U.K. & pizza

I agree it depends where you are.
In cardiff there are lots, smaller italian places, and all the chains, Dominos, pizza hut, papa johns, pizza express. Morrisons do the pizza express ones and they are tasty. And its Howells here that do ranch dressing, hidden valley I think. But what I also do is have the parents send the packets kind so its cheap to send, and I can make it as and when I want.x
You can buy it

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if your'e desperate, and its cheap!

LOL!

My husband and I just came back from visiting New York, where we ordered pizza from an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. He had never seen pizza that was sold by the slice before, he is used to the small UK/Pizza Hut/Pizza Express style pizzas that at most will feed one or two people, not New York-style pizzeria pizzas where one pizza is meant to feed a group of people. He was so amazed by the size of the pizza (when he ordered it, he had thought he would be able to eat the whole pizza himself)  that he took photographs of me holding the pizza so that people would believe it.

There are hundreds of amazing pizza places in the UK that sell traditional Italian pizza (which are usually huge!).  The best IMHO is La Porcetta, which has branches in Camden, Islington, Muswell Hill and the Stroud Green Road.

Pizza Express used to be good but have gone downhill over the years....they are so much smaller than they used to be.

Vicky

Are we talking about traditional Italian pizza or American pizza? Thems two different kettles of fishes (or pizza)

Pizza made by Italians living in America or Italian-Americans living in America.

Oh, I know there is a difference, I was just responding to this:

That much established, so far nearly all the pizza I've seen and tasted in a short week and a half in London has been about the same low quality as frozen pizza (which I simply won't eat anymore).

The pizza in good Italian places in London is different to NY pizza, but it is certainly not low quality.

However, I have just had a Pizza Hut pizza, and it sucked 


Vicky

That much established, so far nearly all the pizza I've seen and tasted in a short week and a half in London has been about the same low quality as frozen pizza (which I simply won't eat anymore).

How much pizza can a person eat in a week and a half?  Stop eating rubbish pizza and go out and get Fish and Chips or a curry or some lovely pub food with a pint.  You're not in the US now and you're not going to find US food here.  It's time to broaden the old horizons a bit.

If you're looking for NY-style pizza in London you won't find it -- at least I haven't and I've looked. But you can find good, thin-crust, brick oven pizza. My favorite is Pappagone's, a few doors down from La Porchetta on Stroud Green Road (which is also pretty decent).

I used to think PizzaExpress was a good choice but I agree with Vicky, the pizzas have gotten smaller and not as good as they used to be.

There's a place in Brixton Market called Franco Manca, that's supposed to be terrific. I haven't been myself (they're only open for lunch) but really want to try

How much pizza can a person eat in a week and a half?  Stop eating rubbish pizza and go out and get Fish and Chips or a curry or some lovely pub food with a pint.  You're not in the US now and you're not going to find US food here.  It's time to broaden the old horizons a bit.

Exactly what i was thinking! 
In a week and a half, you had pizza more than once?!

i don;t wanna talk about pizza until birmingham gets a giordano's.

How much pizza can a person eat in a week and a half?  Stop eating rubbish pizza and go out and get Fish and Chips or a curry or some lovely pub food with a pint.  You're not in the US now and you're not going to find US food here.  It's time to broaden the old horizons a bit.

Oh I can eat lots of pizza in a week and a half! I have to admit to loving pizza. Costco definately has the best pizza that I have found in the UK. I don't mind Frankie and Bennie's pizza or Domino's but it doesn't compare to a good ole Italian American pizza in my view.

So you've been to one supermarket, one high street franchise and a tourist trap restaurant?

Not exactly representative of the qualifty of pizza available here, I assure you!

Vicky

So you've been to one supermarket, one high street franchise and a tourist trap restaurant?

Not exactly representative of the qualifty of pizza available here, I assure you!

Vicky

No, I have been to much more than that! Those are the pizzas that I have found acceptable to me. I realise that people who live in bigger cities probably have more options, but I have tried just about every pizza place in the general area where I live (Northwest, Cheshire County) and have been disappointed.

Ah, sorry, I was getting you confused with winklepicker, and thought you'd tasted every pizza in Cheshire in a week and a half!

(BTW, you don't say 'county', just 'Cheshire').

If you are in a small town where the only pizza places are franchises then you probably will find the standard pretty crap i'm afraid. Dominos may well be the best you can do.

Vicky

i don;t wanna talk about pizza until birmingham gets a giordano's.

I would like a Giordano's in Peterborough, missing their pizza, proper deep dish.