I guess a good Hawaiian isn’t something you’d expect to find in the United Kingdom.
Hawaii is at least as far from me as I am from the United Kingdom, but I have had a good Hawaiian. I hope that one day, everyone who hasn’t, can experience that just once.
This isn’t an argument for pineapple on pizza because pizza isn’t a monolithic thing. Sometimes I want a veggie pizza. Sometimes I want meat lover’s. Sometimes Hawaiian. Sometimes pepperoni & jalapeno. Sometimes sausage, bell pepper, and onion. Sometimes even BBQ — that’s chicken breast, onion, and bacon, with BBQ sauce instead of marinara. Like a Hawaiian, it isn’t traditional pizza, but it works.
I would hold no value for a pizza place that completely refuses to do pineapple. Rather, I would hold value for the pizza place that can change your mind about just about any topping (I stipulate that because no pizza place will ever convince me to eat shrimp on pizza, not because it can’t be good, but because I’m allergic to shrimp so that’s automatically a no go). That said, if you’re ever in the part of the US state of California where everyone smokes pot and thick red trees extend up into the clouds and beyond (the northern half), look up a chain called Round Table. They have a “Polynesian” pizza with pineapple that is something else. Sweet, spicy, and delicious.
I don’t think anyone (at least involved with culinary arts in any way beyond casual) thought it did. Like how pizza isn’t Italian, Chinese food isn’t Chinese, Mexican food isn’t Mexican, and so on. It’s a flavour someone made in the spirit of another place and everyone just kinda accepts that’s what it is, but they know deep down it’s not really what food from that place is like. Doesn’t mean the flavour is any less delicious, it’s just not geographically accurate. Most food falsely attributed to a region is more flavourful and bold than the food from the actual place. Like it’s inspired by the place or something.
It’s like when Americans started saying “French fries are now called Freedom Fries” and the French said “what you call French Fries are actually Belgian.” A lot of “French” food isn’t really French, either. Referring to chips.
I guess a good Hawaiian isn’t something you’d expect to find in the United Kingdom.
Hawaii is at least as far from me as I am from the United Kingdom, but I have had a good Hawaiian. I hope that one day, everyone who hasn’t, can experience that just once.
This isn’t an argument for pineapple on pizza because pizza isn’t a monolithic thing. Sometimes I want a veggie pizza. Sometimes I want meat lover’s. Sometimes Hawaiian. Sometimes pepperoni & jalapeno. Sometimes sausage, bell pepper, and onion. Sometimes even BBQ — that’s chicken breast, onion, and bacon, with BBQ sauce instead of marinara. Like a Hawaiian, it isn’t traditional pizza, but it works.
I would hold no value for a pizza place that completely refuses to do pineapple. Rather, I would hold value for the pizza place that can change your mind about just about any topping (I stipulate that because no pizza place will ever convince me to eat shrimp on pizza, not because it can’t be good, but because I’m allergic to shrimp so that’s automatically a no go). That said, if you’re ever in the part of the US state of California where everyone smokes pot and thick red trees extend up into the clouds and beyond (the northern half), look up a chain called Round Table. They have a “Polynesian” pizza with pineapple that is something else. Sweet, spicy, and delicious.
The Hawaiian pizza was invented by a Greek man living in Canada to create Chinese inspired flavours. It’s nothing to do with Hawaii at all.
I don’t think anyone (at least involved with culinary arts in any way beyond casual) thought it did. Like how pizza isn’t Italian, Chinese food isn’t Chinese, Mexican food isn’t Mexican, and so on. It’s a flavour someone made in the spirit of another place and everyone just kinda accepts that’s what it is, but they know deep down it’s not really what food from that place is like. Doesn’t mean the flavour is any less delicious, it’s just not geographically accurate. Most food falsely attributed to a region is more flavourful and bold than the food from the actual place. Like it’s inspired by the place or something.
It’s like when Americans started saying “French fries are now called Freedom Fries” and the French said “what you call French Fries are actually Belgian.” A lot of “French” food isn’t really French, either. Referring to chips.