Recently we found imported, frozen pizza at E-mart. I have to confess that i miss the frozen pizza available in germany, and these were from Italy and Australia respectively, therefore we gave them a try.
To put it in a nutshell: all 3 were quite decent. Reasonably priced and tasty.
Pizza Prosciutto: Italian style crust with much ham and mushrooms and sufficient cheese but unfortunately not enough tomato sauce makes this pizza well eatable but a bit dry.
Something what i personally didn't liked so much was the ham. It hat a nutty, pungent aroma like you would expect from an air dried parma ham. Some people like this, but i am not among them.
Pesto Pizza: Same brand and therefore same crust as the prosciutto pizza. More (and therefore enough) tomato sauce, combined with large pieces of mozzarella and some fresh tomatoes. Special here was a substance which was supposed to be Pesto Verde. It tastes interesting but the pizza could well do without.
Overall the pizza was the best among the three, large enough for one person, juicy, with a lot cheese. The only minus point was that the pizza was a bit too salty.
Pizza Hawaii: Different brand then the two before. We ordered these pizza via home delivery and were quite surprised when this one came out at around 200g gram and mere 20cm diameter. The other pizzas were of 450gram and regular size. However the amount of toppings was quite ok. Here also a bit more tomato sauce would be appreciated. Pineapple pieces were numerous but a bit dry. The crust is not napoli style but was praised by my wife as the best among the three (seems to fit korean taste better than mine). Here again the ham had some nutty aroma which i don't really enjoy.
Conclusion: All three pizzas were tasty. The Hawaiian pizza was for its price (around 5000 won) definitely to small (but compared to Pizza hut & Co still reasonably priced). The Prosciutto and Pesto Pizza are, with 450 gram, one complete meal and very reasonable priced at less than 6000won. The pesto pizza was the best among them: juicy, crispy with much cheese. I will buy this one again.
p.s. the pizza was prepared in an oven. On the box they say you could also use a microwave, but i doubt that the result would be eatable.
We are visiting Seoul and staying at the Hoam Faculty House on Seoul National University. Looking through a Korean grocery store would be very interesting but I have not been able to figure out whether there is one near the university. I have tried searching the web but do not understand Korean so have not had much luck.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed reading your web site particularly the article about cooking and food so thought I might ask you if there is one near Seoul National. I have more or less figured out the metro system so it wouldn't have to be within walking distance.
Best and thanks. Helen farwestt@yahoo.com
hi helen,
ReplyDeletewelcome to korea :)
i tried to answer your question in a separate post.
http://snuandyou.blogspot.com/search/label/Grocery
best regards
alex