Mr. Pizza was all over LA for awhile. I loved their Potato Gold pizza. They pulled out of America, but the operator of the KTown franchise bought out the location and now has two Korea Town Pizza Company restaurants which have a similar menu. So if you want this Pizza in the US, come to LA!
When I first had pizza in Korea (it was Dominos pizza but radically different than in the US), I said this isn't pizza. The pizza there tend to be sweeter and savory without much saltiness. And they definitely use less cheese, making it less greasy. It was more comparable to a fancy pastry than a pizza. With that said, it was f'ing tasty.
"The pizza there tend to be sweeter and savory without much saltiness.", "And they definitely use less cheese, making it less greasy." ... You just described PIZZA, and not American abomination.
Honestly, this is just part of what happens as a dish becomes popular in a place different from its origin. "Italian" food in America is not the same as Italian in Italy. Korean food has adopted foods from its neighbors as well, and adapted them for the Korean palate (e.g., jjajangmyeon, bulgogi, Korean fried chicken). Dishes evolve over time; there is no purity in cuisine.
In east asia, particularly Japan and Korea; potatoes, corn, mayo, shrimp have been pretty regular toppings for fast food pizza chains like pizza hut - as well as the aforementioned toppings on the video. I'd eat corn, ham, potato mayo pizza with my family back when I lived in Japan 16 or so years ago. Its surprisingly good.
Ugh there used to be a Korean pizza place in downtown Vancouver. It was so good, with corn and potato chunks but it looked like it closed down recently. What a shame!
@@danieljhong why is that a thing? i personally like corn and theres definitely dishes that corn goes well with, but this "put it in everything" thing is kinda weird
@@slXD100 i have no idea. if i had to guess koreans consider corn somewhat exotic as there are not many korean dishes with corn. so anything remotely foreign/exotic, corn goes in.
i like "yesterday's meat loaf" on my pizza, mmk. i found it out. it's amazing. y'all bein' like me as a pizzaiolo and experimenting with the ordering of layers.
I had a Korean pizza chain in West End, Vancouver. Shrimp, bulgogi, with a sugary sweet ranch sauce. It was not tasty and off putting, but I absolutely had to try it. 🤣
IF you wanna see experimental pizza, where you really need to go to is Taiwan, where anything goes, and Dominos+ Pizza Hut are the most experimental places ever
I forgot his name, since it's been a while. Glad to see him doing new episodes again. But you could tell he was just being nice, when he knew that pizza was absolutely trash lol.
Living in Korea for a year, I was initially hesitant to give their unique style of pizza a try. However, it didn't take long before I was completely won over.
Pizza in South Korea is expensive and it’s ridiculous the size is crazy small a medium looks small and a large looks like a medium as a Korean American I recommend going to Costco Korea the pizza are actually American size large and cheap
well italians don't usually intentionally go on an american channel about an italian-american pizza chef teaching NY style pizza in korea, it's geared towards the american audience yk
What is pizza? I think there are 4 things that are required for a pizza, for it even to qualify AS a pizza. Dough, sauce, cheese and it is tossed or stretched to size. Some would say only tomato sauce, but alfredo is popular as a white pizza, yet I digress. I think a real pizza always has wheat dough stretched to size, tomato sauce, and mozzarella cheese. If those 3 things aren't on the pie, it's not really pizza, it's something else. Like deep dish. It isn't really pizza, it's a pizza flavored casserole.
and what if you have a thin crust and just use swiss cheese instead of say mozzarella? i think pizza should be made around the basic foundations, but pretty much everything outside of naples wouldn't be considered proper pizza for the people of naples. that being said, there should be some consistency at least when it comes to the dough, the rest is style and preference
Imagine being invited out to South Korea to learn about cool and unique pizzas. And you stand there balding and make the most boring fucking default pizza. I’m glad the rent for your New York apartment is 7,000 a month for a one bed
hawaiian pizza is nothing to complain though. ham and pineapple are a match made in heaven and are amazing on a pizza! but what was shown in this vid is more of a french quiche varian or a swiss Wähe.
They must have paid him a good amount. Pizza in Korea is generally not very good. There are some legit places, to be sure, mostly in Seoul or Busan, but Mr Pizza is definitely not good, nor are any of the biggest chains.
well this isn't pizza, i think that's the main issue here, if anything it's a quiche or similar to a quiche, not a pizza though. different styles and flavour combinations are a thing everywhere, but you gotta stick to at least some of the fundamnetals if you want to call it a pizza.
The guy in the beginning saying he has to play by a rule book is lying. Most pizza makers in the US are boring old school pizza and wont even try to Innovate.
pizza hut and dominos make the weirdest ones, some local shops make some kinda kid friendly junk, then there are many serious pizza shops going for something authentically new york or neapolitan. at least in taipei.
Lovely: an American and a Korean who both talk about pizza Greetings from Italy the only place where pizza was invented. That Korean pizza look to me more of a frittata, no offense, just telling the truth.
@@marcomorosino6081 yeah that is definitely closer to a Quiche or swiss Wähe than Pizza, totally agree with you. but let's not pretend that Pizza in italy outside of naples isn't different from the original, it very much is. also, it's a bit hypocritical of italians to criticize on the toppings when you put processed low quality hotdogs on your pizza, and fries. I think fries on a pizza can actually be great but at least put a matching sauce on it or something to dip it in.. otherwise that's just madness.
@@slXD100 It not just about the toppings, is the entire process and the fresh local ingredients that make a food a special and unique food. Some pizzeria owned by Turkish people put hot dogs and French fries on a pizza, that doesn't mean is a good service to a real simple and delicious traditional food. Here in Italy we different kind of pizzas with regional twists, all traditional. We have: pizza napoletana, pizza siciliana, pizza romana and many more local versions of it. Said that enjoy whatever food you like the most but I am not pretending to cook the right recipe of the New England Clam Chowder, just saying.
@@marcomorosino6081 i know what you mean, but a lot of pizzerias in america do use fresh ignredients and mostly just import the tomatoes from italy, but pretty much every pizzeria imports their tomatoes. i respect and love italian pizzas but i didnt mean turks with fries and hotdogs "würstel e patatine". pineapple pizza is actually really tasty and just objectively and subjectively it goes well with the combination of pizza, ham and pinapple go great together especially in addition with tomato sauce. if you use good quality ingredients it's amazing and i really dont understand italians going crazy about it, if it was something that doesn't match well i'd understand but in this case.. it does. it's also quite hyporitical as italians enjoy different types of cuisine in their own country which are adjusted/created for their specific palate. cheers
or do, its time for italians to accept the fact that there are better versions of their shitty glorified flammkuchen. also any random chinese kid can cook better noodles. i never understood italians being all elitist over their mediocre cuisine.
Glad to see frank get his cheddar. But why promote this “cultural appropriation”?Everyone knows us leftists would be up in arms if some guy in Italy named himself mr kimchi and was using European ingredients to make kimbop. As a white woman that voted for Bernie Sanders, and who’s adopted a Chinese super baby (who’s a karate type btw) I would never dare even let him look at pizza. It’s against my morals, which are superior to all others. It’s strictly an ethnic diet of seaweed and karate lessons for him.
Here we go… Korea is probably the most western influenced country in Asia. If you didn’t know, a lot of Asians are actually lactose intolerant so pizza being popular in Korea is already a win. If you want to make money off of a demographic you have to be different. It’s not cultural appropriation.it’s food. It’s just traditional pizza but it’s pizza. You don’t even wanna see how we do pizza in Taiwan lol. Have a good mf day 😂🎉
@@tainanking you do realize that is a troll text? and a quite funny one at it. either way, this isn't pizza, this is more of a mix between quiche or a swiss Wähe than pizza.
