the pizza gallery - 1402 malvern road glen iris 9824 6855

there's nothing like a shitload of traffic to open you up to the opportunity of experiencing new eateries. it works like this - i get shitty with the traffic, find the nearest restaurant that looks like the food won't kill (at least for the next 48 hours) and that's it really. pizza gallery (gallery, no less) was just one of those places. now usually, gallery means looky, no touchy, but pizza gallery thankfully allows the eating and drinking of the culinary art.

a friendly place, pizza gallery makes fucking good pizzas. i've only been there twice so far (so good the first time I went back a week later) and i ordered the same thing both times (boring, i know) but i really enjoyed the pizza. just be aware that the fold-over pizza is not quite what you would expect. i guess that's why it's called 'fold-over' and not calzone. it's a little small, too, so if you're hungry, try to bargain your way to a large pizza that's been folded over instead of the standard size. i can't imagine that the action of folding the pizza into three will add significant dollars to your bill. projecting my enjoyment of the fold-over, the other pizzas will be just as good.

they also have a great italian beer i've never heard of but was quite happy to drink. actually, there are a bunch of drinks i don't fully understand but am quite happy to drink so i guess that's not really anything new. the staff are great (strange mustached man who looks like a mate who 'just dropped by and is up for a bit of table service' aside). order the tiramisu if you like a little something sweet after your pizza.

i can't say anything bad about pizza gallery. don't be fooled. there's more than staring at food going on here...