By Lindsay Anderson

Special to The Post

 

Pizza is one of my all-time favourite foods, and it’s so easy to get.

All I have to do is make a phone call, and any kind of pizza will show up at my door at any time of day. When my friend Sophie and I went for pizza recently, we decided to appreciate it’s easy availability as best we could. 

I would concentrate on just how satisfying and delicious it tasted, how I could eat as much of it as I wanted, and that when I later fell into a carb-induced slumber, I would be doing so in my big, comfortable bed.

Sophie and I went to Round Table Pizza, which is just a few doors down from Kiriri at Garden City and Blundell in Richmond. It’s pretty much takeout-out only, though there is one small bar at the front window. We ordered a small Triple Cheese Bacon Burger, a small Everything Special (swapping pineapple for feta cheese), and a lasagna, with meatballs added for an extra buck. In total, our bill came to $33.35.

Like Wheat House, the pizzas at Round Table are baked in pans, so they’re deep dish and have a crunchy crust.

For two ladies craving meat and cheese on a Sunday night, they were pretty darn awesome. The Triple Cheese Bacon Burger wasn’t exactly what we thought it would be, however.

Instead of bacon it had ham, and while it did appear to have double mozzarella as promised, there was no cheddar to be found. It didn’t taste like a triple cheese bacon burger, but would that have mattered to a hungry hiker? Absolutely not.

The Everything Special did indeed have everything – ham, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, beef, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, cheese, and tomato sauce. It was a true pizza pie, and our favourite of the two.

The lasagna tasted like all lasagnas from 2-for-1 pizza shops – it was super saucy, kind of sweet-tasting, cheesy on top, and had surprisingly-good meatballs. I don’t know if I’d necessarily order it again, but it was pretty hearty.

Judging by the number of pizzas delivered and picked up while we were there, Round Table is a popular place.

Their pizzas are big, very generous with toppings, and seriously filling.

 

Round Table Pizza

8780 Blundell Road, Richmond

604-275-2929

Cash and cards accepted

Vegetarian options available

 

Lindsay Anderson is dining out at 365 Richmond eateries in 365 days for Tourism Richmond. 

 The South Asian Post is featuring excerpts from her blog each week. See  www.365daysofdining.com for Anderson’s blog.