Pizza is probably one of the most popular food in the world!

The word Pizza refers to an oven-baked flat bread dish typically topped with tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.  Basic pizza preparation may be classified into two types – Thick Crust or Thin Crust.  Personally, I prefer thin crust over thick because it’s more fun to eat but thick crust variety are of course more satisfying.

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Here are some fun historical facts about pizza that all pizza lovers like meshould know :

  • Pizza became popular in Naples, Italy a thousand years ago.  It was said to have originated from the traditional focaccia bread.
  • Pizza was a peasant food designed to be eaten without utensils and with the main purpose of using any available produce to get rid of or recycle left-over food.
  • Tomatoes were once believed to be poisonous.  It was not until the 1600s that European started eating and using tomatoes on their dishes.  The people from Naples, Italy were the ones who first used tomatoes on their focaccia breads and eventually on pizzas.
  • The world’s first pizzeria opened in 1830 and it was called Port’Alba.
  • Pizza became truly popular right after World War II when servicemen returned to Italy and started opening pizzerias and the rave about the ‘great italian dish’ started.
  • October was designated as the National Pizza Month in the US.
  • Filipinos love pizza!   

Speaking of Filipinos loving their pizza, one local pbrand in the Philippines recently launched its new Premium flavors in the market.  Lots’ A pizza has been around for 27 years already and still going strong and innovating with more exciting new flavors that really captures the Filipino palate.

Here are 14 ways to enjoy the new flavors of Lots’ A Pizza:

MANHATTAN DE LUXE

Combination of 5 meat toppings – pepperoni, spiced ham, sweet ham, smoked bacon, and burger pellets, 4 veggie toppings – pineapple slices, button mushroom, green bell pepper and white onion, 2 cheese – LAP cheese and mozzarella cheese, in Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our rectangular premium thick crust.

HAWAIIAN EXTREME

Two variations of ham plus smoked bacon and slices of sweet pineapple with cheese and mozzarella cheese, in Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our rectangular premium thick crust.

PURE BEEF SUPREME

100% Beef Burger Pellets together with button mushroom, white onion, bell pepper, cheese and mozzarella cheese in Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our rectangular premium thick crust.

PURE BEEF SPECIAL

100% beef pellets, button mushroom, green bell pepper, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

PEPPERONI N’ MUSHROOM

Slices of pepperoni, button mushroom, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

HOTDOG FESTIVAL

Purefoods TJ hotdog, pineapple tidbits, button mushroom, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

HAWAIIAN DELIGHT

Thick ham cubes and pineapple tidbits, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

GREAT MANHATTAN

Beef pellets, pepperoni and spiced ham together with pineapple tidbits, button mushroom and green bell pepper, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

ROAST BEEF N’ CHEESE

Slices of roast beef and white onion, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

HUNGARIAN FIESTA

Slices of Hungarian sausage and white onion, cheese and Pinoy-style pizza sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

GARDEN HARVEST

All veggies –green bell pepper, white onion, button mushroom and pineapple tidbits, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

DOUBLE WHAMMY

Combination of spiced ham and sweet ham, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

BACON BLAZE

Smoked bacon and pineapple tidbits, cheese and Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.

PIZZA OF THE SEASON: BACON CHEESEBURGER

Burger pellets, bacon slices, tomato and white onion rings, 3 types of cheese in Pinoy-style sauce all on top of our original parbaked crust.