Life is Funny

Today I ordered pizza from what looked like an authentic Greek restaurant. Normally Greek Restaurants are second best to true Italian pizza outlets.

I paid $30 for two medium “special” pizzas.

Here’s my review.

On first look, the pizza did not look like it had fresh toppings. You can kind of tell when mushrooms are old and wrinkly before they are cooked.  The onions were thickly cut, putting more flavor concentration on them than anything else.  The ham and salami was more “greyish brown” looking, instead of red or pink.

Biting into the pizza, it became quite clear that they were using either low-fat skim mozzerella, or to be exact, it tasted like processed pre-sliced mozzarella cheese, like Kraft, etc. But that cheese doesn’t melt very nicely, and is not an equal substitute to real mozzarella.

We we have old toppings, and cheap processed cheese that melts horribly.

One bite into the crust, and it has the same taste and texture of dry, overtoasted bread. You can tell that this pizza crust must have had old yeast in it, or it wasn’t allowed to rise properly. In addition, there wasn’t enough moisture in it, and I think he must have run out of flour, and used bread crumbs too.

The pizza sauce didn’t taste right either. I peel back the toppings and take a look. It appears that he smeared tomato paste all over the pizza, and then added some powered spice ontop of it. That isn’t how you make pizza sauce!!!

This guy has no right making pizza. Now we did also get a few other food items from him, some pork cordon bleu (strange for Greek restaurant) and a Bacon Cheeseburger.

Wait a minute, the more I talk about it, the more I realize… This place that serves all kinds of things from different cuisines probably is a jack of all trades and master of none. No wonder the food was bad..

The cook was a 68 year old man, who looks like he lost his enthusiasm and knack for cooking. The restaurant probably doesn’t do well, so he serves sub standard product.

Dinner cost me $53 tonight for 3 adults, and it was the worst meal ever. I’ve eaten frozen store bought pizza from a Microwave that tasted better than this expensive slop. 

I must admit, the greek salad that came was amazingly good.  I suppose thats one of his signature dishes that he always gets right, even with his eyes closed.

But once pizza comes from a local private restaurant (not a franchise), is there really any point in complaining? Obviously this is the regular way that they serve product, so the only lesson learned is to avoid trying them again.