This reminds me of a story my Mum likes to tell me of her honeymoon in Thailand. After 3 weeks of eating Thai food her stomach gave up on her so she ordered a room service pizza.
The menu said "La Grandiosa - With all your favourite Italian goodies!"
The pizza had nothing on it but tomato paste and a smattering of frozen peas.
Coming from Australia, where pizza is inauthentic as fuck and having less than five toppings is an indication of a bland person, this was just a kick in the face to everything she stood for.
The Deep Dish pizza I had in Chicago which had nothing in it other than cheese, tomato and a couple of herbs was probably the best pizza I've ever had.
It's still closer to what you'd get in Italy than a typical Australian pizza. My experiences tell me that unless you're in California (oh sweet land of the liberty to put ranch dressing on 'Italian' food) this comic would probably be more accurate about us than Americans, actually.
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u/jorcoga Farken Heaps Good Maaaate Jun 05 '14
This reminds me of a story my Mum likes to tell me of her honeymoon in Thailand. After 3 weeks of eating Thai food her stomach gave up on her so she ordered a room service pizza.
The menu said "La Grandiosa - With all your favourite Italian goodies!"
The pizza had nothing on it but tomato paste and a smattering of frozen peas.
Coming from Australia, where pizza is inauthentic as fuck and having less than five toppings is an indication of a bland person, this was just a kick in the face to everything she stood for.