Pizza Express - Leggera Pizza, A Deception or A Healthier Choice?

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Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

I have just realised I have had birthday dinners in Pizza Express every year since I had my first Birthday Celebration in the Pizza Express in Oxsted UK in 2006. I wasn't truly aware of it until my friends wanted to buy me a birthday dinner and suggested having it in Pizza Express as she awared I love Pizza Ex. So Celebrating birthday in Pizza Express has become one of my tradition acts now.

I went to the Pizza Express in Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong as it would be more convenient to my friends. We did not book a table so we queue up after the small line. A while later we were brought to the table in the outdoor area.TBH I don't really like the setting here, the outdoor section isn't very Pizza Express.(It is pretty hard to explain, its just my perception of Pizza Express doesnt suit festival walk's kind of outdoor area)

The Menu stand on the table was promoting a new pizza called Leggera Pizza. The picture is appealing with a big tagline of "Lighter Pizza with only 550 Calories!", so we ordered Margherita Leggera and Burschetta al pomodoro as starter.

Burachetta Al Pomodoro

The Burachetta Al Pomodoro dish looks as appealing as its description with a fantastic taste. It is a freahly baked Dough with tomatoes, red onions, basil, garlic and pesto Genovese.

Margharita Leggera

When the pizza is delievered to us, we were shocked by the appearance of the pizza. There was a hole in the middle of the pizza and was replaced by some salad, which explained the drop in calories of the pizza...We kind of have a feeling that we were being deceived as the menu didnt state the reason for the calories lost. Anyhow the pizza still taste good, just if we knew they are cutting a hole and putting salad in it, we wouldn't forgo the lovely cripsy pizza for some stupid calories lost :(

*Update: The pizza menu now states Leggera is a lighter pizza with a hole in the center and some fresh salad in the hole.