My colleagues and me were eyeing the newly introduced Tandoori pizza's at Papa John's for a while.
So one not so fine day, we ventured in to avail of the Papa John's Introductory offer for the new Tandoori Pizzas - Buy One Medium pizza and get 'pizza for one' (more like 'pizza for one kid', they left that out somehow) free!!!
I was having a good time, but then we ate at Papa John's.
I am entirely at blame, got enticed by their tandoori pizzas which looked so good on paper, how do they do that? Snap some other pizza? Or take a close-up of the teeny tiny pizzas they offer?
Take this: The tandoori paneer and tandoori chicken looked exactly the same with negligible amounts of chicken/ paneer respectively and with large doses of tomato, onion, corn… (screams)was more like an halfcooked utappam than a pizza.
The big red chillies, I thought, would be a saving grace, adding spice to the sad ordeal, but apparently that was too much to ask, the chillies were actually sour!!!(never seen that happen before, hence the special mention)
Quantity is less too, (that could be a good thing in retrospect) with the regular (normally 7-inches), they call it ‘pizza for one’ here (more like 'pizza for one kid', rolling eyes), being smaller than 6-inches and medium (normally 10-inches) being about 8-inches here.
The paneer is white by the way, my veggie friends seemed to have a problem with that, I can still hear them say: 'if it’s tandoori, it’s gotto be red'.
They have a point actually, after all we eat out even for the frills.
Like Saif said in the movie Salaam Namaste (wow, m quoting movies now) that: The wife is like ‘ghar ka khana’, when people are eating out, they expect a mistress.
(Saif played a Chef+Hotel Owner in the movie, that should take care of your wild imagination)
So the same day, I ordered the Chicken Bonanza from smoking joe’s (it doesn’t get better than that, very juicy chicken… mouth watering really) which finally satiated my pizza craving.
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7 comments:
aww... babe... you were really have some pizzalicious issues... :D
but i heard papa john's was nice...though havent really tried it..
another fact that you'll have to admit to.. is there's no other pizza outlet like 'pizza hut'... they rock!!!
Cheers..
:)
oh! and a lovely new template... :))
I am a total Smokin joe's loyalist!... though hvnt tried pizza hut yet, i hrd that they dont spread arnd the cheese evenly so thot not to risk it n dey r neway the farthest frm my office... Any HIT reco's u think i shd try frm there?
Garcia's is not too bad...if you dont mind Indianized pizzas, which is pretty much what you get here anyways!!
me not too crazy about Garcia's, had ordered Thai pleasure there, there was nothing pleasurable abt it, d pizza looked like a farmland with slid green base among carrots, baby corn, etc and the few pieces of chicken completed the look by playing dark brown soil, will put up that pic here soon... Watch this space. ;)
Papa John's is better in the US. They can't really give you any great options since India is plagued with stupid beef and pork restrictions. The pizzas with beef and pork are the best here.
Awww that's so nice Reefy, your standing up for something you really looove! :P
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