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[XiaNaphryz]

WHY

As part of this year's Chinese New Year's celebration, Pizza Hut is offering a pizza topped with a half of lobster, shell and all, in the Shanghai area of China.

Going for 98 yuan (~$14.90 US), the pizza comes topped with the aforementioned lobster as well as bacon, mushroom, asparagus, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and a drizzle of shrimp and lobster sauce. They're also offering the more conventional option of getting half a lobster on pasta.

The pizza option, while eye-catching, seems a bit of a pain to eat for something that is largely a convenience food.

 

[Newt]

We've gone too far.

 

[Lakitu]

Still better than pineapple.

 

[FZZ]

15 bucks

Damn

 

[GhostWriter24]

What the hell?

Talk about jumping the shark.

 

[Salsa]

you can't eat that on the pizza slice

how is this not just putting a lone lobster in another dish

 

[DragonSworne]

Lobster prices are probably one of the biggest scams in the American food industry. Second only to Whole Foods.

 

[Walter White Walker]

That's really stretching the definition of "pizza". Unless I guess you take the lobster off, break it up to get the meat, and put the meat chunks on the pizza.

 

[BobTheFork]

Have they done one where there are little mini pizzas on each slice?

 

[brandonh83]

That sounds amazing.

 

[Kaladin]

Part of me says wtf, part of me wants it now.

 

[psynergylover]

Airplane.jpg

 

[geetec]

That's disgustingly good.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Have they done one where there are little mini pizzas on each slice?

Why stop there:

 

[Firemind]

Lobster prices are probably one of the biggest scams in the American food industry. Second only to Whole Foods.

Spoken as someone who has never eaten lobster before.

 

[Frozenprince]

How are you even supposed to eat that?

Why stop there:

I'm sorry, I'm a disgusting glutton.

But that looks fucking delicious.

 

[Woody Invincible]

Still better than pineapple.

You've gone too far.

 

[Dabanton]

I can only imagine the quality of lobster they'll be using.

 

[Stinkles]

I had a Lobster sandwich yesterday - a "Lobster Roll" to be clear and it was both expensive and disgusting.

I enjoy a subtly done Lobster tail but honestly those giant bugs are a ton of effort for very little reward. There's a reason they used to be poor people food.

 

[PdotMichael]

Why stop there:

I don't understand American pizza culture.

 

[Dennis]

I can only imagine the quality of lobster they'll be using.

"lobster"

 

[TsunamiOfSwagger]

I like pizza crust, but pizza crustacean is too much.

 

[Dennis]

I like pizza crust, but pizza crustacean is too much.

yo we put crustacean on your crust so you can.........eh I don't know

 

[Head of Vengarl]

That looks incredible. Bring it to America!

 

[JadedWriter]

"lobster"

It's probably just ground up insects made into the shape of a lobster.

 

[daveo42]

I'd try it.

Why stop there:

I'm having a heart attack just looking at that.

 

[fallengorn]

At least take the shell off. That's way too much work for pizza.

 

[blame space]

definitely want that pizza

 

[80s Bad Guy]

If I eat the whole thing does that make me shellfish?

 

[EloquentM]

Cockroach of the sea

 

[BoboBrazil]

Lobster prices are probably one of the biggest scams in the American food industry. Second only to Whole Foods.

Whole Foods has good ass muffins though.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Pizza Hut is shockingly classy in China. They are almost like the future Taco Bell in Demolition Man.

 

[Dude Guy]

If I eat the whole thing does that make me shellfish?

thatsgoodthatsdamngood.gif

 

[vatstep]

Cockroach of the sea

Nah, that's a giant isopod

 

[BattleMonkey]

Spoken as someone who has never eaten lobster before.

What does eating lobster have to do with the inflated price of lobster in the west? Lobster is not that rare, it's over priced and other countries don't charge ridiculous prices for it.

 

[EloquentM]

Nah, that's a giant isopod

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I knew someone would post it if I said it smh

 

[vatstep]

I knew someone would post it if I said it smh

You brought this upon yourself.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Still better than pineapple.

This is what I expected to see when clicking the link. Shame it wasn't first post.

Spoiler

I like pineapple on pizza.

 

[Neoweee]

Pizza Hut is shockingly classy in China. They are almost like the future Taco Bell in Demolition Man.

Yeah. They sell caviar.

 

[sixteen-bit]

interesting combination

 

[DarthWoo]

Why stop there:

Everyone seems to keep forgetting the Pizza Pizza Pizza Pizza, a.k.a. Recursive Pizza.

Sadly, all the photos seem to be gone from that thread. It was a large frozen pizza topped with two personal pizzas which were in turn topped with bagel pizzas, which lastly were topped with pizza rolls, which was all held together by an extra two pounds of cheese and all baked together. We made one at a friend's house. Their oven died the very next day, but I'm sure that was just a coincidence.

(Found a picture elsewhere. Not the same one from the thread, but same ingredients.)

As for this lobster pizza, it reminds me of an old game called Pizza Tycoon. You ran various pizzerias, and you could even design your own pizzas with any number of ingredients, for which the game gave some arbitrary score. I remember one of the ingredients was lobster. For every ingredient, you could break it down to various levels, and for the lobster, the least broken down was to just throw a whole lobster on top of the pizza.

 

[Misha]

Thats not what I expected

 

[God Dayumm]

What does eating lobster have to do with the inflated price of lobster in the west? Lobster is not that rare, it's over priced and other countries don't charge ridiculous prices for it.

Yeah but they serve it to you live, LIVE! You see it crawl in a tank, choose it, watch it boil and scream. The experience costs money, you're not paying for the food.

 

[blame space]

I've never eaten a lobster.

 

[Syriel]

WHY

So lazy. They couldn't even be bothered to shell it and put the meat directly on the pizza.

Might as well just drop a block of cheese on there instead of shredding it.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Shoulda just gone with crawfish

Right size, same idea, better taste

Nah, that's a giant isopod

That's just a big pillbug

That eats your tongue

 

[sohois]

For those unaware, back in the early 19th century lobster was a poor mans food, given to slaves and prisoners. There is little reason for it to be so pricy today

 

[CornBurrito]

Lobster prices are probably one of the biggest scams in the American food industry. Second only to Whole Foods.

Did you forget about Diamond prices and engagement rings? 3 months salary needed to show your love. lolloll.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

"Yeah, I'd like a half-lobster on a cheesy bread plate please."

 

[213372bu]

Venice had a lot of weird pizzas like this too.

My favorite was a pizza that had hot dog slices, fries, and ground beef.

It was actually the best pizza I had there.