Redwood City has a new pizzeria, transplanted straight from Lake Como.
The new restaurant is the result of a real-life love story between restaurateur Mohamed Farouq, who immigrated to Italy as a teen from Morocco, and Peninsula resident Sarika Batra, who found her way to Farouq’s pizzeria while traveling near Milan in 2018.
The then-16-year-old Farouq was headed for Switzerland by train, when he disembarked near Lake Como and didn’t have enough money to get back on. Stuck in a new city, he began working in a restaurant whose chef trained him as his assistant and eventually, his successor.
Stracciatella pizza at Pizzeria Cardamomo in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)Eager to start his own place, he began making and selling pizza, first from a window he rented by the day and eventually at his own restaurant, Pizzeria Cardamomo — a reference to his nickname, “Momo.” Some 25 years later, he’d become a renowned pizzaiolo, known for his clean cooking style and unique recipes, like pistachio pizza, built on a distinctive sourdough pizza crust.
Calzone Cacio Pepe at Pizzeria Cardamomo in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)That initial meeting in 2018 soon had Batra and Farouq traveling between Farouq’s home in Italy and Batra’s in Burlingame. They decided to marry during lockdown.
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Details: Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday at 2053A Broadway in Redwood City; pizzeriacardamomo.com.
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