Spizza – Jalan Kayu

Right by the Thanggam station in Sengkang, Spizza Jalan Kayu is making a beeline for Singapore’s Italian food fanatics. Specialising in the tricky-to-perfect wood-fired pizza – a lesson in cleverly executed, maddeningly simple food if ever there was one, Spizza’s menu deals only in Italian classics. The team behind Spizza know a thing or two about making restaurants run, as the chain’s dominance in the city demonstrates. But there’s no cutting corners here, instead their success is down to a commitment to understanding their ingredients and the classic Italian processes, then putting them to use effectively.

Undoubtedly, pizza is the key to Spizza’s success, and that holds true at Spizza Jalan Kayu too. But that isn’t the whole story; there’s also a selection of great pasta dishes, soups and salads drawing heavily on their Italian heritage. As if you need further proof of Singapore’s premier Italian chain’s longstanding commitment to honouring tradition, diners should take the restaurant’s dazzlingly succinct menu as a sign. Not prepared to serve good-enough food, the Spizza team only serve dishes that can be done with aplomb, and their diners are benefiting from that across the city, including here in Sengkang.