Pizza Of The Week (5)

If the concept of a pizza with pineapple as a topping divides the pizza eaters and forces some purists to take drastic action, then surely the latest abomination from Australia will split those who like exotic fruits on their pizzas.

A chain of restaurants in Victoria in Australia, Bubba Pizza, has launched a pizza with a topping of smoked ham, fresh orange chunks, and mozerella, a novel twist on the controversial Hawaiian. Launched in December as a summer special in December, it is still available according to their website, setting you back a cool AUD 16. In appearance it is decidedly orange and is said to be a tad sweet. Needless to say, it has divided opinion which, I suppose, was the objective of the exercise.

Of course, tomato, a staple topping ingredient for pizzas is a fruit, but there is a developing trend for introducing exotic fruits into toppings. In China, for examole, pizza topped with the smelly durian fruit accounts for one in every four pizza sold by Pizza Hut. It shows the versatility of the pizza, of course, but surely there must be an end to this madness.