Top 10 Pizza Parlors in the Philippines
LOTS'A PIZZA
LOTS'A PIZZA has been spread all over Luzon and parts of Cebu with
169 branches through the strong SM Mall Branches, Puregold Branches and
independent franchises, and soon all over Visayas and Mindanao. What
can't be liked in LOTS'A PIZZA? It's value for money, quality products
with premium toppings at very affordable prices & true to it's
slogan "Lots' of Toppings, Lots of Savings," it catered to the mass with
it's affordable, palette friendly flavors and less oily and healthy
par-baked crusts for the adults and kids. Try their signature Great
Manhattan, 100% Pure Beef Special and Kid-Friendly Hawaiian. Pinoy pizza
in taste but international in standards. Truly, one of the mainstays
for Pinoys' Pizza craving!
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut may be THE pizza of choice of Filipinos. Need to order
pizza? What easier number to dial than 9111111? Plus, it was Pizza Hut
who popularized the stuffed crust idea, and from then on the flavor of
the pizza wasn’t our only dilemma: will it be cheesy pops, sausage pops,
or cheesy volcano for you? We’ve tried out their classic pan pizzas,
and now we’re given the chance to taste Europe with their Viva Italian
Pizza line. Roma, per favore!
Greenwich
Greenwich is really way in, thanks in part to the amount of starpower
they’re using in their ads. But not only that: Greenwich pizzas just
simply taste good. Grab a party square pizza to eat
with your friends,
and if you’re not sure which flavor to order, try out their G4 pizza (4
different flavors in one). Remember their sisig pizza and their lechon
pizza? That’s Pinoy taste for you! But whatever you do, don’t miss out
on their Extreme Cheese pizzas. “Cheesy!”
Shakey’s
Ah, Shakey’s. Let’s call it one of the big three of Pinoy pizza. We
Pinoys (and apparently, the rest of the world, too) love the thin crust
variant because of its crispiness. Don’t miss out on their famous
Manager’s Choice pizza. Meat lover? Shakey’s Angus Steakhouse pizza is
calling your name! And don’t forget the ambience that Shakey’s pizza
parlors are loved for.
Yellow Cab
Founded in 2001, Yellow Cab is a relatively young pizza chain, but it
soon outgrew its competitors. Now, visions of giant 18 inch pizzas fit
for any party (or for one very hungry person) come to mind whenever we
think of Yellow Cab. Its most popular flavor would remain to be their
Four Cheese pizza (mozzarella, cheddar, romano and feta), though their
other flavors, most notably their Roasted Garlic and Shrimp and their
Barbecue Chicken Pizza, aren’t shabby at all. Want to have it all? Grab
their gourmet sampler, which has four different flavors in one heavenly
pie.
Sbarro’s
Sbarro’s may not hold that much mass appeal; its target market is
mostly the middle to upper-class. However, it’s always considered a
worthy treat to eat pizza at Sbarro’s. If you’re on a budget you could
always order pizza at Sbarro’s by the slice; you’ll likely to find one
sumptious slice to be heavy enough to live on, at least for five hours.
They have thin crust pizzas like the rest, but their deep dish pizzas
are to die for. A must-try: their spinach and mushroom pizza (for veggie
lovers), and their white cheese pizza (yum).
California Pizza Kitchen
California Pizza Kitchen (or CPK) isn’t as ubiquitous here in the
Philippines as the other pizza parlors mentioned above, but any
true-blue pizza afficionado has California Pizza Kitchen in its list of
must-eats. Their most popular pizza flavor is their original Barbeque
Chicken, as well as their White Pizza. Try out their Adobo Chicken Pizza
if you can’t have enough of this popular Pinoy dish.
Brooklyn Pizza
Not too ubiquitous (their branches so far are at Pasong Tamo,
Paranaque and Makati), but worth flocking to. Order their Porko pizza,
White pizza, or Deluxe Pizza, and experience a slice of New York.
3M
It may have recently made headlines, with its name being used in a
secret code for a bribery, but that doesn’t take away our taste for 3M
at all. 3M is Pinoy na Pinoy, and if you’re on a budget (as with most of
us), 3M is the way to go. In Mini or Mega sizes, you could try out
their specialty favors such as Beefy Meat Sauce, Pinoy Combo, and 3M
Supreme. Savor its sweet sauce and flavorful cheeses. Perfect as an
afternoon snack.
Don Henrico’s
Want to impress your date? Treat her to Don Henrico’s! Their
masterful presentation and deliciously-flavored pizzas (made from
genuinely high quality ingredients) leave even the harshest pizza critic
very satisfied indeed. Order the Bacon Cheeseburger pizza or their home
specialty, the DH Supreme Pizza. Just make sure she loves you for who
you are, and not for the pizza you feed her.
Pizza should be hot when served during dinner or lunch so that
the cheese is capable of buring the roof of your mouth. This is known as
a "pizza burn" and a great way to remember for a day or two that you
had recently eaten pizza. It is important that the pizza be at a
temperature that the cheese on the first few slices will stretch and
form strings from your plate to the pie. If you are served a pizza in
which this is not the case then you can be assured that the pizza has
been setting too long and should be taken back and be remade. Acceptable
exceptions are when a pizza is delivered. Fortunately a half a minute
or so in the microwave can re-heat it to a scalding tempature.
Cutting
Pizza The minimal number of slices is four. They should be cut in an
even number and sliced in the fashion of spokes of a wheel. Square pizza
must be cut into squares or rectangles. The square shaped pie is not as
prevalent but care should still be made to cut the pizza in an even
fashion. A Rotary pizza cutter is the common utensil for cutting pizza
since it can cut fast and precisely. This is an important factor since
if the pizza is cut to slow, the melting cheese may grab onto the cutter
and pull away from the top.
