Pizza-La: A Cook's Shangri-La
Since we (I) didn't feel like cooking tonight, we did what any American family typically does, we ordered a pizza. It is great having this option even in Japan. But as you might expect, this wasn't just any pizza. First of all, it cost a whopping 3500 yen, or $30. You might be thinking this was a huge pizza, or that we had lobster or caviar on it! But it was actually only 36 centimeters or about 14 inches. And there weren't any particularly expensive ingredients. It was just that we bought it in Japan.
Only to find there were no fresh basil leaves on our pizza. In fact, it was a different pizza altogether. Apparently, they gave us the wrong order. It was delicious nonetheless and was similar to American pizza as we know it. However, if we had gotten the tuna, corn and mayonnaise pizza, we wouldn't be able to say the same. I speak from experience, since we'd already tried that combo, thanks to Brian, of course!
You can check out many pizzas with strange combinations at the English version of the Pizza-La website: http://www.pizza-la.co.jp/menu_e/menu110_pub.html
Since we (I) didn't feel like cooking tonight, we did what any American family typically does, we ordered a pizza. It is great having this option even in Japan. But as you might expect, this wasn't just any pizza. First of all, it cost a whopping 3500 yen, or $30. You might be thinking this was a huge pizza, or that we had lobster or caviar on it! But it was actually only 36 centimeters or about 14 inches. And there weren't any particularly expensive ingredients. It was just that we bought it in Japan.
Pizza-La is a pizza delivery chain in Japan. They deliver the pizzas on scooters, which have special insulated compartments for the pizzas. Of course, calling for a delivery assumes you can speak enough Japanese to call in your order, which as you know, we cannot. So, we walked to the take-out restaurant two blocks from our house, ordered our "Italian Basil" pizza, waited 15 minutes and carried it home in these nifty plastic bags made for pizza boxes...
Only to find there were no fresh basil leaves on our pizza. In fact, it was a different pizza altogether. Apparently, they gave us the wrong order. It was delicious nonetheless and was similar to American pizza as we know it. However, if we had gotten the tuna, corn and mayonnaise pizza, we wouldn't be able to say the same. I speak from experience, since we'd already tried that combo, thanks to Brian, of course!You can check out many pizzas with strange combinations at the English version of the Pizza-La website: http://www.pizza-la.co.jp/menu_e/menu110_pub.html
2 comments:
I've been trying to find me some of that tuna and mayo pizza here but I guess it just hasn't caught on yet. The teriyaki chicken topping sounds just as good. I'm surprised they don't have a peanut butter and jelly pizza. You might want to suggest it.
Good idea, Ezra! I think we may even be able to convince some Japanese people that we eat p. b. & j. pizza in the U.S. Some people have the funniest ideas about what life is like in the States! I'll have to think of some examples...
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