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RAFAELS FOOD TRUCK - LIMASSOL.

Tuesday - Saturday: 12:30-15:30,17:30-21:30 or until sell out Sunday-Monday:closed Contact us: 99 4026507

For this edition we are going a little off the beaten track with a local gem that we have discovered in central Limassol. I had seen Rafaels Food Truck on instagram, and to be honest with you I was looking in the wrong area of the city, as I was dying to try it for quite a few months.

Luckily GCTV mainstay Daniel Abdel Malak happily put me straight post video shoot, confirming its location and that I was in for a treat. You can find it by St Nicholas roundabout, across the road from Sams Lebanese (which I will give you my shawarma report soon.).tucked discreetly in the side road if you are driving up Riga Feriou, do a left opposite DHL.

Whenever I am waiting for a pizza to be made there is no better feeling than when they make the final withdrawal with the pizza spade or whatever it is called, and being placed in your box. Something about that clunk of the pizza shovel, the sound of the folding box and the synapses in my brain knowing it will soon be satisfied.

They immediately got a high score from the child, who upon opening her box, sank her teeth in and immediately learned the art of patience and always having a bottle of water close whenever you eat from any food truck around the world. It’s fair to say that the food comes oven hot!

I can honestly say that after eating, this is without a shadow of doubt my favorite pizza in the city. If you are used to Little did the good people of Rafaels realise that they were being critiqued by one of Limassols stermest food reviewers, an 8 year old girl who constantly reminds me that she does not like ‘bits’ in her food

After parking the car, the fresh smell immediately found a welcome home up my nose, where you can smell the fresh dough being gently heated by the flames to create one of my favorite ever smells of any dish.

Reassuringly we saw a smiling group of happy patrons carrying away several boxes of pizza away from the truck, leaving the way open for me to order for myself and my choosy companion a taste of the old country.

My offspring went basic with the Margaeretta, I went for the spicy salami, which was made in front of us like some type of pizza artist carefully adding garnishes to suit our palette.I would estimate the all important measurement of oven to being forced into the hole in my face at around 5 minutes, which is very respectable for two hungry people.

an anonymous accountant. With this establishment, every pizza shape is unique, and having it box fresh was great after the last year.

At Rafaels, each pizza from memory is under 10 Euros. So for fresh tasty food which will leave you full, and not with that nasty residual feeling you have from many of the mass produced fast food providers. In fact, when you eat from here, in all honesty it should not be classed as fast food, as there are several healthy choices if you choose them.

After leaving Rafaels we both agreed to return to a nice setting in the early summer evening. Turning the car engine on and heading home, we both agreed that we were living la dolce vita! using the faceless multinational pizza takeaway places, you are missing out on what real pizza is.

Each bite was the right resistance when you chew, moreover,the ingredients were all fresh which you could appreciate with every mouthful. It may appear to be a little smaller when you buy it, however Domino’s et al are really designed for Americans who go for the sheer bulk of food, rather than high end Italian quality. By the time I had finished it, I felt a little stuffed but not needing a 10 minute power nap.

What I love about food trucks, and this city desperately needs more post lockdown, is the accessibility to different food types that they can give to the vast majority of us. You may get a huge family deal from Pizza Hut, however that is mass produced where each unit is measured and costed by