I first reviewed @pitfirepizzadubai Pitfire back in 2017 and it was one of the first places that made me realise great food didn’t have to be backed by a massive corporation or imported in from abroad.

That perhaps the future of great gastronomy in the city was home grown.

Those garlic knots are proof that something simple, when done with care, can shape a city’s tastebuds.

Fast-forward 8 years and I’m so pleased to add Pitfire to the @tabaq54 family.

The Palm Pizza is Michele and Bill’s ode to the UAE - The Palm brings together the unexpected in a way only Pitfire can.

Pizza is a global food, and such, is unconstrainted by cultural borders.

The Palm replaces a traditional tomato base with olive oil - an ingredient that’s flowed through this region’s kitchens and trade routes for millennia – a thread connecting us all across time.

Generous ribbons of bresaola nods to desert preservation methods and dates, of course, need no explanation - they are the Emirates’ original sweetener, carried in pockets and offered in welcome.

Rosemary hints of a mountain breezes from Jebal Hafeet to Hatta and the gorgonzola and balsamic glaze is bold, unexpected and ambitious - perhaps the strongest nod to Dubai’s character.

Get this pizza a golden visa already.