Suhhtan Pizza Bakery, Regents Park

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In my hungry opinion, the best Lebanese pizza I’ve tasted so far this year is Suhhtan Pizza in Regents Park. Its popular with the locals and you will see groups going in and rattling away their memorised orders like seasoned diners. 

So that’s where I went last Saturday when I got the hungries.

I ordered the garlic chicken pizza, which was essentially creamy garlic sauce, pieces of chicken breast and cheese on a thin crust.

 

They’re the essential components; now let me rave.

The crust! Oh the crust. It was so crispy, with a little bit of stretch in the middle. I ate it at home without any sign of sogginess. It’s basically the size of a Lebanese bread so its suitable for one person. Two people if they’re small eaters.

Super thin crust!

The garlic sauce was amazing. Smooth, white, creamy and pungent. To all those foodies out there: Have you tried the garlic sauce at Habibs in Bankstown? Amazing right? This is just as good. Even better because it’s on pizza.

The chicken was chicken. No complaints. It was normal chicken, but generously sliced and placed. It really balanced with the garlic sauce.

Garlic Chicken Pizza $6

The cheese was definitely a girls dream. The cheese was good abundant and it’s usually stringy but because I brought it home in the car it had lost its elasticity.

Did I mention the price? $6!!!

Za'atar $1.50

I also bought Za’atar (pronounced sar-tar) pizza for $1.50. Za’atar is a mix of herbs and spices (oregano, thyme, sesame seeds and something else I cant quite pick up). 

 

Its mixed with olive oil, generously brushed onto the bread and baked. Instead of presenting it in a pizza box, it comes rolled and wrapped in paper. This stops all the za’atar falling out.  

The Za’atar itself was good but not the best I’ve had. 
Why was it good? The herb mix was generous and the sesame seeds stood out and balanced with the oregano. 

Why was I unimpressed with it? The dough (unlike the pizza base) had a tendency to harden once it cooled down which made it hard to chew through and got messy on the fingers. 

 

It looks dodgy from the outside and the grey tiles and blue walls makes it look old and distasteful but don’t let that turn you off the food. It must be a good place if people are lining up to buy pizza from 8am on Sunday mornings right??

Info:

Suhhtan Pizza Bakery 

10 Amy Street, Regents Park

Ph: 9738 8577

Opening Hours

Mon-Thu: 5.30am-9pm

Fri-Sat: 5.30am-10pm

Sunday: 6am-10pm

 

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Lilys Restaurant, Seven Hills.

What’s this? Another birthday? Another voucher? Oh we have been so blessed!

This voucher takes us to Lilys Restaurant, located in Seven Hills- not normally a place I’d venture to. Lilys is a company that designs project homes, is a major sponsor of a multipurpose stadium and now owns a function centre, bar and restaurant that specializes in wood fired pizza. 

On our way into the restaurant was a gorgeous little function room set up either for the next up and coming event or simply just for display purposes. 
 

It was on a Wednesday night so the place was pretty quiet.

Entrées:

We began with a garlic Crostini Di Pizza (pizza crust) with 3 dips: olive tapenade, capsicum chilli paste and sun dried tomato dip for $12. 

It was a great starter that came out quickly. After lots of table discussion we could not decide on which dip was the best. They were all quite good- my favourite would have been the olive tapenade.

The pizza crust was wonderfully crisp and golden with some chew in the middle. The garlic was strong enough to linger afterwards (I like a lot of garlic).

The next entrée was Funghi Trifolati (Sauteed mixed mushrooms tossed with a dash of champagne and Mediterranean flavours) for $12.

This was a lovely little dish that came out in a small cast iron skillet. Great as an entrée for one to two people and a taste test for six people.

There was a mix of mushrooms –mainly king oyster and white mushrooms that was tossed in a salty buttery champagne sauce with sweet cherry tomatoes and slightly bitter rocket. 

Mains:

There we so many things we wanted to try so all dishes were ordered to share.

While there were still mushrooms on the table, the pizza came out from the wood fire oven in all its steaming glory. These guys were efficient! Much appreciated!

We ordered the $18 mid week pizza on special: Pizza Supreme – with capsicum, mushroom, onion, ham, peperoni, olives and cabanossi. 

It was heavy with incredients and yet the base was not soggy. Once you’ve had a good woodfire pizza it’s hard to go back to the usual takeaway/delivery pizza places.

A Chicken Caesar Salad ($17) came out soon after. We were surprised and delighted when out came a plate of salad that was straddled by large grilled medallions of chicken breast on either side. The Caesar dressing and Parmesan were generous. We thought it was good value!

We ordered another $18 mid week special- Bistecca alla griglia. i.e steak with chips and salad. It was standard pub food I say. I wasn’t too impressed with it and I think my photo reflected that.

The final dish for the night was the Seafood Platter for Two ($135) which could easily feed 3 people if nothing else was ordered that night. I apologise for the poor photos. This dinner party was not going to wait for any wannabe food blogger and I did not want to miss out!
 

The seafood platter consisted of a full lobster, several large very sweet scampi, soft shelled crab, oysters, scallops, a mountain of calamari, marinated bbq octopus and juicy prawns. The top tier was filled with steamed veggies and two bowls of garden salad on the side. My favourites would be the scampi, soft shelled crab, prawns and oysters. Wait – that’s most of the dish isn’t it?

 

Would we come back? I probably would if I lived closer! If we do go back again,I would focus on ordering the pizza and pizza crusts since they do specialize in their wood fired pizzas. 

Lilys Restaurant
162 Prospect Highway
Seven Hills NSW 2147
Phone: 02 8818 5555

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