Japan's Pizza Studio Tamaki opens in Singapore in June
SINGAPORE – Tokyo Neapolitan pizza brand Pizza Studio Tamaki will be opening a restaurant in Tanjong Pagar on June 10.
It is a partnership between the brand and JAP Dining Concepts, which runs Yappari Steak in VivoCity, an Okinawan-style steakhouse.
PST Singapore will have 60 seats. The pizza will be cooked in a wood-fired oven from oven-maker Stefano Ferrara Forni in Bologna. The pies are priced from $22 to $34 each.
Started by pizzaiolo Tsubasa Tamaki, PST, as fans call it, serves Tokyo Neapolitan-style pizza. The pies have a light and chewy crust with a puffy rim and thin centre, made with dough using Japanese and American flour that is fermented for 30 hours.
Pizza Studio Tamaki founder Tsubasa Tamaki launched the brand in 2017.
PHOTO: PIZZA STUDIO TAMAKI
The brand has two restaurants in Tokyo – in Roppongi and Higashiazabu – and one in Okinawa. Its first overseas outpost opened in Bangkok in January. Famous fans include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who visited the Roppongi restaurant in 2022.
Chef Tamaki had worked at two famous pizza restaurants in Tokyo – Savoy and Strada – before launching Pizza Studio Tamaki in 2017. He also studied under famous pizzaiolo Susumu Kakinuma of Seirinkan, one of the first Neapolitan-style pizza restaurants in Tokyo.
Pizza Studio Tamaki serves Tokyo Neapolitan-style pizzas, which come with a light and chewy crust with a puffy rim and thin centre.
PHOTO: PIZZA STUDIO TAMAKI
His pizzas come with either a tomato or cheese base. Red sauce pie options include Tamaki, topped with cherry tomatoes and smoked mozzarella; Margherita, topped with buffalo mozzarella; Romana, with olives, anchovies and Aomori garlic, among other toppings; and Diavola, topped with housemade pork sausage, olives and basil.
Cheese-base pizzas include Nduja, topped with spicy Calabrian sausage; 5 Formaggi, with five cheeses including gorgonzola; and Oltrana, topped with mozzarella, mascarpone, Pecorino Romano and cherry tomatoes.
The Singapore restaurant will be headed by chef Ryosuke Tanahara, who worked with chef Tamaki for three years.
PST Singapore opens on June 10 at 38 Tanjong Pagar Road, from 11am to 3pm, 5 to 11pm (weekdays), and 11am to 3pm, 5pm to midnight (weekends). Go to @pst.singapore (Instagram) for more information.
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