Food from Every Stall on Norwich Market (2025 Edition) – Week 16 and Italian Street Food
This week’s episode of eating at every food stall at Norwich Market was Italian Street Food, which I rather enjoyed when we last did this in 2023. We battled to the market, fending off everyone who wanted to talk to James which is reaching a ridiculous level now, excited by the thought of something substantial. I think that it’s one of the more filling of the options that are available from the market stalls, although it’s the one that could perhaps do with its own seating area.
The menu and there have been relatively small price increases over the last two years, each pizza is now around 50p more expensive. I noted a couple of years ago that it was a busy stall and that was the case again, with numerous delivery orders being sent out as well. I was tempted by the calzones (or whatever the plural of calzone is), maybe next time.
The food ordering area and I did get slightly confused where we were supposed to order, but the team member had noticed that and helpfully called over. This is also where the burgers are put together, something else that I really should try in the future. I accept that James and I haven’t been great this year at varying our orders from when we did it before.
The pizza oven and the food collection area. There was a wait of around ten minutes for the pizza, but that felt reasonable given it was relatively busy when we were there. The aroma from the pizza felt rather Italian and it was certainly hot enough given that it had just come from the oven.
My pepperoni pizza and note that we have moved to the Garnet pub to eat these as I didn’t want any seagull based incidents with an entire pizza. I mentioned to James that I thought that the cheese was just very slightly rubbery and a change from when we last visited, but it’s transpired I noted that last time, so it must just be the cheese mix that they’re happiest with. The pepperoni was decent, although I’ve had ones which are more punchy in flavour, but I liked the leopard spotting on the pizza edges. James mentioned that he thought that there should have been black pepper provided, but it’s transpired he said that last time. We are nothing if not predictable….
James went for a margarita pizza as he is on a diet, here’s his artistic looking photo. He liked it, although he didn’t think that the dough was as good as the pizzas that he makes at home. I must admit, he is quite decent at making pizzas, they’re certainly as good as those from Dr Oetker.
Overall, I was sufficiently surprised and delighted at this, because the prices felt reasonable for the quality and the service was friendly. I’m not going to say that it’s the best pizza that I’ve ever had, but for a lunchtime treat at less than £10, I think it’s entirely agreeable and it’s a hearty option.
