All very interesting tips. I have also been to Naples and the pizza there will forever stand out in my mind and culinary memory. I would go into a pizzeria the locals frequented (no tourists apart from me and my friends) and it was amazing. I compare all pizzas to that and am naturally disappointed. In London, near where I lived was a local pizzeria run by a family from Naples so that was heavenly for me, but now back in Melbourne I need to go further afield to find great pizza. Alot of pizza places in Australia are a bit like you describe, they use this awful processed ham. Yuck! And pile it on pizzas. Bases are not quite right. However, in my local area I have found two wood-fired pizzerias and they are pretty good, and a little further afield is Lygon Street, a street of Italian restaurants which is a great place to go but you still have to pick the right place for good pizza. While Melbourne is a bit of foodie paradise and very multi-cultural, there is a variety of quality from very bad to extremely good so it is a matter of searching.

I plan to get a pizza tile for my oven, so thanks for the tips! I love making my own pizza dough - can't say I have perfected it yet but still better than any take away around here.

I was wondering that too, Eddie.

SonomaEddie wrote:

Where's Alice?

Confused.
Do you mean Alice Springs, the town in the center of Australia?

Birdymum wrote:

SonomaEddie wrote:

Where's Alice?

Confused.
Do you mean Alice Springs, the town in the center of Australia?

No, I was talking about the Italian cousin of our famous 19th Century American humorist, journalist and novelist Alice Twain.

Don't feel badly!  It was funny.     Laughing *with* you, not at you!