Sep 22 '06

Desk Test: Don Roberto's Tongue-Smackin' Four-Meat Pizza

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The Delivery: Pizza Húsimádóknak "Meat-lover's Pizza" (26 cm; Ft 1,245)
From: Don Roberto Pizzéria, via Netpincér.hu (Ft 150 delivery charge)
The Lowdown: So we owed our friend in the office a pizza, and we tell him to just go and order one for him and one for us. He asks "hey, what kind?" and we're like "Yo, whatever, man, as long as it's not Hawaiian." So what arrives but a nice big pie covered with tomato sauce, cheese, ham, salami, bacon and - yes - füstölt-főtt marhanyelv, a.k.a. hot smoked beef tongue. Har har har.

So what's a four-meat pizza with a healthy handful of tongue strips on it taste like? Mostly like a good four-meat pizza with a nice crust that may be the perfect thickness for cross-town travel. Our only minor complaint was the lack of pre-slicing, a fault that was more than made up for by a complimentary liter of orange juice, a gift that seemed pretty sweet given that the bill only came out to just over Ft 3,000.

But lets get back to the tongue. Interestingly, the tongue-y-ness wasn't as noticeable in the mouth as on the nose, meaning that when we opened the box we were hit by this wave of smoky tongue aroma vastly more powerful than the actual tongue flavor that followed it. Still, it was undeniably tongue-y on the tongue, and if tongue is your thing this is definitely your kind of pie. But if tongue isn't your thing, and people in your office are ordering from Don Roberto, be sure to hold your tongue before saying "anything but Hawaiian."

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