Hundo Pizza, 100% Heart, 100% Pizza!

Pizza, which is glorious, hand-tossed, tomato sauced, with locally sourced homegrown ingredients, scattered across the freshly handmade dough
Mumbai: Hundo Pizza - a digital-first food delivery and drive-through pizza brand located in Bandra West. The brand name comes from the urban slang “Hundo-p” meaning, 100% sure or a 100 per cent perfect!
Under the crushing challenges of a global pandemic, all three partners, Ronak Rajani, Chef Kabir Moorjani and Chef Om Nayak, are on a mission to make great pizza, and they definitely know that greatness is never half-baked!

“Staying in is the new going out and we wanted to create a new format restaurant that addresses this new normal. The Hundo Drive-Through allows one to experience ‘going out’ while still ‘staying in’ - inside the safety and comfort of one’s car. One can enjoy a freshly baked pizza coming straight from the oven to them and the aroma can transport one to a pizzeria as they deep dive into the pie.”

Further adding, “Unlike most cloud kitchens in the city, Hundo strives to maintain transparency with its customers and partners by inviting everyone to see what’s going on live in the kitchen on the Hundo website as we make your order.” Shares, Ronak Rajani. “So, what is the criteria for a great pizza?” the founders of Hundo exchanged notes and came to a unanimous conclusion: a nuanced sauce, neither too sweet nor too salty; quality, well-distributed cheese; sensibly combined toppings; a flavorful, savory crust; and, perhaps most importantly, a judicious, well-balanced and pleasing ratio of sauce, cheese, toppings and crust that maintains a structural integrity no matter the style. In short: it is undeniably delicious pizza!

Hundo Pizza is all about creating a new-age pizza with traditional and modern techniques. Sourcing the finest quality lot of San Marzano tomatoes for the secret sauce and collaborating with cheese makers globally & locally to create a tailor-made recipe so the customer gets served a slice of
heaven- that is the promise being made!

Chef Kabir shares, “At Hundo we believe in smart sourcing which means we’re extremely particular about the produce we source and the use and storage of these ingredients. We use fresh and locally sourced 100% Buffalo Mozzarella for our pizza. Our dough is made fresh every day. We have taken weeks to perfect our dough recipe with the right fermentation techniques, hydration levels and gluten content in the flour. Additionally, it is a hand-tossed pizza and we have a pillow-soft crust.

The visual appearance of our crust actually gives our pizza personality and makes it stand out from the rest of the pizzas in the city. Our inspiration for the pizza is a Neo Neopolitan Pizza.”

Without burning a hole in the pocket and with generous serving sizes of pizza and its toppings, prices range from Rs. 350 to Rs. 600! Hundo’s menu offers classics true to its nature, new age favourites, and slightly experimental and fun options to choose from. Be it the Margherita, FourCheese, Funghi, and Greca to name a few for the vegetarians to all-time favourite Spicy BBQ Chicken, Pepperoni, Chorizo, Bacon Carbonara for the non- vegetarians. There is also a Vegan Margherita which is served with vegan plant-based cheese! Making the most of your Pizza, enjoy
the crust with Hundo’s range of dips, whether after your meal or the next morning.

Talking about favourites, Ronak says, “With lots of interesting vegetarian options on the menu ranging from my personal favourite the Greca inspired by flavours from Greece - Spinach sautéed with herbs, caramelized onions, Feta Cheese is definitely one of the winners, and off course, Pepperoni being my personal favourite. We’ve spent a lot of time sourcing the right type of pepperoni and we’re personally looking at sourcing of all our ingredients to benchmark the quality and ensure we’re always being a 100% consistent.

So why open a new eatery now? Chef Om shares, “Under the current circumstances, as restaurants turn down the flame, alternative business formats in the F&B industry are flaring. We surely believe that with the present pace of lifestyle and economy being slow, delivery & drive-through
will continue to thrive as the new way of dining, especially keeping in mind the comparatively low operating and capital expense it requires versus the typical brick & mortar set up. Even post-pandemic, it is going to take a while for people to be completely comfortable with dining out. In my opinion, in the long run, both formats will coexist.”

Hygiene, Safety and Sanitation Measures
Contrary to current restaurant beliefs now, safety isn’t just a need of the hour to us, it is an ethos we follow religiously. Safety & sanitation was always and shall continue to remain our first and foremost priority, alongside serving top-notch pizza.
We have left no stone unturned to ensure absolute hygiene and sanitation, for our employees and customers, both. Some of our crucial health protocols are:

Within the kitchen, we have the below protocols in place:
• Use of daily disinfectants on all ingredients, equipment, utensils & surfaces
• Hourly temperature checks
• Compulsory use of protective gear (masks, gloves, shoe covers & hair covers)
• Daily HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)

Outside the kitchen, we have the below protocols in place:
• Temperature checks and sanitation protocols for all out-of-kitchen personnel
• Compulsory protection gear at all times
• Contactless drive through & delivery services