In theory, yes, although most of the pizza you get here (Okinawa) is frozen, and not customizable. But you also need to be able to speak good enough Japanese to get that message across, which neither my husband or I do, unfortunately. English speakers are pretty rare here. I’ve never seen any type of sausage here that was not cut up hot dogs, so no on the pepperoni, and their marinara sauce is usually ketchup. The teriyaki chicken pizza we ordered didn’t say what was on it, so we just went with it. Like I said, it really wasn’t awful, just strange. Actually, one of the best pizzas we’ve gotten on island, now that I think of it.
It’s sweeter and more vinegar-y than normal mayo, and thinner. It does have a picture of a kewpie doll on the bottle. It’s pretty good, just an odd pizza topping.
This sounds so awesome.
This makes me laugh every time I read it.
I’m not sure it’s possible to get bad food in Italy. The absolute best lasagna I’ve ever had in my life, by far, was at a truck stop in Italy.
You know, Tonnato pizzaiola would make a great pizza- A thin crust marinara base sprinkled with fresh garlic and parsey, slices of fresh tuna, roasted red peppers from a jar, thin red onion slices, calamata olives, anchovies (in reserved quantities), Drizzle with olive oil… maybe a sheep’s milk grated romano to sprinkle lightly. Top with a mixture of crushed red pepper and oregonata to finish.
This sounds like most pizzas I ever had in Korea, except that the white mayo was joined with similar stripes of Thousand Island dressing and the potato was a ring of mashed sweet potato just inside the crust edge. Blecch. The best, most “American” pizza I could find in Korea (outside of Itaewon, which is basically “Americatown” in Seoul) ranked with the best frozen pizza Safeway sells. Gotta develop a taste for Kimchi!
I haven’t yet tried pizza in Japan, but I understand squid ink is available as a substitute for tomato sauce. Hey, it beats mayo and thousand island dressing!
You may have solved the mystery of the Roanoke Colony. They may have brought over Lutefisk to try to survive.
The posts in this thread brings out the naive business man in me. Me thinks any half decent chef could establish a nice business over there offering some decent pizza that was remotely “authentic”.