{"id":58071,"date":"2026-06-04T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=58071"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:47:09","slug":"hong-kongs-pizza-scene-heats-up-with-new-spots-vincenzo-capuano-and-the-pizza-bar-on-38th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=58071","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s pizza scene heats up with new spots Vincenzo Capuano and The Pizza Bar on 38th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/03\/95a4f6b6-08e2-4a0c-9235-e13490147f7b_7c614ca2.jpg?itok=MoWxQciM&amp;v=1780482223\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s pizza scene is firing up, with four local restaurants claiming spots on the 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific 2026 list and two internationally recognised names entering the market.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Joining the likes of Fiata \u2013 ranked joint third on the above list \u2013 in the city are Vincenzo Capuano, whose Naples pizzeria is No 13 on the 50 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains 2025 list, and Tokyo\u2019s The Pizza Bar on 38th, which placed No 2 on the 50 Top Pizza World 2025 list.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Capuano launched his first Hong Kong outpost in Wan Chai in May, following the opening of his first Asia location in Singapore last year. His eponymous brand now operates more than 40 restaurants worldwide across Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Capuano, a third-generation Neapolitan pizzaiolo \u2013 an honorific reserved for a professional pizza chef or maker in Italy \u2013 has around 4 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. He has numerous accolades, including the title of World Champion of Contemporary Pizza 2022 for his signature Provola e Pepe pizza.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Capuano\u2019s pizzas use a cloud-like <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">nuvola<\/em> base, which uses a high-hydration dough \u2013 80 per cent water relative to flour weight \u2013 that has been fermented for 24 to 30 hours to achieve an exceptionally light, airy and digestible crust.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe dough is the result of experimentation from my grandfather\u2019s time to now,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe\u2019ve had experience adjusting the water content with the time of the fermentation and the heat of the oven to get it perfect. This needs to be adjusted for different humidity and temperature levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3355787\/hong-kongs-pizza-scene-heats-new-spots-vincenzo-capuano-and-pizza-bar-38th?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s pizza scene is firing up, with four local restaurants claiming spots on the 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific 2026 list and two internationally recognised&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[24163,2917,24162,21884,3569,5010,3841,1373,150,24161],"class_list":["post-58071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-38th","tag-bar","tag-capuano","tag-heats","tag-hong","tag-kongs","tag-pizza","tag-scene","tag-spots","tag-vincenzo","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}