Five common Asian pizza toppings you’ll never see in Italy – durian pizza, seriously?
Forget your margheritas and your pepperonis – pizza shops in Asia from Pizza Hut to Domino’s are winning over the continent’s pizza eaters with ingredients you’re not going to find on the menu of the average Italian trattoria
Pizza is the ultimate comfort food for millions of people across various cultures, but do not assume you can always get a typical pepperoni or extra cheese at a pizza shop in Asia.
The region offers a spectacular range of some of the most unconventional topping choices that will upend your understanding of what pizza really is.
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Here are five common toppings in Asia that are unlikely to be found in Italy.
Thousand island seafood
Seafood on pizzas may sound bizarre to non-Asians, but it is one of the most common varieties in Hong Kong and many other parts of the continent.
The topping usually includes one or two types of seafood such as shrimp, scallops, tuna, crab stick and squid. Other common ingredients are mushroom, pineapple, peppers and onions.