omg, I can see its legs. Blaagh. Health inspectors anyone?

Having just finished tearing out the $3.95 Sunday Hawaiian special on the Dominos voucher, we’ve changed our minds. We’re now having homemade pizza with Lebanese bread, topped with nice fresh mushrooms, onion, ham, salami, capsicum and olives. No cockroaches in my concoction.

Sneaky little bugger. I found one just like that in my steamed rice from Sizzle Bento once. Needless to say, I haven’t been back.

But did the guy run a red to get it to you? Was the pizza (and it’s freeloader) hot??

Although I guess it could have been worse. As they say, the only thing worse than finding a worm in your apple cockroach in your pizza is finding half a one.

L

ewwwwwwwwwwwww

god i don’t think i’ll be able to go to dominos dickson again now

Find me a kitchen, especially in Dickson, that doesn’t have a horror story like this.

Waiter, what is this cockroach doing in my pizza? Why, the backstroke, sir . . . (yeah, I know the original joke is about flies in soup but I couldn’t resist).

All round bad weekend for pizza establishments around Canberra.

Major Fail.

I just last night swore off any more Dominos Fyshwick after yet another undercooked, lukewarm offering that took almost 2 hours to get to Deakin. Now I’ll be avoiding Dickson as well. Actually screw it. Artistic’s lebanese bread pizza above sounds much more tempting.

The photo clearly shows a Meat Lovers pizza. The customer should have been more specific about which animals he wanted on his topping.

Which all goes to prove, he says as he moves to being a convert, in the value and utility (= use, not the Holden Rodeo Crew Cab) of ’slow food’ as opposed to ‘fast food’.

Oh, and slightly on, slightly off topic, for those who were advocating ‘Waters Edge’ as a breakfast venue, they don’t do breakfast anymore as a rule. I was talking to a kitchen-hand from there whose name might be Mark or Andrew, but I’ve spoke to that many strangers (= friends I’ve not yet met properly) today, my goldfish brain won’t recall the detail. Anyhoo, Mark/Andrew says that that they only do breakfasts on big requests, which as a shame since I almost put out a call a couple of days ago to see who might be available today — it was sublime walking around the lake from Campbell to the Parliamentary Triangle.

But laughternoon tea (that’s a mixture of lunch and afternoon tea) at Cafe Biscotti (?) just across the way from Waters Edge (their spelling, not mine) was sublime.

Back on topic. I love ‘The Cockroaches’ — I’m actually in their video of ‘She’s The One’ circa 1986/7, filmed at the Reevsby Workers’ Club!

Hmmmmmm. For anyone who still thinks I’m out to cane people who stuff up spelling and grammar, count the mythtakes in that lot!

It doesn’t look crisp enough for my tastes.

; )

For anyone with the time, inclination and interest, if you go to http://www.smh.com.au and to the Travel section and ‘The Backpacker’ blog there’s at least one, maybe two great threads on gross things people have eaten overseas.

‘Gross’, of course, being in the mouth of the bee-holder. Or cockroach-cruncher. Or squid-sucker. (I think you get the gist. Or grist. Or … nup, I’m dry.)

Damn you ARTistic-U, I’m going to have that tonight now – with anchovies. Oooooh yeah, that’s right.

I found a cockroach in my friend’s pizza at Tosolini’s in Civic a couple of months ago. Ew…

shanston said :

Damn you ARTistic-U, I’m going to have that tonight now – with anchovies. Oooooh yeah, that’s right.

Screw the pizza. Try the caesar (sp?) salad with anchovies at the Trad ies Club in Dickson. Say, on a Monday night at about 7pm when the trivia quiz kicks off.

* Bats eyelids *

Mmmm, I like that unexpected crunchy bit that assaults your taste buds like a disenfranchised Afghani with an AK47.

Overheard said :

Screw the pizza.

* Bats eyelids *

Would screwing a dead cockroach pizza be necrophilia or bestiality?

I like the green gooey oozy stuff in the middle that smells like pus.

Trivia you say…

Bah, who cares if the meatlovers from Dominoes in Australia comes with cockroaches. In China, the blooming thing comes with dog… think about people, ground up lil Rover!

iCanberran said :

Bah, who cares if the meatlovers from Dominoes in Australia comes with cockroaches. In China, the blooming thing comes with dog… think about people, ground up lil Rover!

I’ll go one further and say the cockroach is likely the freshest and most nutritious item one could on a Dominos pizza.

and what’s with the rolled up meat bits on pizzas these days – they look like rabbit turds. It’s getting better by the minute. Who’s stupid idea was it to top pizzas with all this garbage.

In Italy they sell pizzas with the bare minimum (a base, tomato and cheese with perhaps some herbs). Niiiice. Could be a niche market there if anyone was interested; it’d sell for sure.

Poor widdle biddy cockroach. What a way to go.

My homemade lebanese pizza was yummo – all three of them. Next time I’ll take a picture and post to here.

Favourite pizza: napolitana from Le Rendezvous. Yummo.

SheepGroper said :

Overheard said :

Screw the pizza.

* Bats eyelids *

Would screwing a dead cockroach pizza be necrophilia or bestiality?

Oh, touché, mon ami! Trés bon.

shanston said :

Trivia you say…

I do. I did. I will. Had three Rioters there last week. I’m sure they would welcome some more if others turn up (and if they do!)

iCanberran said :

Bah, who cares if the meatlovers from Dominoes in Australia comes with cockroaches. In China, the blooming thing comes with dog… think about people, ground up lil Rover!

Yep, those Dominoes just continue to fall from Asia into Australia.

At least it was cooked…

Overheard said :

iCanberran said :

Bah, who cares if the meatlovers from Dominoes in Australia comes with cockroaches. In China, the blooming thing comes with dog… think about people, ground up lil Rover!

Yep, those Dominoes just continue to fall from Asia into Australia.

…and each falling Domino squashes another ‘roach.

having watched the amount of “fresh” ingredients wasted during the prep of a pizza,is it any wonder a few cockies end up in the meatlovers mix.much like sawdust infused snags

Ewwwwwwwwww, i now really regret eating dominos for dinner tonight…
(ok, it was conder, instead of dickson, but yeah..same thing)

but really, is there ANY food establishment in dickson, where you WONT find cockroaches??

What proof is there that this wasn’t a garnish added at the place of consumption rather than supposed source? Is this another story about pineapples?

You go to Dominoes, you take your chances. Be a man and eat the damned thing without whinging!

Personally, my tastes run to low amounts of insect, so give me a Debacle pie or one of the Monday/Tuesday night deals from All Bar.

ARTistic-U said :

In Italy they sell pizzas with the bare minimum (a base, tomato and cheese with perhaps some herbs). Niiiice. Could be a niche market there if anyone was interested; it’d sell for sure.

You can get pizzas like that at L’Unico in Kingston. OTOH, I’m not sure they are long for this world — the tablecloths have disappeared, the service is … well-intentioned… they seem to be trying to compete in the budget market — but their food is great! Especially the pizza guy and their own pasta. Get in quick before they hit bottom I reckon. Oh and I haven’t seen any cockroaches there- but hey, you have a kitchen, you get cockroaches. Just try not to cook ‘em, that’s the trick.

GB said :

You can get pizzas like that at L’Unico in Kingston.

Do they do a traditional pizza bianco?

Overheard said :

shanston said :

Trivia you say…

I do. I did. I will. Had three Rioters there last week. I’m sure they would welcome some more if others turn up (and if they do!)

Overheard, how can you even question whether I would turn up? Besides, I’m in with a good chance on this week’s topic ….

*hehe*

You will be once I write the damn thing! (Looks like an early morning start as right now I’m struggling to a.sdjb;akjgb gh;wqihg;qwihg hqroihghqorhgqorhgn giqeiog hq’iohirhqriohhqorihgqoihgqoieghqeo i’qirr

Damn; I hate falling asleep and the face plant into the keyboard.

Er, on topic, I just pinched some of a house-mate’s pizza, but forgot to check for cockroaches.

Glad I got Pizza Hut tonight instead…!

I had pumpkin risotto at Gus’.

ARTistic-U said :

In Italy they sell pizzas with the bare minimum (a base, tomato and cheese with perhaps some herbs). Niiiice. Could be a niche market there if anyone was interested; it’d sell for sure.

That is called a Margherita (after some queen or someone). It’s the ultimate test of a pizza: the dough must be the real deal, teh tomato sauce must be well-made, some use mozzarella and others cheat and use bocconcini, and then some ripped-up basil leaves.

I have had some decent pizzas in Canberra since embarking on my great pizza hunt, but am sad to say that none of the places I’ve been made a decent Margherita. (That includes the Fyshwick Markets deli, and Pizza Arte in Kingston).

Dominoes pizzas are quite vile. Bland, stodgey and fatty. And cockroachy.

Found a 1.5cm long bull ant in a woolies salad once.. serves me right for tryin to eat healthy

that pic put me of pizza.. i can imagine the dominos sales go down cos of this thread lol

Their sales ought to go down cos of their pizzas! I don’t understand why they don’t. Maybe teh cockeroach will do it.

I’ll keep eating there. I’m a poor uni student, cockroach-pizza provides sustenance that college food cannot provide!

thanks GB, will check it out. There’s something very appealing about the simple things in life, and a pizza without all the rubbish topping is one of them.

ant, please let us know when you eventually hunt down the perfect pizza on this side of the Mediterranean!

No word of a lie, this thread has single handedly turned me off bought pizzas.

Here’s my not-so-simple pizza recipe.

Lebanese bread as the base – that’s 6 small bases for about $3!
tomato paste
shaved ham
a good chili salami
red onion sliced as circles
red capsicum for a hit of sweetness and colour
mushrooms – no stork
marinated olives – any
grated cheese – anything that takes your fancy – I use tasty

Bake in oven till cheese melts.
Slice everything ultra thin – important.
Use each ingredient sparingly – important.
Experiment with your own ingredients.

Voila – pizza without the cockroach and pretty good idea what’s in it.

I ordered 10 hawaiian pizzas from Dominos Dickson yesterday. 7 are sitting in my fridge.

AND I’M STILL GOING TO EAT THEM! SEND ME THAT COCKROACH CRUNCHY FLAVOUR!

When I was in Thailand, I paid for the privilege of eating lightly seasoned cockroaches and crickets, if I knew I could get it here for free when I buy a pizza I could have saved myself the airfare.

If the ovens were hot enough, it would kill all the bad stuff wouldn’t it? The worst bit would be if you saw it. Vom.

Domino’s pizzas sucked before photos of a cooked Roach were released. There are also very clear reasons why these pizza’s are SO cheap, in every respect.

I swore of Domino’s long ago. As they say, you get what you pay for (petrol excluded LOL)

Swore off that should be

Sands said :

If the ovens were hot enough, it would kill all the bad stuff wouldn’t it? The worst bit would be if you saw it. Vom.

Yeah your not kidding there. The standard practice at our place when we get pizza from Domino’s is turn on our own oven and give the pizza a few extra minutes. I think when they started to bring out their fancy bases they forgot how to make an ordinary good pizza. That and they should fire all the monkeys they have working at their stores. There has been on more than one occasion I have received the wrong order (after repeating it to them 5 times and reconfirming the price as it seemed wrong), so I up and left (leaving the pizza behind and without paying) and went straight to their competitor down the road.

Also I’ve found the monkeys behind the counters are some of the rudest little s**t’s I have ever met.

As for cockroaches, it doesn’t surprise me. A few years ago I went to Domino’s at Fadden, you could not step anywhere in the store without crushing another insect of some description.

I think the overall quality and quantity of pizza chains went downhill with the demise of competition to Domino’s. When Eagle Boys and Pizza Haven were around – they kept some pretty healthy competition in the junk pizza game. Now it’s just Domin-cockroach’s.