Pizza Flavored Steamed Buns: Stupid, or Genius?

At a convenience store In Japan, you've got a window full of rice balls in flavors ranging from pickled plum to spicy pollack roe, skewered beef guts or fish cakes simmered in broth, or—a relative newcomer to the snacking scene—Chinese mandou-style buns, commonly called simply man in Japan. The usual suspects are there—pork, cabbage, mushroom—but this time I was interested in the single neon-orange specimen with the intriguing name pizza-man. This, I thought to myself, has the potential to stagger me with its genius.

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45 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, January 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: 7-Eleven, fusion pizza, Japan, pizza weirdness

Daily Slice: The 'China Town' at Pizza 8 in Flushing's New World Mall

The "China Town" slice at Pizza 8 in Flushing's New World Mall food court is topped with Cantonese roasted pork, Taiwanese sausage, fried onion, green pepper, basil, and mozzarella. None of those things on their own are horrible. And in fact, some of them (the cha siu and the Taiwanese sausage) are AWESOME.

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 22, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Tagged: Daily Slice, Flushing, fusion pizza, New World Mall, NYC, Pizza 8, Queens

Daily Slice: Sake Bar Hagi's Tempura Pizza

Sometimes I think it's enough to show you all a picture and simply write, This exists. So, friends, This tempura pizza at Sake Bar Hagi exists.

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 18, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: Daily Slice, fusion pizza, Japanese, Manhattan, Midtown, Midtown West, NYC, pizza weirdness, Sake Bar Hagi, tempura pizza

The Ultimate Cheeseburger Pizza and How NOT to Make It

See, I love cheeseburgers and I LOVE pizza.* Why not mix the best elements of both while paying very, very careful attention to quality and detail? All the chain pizzerias that have failed in this quest just haven't been careful enough, I thought.

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48 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 27, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: cheeseburger pizza, fusion pizza, Home Slice, toppings

Daily Slice: Al Pastor Pizza from San Lucas, Philadelphia

San Lucas Pizzeria all sorts of amazing Italian-American-Mexican-South Philly fusion. This is the kind of stuff I really go nuts for. The Al Pastor slice was the highlight.

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5 Comments | Posted by Hawk Krall, October 9, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, fusion pizza, Mexican pizza, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, San Lucas Pizzeria, South Philly

Culinary Ambassadors: Pizza in Sweden Is a Sloppy Outlet for Individual Choice

Other popular pizzas that fill my Italian friends with fear are the "filet of beef and bearnaise sauce" pizza, which is just what it sounds like, and the "Pizza Africana", which usually includes peanuts, bananas, chicken and curry powder, lots of curry powder.

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38 Comments | Posted by The Culinary Ambassador Corps, September 7, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: culinary ambassadors, fusion pizza, kebab pizza, pizza weirdness, Sweden

Photo of the Day: BBQ Pork Ribs Pizza, South Korea

[via Reddit] See also ... • 10 Crazy Asian Pizzas » • Video: "Pizza Hut Is Much More Awesome in Other Countries" » • Snapshots from South Korea: Grand Prix from Mr. Pizza, Korean Pizza "Made for Women" »...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Tagged: fusion pizza, pizza weirdness, South Korea

Snapshots from France: Flammekueche from Flam's

So the big question you may have* is whether "Girl Slice" and I ate pizza while we were in France. Yes and no. If you consider flammekueche pizza (Adam from the Past talked about this stuff last week), then, yes, we ate pizza.

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12 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 27, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Tagged: 15th Arrondissement, Flam's, flammekueche, Flammenküche, France, fusion pizza, Montparnasse, Paris, reviews, Slice reviews, tarte flambée

My Pie Monday: Mikey K.'s Pizza Mexicana

[Photograph: Mikey K.] This entry would have been perfect for Fusion Pizza Week last week on Slice. Señor Mikey K. says: Hey Adam, attached is a photo of my latest homemade creation, Pizza Mexicana. I'm a lover of two things in this world: Pizza and Mexican food, and this pie was my ultimate fantasy.The dough is my own homemade recipe. I use Pillsbury Bread Flour, salt, fresh yeast that I get from a Polish bakery nearby, and, of course, NYC tap water. I let it rise for an hour at room temperature and then move it to the fridge...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: fusion pizza, Fusion Pizza Week, Mexican pizza, Mikey K., My Pie Monday

Memphis: Coletta's, Home of BBQ Pizza

Coletta's Italian Restaurant is supposedly the place where barbecue pizza was invented. It was also claims to be the oldest restaurant in Memphis, dating back to 1923, when it introduced pizza to the city in the 1950s, and was Elvis Presley's favorite pizza. I don't doubt any of the claims. Apparently when Coletta's started serving pizza, locals had no idea what it was or how to eat it. Only when they decided to top it with something a bit more familiar did the pizza take off.

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3 Comments | Posted by Nick Solares, July 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: barbecue, Elvis Presley, fusion pizza, Memphis, pizza styles, pork, pulled pork, Tennessee