Comments on: Pizza Hut China's hot-dog-encrusted shrimp tempura pizza, with mayonnaise

By: A_Portlander

A_Portlander — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:02:00 +0000

When I was growing up in Southern California in the 80s, “eating out” with my parents meant the Marie Callender’s restaurant chain. The menu was more diverse back then, and in some locations, the bar/bistro section had a pizza menu. This included a seafood pizza with shrimp, crab, and lobster, and it was magnificent. I haven’t had it in twenty years, and it’s still my “desert island” food.

By: Matt Newman

Matt Newman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:51:00 +0000

Ive actually had pizza very similar to this in Japan. Quite tasty.

By: ErinZ

ErinZ — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:41:00 +0000

NEED IN MAH LIFE!

By: sirpuddingfoot

sirpuddingfoot — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:03:00 +0000

I was thinking this was a repeat from 6 years ago, but I guess I didn’t bump into it here: http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/07/17/pizza-hut-japan-has-created-a-monster/

By: Ty_MY

Ty_MY — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:01:00 +0000

Surprised no one from Asia commented. Pizza Hut in Asia has been doing this for years. Every few weeks/months, the TV ads come on to advertise some new limited-time “strange” pizza creation.

It seems to be their strategy to always have something new on the menu, to to keep the curious customers coming back.

I guess after a while, there’s only so many “new” pizzas you can create, and more outlandish combinations come up.

By: Lurking_Grue

Lurking_Grue — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:32:00 +0000

Wow! I didn’t know the Ninja Turtles moved to China!

By: brettburton

brettburton — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:39:00 +0000

Pizza in Pizza Hut and most of mainline China (from what I was able to sample) is a very weird affair. Even traditional cheese pizza is made with sauce that is pretty much just ketchup. They haven’t mastered tomato sauce yet, and it doesn’t seem like they aren’t even trying to. Pizza Hut is a pretty fancy establishment in China. It’s expensive and you have to wait to be seated. The one I went to in Shanghai was two floors.

By: Stephen Muth

Stephen Muth — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:50:00 +0000

because it’s a weak acid, which creates a buffer.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:43:00 +0000

Well that’s what they say at least – that a tbsp of ACV once or twice a day will, in a couple of weeks, reduce acid reflux considerably. And minimize allergies, and tone up the skin, etc.

By: IndexMe

IndexMe — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:30:00 +0000

Sriracha?

By: Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:31:00 +0000

Ia Ia Shub Niggurath! Ia Ia Cthulhu fhtagn!

By: Nash Rambler

Nash Rambler — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:03:00 +0000

SHUT UP YOU ARE ALL WRONG AND SECRETLY WANT TO EAT THIS THING JUST LIKE I DO.

By: SumAnon

SumAnon — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:12:00 +0000

It’s got more spices and vinegar in it, so it’s less rich and more tangy.

By: SumAnon

SumAnon — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:11:00 +0000

British-style curry is everywhere in Japan, they have a few chains that specialize.

While Japan does have some great food combos, they have a few ‘misses’ too. Spicy fish eggs over spaghetti. Double fermented fish. Unrefrigerated egg salad on a hotdog bun….

By: ffabian

ffabian — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:51:00 +0000

I’m curious – why would the intake of vinegar (an acid) help with acid reflux?

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:16:00 +0000

edit: take all my comments or leave it. deleted

By: peter doolan

peter doolan — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:55:00 +0000

in celebration of the 2010 world cup, pizza hut thailand rolled out this “big match” pizza, a rectangular football field with team france as various seafood vs. team england as sausage and peppers, lines of play demarcated with mayonaise

By: noah django

noah django — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:48:00 +0000

oh, we have that at work! but you know, I’ve never really tried it. the only thing we use it for is a little “kiss” over each piece of one specific sushi roll we make. so technically I’ve ingested it, but there’s too many other flavors going on for me to isolate it. I oughta put it on a cracker and see what’s up, huh?

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:04:00 +0000

Tentacle Rape to the arteries.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:03:00 +0000

Right, the sausage that’s sometimes sliced on fried rice.
Sounds good to me, then!

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:01:00 +0000

I’ve told friends about it, and a few of them just can’t picture shrimp on their pizza, they give me a puzzled look. I pity the fools.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:56:00 +0000

It’s an Italian & Seafood place.
Since a classic comfort food is shrimp wrapped in bacon, and bacon goes great with pizza, one day the ol’ light bulb went on in my head and asked them to deconstruct it and put it on a pizza with onions. The idea of fresh basil and extra tomato sauce came later.
Then one day I called for takeout and the guy on the phone asked “Wanna make it garlic shrimp?” And that was it, checkmate forever.

By: blueelm

blueelm — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:49:00 +0000

It would definitely make me sick, it’s full of things that really do make me accutely ill… but I’d try it once anyway just to see.

By: edgore

edgore — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:38:00 +0000

I’m not going to lie to you niktemadur. That sounds crazy delicious.

By: chaopoiesis

chaopoiesis — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:28:00 +0000

The design logic’s impeccable – all your high péngyǒu dive for the circumferential pigs in blankets and promptly sate out, leaving you the interior shrimp.

By: Crashproof

Crashproof — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Jabba.

By: Lithi

Lithi — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:47:00 +0000

Heh. I was thinking of FUCK YOU PIZZA HUT YOU ARE DRUNK.

If you’ve ever been to FUCK YEAH SHARKS you’ll know what I mean.

By: Thebes42

Thebes42 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:41:00 +0000

I’m sure even it must be healthier than the average American fast food offering.

By: Ellen Badgley

Ellen Badgley — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:45:00 +0000

I’m not sure where the hotdog crust originated. It arrived in Thailand sometime around 2009.

Japan is a Mecca of weird-but-good food mashups. Pizza with mayo, corn and hotdogs? Check. Okonomiyaki (fried cabbage pancakes) with the same? Even better. The crowning achievement is spaghetti with weinerschnitzel (tonkatsu) and British-style curry sauce, which you used to be able to get at the old Narita Airport terminal.

By: Lyle Hopwood

Lyle Hopwood — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:20:00 +0000

That looks awesome! I love sausage rolls (the things the picture is calling hot dogs) and tempura. I have all the ingredients to cook one of my own, but I bought a whole bunch of stuff for Goan beef vindaloo with vinegar and I really ought to stick to my plan….maybe tomorrow?