For dinner at La Scala, I was persuaded by the sound of the house made arancini balls or risotto stuffed balls with the chefs choice of ingredients. These showed up in a nice portion, but I was slightly surprised with the heavily fried looked to them, but once you cut into them you see they are lightly breaded and there was just a slight outer coating of fried breading. They were gooey on the inside so there was plenty of the cheese flavor coming through the dish. I could not really discern what the chefs choice of ingredients were but we ate them up for their cheeses goodness. -SE
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Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Pizza
Worcesterites are very protective of their favorite pizza joint. I have seen families (okay, one family, mine) nearly come to blows regarding where to go for Friday night pizza. Each of us knows for a fact that his place serves the best pie in town. It is not a matter of one place having unique toppings. Pepperoni is pepperoni no matter where you go. It is a matter of crust. And the crust at the Wonder Bar is just about the best in town – thin and slightly crispy, but never burnt. It is the perfect foundation for your favorite toppings. For my last Wonder Bar outing, I focused on vegetable toppings. If you have spinach on your pizza it becomes a health food, right? I began with spinach, ricotta, and garlic. The spinach and ricotta add texture as much as flavor, and the garlic flavor was present but not overwhelming. Overall the toppings were subtle, allowing me to focus on what the Wonder Bar does best – crust. And that’s just the way I like it. -JD
This pizza is had a decent amount of spinach and a fair amount of small, dollops of ricotta. I found it to be very flavorful and in most bites received the taste of spinach as well as the ricotta. The crust was cooked perfectly for my taste as where all the pizza’s I tried that night. I love spinach and am glad they offered this, I would come back to Wonder Bar and order this again. -RL