I’m starting to incorporate more lifestyle related posts on my blog, and with me being a massive foodie it was only going to be a matter of time until I posted a food related post! Me and Aaron went up to Derby the other day and done a little bit of shopping at the McArthur Glen Outlet. When all the shops shut we thought we would grab a bite to eat to miss the rush hour traffic going back to Oxford (perfect excuse!). I had never noticed the Pizza Express restaurant there before so we thought we would give it a try since we don’t normally eat pizzas out, I’m much more of a burger lover!
The restaurant was spacious and you could see the chefs working hard making the pizzas, I love it when places do this as it’s interesting to see them making your food! We ordered some garlic cheesy dough balls to start with which are my favourite, if I ever go somewhere and they sell these I always order them. Then for my main I ordered the Romana 65’s Margarita Bufala pizza which is part of their new spring menu. Now I LOVE mozzarella and this has extra torn buffalo mozzarella on top along with tomato, fresh basil, oregano and garlic oil. As the base of this pizza is really thin you can’t pick it up but instead have to eat it with a knife and fork, which is something I do anyway. It was delicious and even though I was full after eating it, I found the pizza to be quite light.
Aaron went for the Calzone Classico which if you don’t know is a pizza folded in half! We actually didn’t realise this at the time as we had never ordered one before, we thought it was going to arrive like a normal pizza. I did try some and it was delicious and crunchy, Aaron finished all of it so was a hit with him too! The Classico came with lots of topping including four meats, mozzarella, tomatoes, gran milano cheese and herbs. As it’s folded in half everything melted together and was a perfect combination.
When we left we were told that it’s the first Pizza Express that offers breakfast, hopefully the one in Oxford will start offering that too although that could be very dangerous if they did! Overall we both really enjoyed our meals and is somewhere that we would definitely go back to.
Rebecca x
Oooh great post. I love going out for pizza. It’s such a nice thing to do.
I didn’t know that a Calzone Classico was a pizza folded in half.
It sounds absolutely divine.
Looking forward to more lifestyle posts from you,
They are my fave.
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Thank you, glad you liked the post :D
I really like Pizza Express. I’m never disappointed whenever I go there. Great post! x
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It’s delicious isn’t it?! :D x
Sounds like you guys had a fab meal! If I fancy pizza I always go for Dominoes, but I’ll have to check out my nearest Pizza Express next time I have a craving! Their dough balls are amazzzzzzzing though x
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I always go to Dominos too if I have pizza so it made a nice change :D x
This looks incredible!
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It was so delicious!
I love pizzas from pizza express. Your photos are making me hungry!! :P
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Haha, they’re delicious!
Wow! That pizza looks absolutely delicious and the restaurant looks pretty nice. Glad you had a great time! I really enjoyed this post, the pictures are lovely, Rebecca! xx
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Thank you, I’m so glad you liked the post! xx
Gosh, there is a Pizza Express at the end of my street and now I really want to go! I like the atmosphere and decor in my local Pizza Express, there are fairy lights everywhere – it makes t feel a lot more homey and less like a restaurant! I hope my local one starts offering breakfast soon, that would be yummy!
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I felt like that too in Pizza Express, it definitely has a homey feel :) that’s so dangerous that there’s one at the end of your street, I would go there so often haha!
Beautiful pizza, it looks delicious!
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It was so delicious!
I have read great reviews about Pizza Express but unfortunately for me there’s none here! The food looks amazing!
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Hopefully one will open near you at some point, if one does I’d definitely recommend trying it out! :)
That pizza looks delicious! I wish we had a Pizza Express closer to us – so much nicer than Dominos :) xx
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It’s a lot lighter than dominos which I really like, doesn’t make me feel as bloated haha :) xx
I do love Pizza Express, they never seem to disappoint. You look gorgeous as well, love your hair!
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Thank you lovely!
OMG I love pizza express we live opposite one so that would explain why haha my boyfriend ALWAYS orders the calzone and I am always like shall I go for pizza or pasta? Yours looked delicious though you’ve made me hungry at 5.30! Plus you looked absolutely stunning hun xxx
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Oh gosh, I would always go there if I lived opposite one haha! Thank you :) xxx
all the food look so good !!! :)
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It was delicious!
I went to McArthur Glen shopping centre yesterday too and ate pizza express. I think I was sitting on the table next to you! The food was great.
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Oh really? :) The food is delicious there isn’t it?! I hadn’t been before :) hope you had a nice day there!
This looks so tasty! I really want pizza now! I need to stop reading blog posts about food when I’m hungry because I hardly have anything in the house to eat. A lovely post, I’ve never had a calzone but I really want to try one, looks really tasty
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Thank you! You should definitely try a calzone, I tried a little bit and it was delicious and crispy!
omg! I loooove a good pizza! I love Greek pizza with feta and mozza cheese black olives and so…Pizza is probably on my top 5! Your pizza look so yummy! I also love these little cheesy garlic ball thing! xx
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Ohh I’ve never had that before! Yes, the cheese garlic balls are the best :D xx
I believe the pizza and the calzone you ate were really good, but I guess nothing beats an original Italian pizza! :P
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Oh yes, an original Italian pizza will always be the best bit these were both still delicious! x
Haha Rebecca, I love how excited you are to eat this pizza! I don’t blame you, as it looks fricken delicious. I love checking out new places versus always going to chain restaurants. To be honest, I’ve been sticking with sushi a lot lately because It’s not only something I love, but I seem to almost always have a good experience. You two look so cute and I love your boyfriends hat:-)
I’m going to check out more local pizza places!
Great post!
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I’m the same but with burgers, I always had them when I went out to eat but it was nice to have something different for a change! Thank you :)
Torn mozzarella, YUM!
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The best :D
Your pizza looks delicious! Now I have an excuse to pop in there and try out their new menu! x
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Yay :) x
I’ve never been to Pizza Express before but those garlic cheesy dough balls look and sound amazing. This post has made me ridiculously hungry!
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They are delicious, you should try it out sometime :)