Pizza!

This marks the first time I have ordered pizza since coming to Japan. It was only a matter of time, really. Tonight I had very little food in my refrigerator and was not feeling particularly motivated to ride to the store. It rained most of the day, and might rain again. I also needed something to take to work tomorrow for lunch, and didn't have many options beyond rice or noodles. So I decided to get pizza.

There is a pizza chain in Kochi called Pizza Royalhat. Given that their logo is a crown, I think what they were aiming for is "Crown Pizza", but "Royalhat" is just so much more descriptive. Anyhow, I had been told by the other ALTs that their pizza is quite good, and there's one not far from the apartment. So tonight I wandered in to look at the menu. Their menu has lots of pictures, which is incredibly helpful. After a few minutes, I decided on a "Fresh Mozzarella Margherita" pizza. I wasn't particularly interested in trying pizza with corn on it tonight, so I stuck to the basics. Ordering wasn't too difficult, and the employee spoke slowly when asking me questions, so I mostly understood what he said. I only had to wait about 10 minutes for my pizza, and I also received 3 cans of Pepsi with it.

I walked back home, singing to myself as I went. As soon as I got home, I opened up the box and dug in. It was basically a cheese pizza with extra tomato and basil paste. I ate five slices in total, and it was very good, if rather greasy. Now my apartment smells like pizza. Which is kind of nice, actually.