Marcello’s Pizzeria, 52 Harrowden Road, Bedford, Beds, MK42
0SP
01234 365088
Just in case you can’t be bothered to read all of this can I
just say, I love Marcello’s pizza (You can go now). In the past I’ve raved
about Santaniello’s Pizzeria but for my money you can’t beat Marcello’s.
This is authentic Italian pizza, this is what you want.
Both of these guys serve up a great pizza and while
Santaniello may the cheaper of the two you get more option at Marcello. I’ve
found that Santaniello pizza toppings are pretty much the same all round, it’s
normally some variation of ham, onions, mushrooms, pepperoni & chili.
Pizzas at Marcello’s are offered in a range of sizes from 10”
to the rather fantastic 15” (for the fatties in the family.... get in!). This is perfect since I’m a greedy git
and can have a 15” to myself while those around me can order a size that suits
their own belly’s requirements.
There are a host of other dishes on the menu and one of my favourites
is the dough sticks. Long pieces of pizza dough drizzled with garlic oil, my
god, my bejesus these things rock!
Something else I’ve tried out is the Mozzarella Carrozza which is fresh mozzarella
covered in bread crumbs and deep fried served with a tomato sauce. This lies
under the starters section of the menu but don’t be fooled. This thing is
massive! I got caught out by this on my first order which consisted of this, the
dough sticks and a 15” Piccante Pizza (Pepperoni & chili). Seriously dude
I didn’t think I would finish everything. I know what you’re thinking, you’re
thinking “You fat bastard, not being able to manage all of that sounds pretty bloody
reasonable… you lardy pork bucket!” but I didn't want to waste any of this, it
was all so good. I don’t care if I had to pop all of the buttons on my jeans and make a small incision just under my belly button
these bad boys were going down (and staying down I might add… no bulimia here
thank you very much).
Just to keep you informed (because that's just the kind of guy I am) there are other items
on the menu such as pasta, salads and desserts.
Obviously from the above
you can tell I like this place, in fact to really get across just how much I
love their food I can tell you that I have (just the once mind) ordered from
them 3 times in one week… Yes, yes, yes. I know. Fat, arteries blah, blah, blah
but I had good reason (you might not think it's a good reason but I've been over the pro's and con's and justified it to myself, I really had to push the hard sell but I eventually got myself to buy it and now I realise that I should never have questioned my decision in the first place)! Day 1: I was alone, Mrs Belly had gone to see her folks
taking Baby Belly with her. Day 2: A special occasion was upon us (I can't remember what it was now so I'm guessing it must have been a wedding anniversary or something) and since we didn’t have
a babysitter we had to stay in. Day 3: The Bellies-in-law were visiting and
normally have pizza on a Friday so I wanted them to try it out. I think the only
(ever so slightly) embarrassing part of the week was hearing “What? Again?” on the other
end of the phone during day 3’s ordering process.
The other thing I want
to mention is regarding delivery. Most times of the time it’s fine. Delivery is
not too slow in my opinion but occasionally you’ll get a young lad delivering
and if you do you may find that your pizza is in a bit of a state. If it’s
anyone else it seems to be okay but if it’s the young lad then it looks like he’s
given it all a good shake before he gets to your door as there is topping
everywhere. Honestly it looks like an auto accident when you open the box,
tomato blood, pepperoni limbs scattered about the inside of the lid, the faint
sobs from the back of my mind “you killed them man, you killed them all”.
To be fair I must add
that both my own parents and a friend of mine have told me when they ordered
they thought their food was too greasy but I’ve never experienced this myself.
I’m not saying their wrong at all but just that it hasn’t happened to me.
In some respects I wish
I hadn’t written this since I’m holding off on the takeaways and this has got
me craving for a Marcello’s pizza. I tell you what, why don’t you go and have
one for me? Don’t you be waving it in front of me though I’ll chew you’re
frickin’ hand off sunshine!
