Post by MCDemuth on May 7, 2021 23:46:51 GMT
Fresh pizza vending machine prompts curiosity and horror in Rome
Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.
Buyers using the flaming red "Mr. Go Pizza" machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.2-7.2). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window.
Reviews by customers on Thursday of the machine, one of the first in Rome, ranged from "acceptable if you're in a hurry" to outright horror.
"It looks good but it is much smaller than in a restaurant and there is less topping," said Claudio Zampiga, a pensioner.
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Fabrizia Pugliese, a Naples native and university student in Rome, gave the machine-made pizza a try and gave it a thumbs down, saying it tasted more like a "piadina", an ultra-thin soft unleavened bread wrap popular in northern Italy.
"It's OK but it's not pizza," was her verdict.
Gina, a pensioner who declined to give her surname, rejected the concept outright.
"Terrible. Pizza really needs to be eaten hot, immediately. This doesn't work for me," she said.
In fact, for many Italians, the classic pizza experience includes watching a "pizzaiolo," (pizzamaker) knead the dough and cooking it in a wood-burning brick oven within sight of your table.
In its current location, at least, the "Mr. Go Pizza" machine will face stiff competition getting a slice of the market.
Nearby is the Napolitano restaurant, which uses a brick oven.
"I wouldn't even think of eating a pizza made by a machine," said Giovanni Campana, biting into one.
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Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.
Buyers using the flaming red "Mr. Go Pizza" machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.2-7.2). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window.
Reviews by customers on Thursday of the machine, one of the first in Rome, ranged from "acceptable if you're in a hurry" to outright horror.
"It looks good but it is much smaller than in a restaurant and there is less topping," said Claudio Zampiga, a pensioner.
...
Fabrizia Pugliese, a Naples native and university student in Rome, gave the machine-made pizza a try and gave it a thumbs down, saying it tasted more like a "piadina", an ultra-thin soft unleavened bread wrap popular in northern Italy.
"It's OK but it's not pizza," was her verdict.
Gina, a pensioner who declined to give her surname, rejected the concept outright.
"Terrible. Pizza really needs to be eaten hot, immediately. This doesn't work for me," she said.
In fact, for many Italians, the classic pizza experience includes watching a "pizzaiolo," (pizzamaker) knead the dough and cooking it in a wood-burning brick oven within sight of your table.
In its current location, at least, the "Mr. Go Pizza" machine will face stiff competition getting a slice of the market.
Nearby is the Napolitano restaurant, which uses a brick oven.
"I wouldn't even think of eating a pizza made by a machine," said Giovanni Campana, biting into one.
Read More Here:
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Don't know what to think...
Not a fan of "Little Ceaser's" 'Hot 'N Ready' pizza or other pizza concepts which have pizzas ready to go... since they can sit there under a heat lamp for a long time... and so, they are not very good...
And "four different kinds of pizzas"?
Yeah, I prefer ordering my Toppings off the traditional menu...
Another reason to dislike the 'Hot 'N Ready' concept...
"freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes"...
THREE MINUTES? You've got to be kidding. Yeah, it sounds like Microwave Pizza... And not as good as being oven cooked for about 10-15 minutes.
One last gripe:
"Mr. Go Pizza"?
Ugh...
How often are cheap brand pizza's any good?
When Dominoes, or Pizza Hut, ETC. comes out with one, then I might consider it... Might...
But who knows...
Maybe this vending machine pizza, might be actually good...
Since I haven't tried any before, it's hard to acurately judge the idea...
But, as I noted, I think it has a very long way to go, before it could impress me.
Now, does it make Breadsticks? and is there a Soda machine to go with it?
If not, "facing stiff competition" is right.
