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The Pies

One column. Fat prices. No filler.

Prices in dirhams, tax included, service never added. The menu shrinks the night an ingredient disappoints us.

The reds

Margherita D.O.P.

The control sample

San Marzano, fior di latte, basil, cold-pressed olive oil

52AED

Nduja & Hot Honey

Runs hot

Calabrian 'nduja, smoked scamorza, chilli-infused honey

68AED

Short Rib Marinara

No cheese

Twelve-hour short rib, marinara, gremolata — no cheese, on purpose

74AED

Diavola Due

Spianata piccante, tomato, chilli oil, black olives

64AED

The whites

Mortadella & Pistachio

The cult favourite

Mortadella, stracciatella, pistachio cream, lemon zest

72AED

Cacio e Pepe

Pecorino cream, cracked black pepper, fior di latte

62AED

Funghi Assoluto

Vegetarian

Roast king oyster, taleggio, thyme, garlic confit

66AED

Sweet theorems

Cocoa-Hazelnut Calzoncino

Baked to order

Folded dough, cocoa-hazelnut cream, mascarpone, hazelnut crumble

42AED

House Tiramisu

Espresso-soaked savoiardi, mascarpone, cocoa — made at noon, gone by ten

38AED

Allergies and swaps: tell us when you book, not when the pie is airborne. The dough contains gluten and self-respect.

  • 72-hour dough
  • 450°C dome
  • 90-second bakes
  • No pineapple. Ever.
  • Naples via Al Quoz

The 72-hour argument

Four ingredients and three days. Everything else on the menu is decoration.

0 → 72 h

  1. H0

    The mix

    Double-zero flour, sea salt, fresh yeast, 62% water. Four ingredients — no fifth one hiding in the fridge.

  2. H24

    The cold nap

    Into the walk-in at 4°C. The gluten unclenches; the flavour starts scheming.

  3. H48

    The turn

    Balled by hand, turned, tucked back in. This is the day patience becomes an ingredient.

  4. H72

    The fire

    Ninety seconds at 450°C. The spots bloom, the rim puffs, the theory holds.

The oven room

No photos — the heat fogs every lens we've tried. Four panels, drawn from memory instead.

Vesuvia

Three tonnes of Neapolitan brick, shipped in a crate, moody ever since.

The flame line

Oak only. The flame leans, the pies rotate, nobody blinks.

The peel rack

Five peels, one per pizzaiolo. Touch someone else's and find out.

The pass

Ninety centimetres of steel between the fire and your table. Average crossing: eleven seconds.

Fresh out the dome

Hungry? Correct.

Tables vanish after eight. Walk-ins get the counter; bookings get the corner booths.

Grab a table

Crust Theory

72-hour dough, 90-second bakes, one warehouse in Al Quoz.

The warehouse

Hours

Daily · 12:00 – 23:30 · Fri & Sat until 00:30

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No pineapples were harmed.

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