Want pizza but Domino's too slow/too expensive/too greasy?

Hello again! Not a recipe this time but I thought I'd share an amazing food discovery, which is not only cheap but makes you feel you're eating posh gourmet food that's incredibly nom! 

So I was coming back hungry and tired one evening and I passed a wood fired pizza van called 'Pizza Artisan'. That's right, wood fired pizza in a kebab van-style van (but many times cleaner and nicer!) in the middle of Oxford. Outside the main gates of Christ Church on St Aldates, opposite G&Ds to be precise (you'll smell the wood smoke when you draw near - it's irresistible like a bonfire). Anyway, I had passed this several times last term on my bike but had always been either going out to have dinner or had already eaten so never had the opportunity to try one of these pizzas but this night I was determined to try one and I conveniently 'forgot' the fact that my lovely housemates were cooking for when I got back home (but it was so worth it and now I got my housemates hooked as well!). And crazily inside this van there's a little wood fired oven and there's a guy rolling out the dough there and then by hand and putting pizzas in the oven with one of those big shovel-paddle things and another very friendly chap who's happy to have a chat while you wait for your pizza to cook (I forgot to ask his name but I will next time, which I think will be quite soon!). 

There's a few veggie options which is good and lots of meaty ones for the lovers of salami and, in any case, you can add extra toppings for just £1 which is pretty nice. And not only do you get a wood fired pizza but for free they throw in some rocket and spinach just so you can kid yourself that you're having a 'healthy' dinner, parmesan and a selection of flavoured oils (the chilli is a favourite of mine). So what's not to love? The base is soft and chewy with a few crispy bits, and never soggy, plenty of cheese and a generous amount of toppings. Awesome.

So hop along down to St Aldates for a nice chat and proper Italian pizza - they're normally there from 7pm-ish so just in time for dinner or maybe a post-pub snack. Trust me - try it once and you won't look back! Dominos, out of the way - Pizza Artisan has arrived!