Jan 2020 edit: as of early Dec 2019, Alessandro Bortessi founder of the KYALY brand is no longer associated with his Hong Kong partners and the restaurant is therefore no longer run by the opening team and no longer associated with the KYTALY restaurant in Geneva. A legal procedure is also currently ongoing for the Hong Kong restaurant not to use the trademark KYTALY anymore.
by Aude
KYTALY, the first Hong Kong outpost of Genevan iconic restaurant, has been on my must try list since its opening a few weeks ago. It was actually on this list even before opening.
Why so much excitement for a pizza would you ask? First of all, it’s not a pizza, it’s a Franco Pepe’s pizza. Franco who? Well simply the most famous chef in the world when it comes to pizza. And it’s not A pizza it’s THE BEST pizza in the world. Says who? Three-Michelin-star Chef Massimo Bottura, the iconic Chef behind Osteria Francescana ranked #2 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking. Mouth-watering right?
Lucky us, Franco has agreed to share his very secret and special recipe w/ Alessandro Bortesi, owner of KYTALY in Hong Kong.
Heading to Wyndham Street and so ready to bite into one of these goddesses! First impression: love the place. A small indoor but welcoming, quite design place. Loving the open kitchen and the beautiful terrace overlooking Tai Kwun.
by Aude
KYTALY, the first Hong Kong outpost of Genevan iconic restaurant, has been on my must try list since its opening a few weeks ago. It was actually on this list even before opening.
Why so much excitement for a pizza would you ask? First of all, it’s not a pizza, it’s a Franco Pepe’s pizza. Franco who? Well simply the most famous chef in the world when it comes to pizza. And it’s not A pizza it’s THE BEST pizza in the world. Says who? Three-Michelin-star Chef Massimo Bottura, the iconic Chef behind Osteria Francescana ranked #2 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking. Mouth-watering right?
Lucky us, Franco has agreed to share his very secret and special recipe w/ Alessandro Bortesi, owner of KYTALY in Hong Kong.
Heading to Wyndham Street and so ready to bite into one of these goddesses! First impression: love the place. A small indoor but welcoming, quite design place. Loving the open kitchen and the beautiful terrace overlooking Tai Kwun.
But hey, as attractive as this terrace is, I have no time to just laze in the sun with a drink, I need a slice of the world’s best pizza!
Kicking off with a classic and best-selling Margherita Sbagliata (HKD 200). This one is playing it simple. But that dough though! Quite unique, made of 72% of water it takes two days to perfect resulting in the softest and pillowy thing ever. Ouah, I could actually just eat the dough! Feel like dipping it in a fresh burrata.
Moving on to a Scarpetta (HKD 280). This one! This one! Cream of Grana Padano DOP 12 months aged cheese, Mozzarella Bufala Campana DOP, 3 tomatoes compote, shaving of Grana Padano 24 months aged cheese, freeze dried pesto, extra virgin olive oil: a recipe made in heaven. You can definitely say all ingredients are coming from Italy. I mean, that Grana Padano and that Bufala are definitely not like the usual shit you find in Hong Kong. Put the best fresh ingredients on the best dough what do you get? The best pizza.
Moving on to a Scarpetta (HKD 280). This one! This one! Cream of Grana Padano DOP 12 months aged cheese, Mozzarella Bufala Campana DOP, 3 tomatoes compote, shaving of Grana Padano 24 months aged cheese, freeze dried pesto, extra virgin olive oil: a recipe made in heaven. You can definitely say all ingredients are coming from Italy. I mean, that Grana Padano and that Bufala are definitely not like the usual shit you find in Hong Kong. Put the best fresh ingredients on the best dough what do you get? The best pizza.
Had to give a go to a third baby! And decided to go for something tricky: the Calzone “Il Casolare” (HKD 280). Why tricky? Because I don’t like Calzone! I feel like there always too much dough and the filling is always overcooked. I would usually never ever order a Calzone in a restaurant. But I thought that would be the ultimate taste here. Guess what? It was amazing! Was just telling you that I was feeling like dipping slices of the dough into a fresh burrata well this calzone is filled with Mozarella di Buffala Campana DOP, ricotta cheese and scarmoza cheese so when you break the top, you pretty much end with dough dipping into Italian cheese! I am so not sharing this one!
So yes, those pizzas are not cheap but that’s a price I’m ready to pay for the best pizzas I’ve ever eaten in my life.
KYTALY
77 Wyndham Street – Central
So yes, those pizzas are not cheap but that’s a price I’m ready to pay for the best pizzas I’ve ever eaten in my life.
KYTALY
77 Wyndham Street – Central
