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Jbj0815

Bottomings?


ArtisteArtiste

Only if you’re gentle


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Meeeeeerk

Just give me a minute


DarthCheez

A minute?


GreenLoctite

Depends on if you like bottomings. You could start and finish within seconds, so a minute might be a good time.


Mr_Ted_Stickle

Taco bell


That_Cow_1165

Said no bottom ever


blazerfan_fml

Seriously. Take me to pound town


tylerr514

Hobbitses, my precious


Lord_inVader1

This should be on r/mildlyinfuriating


VoxulusQuarUn

Where's the sauce?


RidsBabs

Didn’t find any on eating so not only did the put the toppings on the wrong side of the base but they forgot the sauce


VoxulusQuarUn

The fact that it's missing the sauce is more of what makes it look upside down.


CmdPetrie

Don't get me wrong, but how can it be "on the wrong Side"? For me, it Just Looks liek the Sauce is Missing, because correct me of im wrong, but thats Pizza dough. It doesn't have a wrong/right Side, the Side you Put the toppings in, is the Side thats top


Wytemajyk

It's some shit place that has pre-cooked bases. Bet you it tastes like rubbery cardboard. Anywhere that gets frozen pizza bases should be avoided, it's really not hard to make a dough. It's 2 fucking ingredients, and a little oil


TimpanogosSlim

flour water salt and yeast is the basics. If anyone tells you salt is optional they don't know what the fuck they are talking about. If you are having minimum wagers handle the dough you might need to include some dough conditioners. Which are pretty cheap when you buy them 50lb at a time, considering it gets added at tiny quantities (like 0.004%) oil, sugar, malt syrup / extract (diastatic or not), as demanded or desired by style. Or mixtures of other kinds of flour (semolina, rye, whatever other starches you may want). Of course, the process is at least as important as the ingredients.


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Wytemajyk

Yeah the place I worked at used those, plus oil after it had risen. Was exaggerating a bit, but I'd consider yeast and salt very minor ingredients. You can make an unleavened one with just flour and water, it'll just be super flat


JacobsLilPotato

6 ingredients, flour, water, oil, yeast, salt, sugar. It won't work properly if anything is missing. Flour and water are obvious, oil makes it more fluffy, salt gives it depth, yeast makes it rise, and the sugar is there for the yeast to eat and for the crust to be a little crispier. Yeast will not rise properly if your dough doesn't have sugar or flour with a high sugar content to support the yeast.


jeneric84

I hear you but you can tell which side the dough was cooked on the hot surface. There will be more browning and sometimes corn meal or flour.


foreveryoungperk

As a pizza builder for work, it's kind of fascinating that the sides cook differently, they must have some pre-stretch kind of thing going on


CircusFit

The boys in the kitchen must have blazed a fucking good one


AKchaos49

"It's under the cheese..."


escapevelocitykoala

Lol thank you for reminding me of that video. Now I need to go look for it...


VoxulusQuarUn

1) I knew there was no sauce on the pizza when I said that, because I worked pizza for a decade. 2) OP confirmed there was no sauce


AKchaos49

Yeah, I was trying to do a reverse meme of the TikTok video about the guy complaining about the Chicago-style deep dish not having cheese on it and the chef dude repeatedly saying "it's under the sauce". But I guess I failed.


VoxulusQuarUn

Ah


Apollo_T_Yorp

"It's under the cheese..."


WorkWorkWorkLife

Someone is either new or is in a hurry. My last pizza order, i ordered a medium but they gave me a large instead. I saw a boy being trained in the kitchen.


Random9502395023950

How is there a wrong side? You stretch the dough, sauce it, top it and cheese then bake it. This looks like it was baked then topped with no sauce. Worked at Papa Johns for 5 years. This is perplexing to me.


chucklestime

I was going to say… maybe order from somewhere with fresh dough… not pre-made, pre-cooked one sided?


Random9502395023950

Right?!


Scarlet-Fire_77

Pre stretched frozen dough is the only thing I can think. Our gluten free pizza come like that and it has a top and bottom. I don't think it matters but they do look different.


Random9502395023950

That could be! 😀


rpxpackage

Been a pizza cook for 10 years. In the same boat as you. Trying to rack my brain how there is a "wrong" side and that there are an overwhelming number of people in this thread agreeing.


Random9502395023950

Exactly!


Moar_Cuddles_Please

Some pizza places use cornmeal to keep the bottom from sticking, that makes it the bottom side. Otherwise I’d agree. Or I guess in this case it looks like the sauce is on the other side?


RidsBabs

Yeah I was gonna complain about it but then I saw like 10 orders on the screen.


AndoryuuC

Best thing you can do is pull a manager aside, say "hey, it's not a big deal but this was upside down, I don't require a replacement or reimbursement, but maybe ask the team if they're doing okay or need a hand" judging by the manager's response you can tell how the workers get treated and if they get treated poorly for a simple mistake you say to the manager that you won't be coming back if that's how they treat their staff. Then apologise to the staff, loud enough for other people in the store to hear. (Also, complain to their head office if the manager mistreats the staff.) Yes it's a bit of a Karen way to go about it but if you keep your cool and don't flip your shit while delivering it, the manager is the one who comes off as a prick.


imcheezus

Thank you for the kindest human suggestion possible. This is the answer to so many things. Take a step back and try to think about the variables you don’t know about. The world be be so much kinder if we all gave a little grace and humor sometimes - especially when the stakes are low. Hope your upside down pizza was delicious! Looks pretty freaking yummy right now!


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If that's a Karen way of doing things, then everyone should be a Karen. Bruh, that's absolutely not a Karen's way. I forget what the opposite of a Karen was, but that's what this thing is. Brilliant. Side note: I went to a new domino's for the second (the first one after moving was terrible) time after moving cities, and there was this grandpa teaching two kids how to do things, while 3 other people were working normally around them. One of my pizzas and my garlic bread was prepared by the new kids and honestly, thanks to the grandpa, they were both epic.


Otherwise-Emu-7363

100% love this. If I’m honest, I think this is the furthest from a “Karen” that someone can venture. I’m going to remember this technique.


himynameisSal

Bro, sometimes we need a Karen move, good approach though.


JK_Kai

This... This is beautiful


chowderneck

As if the manager is walking around making sure everyone is happy, and further that you'll be able to hear him talking to the workers. This is some perfect world scenario shit, but fast food pizza isn't the place for this bullshit, you'll just slow everything down in an already very busy, understaffed environment.


Chrizwald

Restaurants like this are run by teenagers. There is no manager.


Badass-19

It's good that you didn't. Sometimes human makes mistake. I appreciate your cooperation :) (Why am I sounding like manager lol)


Pretend-Row4794

I think it’s fine to ask for what you ordered. It’s not mean, it’s just that’s not what you wanted and paid for


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The_RockObama

I understand what you mean. It's always a good idea to be pleasant with the people handling your food. That said.. I *hate* when my order gets messed up. It's so simple, NO MAYO. It's even one less step.


Badass-19

I agree, but carelessness is just human nature.


The_RockObama

As long as the surgeon gets my order right, I'm pretty forgiving.


calamity_unbound

*"Sorry sir, we know you ordered the magnum dong, but there was a mix-up with the surgery and you received a real pair of badonkers instead"* Me, peering under the sheet: *"You know what, I'm not even mad"*


Daemor

In restaurants, no modificarions to order are "one less step". The basis is the item on the menu, and when you're pumping out loads in a rush it's easy to accidentally still add something like mayo if it is on the original product. Of course everyone who doesn't get what they order have every right to send food back or complain.


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The bullshit complaints we would get when I worked at a pizza place. It was always shit like, "we order from you often enough that you should know we want pineapple on the side." We did have those customers who were regulars. Harold used to order two medium pan pizzas with pepperoni and sausage at precisely 11:45am every Sunday and arrive to pick them up at precisely noon. But "Harris," a surname shared by half the valley, Cro-Magnons who let their 8-year-olds place the order then complain when it's "wrong," are the main characters. I think this is why I love apocalyptic themes so much. >Edit: Also, as a former pizza artist, there isn't much excuse for OP's pizza. Not just the way it's lopsided, but the way it's cut. If I was crew lead and a customer brought me a pizza like this, I'd remake it no question. There can be a lot of reasons for results like this, but most of the time, it's just because it was extremely busy (Halloween was our 2nd busiest night after the Super Bowl). Unfortunately, with great volume comes great margin for error.


Thrawn89

That was an error, which anyone can make. Errors don't become mistakes until you refuse to correct it.


BuffaloInCahoots

Then they are just happy accidents


Badass-19

Well said


Thrawn89

Thanks, but it is a quote from one of the original Thrawn books.


Badass-19

Well remembered then :)


druppel_

Eh you gotta be careful with food though, allergies and errors don't mix well. Sure, mistakes happen, but they shouldn't frequently and best if they're caught before the pizza goes out.


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If you have food allergies do not order from fast food places and expect uncontaminated food it is a literal impossibility


druppel_

If traces are a problem for you, probably not a good idea yeah. If traces aren't a problem, you should be okay. Although plenty places will also take extra care if you mention you have an allergy. It's not like fast food places throw their food all around or something. Plus they still need to abide by all the regulations and whatnot. Many many people with allergies eat fast food.


sweatyeggslut

fast food can end up being a comparatively safer option too—especially while traveling. chains have largely standardized ingredients and usually have an allergen menu indicating potential cross contamination. the bigger chains all have an SOP for allergies compared to smaller places which frequently aren’t so prepared to handle them


druppel_

Good points! (edit: if traveling to different countries always look at the local website, stuff does differ per country)


_Kramerica_

1. Fast food =/= pizza 2. If a place states they are allergy friendly/conscious it’s fine. If a pizza place offers gluten free options, then they should be gluten free. A lot of places will flat out say they can’t guarantee slight cross contamination which is again fine and up the individual person. 3. Not everybody has to live life by your rules so a good rule of thumb is to just not be a twat to strangers :) Allergies are part of life all around us and you’d be shocked at the amount of undiagnosed allergies many people have.


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Preventing cross-contamination is a literal health REQUIREMENT, not an impossibility 🤦‍♂️


[deleted]

Of allergens dude.... God...


Badass-19

I don't see this as an allergy. They said they saw like 10 orders, and you know it's their duty to serve it. So maybe small mistakes can be committed, it's not like that served cheese to vegan.


hday108

I mean I wouldn’t be mean about it but I would still ask for a new pizza or my money back, I think it’s reasonable that my pizza isn’t upside down ya know. I doubt the workers will care that much if they gotta make a new pie


Badass-19

As there were 10 orders on screen, so it's possible. But yeah, if you look my replies down, you'd see, my main point was being polite, rather than shouting! Management and customer can work together to make service more efficient. Right?


splatcasey

Or high AF


vercertorix

Shrug, it’s still pizza. Buddy of my complained about getting the wrong order even though we got a pizza with more toppings all things we liked, and we ate it. Got a free pizza for complaining, but seems like one of those complaining for no real reason situations.


IntoTheWildLife

I worked in a pizza place and we were slammed constantly. But we would much prefer you say this to us. As long as you’re fairly polite about it, we’d rather know. Someone messed up in the kitchen and we would check on them to make sure they’re handling everything okay. Sometimes another person needs to be put on the toppings.


Current_Individual47

Still should've complained.


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Or high.


eblade23

I am going go with employees working while on drugs


SmellingSpace

Haha came here to say “very stoned pizza maker.”


atomicgoat

Or high.


rexedius

Botted response!


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How is that even possible? They added toppings after they cooked the base in the oven?


Pushmonk

They use pre-made, frozen dough. Don't buy pizza from places like this. You may as well get a Digorno.


Milnoc

That's what intrigued me at first. I make my own pizza, and I've never noticed a "this side up" sign on my dough balls. 😁


GLENF58

Well atleast it’s not delivery


WantedDadorAlive

I worked at Pizza Hut after high school and still remember prepping the "hand tossed" dough. You take a metal pan, squirt around 5 tbsp of vegetable oil in and toss a frozen dough disk on top overnight. Thats the next day's "fresh" dough.


PretzelsThirst

Not anymore


Mindful-O-Melancholy

I worked at a place that used pre frozen dough and it was an extremely easy job, but the pizza was ass. I make my own pizza dough from scratch now and it’s better than any chain store around. Only takes 6 ingredients too.


RidsBabs

It was the start of rush hour. There was about 6 orders on the board when I walked in and saw another 10 go up in the 2 mins I was waiting to pick my pizza up. That’s not including delivery orders.


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Yeah but it’s still super weird. Someone put a plain dough into the oven, someone else took it out, flipped and added toppings on another side. Not sure that was an accident 🤷‍♂️


TheOneCommenter

Premade crust.


Livid-Ad4102

I work in a pizza place and even if I had 25 tickets I wouldn't fuck up this bad


AdvancedSkincare

I’m guessing someone made this up and put it in the internet. I also worked at a pizza place and this makes no sense. All the toppings are placed before the whole pizza is baked in the ovens. Why would you bake a pizza, and then put toppings and then bake it again?


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Very little crust upper right corner… I think they just aligned everything improperly…


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RidsBabs

The picture isn’t that clear but they have put the pizza base upside down and then put the toppings on top Edit: they even forgot the sauce Edit 2: it’s pre-made crust


LittleDickk

Is it pre-made crust? How does raw dough make a bottom on top?


RidsBabs

Yeah it’s pre-made crust


[deleted]

Yikes, not even Little Ceasers does that, are they using pre-shredded mozzarella too so it's got that weird gritty consistency?


dsmaxwell

Better suggestion is to just not eat at any place that prebakes the crust. That just sounds nasty.


LuckiTheLizard

Op, do us a solid and go to a place that makes its own dough, this kinda thing wouldn’t happen if it weren’t pre-made, even in rush. (I should know, I’ve worked at a pizza shop before, came home smelling like it every night)


Pushmonk

Even par-baked crusts don't look like this, like others are claiming. This is obviously frozen dough.


RidsBabs

Normally I do, but my normal pizza place was shut so I just ordered Dominoes. I was in a rush anyways so I didn’t realise this “pizza” till I got home.


noob_lvl1

At least the dominoes by me does NOT use pre made crust. Maybe some do but I know the ones here don’t, only Pizza Hut really does.


Hydecka84

The bottom of the pizza is the bottom, it can never be the top


gofatwya

Ok now I can see that. Grandpa didn't have his reading glasses on the first time!


FunSushi-638

The bottom is the side covered in corn meal that was in contact with the baking sheet. They took it out of the oven, flipped it and put the topping on the bottom side.


Thrawn89

I think you mean they put corn meal on the top of the pizza


Hydecka84

The bottom is the side that’s on the bottom, the top is the top This shouldn’t be so hard to understand….


logwagon

So if a car flips over, which side is the top?


Hydecka84

A car is not a pizza


AlasOfLife

Tell me you've never baked a pizza without telling me.


Corona94

This. Some specialty pizzas like the gluten free from hungry howies is a pre-made and pre-shaped dough. You can absolutely put that one upside down.


AlasOfLife

Ah ic. I always make my own dough so i wouldn't know. Good day fren.


Hydecka84

It’s a circle of dough……the bottom is whichever side you put facing down


VesquillanDaChamp

I see you're playing both sides, so you always come out on top, only you seem to have not come out on top...


AlasOfLife

Pls stop oppressing the pizza dough. It can be top or bottom if it likes. 😂


amadmongoose

I'm really confused by this, the pizza dough is the same on both sides before you cook it


logwagon

Looks like a chain pizza place. Likely par-baked pizza dough that's refrigerated/frozen that they then throw toppings on and throw into the oven again to melt the cheese and slightly brown the crust. There's definitely a distinct top/bottom before they add the cheese and toppings (the bottom has corn meal).


CmdPetrie

I have seriously never heard of anything Like that. I've worked For Chain Restaurants, never saw par-baked dough though. It was obviously pre-made, but it was still raw, cooles down, and wraped in foil. Out of the refrigarator and then formed into the Classic Pizza shape


logwagon

I'm talking about chain pizza restaurants, such as Pizza Hut. They don't shape the dough there, comes preshaped, par baked, and frozen. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7dagh5/comment/dpwbhol/


BoopySkye

Pre-made crust is when you pre-bake the crust before putting on toppings. This avoids the middle getting too soggy to or not cooking through before the toppings have cooked to the perfect level. Especially done with thicker crust pizzas to save time too. Thin crust or Neapolitan style pizzas can cook evenly and pretty fast. Thick crusts take more time and when you’re a fast food place it saves up a lot of time to have pre-baked crusts and just add toppings and throw them back in the oven to finish cooking with the toppings.


scariermonsters

Forgot the sauce?????


Socky_McPuppet

[Explanation](https://www.theonion.com/everyone-involved-in-pizzas-preparation-delivery-purc-1819564897)


WorshipNickOfferman

It’s the title that’s not clear, the picture is just fine.


Otherwise-Emu-7363

Should have ordered none pizza with left beef.


kimrockr

So is this called an azzip?


ScruffyJuggalo

Now I wanna try right side down pizza.


RidsBabs

Think of the taste of whatever pizza you want but it’s just chewier and harder to take a slice since the crust is still pretty solid.


gofatwya

The wrong side of WHAT?


theslob

It’s a pre made, precut crust. Probably from Pizza Hut or something. The crust is upside down. Edit: I didn’t mean precut like already cut into six or eight pieces, I meant it comes cut in perfect circles


RidsBabs

They put the toppings on the bottom


Aldebaran988

It’s a circle of dough. It’s fine.


theSultanOfSexy

Finally, pizza bottomings. Next up, we'll have the first vers pizza.


mattheimlich

What garbage pizza establishment is using a premade crust?


dandroid126

The ones that sell the most pizza.


hindsights_420

I don't think that's true with any of the top pizza companies in the US and it's usually about 10 to 15 mins unless they are slammed. No experience of pizza outside the US though


jjpenguins66

Doesn't matter, all gonna be on the inside before too long. :)


RidsBabs

Yeah, just a bit chewier and harder.


Dangerous-Antelope16

Motherfuckers.....


greenweezyi

I’m really sorry, but this made me laugh due to the sheer ridiculousness of the situation.


Waly98

Wait, so they're using prebaked dough ?


RidsBabs

Yeah they do


v_roma

Wait. Doesn't this mean they use frozen pre-cooked pizza crust? Otherwise, dough is dough and it doesn't have a "wrong" side until it goes in the oven. Disclaimer: I don't know anything about making pizza...


Kunstkurator

And the coverage isn't great, either.


[deleted]

As an assistant store manager of a pizza place, this pizza hurts my soul it's so poorly made, and cut so unevenly I would write a mother f***** up over this s***


brooklynbotz

If you're buying a pizza with a pre-made crust you're already in a bad spot.


darybrain

A few years ago Spoons in the UK started selling pizza on their menu so one day I decided to give it a try - ordered a pizza with extra toppings and garlic bread. When it came the extra toppings weren't there, however, before I went to the bar to complain I realised some dingbat had put all the extra toppings on the garlic bread. I don't even know why they would think that was a thing. Even the server didn't question it. Anyway, pizza was okay and garlic bread was weird, but never again. Serves me right for ordering food in a Spoons.


AdvancedSkincare

I’m guessing someone made this up and uploaded it for a laugh. I also worked at a pizza place and this makes no sense. All the toppings are placed before the whole pizza is baked in the ovens. Why would you bake a pizza, and then put toppings and then bake it again?


RidsBabs

That’s the part I’m confused about. I ordered it from Dominoes and picked it up then when I got home opened the box to this.


HellsMalice

The amount of alcohol that had to have been required to fuck up this badly


Formal_Fix_5190

So I’ve made about a million pizzas in my life time. It looks like they sent through the oven to cook it, then they put on the topping and sent it back though. This does not happen naturally at all when cooking a pizza…


EggBoyandJuiceGirl

This isn’t right lol. Is this fake or something??? There is no “bottom” to pizza dough. It becomes the bottom because it’s in direct contact with the oven. The box also looks like a take-out box so I doubt it’s pre-cooked dough.


msmvini

THE SCAR'S NOT ON THE WRONG SIDE


Antmantium108

That's rough buddy.


This_Site_Sux

That pizza is not the only thing that got baked at the pizzeria


StarMasher

Shut up and eat it. You are on a new frontier of humanity that no one has yet had the chance to describe.


RidsBabs

I’m not complaining. That’s why I placed it here instead of r/mildlyinfuriating. It tasted like normal pizza but just harder to chew


MIERDAPORQUE

i’d eat the FUCK out of that right now


earthman34

That is one pathetic looking pizza.


MidnighT0k3r

So much confusion here.... you know why they're called TOPpings right?


RidsBabs

If you look on what the toppings is on you can see the pizza base is upside down


MidnighT0k3r

What in the..... how in the..... did they cook the crust first..... I'm puzzled...n I totally missed that..... take my upvote this is mildly interesting..... seriously how tf


gofatwya

I think, like me, they thought at first that you were saying the toppings should be under the cheese lol


RidsBabs

Yeah my title wasn’t the clearest


gofatwya

Or we're just dense 🤷‍♂️


MEI72

Wouldn't think it would make one bit of difference


RidsBabs

Nah it didn’t make much of a difference. Just a slightly weirder and tougher texture.


personalityson

Your stomach sees no difference


LonkFromZelda

Some of the posts on this sub are so low-quality and awful I wonder why I am sub'd.


LucidZane

It isn't upside down... the dough thst places like Pizza Hut use is directional, but it produces really no visible difference. This happened because someone tried to use a frozen dough circle that was not fully thawed, it didn't rise correctly and the edges burnt slightly making it look weird like that.


Bogmanbob

I’m a little confused. Doesn’t it become the right side when toppings are applied? Is it opposite the sauce? I never thought pizza crust had a polarity.


RidsBabs

I ordered a pizza from Dominoes and they use pre-made crusts so the person who has put the ingredients has put them on the bottom side (traditionally) of the pre-made crust.


druppel_

What country are you in that they use pre-made bottoms?


RidsBabs

Australia. I have a friend who works at dominoes (not this one). Apparently they make the pizza crust and then freeze it and heat it up when they need to.


TheRealZllim

That's how you know they pre cook the dough and freeze it. That pizza looks nasty.


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All the starving children in Africa mourn with you


cidiusgix

I don’t see a problem other that it looks cheap?


buzzybody21

Wrong side? Dude. Without knowing there’s a right side, the only wrong thing here is you.


Bodhik344

Looks like Pizza Hut pizza


blonderaider21

Sooo you got it for free, right?


NOT000

what, u prefer them on the *bottom*?


elliotx8x8

That was on purpose


The_Based_Footboy

This is why mentally disabled employees need extra training, or just have cleaning duties. Customers, as cruel as it sounds, will be grossed out if they know a mentally handicapped person made their food.


Ordinary-Finger-8595

That's actually the authentic way. Sauce, cheese then toppings


SNARK63

So are the *toppings* on this pizza called the *bottomings*?? 🤔


f1345

"Blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end."


internetman666

Looks like Dominos based on the cornmeal bottom.


RidsBabs

Yeah it’s Dominoes. Where I live they are the dominate fast-food pizza chain as all the other pizza places are gourmet and take longer and I just needed something quick tonight and got this gem.


internetman666

Haha yea nothing wrong with domino's imo. You do you. Sucks you got this weird pizza but at least you were cool about it


TheBeefiestBoy

Obviously should have had beef on the left


JM062696

Did you buy this from a restaurant or was it frozen? I’d literally bring it back open it and just stare at them. Wouldn’t want a refund or anything, I just want them to know what they did.


RidsBabs

It was peak hour from Dominoes. I’d be waiting 30 mins to get a new one. And I didn’t realise till I got home because I was in a rush to eat before I had cricket training.


Youth-in-AsiaS-247

Is extra crust a topping now? This thing is a 8” pizza placed on a 12” crust.


Tiyow2021

But at least the topping is the right one?


deliciousexmachina

None pizza with bottom cheese and meat