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| - So. I figure the highest rating a pizza CHAIN can get is 3 stars. So they get a perfect rating!
In terms of "fast food" or chain pizza, I think I am now a Domino's convert (after years of resistance to Mr. Rosie S.'s claims that Domino's beats Pizza Pizza, my usual go-to). Never thought I'd say that.
So here is the new rating system I have developed specifically for pizza.
CRUST TEXTURE:
Domino's uses cornmeal on the bottom of their crusts. It makes things extra crispy, and I love that. However, I'm not a huge fan of their heavy hand... I always end up with cornmeal all over my face. They have the best crust options: classic hand-tossed, hand-tossed thin, ultimate deep-dish, and crunchy thin.
CRUST FLAVOUR:
The cornmeal can be tasted. The crust does NOT taste like cardboard anymore. The Domino's of my youth was a dry, icky-stale tasting, tough grossness. Their crust is great now - the regular is chewy but still has a crunch, and the thin manages to hold up against 4-5 toppings. The crunchy thin is my favourite - not like a light Italian-pizza style crust, but it is definitely crunchy. And there is no outer crust border, it is sliced into small squares rather than slice-shapes. Not a sweet dough like Pizza Pizza...
SAUCE FLAVOUR:
Not sweet - tangy and acidic, tastes like actual tomatoes. Has a bit of a peppery bite, too.
SAUCE AMOUNT:
You can choose to indicate how much sauce when ordering, even online. Their standard is a bit more than I like, so I ask for light on sauce.
CHEESE FLAVOUR:
Tastes like cheese, not plastic... not QUITE real cheese, but closer than a lot of other cheapo places.
CHEESE AMOUNT:
Good. I wish they carried it out over the crust to the edge, though.
TOPPING QUALITY:
Fine. Not great, nothing interesting. Pizza Pizza has a better selection of topping options, but they tend to be of lower quality and they don't put much of those premium ingredients on your pizza when ordering. Domino's is solid, but not fancy. No caramelized onions, roasted peppers or broccoli here... They have 9 meat options (Pepperoni, Brooklyn Pepperoni, Sausage, Beef, Ham, Bacon, Chicken, Philly Steak, Anchovy), 3 cheese options (cheddar, provolone, feta) and 8 veggies (Hot Peppers, Black Olives, Green Olives, Green Pepper, Mushroom, Pineapple, Onion, Tomatoes) to choose from. No extras like spices or oils.
TOPPING AMOUNT:
Fine. Not noticeably stingy or heavy-handed.
D has a comment about toppings. The bacon on Domino's pizza just rolls off. He suggests a layer of cheese, followed by other toppings, followed by another layer of cheese. Perhaps we will request this in our next order and see what happens...
PRESENTATION:
So all the "fast food" pizzas lose in this category, clearly, but I would like to include how the pizza looks upon arrival and box-opening to the category. It always looks great from Domino's, except for the above-mentioned bacon migration.
OVERALL TASTE:
Better than Pizza Pizza... and doesn't make me feel sick.
Other notes: Domino's dipping sauces suck. Too thin, bad flavour. So do the containers. Sometimes I was to dip my whole pizza slice in the sauce, not just a crust or cheesy bread. Pizza Pizza sauce cups are short and fat - shallow; Domino's cups are taller and thinner - I can't get my stuff in there!!!
P.S. The cheesy bread is evil-good. Like disgustingly tasty.
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