{"id":406,"date":"2007-03-28T23:53:33","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-03-28\/406"},"modified":"2007-03-28T23:53:33","modified_gmt":"2007-03-28T14:53:33","slug":"tasty-squid-pizza-and-other-culinary-delights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-03-28\/406","title":{"rendered":"Tasty Squid Pizza, and other Culinary Delights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Cleaning up around the house today, <span class='nobr'>I came across<\/span> the menu for <span class='nobr'>a pizza<\/span>\nchain. <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd share some of the entries, which are quite typical of\npizza in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a\nhref=\"\/i\/PizzaMenu-Full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/PizzaMenu-small.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"475\"\nalt=\"(click for a large &amp;mdash; 4,224 &amp;times; 2,900 &amp;mdash; version)\"\nborder=\"0\"\nid=\"iPizzaMenu_small\"\nstyle=\"border:solid 2px\nblack\"\ntitle=\"reduced-size copy\nof a Japanese pizza chain's menu, including pizzas with squid, corn,\nmayonnaise, and a whole host of other kinds of topping goodness\"\/><\/a><br\/><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/PizzaMenu-Full.jpg\">(click for <span class='nobr'>a large<\/span> &mdash; 4,224 &times; 2,900 &mdash; version)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>They have three &#8220;series&#8221; of pizza: the <b>Italiana\nSeries<\/b> boasts &#8220;cheese stacked to the top of your ears,&#8221; the\n<b>Quarter Series<\/b> has pizzas with four different combination of\ntoppings (one combo per quarter pizza), and the <b>Long Seller Series<\/b>\nare the traditional standbys.<\/p>\n\n<p>In this post, I'll feature one from each series...<\/p>\n\n<h2>Quarter Italiana<\/h2>\n\n<p>The first pizza in the Italiana Series has four combos like <span class='nobr'>a\nQuarter<\/span>-Series pizza, and hence is called the <b>Quarter Italiana<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/PizzaMenu-QuarterItaliana.jpg\" width=\"554\" height=\"486\"\nid=\"iPizzaMenu_QuarterItaliana\"\nstyle=\"border:solid 8px black\"\/><br\/><b>Quarter Italiana<\/b><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#post406 ul { padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0  }\n<\/style>\n\n<p>The Quarter Italiana has:<\/p>\n\n<table><tr valign='top'><td width='33%'><ul>\n<li>double cheese<\/li>\n<li>dried ham<\/li>\n<li>fresh Basil<\/li>\n<li>fresh tomato<\/li>\n<li>pepper ham<\/li>\n<li>shellfish<\/li>\n\n<\/ul><\/td><td width='33%'><ul>\n\n<li>shrimp<\/li>\n<li>squid<\/li>\n<li>applewood smoked bacon<\/li>\n<li>green pepper<\/li>\n<li>onion<\/li>\n\n<\/ul><\/td><td width='33%'><ul>\n\n<li>garlic<\/li>\n<li>oregano<\/li>\n<li>black pepper<\/li>\n<li>parsley<\/li>\n<li>olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p style='margin-top: 0'>It comes with tomato sauce, and has the footnote &#8220;please sprinkle with\nolive oil before eating.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<h2>New Bomber<\/h2>\n\n<p>I have no idea why this Quarter Series pizza is called &#8220;New Bomber&#8221;, but here it is:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/PizzaMenu-NewBomber.jpg\" width=\"521\" height=\"470\"\nid=\"iPizzaMenu_NewBomber\"\nstyle=\"border:solid 8px black\"\/><br\/><b>New Bomber<\/b><\/div>\n\n<p>New Bomber contains:<\/p>\n\n<table><tr valign='top'><td width='33%'><ul>\n<li>fluffy egg filling<\/li>\n<li>fresh tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>coarsely ground sausage<\/li>\n<li>teriyaki chicken<\/li>\n<li>green asparagus<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><td width='33%'><ul>\n<li>corn<\/li>\n<li>fresh mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>shrimp<\/li>\n<li>tuna<\/li>\n<li>mayonnaise<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><td width='33%'><ul>\n<li>potato<\/li>\n<li>shoulder bacon<\/li>\n<li>onion<\/li>\n<li>parsley<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p style='margin-top:0'>It comes with your choice of curry sauce or mayonnaise sauce<\/p>\n\n<h2>Negimotchi<\/h2>\n\n<p>This Long-Seller pizza's name means &#8220;scallion mochi&#8221;. <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mochi_%28food%29\">Mochi<\/a> is <span class='nobr'>a sticky,<\/span>\nchewy rice product sort of like <span class='nobr'>a cross<\/span> between gum and cookie dough, but\ntastes like rice.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/PizzaMenu-NegiMotchi.jpg\" width=\"517\" height=\"476\"\nid=\"iPizzaMenu_NegiMotchi\"\nstyle=\"border:solid 8px black\"\/><br\/><b>Negimotchi<\/b><\/div>\n\n<p>Negimotchi contains:<\/p>\n\n<table><tr valign='top'><td><ul>\n <li>applewood smoked bacon<\/li>\n <li>bits of mochi<\/li>\n <li><span style='color:gray; text-decoration:line-through'>&#8220;single-crop&#8221; scallions<\/span> thin strips of scallions<\/li>\n <\/ul><\/td><td><ul>\n <li>mayonnaise<\/li>\n <li>corn<\/li>\n <\/ul><\/td><td><ul>\n <li>shredded seaweed<\/li>\n <li>cayenne pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p style='margin-top:0'>It comes with teriyaki sauce, and has two footnotes:<\/p>\n<ol style='margin-top:0'>\n  <li>&#8220;Please sprinkle seaweed and cayenne pepper before eating&#8221;<\/li>\n  <li>&#8220;While eating, take care not to get mochi stuck in your throat&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning up around the house today, I came across the menu for a pizza chain. I thought I'd share some of the entries, which are quite typical of pizza in Japan.<\/p> <p>They have three \"series\" of pizza: the <b>Italiana Series<\/b> boasts \"cheese stacked to the top of your ears,\" the <b>Quarter Series<\/b> has pizzas with four different combination of toppings (one combo per quarter pizza), and the <b>Long Seller Series<\/b> are the traditional standbys.<\/p> <p>In this post, I'll feature one from each series...<\/p> Quarter Italiana <p>The first pizza in the Italiana Series has four combos like a Quarter-Series pizza, and [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}