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One of the Great Internet Debates, a culture war even, is whether or not we should allow pineapple on pizza.
The divisive tropical topping has generated a whole slew of jokes and opinions, which never really seem to go away. Memes run rampant, comedians bring it up on stage, brands take a bite, Tinder bios make light, and some really extremist pizza places say absolutely freaking not.
One Norwich restaurant is one such place going to extreme lengths to dissuade customers from trying the weird pizza mash-up.
The owners and staff of Lupa Pizza in Norwich are so revolted by the Hawaiian that they have reluctantly added the topping to their delivery menu but only with the eye-watering price tag.
The pizzeria is charging £100 for a ham and pineapple-topped pizza. That’s R2,300!
The menu description reads: “Yeah, for £100 you can have it. Order the champagne too! Go on you Monster!”
“I absolutely loathe pineapple on a pizza,” said the restaurant’s co-owner Francis Woolf. The head chef, Quin Jianoran, agreed, adding: “I love a pina colada, but pineapple on pizza? Never. I’d rather put a bloody strawberry on one than that tropical menace.”
The story goes that Hawaiian pizza was the brainchild of Sam Panopoulos, a Greek-born chef who moved to Canada in 1954 at the ripe age of 20. Alongside his brothers, he ran a handful of restaurants in Ontario, where he made the fateful decision in the 1960s to toss some pineapple onto a pizza. The tropical name? A shout-out to the tinned pineapple brand he was using — not the islands themselves.
And thus began the great pineapple-on-pizza debate, which continues to rage louder than a Black Friday sale. Things got so heated that in 2017, Iceland’s president had to clarify that he wouldn’t actually ban the topping after jokingly telling high schoolers he was “fundamentally opposed” to it. Yep, that’s how serious people are about this cheesy fruit controversy.
The pineapple-on-pizza saga has even found its way to Cape Town’s iconic Butler’s Pizza, a local institution known for delivering gourmet goodness right to your couch, with cute delivery staff to boot.
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While Butler’s boasts a cult following for its inventive menu (shoutout to their infamous Rotherham with bacon and avo), they’ve embraced the controversial tropical topping with open arms.
Pineapple enthusiasts can get their fix with Butler’s version of the classic Hawaiian or even go rogue and create their own fruity masterpiece.
Love it or hate it, pineapple remains firmly on the menu at this Cape Town legend – and at a totally forgivable price at that.
[Source: Guardian]
