{"id":999,"date":"2015-05-14T15:27:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=999"},"modified":"2015-05-14T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T13:57:24","slug":"trabella-pizzeria-with-the-entertainer-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/trabella-pizzeria-with-the-entertainer-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Trabella Pizzeria with the Entertainer App"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trabella Pizzeria with the Entertainer App<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illovo is undoubtedly the hub of Johannesburg – especially for the younger crowd – with an awesome selection of bars and quaint, good quality restaurants. Recently, whenever I have visited the\u00a0Griffin (one of the said awesome bars) I have had my eye on Trabella Pizzeria. I finally got around\u00a0to giving it a try using my Entertainer App which gave me a\u00a02-for-1 discount voucher. And guess what? I was on a first date. Yes, it may sound like a\u00a0brave first date move, \u00a0but the date happened to be a very good friend so he was just grateful that I saved him some cash money!<\/p>\n

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Trabella has a wonderful, homely feel to it, with\u00a0three separate seating areas, each with a slightly different ambience. We chose\u00a0the area with the softer, more romantic lighting. He\u2019s still calling so the lighting obviously worked to my advantage.<\/p>\n

This Italian restaurant\u00a0boasts a wide range of pastas and thin crust base, wood fire pizzas.\u00a0There wasn\u2019t a huge\u00a0variety of wine by the glass (although quite a selection by the bottle) but we each had a lovely Pinotage at about R40 per glass.<\/p>\n

Tandori Chicken Pasta\u00a0\/\/ R85<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was surprised to see the \u201ctandori\u201d chicken pasta (which I\u2019m pretty sure is meant to be \u201ctandoori\u201d) on the menu as I was expecting it\u00a0to be completely Italian. You get to choose between\u00a0pasta with olive oil or Napoletana sauce – he went with olive oil and it’s simplicity really allowed the perfectly marinated chicken to shine. The pasta was cooked al dente <\/em>and the vegetables were crispy and fresh \u2013 the\u00a0date was happy with the crispy veg,\u00a0although I would prefer to have them cooked a little longer.<\/p>\n

Potato, onion and creamy feta pizza \/\/ R85<\/strong><\/p>\n

I minused the capers from this bad boy, because they really aren’t my style, and it was DELICIOUS!\u00a0 The base was perfectly crisp\u00a0and I loved that\u00a0there was no holding back on the cheese front. The\u00a0potato was slightly over-cooked, and had the texture of hard, almost crisp-like pieces.\u00a0I threw on a great big dollop of fresh chilli which really took it to the next level, and balanced out the richness of the cheese brilliantly.<\/p>\n

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Entertainer vouchers or not, our meal was delicious, big and very well priced. I will\u00a0definitely be going\u00a0back for the ambience, brilliant and friendly\u00a0service and authentic, real food. I also recommend it to those poor guys who are deciding where to take your lady out, especially if you aren\u2019t as lucky to have a woman who will make the decisions for you.<\/p>\n

Address<\/em><\/strong>: <\/em><\/p>\n

Illovo Junction
\nCnr Oxford Road & Corlett Drive
\nIllovo<\/em><\/p>\n

Tel:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

0114420413<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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