My all time favourite pizza is the pepperoni pizza. Until recently I used to like the cheese lovers pizza with pepperonis in Pizza Hut and they served me the best pizza I ever had anywhere in December 2012. The pizza was topped generously with cheese and the pepperoni slices were under the cheese. So they added a good amount of flavour to the sauce on the crust and every bite was delightful.
However, my last visit to Pizza Hut, as already mentioned, was a horrible experience. I ordered the same pizza and this time they miserly placed the slices on the cheese, making it just any regular pepperoni pizza, requiring less cheese and the pizza was so overdone, the cheese and the slices became crisps on the crust. The crust initially had a taste of old burnt oil, which suggests they are not cleaning the pans properly. Just imagine biting on a pizza with a crust that tastes like old oil, and has crispy overheated cheese and pepperonis making them taste like extra crusts!
Pizza Inn apparently serves the best pepperoni pizzas in the city. Though I sometimes find their pizzas to be a little dry, but they are at least serving better pizzas than others claiming to serve American pizzas. I usually prefer the pepperoni slices to go under the cheese on my pizzas, because there is a good infusion of flavour in the sauce, though the traditional way is to put them on the top. What makes their pizzas special when made perfect is the sauce on a crispy crust. They also serve a thick cream soup, which tastes really good and Pizza Inn keeps reminding me of some flavours from my childhood.
One mistake most Pizzerias do is when they spread the sauce. They have the same method for both Italian and American pizzas. Italian pizzas have a thin crust, a lot of toppings and very less cheese compared to the American type. The cheese holds the toppings in place on the crust. So a little sauce will do in Italian pizzas. You spoon down sauce in the middle of the base and spread it around.
The same method doesn't work well for American pizzas. American pizzas have thicker crust and the toppings are placed over the cheese. So its important to have some sauce everywhere on the base and not only on the sides. Spreading the sauce to the sides leaves the sauce mainly around there, and very little in the middle. You have to wait till you reach the sides for the best bite. I prefer to have some sauce around the base so that the pizza doesn't taste dry and only cheesy. Otherwise, I am eating cheese toasts.
