Oz's Kitchen, pizza and pasta, Seoul

In my opinion, the last thing we need in Seoul is another pizza and pasta joint. Everwhere I go, whether a French restaurant or Italian restaurant, all I see on the menu are pasta. They are usually the predictable menu like carbonara, alio e olio, vongole, etc. I am honestly sick of them. I mean, I can cook them at home better than most of them. So I was a little skeptical about going to Oz's Kitchen, a pizza and pasta place in Samcheongdong. But since the review I read on the internet - "good food, but the portion is small for the price"-, I decided to give it a go. And I was surprised that the food was actually very good.

With my colleague - the other female in my office, my partner in crime-, we popped in there for lunch today. We ordered tomato and home-made ricotta salad, conchiglie in home-made pesto and musrhoom and ricotta calzone.

During lunch, a complimentary small salad and coffee are served.




A complimentary salad - romaine, cruton, parmagiano reggiano




Tomato was very sweet, ricottao so smooth and dressing was refreshing without being too sharp. Speckles of black pepper on the cheese were nice compliment. The portion is very small though. But I am glad it is, because I don't eat much. (I eat little but often)




I think it is one of the best pasta I ever had. It was very fragarant without overpowering bitterness which is a trap that a lot of pesto fall into. The conchiglie was cooked to perfection and just the right amount of pesto covered the pasta.






Mushroom calzone...the dough was so perfect. The best I had in Seoul. The filling was creamy. Although I would have liked more filling inside, the dough was thin enough. I think it would go very nice with wine.




The owner is a photographer/cook who also runs cookery classes. I am so happy to have found this place. The food was simple yet perfect. The only minus for some people is the portion. I have no problem with it, but some people may find it too small.

Tomato and ricotta salad: 9,500KRW (£4.75)
Conchiglie in pesto: 14,500 KRW (£7.25)
Mushroom calzone: 20,500KRW (£10.25)