The busy Bandra street that leads to Cafe Mangii hardly prepares you for the experience inside. The wooden door opens into a dimly-lit quaint cafe oozing old world charm. In the background, I discern Chris De Burgh crooning Lady in Red. As I settle down to sample their World Pizza Festival menu which is on till February 10, I keep my fingers crossed as I'm pretty fastidious when it comes to these Italian beauties. But Cafe Mangii is one of the first few restaurants to have introduced authentic wood-fire pizzas in the city and this makes me hopeful.


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I pick up the menu and the options are rather limited — 10 to be precise. But a closer look at the toppings piques my interest. While the non-vegetarians can choose from Garlic Roasted Calamari, Grilled Fish Shreds, Country eggs, Flambeed Shrimps apart from the more usual chicken ham, parma ham, salami, beef strips etc, the options for the vegetarians are equally exciting and, at times, even innovative.