California Pizza Kitchen

December 6, 2011 Choi Yen 15 comments

California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas,made-to-order pastas, creative salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and desserts, has just introduced 12 new creations to their extensive menu. From pizzas and pastas to appetizers and dessert, the new creations have the innovative twist for which California Pizza Kitchen is known.

Yellow & black as featured colours for the restaurant decoration theme and the furniture as well. An open wood oven where you can see how’s your pizza been baked, interesting!

Hot Peach Tea

Raspberry Frozen Lemonade

Pineapple Colada & Strawberry Colada

Wild Mushroom Soup

I like CPK wild mushroom soup made from Portobello, shiitake and white mushrooms with nice creamy texture and the mushroom bits were in abundance!

White Corn Guacamole and Roasted Tomato Salsa with Chips

Crispy white corn tortilla chips served with creamy guacamole made from fresh cubed avocado, sweet white corm, black bean, jicama, green onions, red bell pepper, cilantro and Serrano peppers. Not forget about the tomato salsa which very appetizing with the right balance of sourness.

Roasted Vegetable Salad

Highly pile salad consisted of roasted artichoke hearts, asparagus, eggplant, bell peppers, corn, sun-dried tomatoes served warm over crisp Romaine lettuce tossed in homemade Dijon Balsamic vinaigrette. Assorted texture & flavors from the ingredients had heighten the level of scrumptiousness of it & the fresh avocado also add a creamy touch to the salad. You can add grilled chicken, shrimps or sautéed to make this a wholesome meal.

Spicy Chicken Tinga Quesadilla

The flavorful grilled lime chicken, caramelized onion, roasted peppers, cheese & other ingredients was enveloped in the crispy hearth-baked flour tortilla. Unpretentious but the taste was mind-blowing. Love it!

Spicy Seafood Pizza

My favorite pizza of that night! The thin crust with copious seafood toppings of baby clams, shrimp, and calamari, the spicy marinara sauce acted well to provide the extra zing! Awesomely tasty and nothing less than spectacular!

Roasted Artichoke and Spinach Pizza

Inspired by CPK’s popular Spinach Artichoke Dip, this pizza is a blend of oven-roasted artichoke hearts, sautéed spinach & garlic and spinach artichoke sauce as it’s based. It was unusually different, different in a good way I mean, so garlicky & cheesielicious and this definitely won’t disappoint the cheese lovers.

Four Seasons Pizza

Four Seasons Pizza = four main ingredients of imported Italian tomatoes, oven-roasted artichoke hearts, salami & fresh mushroom. Combined perfectly complemented & enhance the taste of each other very well with very intense cheesy tang from the fresh Mozzarella cheeses and Parmesan cheese.

The Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza

A medley of sweet, sour & savory flavors from the ingredients like fresh pineapple, BBQ chicken, Monterey Jack and Mozzarella cheeses, BBQ sauce, sliced red onions and fresh cilantro .This might be favorite of many but not me, no faults here but just more of a matter of preference.

Olive Oil and Garlic Spaghetti with Chicken and Shrimp

Pasta cooked aglio olio stye, tossed well with olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, fresh sautéed mushrooms, chopped fresh pasley & Parmesan cheese. With choices of add in shrimps, chicken or both.

Seafood Linguini with Imported Italian Tomatoes and Fresh Basil Sauce

Came with vibrant orange-y hue, the linguini coated evenly with lip-smacking tomato sauce and laden bountifully with lots of seafood.

Seafood Linguini with Light Cream Sauce

They never skimps of the ingredients, one will feel satisfy by just looking at the plenteous ingredients, definitely an extra brownie point for that!

Chicken Milanese

Three pieces of thinly pounded chicken breast was lightly breaded with panko bread crumbs then pan fried. Topped with fresh arugula salad, shaved Parmesan cheese, fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Squeezed the lemon over for the sour twist.

Warm Apple Pie Pizza

What a fascinating contrast between the icy vanilla ice cream and the warm pizza dough with apples, crispy brown sugar and butter topping! The dense cinnamon aroma really triggers the craving to have more.