I never met
a pizza I didn't like, but yesterday, I met one I didn't like very much at all. I was
very disappointed in the New York style pepperoni pizza that I purchased last
evening at The Flying Pizza at 421 Miamisburg-Centerville Road in Centerville,
Ohio.
A friend
and I were driving through town, when suddenly, we developed cravings for the mouth
watering and fulfilling taste of warm melted cheese, hot spicy pepperoni, zesty
sweet tomato sauce, and the flavorful warm, slightly risen crust in a normal,
well made pizza pie. We decided to stop at the very next pizza
joint that we came across. Unfortunately,
that was The Flying Pizza.
My friend
and I ordered a New York style cheese and pepperoni pizza. The pizza shop's staff were friendly and very
helpful in explaining our options and in taking our order. They told us that our order would be ready in
ten minutes. The price of the pizza was
within normal limits, $14.00 for a 14 inch pie.
We ate in the restaurant, instead of taking our order out.
Our pizza
arrived within the promised ten minutes.
It was hot and ready to eat. Things
went downhill from there. The layers of
cheese, sauce, and meat were each very thin and very bland tasting. The crust was over cooked on the bottom and
undercooked on the top. My friend
thought that the condition of the dough/crust might be due to the shop's oven
might being too hot and the cooking time too short. Chewing and tasting the pizza was a bit like that
old stereotype saying of "chewing and eating cardboard". The
only other thing comparable that I can think of is reheated, day old, cheap frozen pizza. I don't know if people in New York really like their "New York style" pizza fixed this way, or not, but if they do, I think I'll avoid eating pizza when I visit.
Neither my friend nor I were satisfied. We both agreed that we would not recommend this
pizza shop to our other friends. I would
rate it a 1 out of 5.
