KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 -- Some believe that what makes a pizza sing is its toppings.

Me, I am savouring a slice topped with marinated Italian mushrooms, tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella cheese - nice but nothing earth-shattering, you say.

Ah, but what makes this an uncommon slice isn't its toppings but its shape: it's square (a rectangle, if I'm being precise) and unbelievably crispy.

So crispy - not brittle, but light and confident in its crunch - that the Italians even have a word for it: scrocchiarella. It's a key trait of Roman style pizzas.

Which makes it extra wonderful is that I am not in the Italian capital but enjoying this in KL, specifically the green enclave of Taman Desa.

Truth be told, I haven't seen a rectangular pizza...