Intersting Facts about Pizza

Did you know  ? Over 5 billion pizzas are sold worldwide each year. Amazing information isn’t it? Pizza is a delicious food liked by millions of people across the globe, although it is originated in Italy(Naples). It can be made with various kinds of toppings like ham, mushroom, tomato, vegetables, spinach, bacon, seafood, cheese, and many other things depends upon the choices.

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 I have listed out some of the interesting things about Pizza while I was researching on Pizza and its history.
  • Pizza comes from the Latin word ‘Picea’ which means the “blackening of crust by fire”.
  • In the 16th century—Maria Carolina, the Queen of Naples convinced her husband, King Ferdinand IV to allow the peasant dish pizza to be made in the royal oven.
  • Over 5 billion pizzas are sold worldwide each year.
  • Kids from 3 to 11 years of age prefer pizza over all other food groups for lunch and dinner.
  • Women are twice as likely as men to order vegetables on their pizza.
  • Pizza deliverers claim women are better tippers.
  • The world’s fastest pizza maker can make 14 pizzas in 2 minutes and 35 seconds.
  • 36% of people consider pizza the perfect breakfast.
  • The longest pizza delivery was from Cape Town, South Africa to Sydney, Australia.  In Italy, there is a bill to safeguard the traditional Italian pizza, specifying permissible ingredients and methods of processing. Only pizzas which follow these guidelines can be called ‘traditional Italian pizzas’, at least in Italy.

The largest pizza was at a hypermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the Guinness book of records , the pizza had a size of 37. 4 Meters.

Have you ever heard about the existence of Japanese Pasta? Yes, there is also many different kinds of pasta made of Japanese ingredients know as Japanese Pizza. If you want to experience the real taste of Japanese Pizza, you should either go to Japan or visit some of the best restaurants serving Japanese Pasta (WAFU PASTA) or Pizza. If you are in Bangkok (Thailand), I would have recommend you to visit Kobshi Tokyo Pasta, a Japanese Italian fusion food restaurant located two different locations in Bangkok.

Visit kobashi Tokyo Pasta to now  more about Japanese Italian fusion food and to try something different from what you have already tasted from the traditional pizza and pasta flavors.For More information visit  Kobashi Tokyo Pasta

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