The life of pie

Grace and I really do think alike.

Before leaving Tagaytay, we talked about where we could have lunch. Since we had a heavy breakfast and planned to do some serious snacking on the road, I suggested that we try out Project Pie in Alabang.

"'Yan din exactly 'yung i-su-suggest ko!" Grace exclaimed.

So, Sunday afternoon found us creating and savoring our bespoke pizzas.

The truth is, the task of creating your own pizza isn't as simple as it seems. When you're in front of the counter and faced with all those cheeses and toppings, it really takes time to figure out what you'll put on the pizza. But as daunting as the task was, we gamely put our chef's hats on and started creating.

Grace immediately went for the hams. She loves prosciutto and that was a must for her. After that, she piled on more mean, olives, mushrooms, green pepper and several types of cheese, and voila! Here's the Grace special:

Mark, on the other hand, started with cheese. He was overwhelmed by the cheese choices that he asked that they add mozzarella, parmesan, provolone and blue cheese. To keep it from being too cheesy, he also added different types of meats, olives, green pepper and some herbs. And here's Mark's cheese and meat pizza:

When it came to my pizza, I thought that I'd go more "gourmet" - which is a euphemism for "weird." I thought of all the possible pizza combinations, and avoided them. What I ended up with was a pizza that had olive oil, mozzarella, provolone, parmesan and feta cheese, then I added anchovies and chicken, topped it with roasted red bell peppers and caramelized onions, and to amp up the weirdness, I asked them to add dried cranberries, walnuts and crushed garlic. The result was a sweet and savory pizza that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

We had so much fun experimenting and trying out each other's creation that we hoped we had more space in our stomachs to try out another pizza. Alas, we were eating the entire day, so our stomachs were fully expanded by this time.

But we left Project Pie with the promise that we'll be back soon, and we'll be more bold and experimental next time.