- Let's all take a moment of silence
to pray for my stomach.
But I'm gonna do this anyway.
What's up y'all it's Mel from Thrillist
and today we're out to get our pizza fix in Mexico City.
Yeah that's right, we're eating pizza in Mexico
because well we all have that one friend
who craves pizza any time, any place and today it's me.
We're standing inside Pizza del Perro Negro
where they serve the most over-the-top Mexican cuisine
inspired pizzas, and not only is it a pizza joint,
but it's also a skate park and arcade.
Let's go check them out.
- Pizza del Perro Negro started with us
just as an idea of mixing food that tasted like music,
and the music we were basing ourselves on was rock 'n' roll,
and for us it was breaking against what was settled,
breaking against what was cooking orthodox.
The chile relleno pizza is one
of our 35 specialties,
and is one of our top signature pizzas,
but the chile relleno pizza is
a pizza that is a clash of cultures,
we grab the best out of the Mexican cuisine
and the best about food that we grab from other countries
and we mix it together.
Mexico is a place where we're very rich in food
so for us it's very easy to try to work and master
each ingredient and then try to put it in balance.
For us it was about finding the correct way
of making a Mexican pizza.
- Damn! This has got to be one of the most
intimidating pizzas I've ever laid my eyes on.
I mean look at this,
each slice has this ginormous chile on top.
You start with a cheese-based pizza
and inside each chile pepper
is five different types of cheeses.
Wow, look at how gooey this cheese is right here.
Let's take a bite.
It definitely has a little kick to it.
So this pizza is actually a lot lighter
than I expected because
when they fry these chile peppers
they use a batter that's similar to tempura batter
which is a lot lighter and airier,
and there's this nice crisp to it
so with every bite it's just this really light crunch.
Upon first glance you would think
this crust is super thick bread, super doughy,
but it's actually not, this part of the crust is pretty thin
and what fills it just this enormous amount of cheese,
and the kick of the pepper, the spiciness of the pepper,
it pairs well with the saltiness of the cheese
which kinda cools down your palate.
Well my pizza craving is satisfied
and this was definitely worth the pit stop.
I'm gonna continue working on this,
and in the mean time if you're fond of unique pizzas
in general, make sure you check out
our Fork Yeah on Korean-inspired pizzas.
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