Just the other day the realization struck me that never in my life have I eaten a stuffed-crust pizza. For some people this decision would be a health-conscious one; there’s already an ungodly amount of cheese in pizza, so why do you need to put more in the crust? I figure pizza’s already unhealthy enough as it is, so what’s a little more cheese going to hurt? The reason I haven’t had stuffed-crust pizza is that we tend not to order pizza unless we’ve got a coupon, and there never seem to be coupons for the stuffed crust variety.
In Japan, however, is a variety of stuffed-crust pizza that no coupon could induce me to buy. (Although, you’d need one heck of a coupon to bring the price down from the $30 medium/$40 large one Japanese-speaking friend of mine informs me this pizza sells for at the current exchange rate.)
You probably think this is a joke, but truly, truly I say unto you, this is an actual pizza offered at Japanese Pizza Hut restaurants.
If you think that crust looks like pigs-in-a-blanket, you’re absolutely right. There are, in fact, two varieties of pigs-in-a-blanket that make up the crust of this pizza, which is recommended for kids.
Let’s break down this pizza by side, shall we?
On the left (Recommended for kids!), working from the outside in, we’ve got a sausage and bacon roll crust (”Tastes even better with fruity [sic] ketchup!”), tender hamburger with mild cheese, edamame [soybeans], corn (which, I’m told, is a common pizza topping in Japan, along with canned tuna), paprika, and tomato sauce.
The right side, which we must infer is for adults, has a three-cheese crust which “tastes even better with honey[,] maple syrup,” and has eleven kinds of choice toppings: PIZZA HUT GOURMET Italian sausage, ham, bacon, bacon bits, sliced tomato, mushrooms, onions, peppers, garlic chips [???], basil, black pepper, and tomato sauce.
Mouth watering yet?
This summer only! “Crust” and toppings both half and half — it’s amazing!
DOUBLE ROLL
Because this is a popular item, we may be unable to fill all same-day orders.
Okay, so everyone in Japan apparently is ordering this once — but I wonder, do they come back for a second one? Will this pizza return next summer? Only time will tell…
In the meantime, I’m going to go to bed and pray I don’t have indigestion-induced nightmares just from looking at this thing. For some reason it’s the corn that gets me more than anything. Or maybe it’s the whole hamburger patties, complete with grill marks…
24/08/2008 at 8:36 am Permalink
This picture looks grosser every time I see it.
25/08/2008 at 11:28 am Permalink
Ha! Why have you been looking at it repeatedly?
25/08/2008 at 12:50 pm Permalink
Wow, I went away for a week or so and you redecorated your web site. I kind of miss the cute girl with her Remington typewriter.
Here’s an undeniable truth: no one outside the US (it can be argued that no one outside of major US cities) knows what real pizza is. All they seem to understand is that it’s round. Come to NY if you want to experience the real thing.
25/08/2008 at 2:15 pm Permalink
I would have kept the original layout, but it wouldn’t let me tag entries which was an organizational bummer!
I completely concur about global pizza, after a friend in the UK informed me that tuna and corn are quite normal toppings there, as well.