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Food review. Well a very happy
2020 to everyone who's watching right now first and foremost. Just want to say a very Happy New Year. Yeah
we're we're starting off the new year with another food review this time a pizza review and
What Papa John's has a new pizza out?
You've seen a lot of ads for it a lot of promotions for it and I figure well, let's give it a shot
so at least some new items for the new year some new videos at that and
Yeah, doing the doing the review this time from bed a little bit of a bedside review
Because I recently did some traveling. I I had a flight from I believe it was from New York to Florida and you know
How you hear about jetlag and all of that?
I have no idea how people even do it because you look at the time difference when it comes down from New York
To Florida that's like four hours
And I'm exhausted
I'm beat how people even travel from the east coast to the west coast is beyond me but either way jet-lagged but still
You know, I still said well, I'm still gonna get a pizza and give it a shot anyway
but a yeah bed side review for the air for the New Year ringing it in though with some Papa John's at that and
They have this this new pizza. It's called the extra cheesy
Alfredo
Garlic parmesan crust pizza now. That's that's the name that I've got down
It might be a little you know a little shorter than that, but the extra cheesy alfredo garlic parmesan crust pizza
Quite the mouthful but it pretty much the name says everything that's on it. So it's like this is some coded message and they're saying
That it's the garlic parmesan when reality it's the you know
Jalapeno cheddar cheese pizza or something like that, right? This is supposed to be a very cheesy pizza
That's what the premise of this is gonna be
Where of course you know, you see these these ads where they're trying to say. Oh
You know
it has all the meats it has this and that this time they go in four of our four cheese and
they're saying this is gonna be very likely the cheesiest pizza you're ever gonna have ever and
You know, there's no written declaration, but that's what that's what's being implied
That once you go here, this has passed the point of no return
Right. It does not get cheesier than this. So let's make that clear
Here's what it has on it. All right a
three-cheese blend on the pizza provolone
Fontina and asiago cheese, then it's got that garlic parmesan crust, which we actually had had
You know tried out about a month or two ago
which has some mozzarella as well as the the garlic on it and
Instead of just a regular tomato sauce. This has an alfredo sauce
So it's just really it's supposed to be a cheesy pizza, right? It's got the three cheese blend on it
It's got that garlic crust with the mozzarella kind of
You know sprinkled on it and then instead of the standard tomato sauce, or as they say in Papa John's vernacular
Red sauce, it has that alfredo sauce instead. This is supposed to be very cheesy pizza
we've got our pizza eating plate right there and
I am hiding the pizza box here as you can see there's the pizza box
Exterior as I say Papa John's the pizza. You want the pizza you deserve I remember that and you can see right there
There's the peppers
And let's take a look
All right, the pizza unraveling there it is that's a very cheesy pizza right there that's that
There we go
Good enough. Anyway, yeah, you can see there it is. It's it's fresh just recently got it
got the garlic dipping sauce too for the heck of it and it does have the
little
Complimentary pepper. You can kind of see it's lurking in the shadows there, but it's saying I'm watching you
You can see there we go. There's the pizza though. That's an air pocket right there. There it is
And what does grab a slice for a four bit of reference here? It does look very cheesy. You know, that's the best way to
To describe it
Let's grab a slice. You know what it kind of reminds me off a little bit
Just from the exterior. I know that's gonna be a little different
But it kind of reminds me of there
Cheesy bread
Just consistent. It is very very cheesy
All right. Let's get it on the plate here. Here's a close-up view for you though before anything else
Great, so you can see though that their cheese glistening there. There's a close-up of the crust
Yeah, you can see so that's what it is again. Very cheesy pizza
We're just gonna see is it like a cheese overload? Because if it is I'm just gonna shut down
I mean, it's just gonna be it's it's it's gonna do me in it's gonna be too cheesy
Is it going to be enough because again, they just want it to be really cheesy
I just worry is it gonna be like too monotonous? So we're just gonna see how they kind of handle that
There's a good diversity in flavors and we'll just see how good it is overall
price for this by the way before anything else
They do have a special coupon
Which I don't know how much longer they're gonna have it going for you want to take advantage of it?
You could find it on their website
because originally this was gonna be like
$19 for the pizza, which is I mean that is a lot for a pizza 20 $20 pizzas
That's very pricey, but they have a coupon just ten bucks. It's a large pie and
You know get it while the getting's good anyway
But we'll see if it's worth getting it's the extra cheesy alfredo garlic Parmesan crust pizza from Papa John's
Going in
That's the alfredo sauce
Right there see it kind of there so I can confirm the existence of the alfredo sauce has been confirmed
Taking a couple more bites and we'll try out the crust for the heck of it then we'll go to the assessment
I think we'd take one more bite then we'll go to the crust
So
As I was kind of researching this pizza, you know, just trying to find out what's on it some additional info about it, etc
You know, I came across one person was
they were in tears and
This had destroyed them
they were saying
In a very, you know impassioned statement
That it was too monotonous
But they got the extra cheesy alfredo garlic parmesan crust pizza from Papa John's
Expecting it to be the cheesiest ever and they were let them but I mean when I tried it
Here's here's the thing when it comes down to this pizza. I
Don't have a problem with it. You know, I don't I don't mind
It is cheesy. I
Can I can tell you that the three cheese blend on the pizza kind of it blends together?
it's not like you can really
Pick out the the three cheese's from one a one to the other it all just blends in though
there is a very distinct separation between the cheese that's on the pizza and
The mozzarella cheese that's on the crust. You can easily make that distinction
You know, it's like that toasted mozzarella on the crust you really that stands out
You can also taste a little bit of a garlic on it. The alfredo sauce has has this
Nice creaminess to it. You know, that's what it adds. So just this creaminess it's a very soft pizza also, by the way
It's not very crunchy at all. You know, it's a very soft. It is very cheesy, though
Here's what I have to say about it, though. It's not monotony
That's an issue to me at all because I think in its own in its own right? It's flavorful
you can't go ahead and you can't compare this to say a you know, a meatlovers pizza and
expect it to taste the same right because it's not going to
Very different things very different flavors, etc
You have to look at this
This is going to be a cheesy pizza and you can't expect there to be that tomato sauce or anything because there isn't any
Right, so you have to just look into it
For what it is. Not that oh, it should taste like this is that or you know, whatever does the ingredients you're different?
So I think in its own right? It's flavorful its cheesy for sure
Here's this my one issue with it while I'm satisfied with the quality of it while I'm satisfied with the taste of the flavors
Right. It sounds like you know, you really have much to complain about. Here's my biggest issue
this
it reminds me a lot of
An item that's already on their menu, and I don't say that in a bad way
I just kind of it's just the what I really noticed about this
You know, sometimes I'll go ahead and I'll get there rather cheesy bread
I think I even said that's what it kind of looks like like their cheese sticks, you know
It's what it looks like and as I'm tasting it aside from the alfredo. That's what it really tasted like to me also
because if you've ever had their cheese sticks before it's like that's a that's almost like a mini cheese pizza right there and
You know, there's no sauce on the cheese sticks or anything kind of similar to this, you know again with the exception of the alfredo
It's just so similar to an already existing
Menu item the crust is a little different, you know, you can draw a couple little differences there
But it's just it seems so similar to something that's already on the menu there
It's just when you're looking at originality and things granted. That's not what it's all about
But it's just you know it that's the one thing that gets me to kind of say that it's a new item
But it seems just so so similar to something that they already have again. I don't say that to bash them
It's just my main observation. Um, but otherwise, I mean flavor-wise again
Everything's good. It's definitely really cheesy and
Yeah, I mean nothing's like nothing's repulsive to me at all
Um out of ten I would say it's just a little I would say it's around average, right?
this isn't anything to absolutely rave about but I think if you want a cheesy pizza, I think you'll enjoy this and
Again, I don't really have too many too many issues with it at all. It's a similar to their cheese sticks
I think a better comparison to if you like the cheese sticks, I think you'll like this pizza, you know case closed right there
So out of ten I would give it probably a five point eight out of ten. I'll mix again
It's around that average, you know mark may be slightly above it
But nothing above and beyond begin for what it is. It's okay. So yeah, five point eight or ten
I would say especially with that discount that they've got going where it's said, you know
$10 bucks for it if it would otherwise be 20 then I would say for about it, but it's just ten bucks
so, uh, yeah go out get it give it a try if you want and uh,
I think you know what you're in for at this point. So with that I'm gonna gonna wrap things up here with this pizza
I'll finish snacking away and then get some rest
With the jetlag a bedside review starting off
2020 but I hope you have it a good new here. And if you try out this pizza. Hope it's enjoyable for you
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