Oh dear, ate out again

This time, I planned on breaking my rule.  Sometime last week, someone in my building organized a group outing to The Cheese Board Collective, an amazing restaurant that serves one type of gourmet vegetarian pizza a day as well as one salad and assorted baked goods.  I was told by a friend that this was one of the places I had to try in Berkeley, so I was completely resigned to the fact that I'd eat there sometime, and it just happened to be tonight.

These two beautiful slices have mozzarella, blue cheese, and figs, and on top there's some fresh arugula topped with a lemon vinaigrette.   I'm not really one to hand out superlative descriptions, but this pizza was divine.  The cheeses worked together beautifully, and even though I normally am not a big fan of blue cheese, it worked in perfect harmony with everything else on the pizza.  The figs added sweetness, but the real kicker was the arugula with the lemon vinaigrette--the earthy greens and the tart yet light dressing sharpened the contrast between salty and sweet already present.  This, not Subway, is food worth eating out for.