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The international top five crappy pizzas

by Catherine Bodry (RSS feed) on Oct 18th 2009 at 4:30PM

Bad pizza? Isn't that an oxymoron? Nope - despite the simplicity of melted cheese on dough, there is indeed such a thing as horrible pizza. I know; I ate some in Kaili, China - a town that has maybe 3 Westerners living in it, in a country that generally doesn't do bread or cheese. I should have known better. All the ingredients were super-processed and frozen, and it tasted as though I was eating a fake, plastic pizza.

The hilarious list comes from Tom Gates over at MatadorNights, and includes such vivid descriptions as "[the cheese] sweats as if masturbating," definitely not something I want my pizza to do.

The top five worst pizzas in the world (excluding my pizza in Kaili, which definitely deserves a mention) are served at:

Pronto Pizza in La Serena, Chile
Te Pizza el Gallso in Buenos Aires, Argentina
San Marcos SRL in Florence, Italy
Suba Galaxy Hotel in Mumbai, India
Italian Pizza on Koh Chang, Thailand

I've eaten plenty of delicious local food in India and Thailand and know better than to order pizza there, but the lure of my favorite comfort food has certainly convinced me to override common sense and order a pizza (or hamburger, or fries, or spaghetti) at restaurants aimed towards foreigners. My advice comes from experience: ignore the evil voices trying to convince you how good the melted cheese with herbs will be, and go for the curry. It's cheaper, and oftentimes the curry you get back home - especially if you live in BF Alaska - will be along the same lines as the pizza you'll get in Asia.

[Via iamkohchang.com]

Filed under: Food and Drink, Asia, Europe, South America, China, India, Thailand, Italy, Argentina, Chile

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ariel Oct 31st 2009 3:05PM

shame! i am from argentina and my country has a great reputation when it comes to pizza and all sorts of italian dishes. argentina was built by a massive wave of settlers coming from south italy and spain, therefore bringing their culinary traditions to the country.
i hope you get another chance to try pizza in argentina -first make sure you know where to go!

LEE Nov 21st 2009 11:38PM

For whatever it's worth, virtually every major city in China
has multiple PIZZA HUT restaurants and their pizzas are
quite decent, sometimes downright delicious! If you find
yourself in China craving a pizza you won't go wrong by
dining at a Pizza Hut! I have done it many times.

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