Bona Sera - Fine Pizza Dining in Helsingborg

Today I was back to have the best pizza on offer in Helsingborg. Officially it's best in Scandinavia and i wouldn't be surprised if it was the best in the world. Last week I took takeaway from La Pizza (read my earlier post) but today i visited the high quality restaurant next doors, offering the same pizzas. Buona Sera is the name of the restaurant at Drottninggatan 124.

The wine list is excellent offering everything from simplier Italian table wines to vintage selections of Sassicaia and Masseto. The Italian selection is then topped up with some French spice such as Château Haut Brion 1990 at the moderate price of 14,995 SEK (approx. 1,600 €) or a bottle of Chateau d'Yquem for the same price... Maybe another day...

The waitress presented herself as new for today, and unfortunately I don't think she was only new to the restaurant. I think she might never have waited tables before. She was stumbling a bit but made it up with good attitude and a nice smile. As a little heads up I'm more concerned about things as some chipped plates.

Nevertheless, the atmosphere in the restaurant is nice and stylish, even though laid back. Today, Sunday it was not very crowded. Swedes have a tendency to stay home Sunday nights for Sunday dinner at home. Other nights of the week I recommend to reserve a table as it's usually packed.

Pizzas were just as delicious as last time and completely impossible to give any bad criticism what so ever!

Don't expect the highest of fine dining service but come here for a nice pizza or a good italian dinner accompanied by good wine. Apart from the interiour which is in a modern swedish-style rather than Italian, the feeling is very Italian; focus on the food and take the rest for what it is!

Don't miss out on trying the Italian microbrew beer Gradisca from the Italain craft brewery Birra Amarcord. It's a great company to most starters that would usually request white wine, or as a starter in itself. Tomorrow I'll post a note specifically on the Birra Amarcord Gradisca.

Best regards
Lucas Spinnars

Best pizza ever with a great beer

I occasionally like to publish restaurant reviews here and yesterday I had the best pizza of my life and felt that obliged to share it with the world. La Pizza in Helsingborg at Drottninggatan 124 sets as their goal to provide humanity with pizza that fills another purpose than merely being junk food.

If they succeed? I would definitely say so. They call all their pizzas gourmet-pizza and if gourmet food is available at the price of 85 SEK I'm all in!

My pizza with real Italian salsiccia, red onion, grilled artichoke and mushrooms was absolutely delicious. I've spent considerable time in Italy and as a big lover of pizza the number of pizzas I've eaten is remarkably high. This one beats 'em all!

La Pizza shows off with having won the Scandinavian championships in pizza-making. It is a title they well deserve!

The pizza-place is mainly for take-away and host only two small outside tables. There is though a really nice Italian restaurant next doors if one is in the mood for finer dining (read another of my posts). I brought my pizza a couple of hundred meters down to the esplanade by the shoreline. There I had one of the best spots for watching the sun-down in Helsingborg just opposing Hamlet's castle Kronborg in Helsingør.

The pizza was in good company with a Brewdog Zeitgeist. A good black lager made of organic goods by the controversial Scottish brewery Brewdog. Controversial in the sense that they recently brewed the strongest beer ever made and having as their marketing attitude to make beers that they don't care if anyone else like - as long as they like it themselves. The Zeitgeist is a very humanely priced beer, fairly full-bodied full with dark bread, chocolate and coffee flavours. The alcohol is quite low, measuring only 4,9% abv, and the sweetness goes hand in hand with that. The sweetness is thus not particularly high and gives a beer that can accompany a wide range of dishes without overpowering them.

All for now! Love pizza from La Pizza Helsingborg and enjoy it with a Zeitgeist Organic Black Lager from BrewDog!

Best regards

Lucas Spinnars

Helsingborg