California Pizza Kitchen

One of the most enriching and delicious gifts Italy has bestowed on us is their sensational pizzas which can be a humble delicacy but has been tweaked as a gourmet dish by the enthusiastic diners. No longer it’s a staple of the Italians, it has gained popularity tenfold and has become essential part of global gastronomy. Every nook and corner of Mumbai is crammed with quaint pizza parlours who master in delivering an array of mouth-watering saucy pies in every possible topping. Many restauranteurs have taken pizza and given it a gourmet twist, making their restaurants a household name overnight such as ‘California Pizza Kitchen’. This very popular chain of pizza parlours have dominated the culinary scene of Mumbai by offering their diners a plethora of delicious gourmet pies. You can find various outlets of CPK nestled into the bosom of the city but the one in Lower Parel deserves your immediate attention.

You can enjoy the cosy comforts of California Pizza Kitchen at Skyzone, High Street Phoenix on Senapati Bapat Marg. This outlet is comparatively trendiest of all, with its posh interiors and enormous proportions that are beautifully decorated. A network of polished wooden beams runs overhead carrying a row of geometrical lamps casting a soft hazy glow about the room. Cosy deep plush booths in warm caramel colour dots the room setting off beautifully against the exposed brick walls. You can even choose to slip onto a tall bar stool to be more up-close to the kitchen gimmicks. A towering wine library on one side of the room grabs your eyes instantly, offering you an impressive selection of wines to go with your meal.

Take a note of their lovely Italian menu in which their gourmet pizzas are their stars. First course entails dishes like, flatbreads, black bean quesadillas, basil chicken, fried mac ‘n’ cheese, wonton rolls, Mediterranean focaccia, spicy chicken supreme, crispy potato, BBQ chicken wings, Tuscan hummus and dynamite shrimp. You can even opt for a soup or salad to give your calorie-ridden meal a healthy side. Rest of the menu features sandwiches, pasta, baked fish, chicken peri peri and chicken piccata but don’t walk out without trying their pizzas. Try, frijole, kasundi paneer, spicy cilantro, Sicilian, fire roasted, peri peri, baja supreme, Jamaican jerk, chipotle chicken and meat cravers. California Pizza Kitchen is expensive yet memorable.