like a Like a quad fold where they fold the pizza four times and give it to you like kind of just wrapped And you just gnaw on it, but give it to me in the box So good. Let's go Already I could smell the basil and tomatoes That's a soupy pizza, but come on this beautiful pie for $3.50. You can only find that deal here Oh also one thing I forgot to mention about the colors of the margarita pizza green red and white The three colors on this pizza also symbolize the three colors in the Italian flag making this probably the most delicious example of patriotism I kind of don't know what to do now. I told you I was expecting like a like a folded pizza. So this is You know what Don't think less of me, please Tell me that tomato sauce doesn't make you want to beg for mercy right now I'm literally standing here in an alley in Naples munching on my to-go pizza feeling absolutely shameless Am I supposed to apologize for how good this pizza is? These people know although I really should have thought this through Can I? I'm gonna fold it and make it into like a calzone Much more efficient. All right, like I said one more piece of place, but we're gonna go back to Rome for that My last Piece of restaurant in Italy this one La Protelina. It's a sit-down piece of place And like I said, I try to get a reservation and it took me like two days. So Really looking forward to this now first phase of the menu. This is a very popular place A lot of attention has paid to the maturation of the dough good aged minimal 48 hours Wow Lower whoa, that's great. Emiliana this this you think is the best pizza Wow bored mozzarella, oh sweet Pistachio Pesto pistachio. Yes. I will take this 100% Yes, and then one more the second is you're recommending Genoa Genovese. Yes, that's still Buffalo muscle. Oh That looks great. So this is Roman style piece of freshly made The only problem I had a Florida's was that it wasn't like freshly made pizza. They reheated it It's still great. But this I'm getting it straight from the oven Guys you gotta check out my pizza right now. So right here I got the Emiliana which is wild boar mortadella I've got mozzarella Cavallo cheese and pistachio pesto. So this is the wild boar. Let's lift us up Oh, you see the mozzarella. Oh Look at that gooey cheese and you lift this up a little bit. Oh, there it is pistachio Pesto, I never seen pistachio pesto before what a treat and then on this side got the Genovese pesto Buffalo mozzarella my favorite raw cherry tomatoes and ham thinly slices of ham almost translucent Raw cherry tomatoes. So the cherry juice is just popping all over this pizza So Roman pizza the distinction is their crust is gonna be thin to medium thin Let me just tuck the cheese and the pistachio pesto back in here Time to dig in. I feel like I've been watching the previews for for a much-anticipated movie I've been wanting to see for like 10 times straight. Finally being attraction. Let's get to it I don't know if you just felt the love that was shooting through my eyes This thing is making me borderline emotional right now I have no idea where pistachio pesto has been all my life, but now that's in my life I'm not letting it go. By the way, this is the most melt-in-my-mouth Crunchy pizza crust I've been into here in LA Guys, here's a crunch, right? That's magical. This thing should have his own Vegas magic show. The crust I could write a whole album of love songs dedicated to this crust When I put that in my mouth, I swear I hear angels singing. This is the most crunchy slash melty piece of crust I've had In Italy so far. Melting in your mouth doesn't even begin to describe this. You did get that nice flavor of olive oil It's the most amazing pizza Amazing. Oh my gosh. All right. I got to get into the other pizza. Hang on a second I know it's not right to fall in love with two things at the same time That's like both sitting at your table in front of you, but it's happening. It's a love story that can endure the ages I'm gonna try this ham That's a beautiful trifecta You got the porky, salty, fragrant ham, hard crust, just a little bit of pesto, the creaminess of the buffalo mozzarella with the sweet juice of the cherry tomatoes This pizza will haunt my dreams and my memories till the day I come back and eat it again Pistachio pesto, seriously, if you've never had it Oh god, you need to have it. It's nutty Fragrant, a bit creamy There's certain foods you'll meet in life, and it's not, it doesn't happen a lot Okay, it happens every once in a while. When you take a bite and without just even realizing what it tastes like The emotions hit you, you know what I'm saying? Like when you see someone you're destined to fall in love with, like you get the feels, you get the butterflies Everything, everything, you feel it before you taste it I'll tell you guys this right now, if you are in Rome and you miss out on this pizza, that's one massive food regret I promise you I really wish like I somehow could have got into this restaurant first night I was here when I tried to get a reservation Because I would have ate here every single day My last bite Excuse me one second, let me check something I'm just checking whether it's legal to marry a pizza because I want to be with it always. It is over way too soon I feel like pizza, at least food-wise, has been one of the highlights of my trip in Italy And I'm glad I tried different styles, from the Roman style with it's crunchy, melty crust and an array of toppings To the seemingly simple yet gorgeously delicate Neapolitan pies And to end my journey here tonight, man, I wish I could hit the repeat button and do all of it over again But what a great way to end this trip. My favorite Neapolitan pizza I have to break this one down because first, I love sorbillos But I love all the sweet tomatoes and creamy buffalo mozzarella that DiMatteo put on their pizza And again, it's far better, far better than any Neapolitan pizza I've had in New York or anywhere else outside of Italy And finally, Roman style pizza, you gotta come here I mean, hit up Florida Pizza, grab a slice of tuna, that's my favorite thing there It's cheap, it's convenient, it's tasty Then come here and just have the Roman pizza of your dreams Because guys, in the world of pizza, this is a gladiator Alright guys, I gotta take off, go to bed, early flight tomorrow But thank you all so much for watching this video All the places I went to is of course listed for you in my description box below And again, by the time you're watching this, I'm not in Italy anymore If you want to know where I am full-time, follow me on Instagram and Twitter It's listed right here and in the description box below Thank you all so much for watching, until we eat again, see you later