Today was one of those days where I just didn’t want ugali for dinner, even though I love it so. No, I wanted a big, fat, greasy, cheesy pizza. But alas, as with previous efforts to find my fatty-carb paradise on earth, my Google search efforts were not rewarded in Tanzania. Sigh.
Initially, I had great hopes, as I found a website with the top 10 pizza spots in Arusha. One of them, called Pizza Stop, had good reviews on TripAdvisor, including specific comments about nice pizza:
I will admit I was a little skeptical when I saw that Chinese was also included on the menu, but heck, there’s a place called Kung Fu Pizza in Friday Harbor that has just such a combination. And it is delicious. So we called Rozik, our usual taxi dude, and headed out to find the Honey Badger some pizza.
When we sat down, the waiter handed me the menu:
I said, “where’s the pizza section?” The waiter replied, “we don’t have pizza.”
“Come again???”
“I’m sorry, we don’t have.”
“Um, shemeji, the word ‘pizza’, along with slices of pizza, appear prominently in the name of your business and on the menu. And it lists pizza on the TripAdvisor website. But you’re telling me you don’t serve pizza?”
“Yes, we only have Chinese food and BBQ chicken and chipsi (French fries).”
“Um, but it says PIZZA Stop. Does this mean you are putting a stop to the serving of pizza?” {snark}
{Blank stare from waiter}
“Huh.” {Honey Badger bursts into hysterical laughter at this point, lasting several minutes.}
So this is what I got at Pizza Stop:
Kung Pao Chicken, sweet and sour, and fried rice. It was actually quite delicious.
But it was definitely the weirdest pizza I’ve ever eaten.
-Badger OUT. Onward and UPWARD!!!
No shu pizza. That was hilarious……..but sad to think you were hungry an hour later.
Yes, that hour thingy is a real bummer! At least I have leftovers, so I’ll be hungry an hour after dinner tonight, too.
This made me laugh so hard! That food looks yummy though!