Don’t get me started!
I’ve had “pizza” in Japan. Not talking about okonomiyaki - that’s actually pretty good; no, I’ve had the Japanese attempt at Italian pizza. Here are some things I’ve seen on it:
Kidney beans
Potatoes
Seaweed
Corn
Fish (not anchovies, but I did have an anchovy danish once for breakfast in Japan)
Lettuce
Other things I couldn’t identify but didn’t belong on a pizza.
God bless the Japanese, their food is wonderful, just not their pizza!
I suppose it's still better than a North Korean pizza.
I had a friend in Tokyo insist that we go out for pizza one night so he took me to his favorite place. The "pizza" he ordered came topped with canned corn, squid and those little fish they love to eat with rice that look like dried guppies.
We could have gone for noodles, yakitori or sushi. Instead, I end up in pizza hell. At least they had cold Asahi.
October, 1985. Alfred ME. The Milk Room. 8:00 PM. Don’t try to pass off a sliced Hot Dog as Sausage to an Italian whose Grand Parents were from the North End.
I took a look at pizza in South Korea, and passed. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The local food of each Asian country (12) I have visited was great, but not (in my opinion) their variations of imported recipes (burgers, pizza, etc...). I’ve heard the Japanese have great steakhouses, but I stuck to yakisoba, gyoza and sushi instead.
The food in Thailand seemed different than the Thai restaurants here. Not better, not worse, just different.
(Maybe it WAS a little better, but I can’t identify the difference).
If you want KimChee and mayonnaise on your pizza, head for Pizza Hut in Seoul. Try the branch on Yeonhi-ro.
Hands down, Japan has the WORST PIZZA.
I had one at a ‘shakeys pizza’ in tokyo that had dried cuttlefish on it! Blech!!!
Rome was awful too.
Olive oil and a fried egg? WTF?