Ordering from Dominos!

There are plenty of places to order pizza from in Japan. One place close to my house is called Pizza-La, but unfortunately the Japanese medium pizza is the same size as an American small pizza and it costs about $36....so you can see why I've avoid ordering from there. Oh, and the ordering website is in Japanese.

Within the past few months, a Domino's Pizza opened outside the American base. The great thing about Domino's is that even in Japan, they know it is a brand familiar to Americans. However, Americans may find the only thing similar to the American Domino's is the name.

I'm definitely not the type of person who seeks out American restaurants to try in Japan. If I can have the food in the US, why do I want it in Japan? However, on this day one of our friends came to our house to watch football and offered to buy Domino's. Their website is in English (you can check it out here: http://www.dominos.jp/eng/).  The menu was amazingly different than the US menu. There were a variety of desserts, side dishes and pizzas to choose from. They have healthy options like grilled chicken, corn soup and shrimp. Pizza toppings include mayonnaise, corn, potatoes and eggplant. They did have the familiar pizza toppings as well.

I had the order delivered to the house. In Japan, pizza delivery drivers ride around on mopeds with boxes built into the back to carry the pizza. The pizza guy elbowed his way inside my house (I'm not used to that, in the US, everything is done at the door) and laid out my order on the entryway counter. We even received a free glass cup for ordering. The glass cup is sponsored by the super-popular Japanese anime, One Piece.

Of course, the pizza was great (we just ordered the basic pepperoni and sausage), but it was expensive. We ended up paying nearly $45 for 2 large pizzas, two sodas and a large order of fries.

So there you have it, my first experience ordering pizza in Japan! :) Maybe next time I'll have a mayo and potato pizza!