Starbelly Restaurant

A few weeks ago my friend Ashley and I agreed to start a search for the best pizza in San Francisco. We brought our men with us to 'Starbelly' last night to sample le menu!

In celebration of the upcoming royal wedding, Ashley and I enjoyed a Housemade Pimm's cup. I felt ferry Bri-ish. I didn't bother to photograph Griff and Chris' beer :)

I'm a sucker for cute presentation:

For starters we got 1 order of kalamata olive tapenade with grilled sourdough flatbread, and 1 order of warm bread & olivera olive oil:

Followed by a teeny little order of scallops, which were divine:

Then came the pizza!! Below is the pizza margherita with burrata & basil:

Anything with burrata is almost a guaranteed fave with me. The crust was so thin and light and tastey!

Next was a DELICIOUS pizza with arugula, manchego cheese and prosciutto:

My love of manchego stems from my study abroad days in Spain, so I'm a little biased to this one (although it could've used a litttttle more cheese...). Plus, I'm a huge fan of arugula on pizza, and the prosciutto was a delicious touch.

Of course we spent half the meal talking about other restaurants that we love, and so our list of places to go continues to grow...

Among one recommendation was Humphry Slocombe ice cream. I am an ice cream connaisseur and could not believe I hadn't heard of it before. We were pleasantly surprised when we saw that this very ice cream (and flavor!!) was on the dessert menu! The seasonal flavor is called 'secret breakfast' and is made of bourbon and corn flakes, and is soooo goood:

Last but not least, we sampled a salted caramel pot de crème with rosemary cornmeal cookies:

The cookies were so tasty, something I'd love to re-create, and of course, who can ever pass up salted caramel??

Overall it was a really cute restaurant with a fun vibe and must-try food. Looking forward to the next pizza meal!