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December 1st, 2007 by James

Pizza Hut Japan’s latest pizza has gone on sale, the Winter Double King:

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Some of the toppings included on this pizza:

  • mayonnaise
  • king crab
  • shrimp
  • beef w/ demi-glace sauce
  • broccoli
  • onion
  • corn
  • egg
  • potato

The most hyped feature of the pizza, a crust stuffed with mayonnaise-filled shrimp, is shown off in this TV commercial:

All for a price of 2500 yen ($23) for a medium and 3550 yen ($32) for a large. Ready to order yourself some Japanese-style pizza?

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14 Comments »

Comment by shazzb0t
2007-12-01 11:10:02

This is the ONLY thing I dislike about Japan. Tiny (as compared to American pizza) overpriced pizza. But, there is another way. PROTIP: Costco has big pizzas. Now if only there were ovens in Japanese households big enough to cook one of those….

 
Comment by Mari
2007-12-01 11:27:24

Didn’t they have this last year, too? Do a lot of people order this kind of thing? It just looks so….

 
Comment by feitclub
2007-12-01 12:38:12

A few months ago Pizza Hut introduced a series of similarly stuffed “roll”-style crusts, but I believe this shrimp-mayo combo is new. And while I am certainly willing to try it (after all, I do love shrimp and mayo in other things) my wife is very excited by this offer.

And yeah, for decent American-style pizza there is always Costco (or Slices down in Shinsaibashi) but I’ve learned to enjoy Japanese piza for what it is.

 
Comment by majiimeaussie
2007-12-01 15:33:50

Personally it seemed pretty gross to me. Early in the video clip there was a picture of mayonaise coming out of the roll area and it looked like squeezing a giant zit.

It seems quite an eclectic mix of ingredients on the pizza though.

 
Comment by びっくり
2007-12-01 16:11:56

I’m pretty sure that’s “demi glace” sauce. Katakana can be so hard to translate. I prefer Aoki’s, but the Winter Special is looking tempting.

 
Comment by keith
2007-12-02 04:19:08

Eating pizza in Japan blows. I can’t wait to go home for Christmas in Chicago where I can get a decent deep dish pizza with REGULAR ingredients.

 
Comment by Akoua Doffou
2007-12-02 05:58:39

Japanese pizza is so damn expensive ><

 
Comment by Everlasting
2007-12-03 19:38:15

The Costcos in Japan serve almost identically similar pizzas as the ones in the US (and just has fattening). Shakey’s all you can eat is a bit closer to home, but why not try the local twist on Italian?

One of my favorite things about Japan is the Japanese-Italian food. It’s often derided by Westerners, but I actually ended up preferring a lot of it. The stuff is often quite different from the stuff you find in the US (with ingredients like ketchup-like sauce, corn in a lot of things, seafood on pizza, mayonnaises everywhere, tortilla-thin crusts, etc). Then again, a lot of American-Italian food is very different from the stuff you find in Italy. The pizza here MAY seem a tad “different” but hey, I say its probably tasty.

Japan is a food-lovers paradise, give it a try.

Comment by Karisu
2007-12-04 00:42:49

I think all that crazy food has gotten to your (now) crazy head.

 
 
Comment by Lex Von
2007-12-05 21:36:03

I stead of complaining about pizza’s in Japan, try Okonomiyaki :)

 
Comment by Brooklyn Pizza Rocks
2007-12-06 08:36:09

Let’s face it, Pizza Hut sucks, Domino’s sucks all chains suck.

I am lucky living in NYC where there are still a dozen or more choices for great pizza. And hundreds, maybe thousands, of choices for mediocre pizza.

I have found great pizza in Ireland, Portugal and even Florida, always in a mom and pop shop. Not gotten around to it in Japan, there’s too much good Japanese stuff that I haven’t had yet.

Go local and you will be rewarded.

 
Comment by James wells
2008-06-03 23:41:40

Yes its insane Italians will be totally outraged,
I mean squid ,seaweed and mayo pizza with hotdog crust?
Er …..they have bastardized pizza for ever.
James from UK………..I ve been here 14 years ……yo

 
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