Singapore Pizza

I had a craving for pizza tonight, so I ordered some. I really wasn't very satisfied. Theres something about the pizza here which makes it a bit NQR. Now I realise why, when I went to Italy with a couple of friends from this country, they LOVED the pizza. Of course, after a couple of weeks of nothing but pizza and pasta, they got sick of it, but the standard is so much different over there. Its a bit like flying from Antarctica to the middle of Botswana and discovering the difference in temperature difference. Thats if you can equate the weather to the taste of pizza. If in some sick way you can't, join the club. I don't understand what I write most of the time either.

I've actually had a couple of pizzas here, and neither of them are any good at all. I thought that maybe the first was just an abnormal sample, but as I'm now doubling the sample size, my significance level is getting just that much better.

So I think I figured out what it is. A couple of things actually:

The Cheese

The first thing is the cheese. Its really not er.. cheesy enough. I don't actually know much about cheese, but normally the cheese I eat on pizzas is melted and stretches when you pull the next piece off the pizza. The cheese here just breaks. Thats just wrong. Theres no slippery slide of cheese between you and the rest of the pizza. It also spoils the whole pizza eating experience.

I don't know if its the same thing that makes cheese stretchy as well as taste better, but its the best that I can come up with.

The Meat

All the Aussies I talk to here all agree that the meat in this country is two things: bad and expensive. The only American I'm on speaking terms here also agrees. I guess it only makes sense. Apart from chicken, all the other types of land animal meat on sale here has to float halfway around the world before it actually gets here. The beef, lamb and pork comes from either Brazil, Australia or New Zealand.

The meat on this particular pizza I had tonight looked like spam. I ordered a super supreme, so I was guessing it was either ham or salami. It tasted like neither, which is a bit scary. If I wake up sick tomorrow, then I'll know why.

So point to note: If you ever come to Singapore, don't eat the pizza, even if you have a REALLY big craving for it. Its also very expensive ($25~ SGD). Try the chilli crab instead.