I can’t answer for @small_h I just feel compelled to chime in that white pizza is my favorite form of pizza. Not sure what this has to do with annoying restaurant features though.
I consider lamb and cumin on a scallion pancake not a pizza.
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The episode is “You Wanna Pizza Me?” and started with a story about pizza with pineapple was invented in Canada. The challenge was to stretch your imagination to create a pizza. There were many versions that probably would not fit the definition of pizza but many that were also interesting and that I’d be happy to try.
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I was “credited” by my Traveler friends with bringing Hawaiian Pizza to Ko Tao in 1995. I am not sure that i truly deserved the blame but i did convince Pan of New Way Bungalows to put cured ham and fresh pineapple on the pizza she made for us. Within a week most of the ladies that ran the little cafes on Sairee were advertizing Pineapple or Hawaiian Pizza on their chalkboards, so i might have been partially responsible.
If i did contribute to the adoption of Hawaiian Pizza in the Thai islands, it is a mistake that i will carry to my grave.
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Seems like a no-brainer to throw pineapple on pizza in Thailand. Better than mango 
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In my defense, the cafes on Sairee back then had almost no Western food and after 3 months of Pan’s cooking, as much as I loved it, I was ready for a change. And it turned out most of my friends were too. But they gave me grief about it, nonetheless.
I stayed in Bungalow M. Fan and power died at midnight every night and came back on at 6am. I read every decent book Mr. J had and when I went back last year the bad books were still on his shelf, smelling of mold. Coral was still in pretty good shape at that point. Huge iridescent blue clams a hundred yards offshore. Almost all dead now.
I will end my OT maundering now. LOL!
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Yes, I get it. This topic comes up a lot - how far a variation can deviate before it’s no longer recognizable as belonging to the same category as the original. My usual rule of thumb is, if I ordered a pizza and I received a scallion pancake with cumin and lamb, did I get what I ordered? And in this case, no, no I did not.
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Note to self.
Think twice before inviting small_h to a pizza party.
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I know I’ve told this story before, but medium H and I stayed in a hotel in Tokyo that had a daily happy hour - lovely! One day they served “pizza,” which was saltines topped with canned tuna and mozzarella.
So the only thing you need to worry about is me quietly judging you and then posting repeatedly about whatever the hell you served that was definitely not pizza.
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Well, you can rest assured, I am not judging you.
Just making sure I am a good host.
It’s like I wouldn’t invite a vegetarian to a steak dinner.
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You are 100% judging me. For being a “bad guest.” Just like you’re judging people who have the temerity to recognize Mother’s Day on one particular day instead of all the days.
But that’s alright. I don’t judge you for judging. That would be pretty hypocritical.
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I don’t know what bugs me more… the mango, or the ever-present “hot honey” — here in the form of honey sriracha.
Does everything hot have to be sweet these days 
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While I do appreciate the sweet/hot flavor profile, I do agree. They don’t always have to go together.
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100% agree.
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Kinda like how everything sweet has to be salty these days. I once went to a cafe to get coffee and a pastry, and I swear all of the pastries had a layer of salt on them. I couldn’t even get a #$%# regular chocolate chip cookie.
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That salted-caramel-exotic salt movement was/is way over done.
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Agreed.
I like it, but sometimes it’s just TOO much.
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OK this one is quite specific, probably to me.
Why do places put coffee beans and/or grounds in espresso martinis?
I know what I ordered, this drink doesn’t closely resemble any other drink that I know of or any cocktail that someone in my group would order. The texture of ground beans are especially annoying, and it’s easy to swallow a whole bean in the last sip. Don’t ask how I know LOL!
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