New tyres ideas?

[OdinEidolon]

Haha- there would have been no point in buying "good" tyres I was doing circa 1000 urban stop-start miles a week- 3 sets of fronts and a back in 12 months...

Taxi?

[Hangar18]

Haha- there would have been no point in buying "good" tyres I was doing circa 1000 urban stop-start miles a week- 3 sets of fronts and a back in 12 months...

Taxi?

Pizza Delivery (no longer- thank goodness!)

[DaiRees]

Gotta say, I always buy branded tyres and always try to swap axle pairs. Had too many unplesant experiences with cheap stuff. I don't go mad, generally manage to get standard Goodyears or Pirellis for about £55 per corner

[OdinEidolon]

Haha- there would have been no point in buying "good" tyres I was doing circa 1000 urban stop-start miles a week- 3 sets of fronts and a back in 12 months...

Taxi?

Pizza Delivery (no longer- thank goodness!)

with a car? Wow, here pizza guys all use scooters. It must be much more expensive and slower to do that in a car!

[Hangar18]

I live near the cotswolds- a scooter wouldn't make it!

For the urban stuff a bike is far cheaper though- I think they'd have a lot more trouble roping in people to ride scooters though- bit risky

[highlander]

In Aberdeen, Pizza Hut uses Smart Cars.

I've also seen a Reliant Robin being used as a pizza delivery here; it's a marketing gimmick though as it's all decked out in Only Fools and Horses-style paintwork. I only ever see it while I'm driving, though, or I'd have a photo of it by now.

Dominos employees here seem to use their own cars, but with a taxi-style sign stuck on the roof. There's a few Polish guys do the home delivery and they tootle about the place in cars they've brought over from Poland (LHD).

Dammit, now I'm hungry

[OdinEidolon]

Just wondering, how much is for a pizza there? And if you ever tread a real pizza from here, how does it compare? Take away pizzas here are nothing compared to the good stuff.

[highlander]

Home-delivered pizza can be anything from about £7 right up to about £30 depending on the size, base, crust, and toppings.

When we do order pizzas, we do it on a Tuesday (as both Pizza Hut and Dominos do a buy-one-get-one-free deal on a Tuesday night). Naturally, this means we get two of their biggest pizzas, and that works for a Tuesday and a Wednesday's dinner

I have had pizza from Italy; the three of us (the Wifely Person, her son, and I) went to Rome once. Being honest, we only ate pizza there because we didn't have very much money - we'd booked the flights and the hotel, and then my wife lost her job, so we had almost no spending cash. The base was very light and crispy, and it was square, and there wasn't very much cheese on it. Other than that, I don't remember very much about it - it was very nice though.

Over here, Pizza Hut and Dominos both typically serve pizzas with a softer base, even if you do select a thin-base rather than a deep-pan. Their pizzas are always round, and are loaded with cheese on top of a thick tomato puree. I guess you would probably call them American-style pizza, and the recipe probably originates from an Italian-American living in Chicago or something. Do you get Pizza Hut or Dominos in Italy, and if so, how do you think they compare to traditional Italian pizza?

Stomach is seriously rumbling now...

[OdinEidolon]

Home-delivered pizza can be anything from about £7 right up to about £30 depending on the size, base, crust, and toppings.

When we do order pizzas, we do it on a Tuesday (as both Pizza Hut and Dominos do a buy-one-get-one-free deal on a Tuesday night). Naturally, this means we get two of their biggest pizzas, and that works for a Tuesday and a Wednesday's dinner

I have had pizza from Italy; the three of us (the Wifely Person, her son, and I) went to Rome once. Being honest, we only ate pizza there because we didn't have very much money - we'd booked the flights and the hotel, and then my wife lost her job, so we had almost no spending cash. The base was very light and crispy, and it was square, and there wasn't very much cheese on it. Other than that, I don't remember very much about it - it was very nice though.

Over here, Pizza Hut and Dominos both typically serve pizzas with a softer base, even if you do select a thin-base rather than a deep-pan. Their pizzas are always round, and are loaded with cheese on top of a thick tomato puree. I guess you would probably call them American-style pizza, and the recipe probably originates from an Italian-American living in Chicago or something. Do you get Pizza Hut or Dominos in Italy, and if so, how do you think they compare to traditional Italian pizza?

Stomach is seriously rumbling now...

Well first there are many types of pizza here. None of them are as thick as yours (at least the only one I ate in London), but they can be fairly different. Naples' pizza is thicker, but I definitely prefer the one usually from Tuscany, very very thin.
We don't have pizza selling chains - it wouldn't have any sense - instead there are lots of independent restaurants who sell mainly pizzas, called "pizzerias".
Yet the main difference is that your pizza is full of ingredients, thick, covered with cheese and tomato of doubtful quality. Here the best pizzerias focus on the quality of the ingredients and on the originaity of their recipes. Not many ingredients, but excellent quality. You can for sure get the best pizzas in the south, where they often use real mozzarella - not the one we use up in the north - which is several times better than commonly sold industrially treated mozzarella.

[Hangar18]

I had to start a debate about Pizza on a multi-national forum eh

[OdinEidolon]

I had to start a debate about Pizza on a multi-national forum eh

[highlander]

There's no debate!

Pizza is made in pizzarias all the way across Italy. It is worth travelling to (and around) Italy for.

Hugely-fattening-but-oddly-delicious pizza substitute is made by Pizza Hut / Dominos based very loosely on a recipe from the USA. It is worth lifting the phone and ordering once in a while.

In other food-related news:

There was a segment on BBC Breakfast a while back about Italian chefs getting all pissed off about what we refer to as "Spaghetti Bolognese", as it has almost no resemblance to the original Italian dish.

Similarly, I've also found that Indians get a bit upset when you refer to "Chicken Tikka Masala" as being an Indian dish. It isn't - it was designed in Glasgow (admittedly by Indians who moved here) to appeal to the Scottish palette.

And to keep this post on-topic:

Having tyres on your wheels is a good idea

[OdinEidolon]

There's no debate!

Pizza is made in pizzarias all the way across Italy. It is worth travelling to (and around) Italy for.

Hugely-fattening-but-oddly-delicious pizza substitute is made by Pizza Hut / Dominos based very loosely on a recipe from the USA. It is worth lifting the phone and ordering once in a while.

In other food-related news:

There was a segment on BBC Breakfast a while back about Italian chefs getting all pissed off about what we refer to as "Spaghetti Bolognese", as it has almost no resemblance to the original Italian dish.

Similarly, I've also found that Indians get a bit upset when you refer to "Chicken Tikka Masala" as being an Indian dish. It isn't - it was designed in Glasgow (admittedly by Indians who moved here) to appeal to the Scottish palette.

And to keep this post on-topic:

Having tyres on your wheels is a good idea

I must agree to all the stuff up there