I’m confused. It does happen from time to time, usually over unimportant things like political history and tax regulations.
And that happens to the best of us, doesn’t it, Julius?
But this time, it’s altogether more serious. I am confused about pizza.
There are several different sorts of pizza eaters and several different types of pizza to go with them.
The pizza snobs will insist on an olive wood-fired, traditional Umbrian-style oven, built from terracotta tiles recycled from Julius Caesar’s bathroom and a pizza base rolled on the inner thigh of one of Silvio Berlusconi’s hand-maidens.
These are the sort of people that like rocket on their pizza. Because there’s nothing better than making posh cheese on toast and then chucking some raw dandelion leaves on top before you eat it.
Then there are the pizza slobs. These are the people that will even accept pizza from Scooters, despite that company’s preference for speed rather than classiness, their lack of accuracy in putting the correct ingredients on the round dough bit, the fact that they (possibly) cook their wares in a 650W Pick ‘n’ Pay microwave recycled from Julius Malema’s kitchen and roll their pizza bases on the inner thigh of Jessie Duarte.
Still – you know what you’re getting when you order. And you’ll be tucking into your food while the snobs are still checking a lengthy paper trail concerning the authenticity of the flour, picking weeds in the back garden and fainting from hunger.
In the middle is the happy medium: Butler’s Pizza. Look, it’s not larney, but it’s far from the doughy trash of other delivery services. “Just nice”, some would say. Seth Rotherham, he of 2oceansvibe and snarly jail face fame, has long been a fan of Butler’s and thus, they have recently introduced a new pizza to their range: The Rotherham.
The Rotherham: Bacon, Feta, Salami, Half Mozzarella, Thin Base
Am I the only one bewildered by this bizarre pizza design?
If, as has been previously described, pizza is actually just posh cheese on toast, then why remove half the cheese and half the toast?
“Hmm – I’ll take one ‘The Rotherham’, please.
And I’d like some watered down beer and half a tub of ice cream to go with it.
Actually – while I’m waiting – do you have any Ricoffy?”
A hypothetical situation, obviously, as Butler’s are delivery only. But you (might) get my point.
On the plus side, Butler’s have introduced a real pizza at the same time: The Meaty Foursome, which actually has nothing to do with Jacob Zuma’s polygamous relationships, but is what carnivores such as myself have been crying out for for quite some time now.
It’s almost perfection. If they’d just added Bombay chillies they could have just called it The 6000.
But they didn’t. So they can’t.
you sound like my dh. he would sooo buy ‘The 6000’!
he doesn’t really like pizza, though. because it is still too little meat and too much cheese.
.-= jacki janse van rensburg´s last blog ..one quiet hour of me-time… =-.
last week friday we decided to order pizza from butler’s pizza (it’s my favourite as they are awesome pizzas and it gets delivered in 20 min).
i considered the rotherham but because of the thin base and less cheese i went for the meaty foursome (OH EM GEE!). i’m glad i opted for that.
who the hell wants LESS cheese on a pizza?
couldn’t agree more. I don’t see the point of half the cheese? if anything surely extra cheese? It sounds sounds like a dry, boring pizza to me. Each to their own, but I’m not a fan.
Oh, hell! I want pizza. NOW! 😀
Oh, and I am a Pepperoni girl, with extra cheese. Please. And hold on the Ricoffy – I’ve got a Costa here… 😛
I suppose all the skinny models seth is apparently knobbing non-stop don’t like all that cheese on their pizza? That or his boyfriend! 😉
Well, if by “cheese” you mean that plastic whitish-yellowish wha’eva that passes for mozzarella, then cheese-less pizza is just fine by me. Speaking of weird combos, I had one with peri peri chicken livers and bacon from Da Vinci’s the other night. It should have been revolting, but I think I’ll be back for more. Then again, it’s basically spag-bol without the meat and pasta…
Da Vinci’s also deserves recognition for their most excellent chilli poppers – Slug and Lettuce came a close second last night, but the world really needs to wake up to the wonders of crumbs vs. batter. Crumbed poppers are crunchy, and the oil doesn’t dribble down your chin. Not that oil dribbling down your chin isn’t sometimes appropriate, but just saying…
jacki > If my blood is still able to flow freely in and out of my heart by the time I’m finished, something is wrong.
Geoffrey > I too was confused. That’s why I wrote this.
Michelle > It is a bizarre option. But thankfully not one we’re forced to take.
HH > Ah – Costa Coffee. We don’t have that here. We have other posh coffee places, but you need a PhD in being up your own arse to go there (personal opinion).
DW > There’s a lot of anti-Seth feeling there, hey? I have no beef with him though – gotta admire the way he lives his brand.
Dr R > See, this is where everything falls apart. When an expert comes in & boots the post all over the place. Probably rightly, as well.
I appreciate that purists are not big fans of Butler’s, but I’m not a big fan of driving (the absolutely tiny distance) down to either of the two rather decent pizza places in Kenilworth once I’m put the kids to bed and settled down to a bit of footy for the evening.
And I guess the same goes for the S&L chili poppers. They may not be the best in terms of fabrication, ingredients etc etc, but they are damn tasty!
I tried this the other day:
1 pizza base (with or without tomato base covering)
basil pesto
mozerella cheeese
cherry tomatoes
Throw that together and stick it in your oven for a bit…its YUMMY!
Diva > Hmm – not a huge fan of pesto, but I have family that is. Thanks for the idea.
It’s taken me this long to shake off the dreamlike state induced by thoughts of the 6000 pizza.
I was going to suggest that this particular piece might inspire that creation, given your rapidly growing fame (infamy?) but I don’t see the point really. I’m not going to pop over to SA for a pizza after all.
But why am I worried anyway? My local does a very nice design-your-own … I shall design one and dedicate it to you 🙂
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One word – Posticino!
If you haven’t been to their little piece of Italy in SeaPoint you have not had the best pizza in CT. The veal is also amazing… getting hungry now
Massimo’s, Hout Bay. Best pizza, and damn fine limoncello too.
.-= Jacques´s last blog ..Utter awesomeness from Rev. Peasboro =-.
Butlers Pizza in Cape Town has the worst service. I waited 1.5 hours for the pizza, the pizza I received was not what I ordered. 20 mins after I recieved the pizza Butlers pizza contacted me, asking me if I received correct pizza, which I replied with no. They told me that they will call me back in 5 mins, which never happened. Dont waste your money nor time on Buttler Pizza.
Butlers Pizza in Cape Town has the worst service. I waited 1.5 hours for the pizza, the pizza I received was not what I ordered. 20 mins after I recieved the pizza Butlers pizza contacted me, asking me if I received coorect pizza, which I replied with no. They told me that they will call me back in 5 mins, which never happened. Dont waste your money nor time on Buttler Pizza.