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It's a big day today. It's it's not just a big day. It is. I mean, this is a
Momentous occasion. This is incredible right here. And I think a lot of people are thinking the exact same thing
This is I would even go as far as to say a historical day in regards to Pizza Hut
Especially to - you know Pizza Hut lovers Pizza Hut fans Pizza Hut fanatics
there actually have been a few reports in the news though that even
Newborn babies for some odd reason are actually speaking immediately and are talking about this believe it or not
There's one that they don't know how he got a phone or somehow
But he was already set up a social media profile and was just only talking about this new release or perhaps re-released from Pizza
so I mean this is
Groundbreaking stuff and I want to say that flat-out first and foremost
Pizza Hut has brought back the p'zone
I'm going to give a pause for a few seconds just so you could absorb this information
That's right
That was a translation for any people that only speak in truck engine and that's what that's what it was there
But yes
I brought back the P'Zone and I think some of us remember it some of us didn't I
Remember the piezo and they had this about ten years ago back in the you know mid late 2000s
And it was a big fan favorite amongst a lot of Pizza Hut fans
The funny thing when it came down to the pay zone
Was I mean back then? I always went to Pizza Hut I went there all the time
I got the I usually went to the buffet
But I was more of just a pizza fan and despite it being on the menu back then
Yeah, I find it kind of funny
But I never even tried it and then just with Mike and my good fortune
The one time when I actually did want to try the P'Zone out
They took it off the menu and I thought it was gone forever, but they brought it back
so it's actually this is the first time I'm ever gonna be trying this out from Pizza Hut, so it's just gonna be very
Interesting to to see I took a few notes down on this just so you know
If you're not really familiar with what the pay zone is, I've got you covered
So this is as the name kind of sounds this is Pizza Hut's take on the calzone
You know calzone his own though
Some people just say a song and then never may not really sound like calzone but it supposed to sound P zone
It's actually P apostrophe zo NE, so that's the actual spelling of it
now what it features is a toasted Parmesan crust and then on the inside are various pizza toppings and their cheese and
Then they give you some marinara sauce on the side for dipping purposes. Now, you can get three different his owns
the biggest one that they're really promoting and this is the one that I got because I thought just personally I would enjoy it the
Most if their pepperoni his own so when it is just pepperoni
Cheese and then on the side some marinara sauce for dipping it also comes in meaty
Which features pepperoni ham beef pork and sausage and then they have the supreme
Piezo in which I kind of I just I chuckle a little at the name because it just has sausage pepper and red
You'd think to call it supreme, you know, it'd have a little bit of everything
Like I said cream pizza, but I guess those three things are good enough
Price-wise for this all of them are around the $6 of range
Normally $5.99 plus tax
So, you know, that's the price when it comes down to and I gotta say at least that's affordable for what it is
But then you have to ask the question. It might be affordable
But is it good and that's what we're gonna find out it comes in
this box, you know, usually they kind of use this box for breadsticks and the like and
Let's see what it looks like
So here it is. This is
Any full P'Zone. Let me just hold the box at a good angle
So you can just see it right there. So that's what it looks like and you can see it comes with the 2 halves
It's already cut
Want you to bear that in mind that it is pre-cut which kind of makes it easy to eat
and then there's the marinara sauce which
for those of you that already know I'm a bit disappointed in to begin with I'm not a fan of the
Prepackaged stuff and I'm gonna be interested in seeing what difficulties that may present
See right there. There's another kind of no, sorry to angle anyway
you could definitely see that toasted parmesan on it though there I am staring at you with it and
Then I'll just look at an actual
P'Zone half
One thing I like at least said it gives you a good cross-section to begin with which
That's good. You could see what's in it. You could see how it's kind of just sealed, you know in its own thing
and
That's what it looks like. I'm gonna try it out. I'll let you know what it tastes like then I'm just gonna
Kind of navigate this and I just try it with the marinara sauce let you know my thoughts and yes is my first ever
Peas own from Pizza Hut what's going in?
You can see that's what it looks like they're in the cross section take some more bites
And I mean
You can see and this is what I was expecting honestly
You can see how it kind of opens up and that there are those air pockets in it
So it'll look a little bit bigger than it is, but you can see real close
I mean you can't see the cheese and you can see the pepperoni
So it certainly does have its toppings, you know voted in there so it can be a bit on the airier side
Now before I try it out with a marinara sauce, let me just give you an overall assessment
It tastes pretty good for what it is on its own insomuch that
You can actually taste this little kind of saltiness that the the toasted
Parmesan here has and that's just a nice little touch if you ask me
Likewise there is a good amount of cheese now. I don't know how well it'll actually show up on the camera. I'll give you that
valued cross-section once again
but either way
You can kind of see you know
There is that layer of cheese right there that kind of blends in with the dough but there is definitely a good amount of cheese
In there and the pepperoni, I mean, it's just one layer of the pepperoni
But at least there is a sufficient amount seen this one video for this guy got one that had no pepperoni in it at all
I mean at least there are toppings in there and everything blends in pretty good. Now. Here's the one thing as
Good as it might taste it does feel like it is lacking something that being sauce
Kind of tastes like just ordering a pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut with no sauce on it at all. It might taste
Alright, but you kind of want that that you know that flavor that the tomato sauce or the marinara sauce or you know?
whatever you want to call it kind of adds and that's why of course they give you
the marinara sauce
prepackaged
dipping tub
You know cup or whatever. You want to call it. I've never been a fan of this to be honest
I I thought as soon as I've kind of went back to the prepackaged stuff the quality of it just went downhill and
It's I don't know. It's that's been very difficult
to use on honestly
And I'll put that to test right now you can see there it is. I mean right there
and there this is
Let's see. Can we?
Just trying to dunk it in just like this you barely you barely coat the outside and that's all that you get
you know, so
We'll see. We'll see if this changes anything
We can dip the crust a little bit better right there
Yeah, the marinara sauce is a must-have accompaniment for this altogether it blends in very well, but you need that marinara sauce
Otherwise it actually it tastes pretty good for what it is. I do like that you can eat this on the go
You know, it's pretty easy to eat. It's not too messy or anything
My one complaint and I just say this as a customer and I think there's a lot of people thinking the same exact thing
please
When it comes down to that marinara sauce, please just go back to the old stuff
just go back to when it was in the wider, you know the wider little
Plastic container and it was fresher. It was made in the store. I mean you guys have been doing that for decades
Obviously it hasn't run you guys into the ground yet. So I think just going back to that for the sake of quality and convenience
You just solve a whole lot of problems right there because this marinara sauce tastes good
But it's a bit watered down and just trying to dip this, you know
Very wide peas own into it
Proves to be quite difficult if it was back in that old container and everything there would be no problem whatsoever. So
convenience wise and in terms of accessibility
That is a big issue and I just hope one day Pizza Hut will just go back to the old stuff
Maybe if enough people reach out and just explain, you know their issues who who knows
But otherwise it tastes good and for the price $6, I think it's I think you know go for it
I'm glad they brought it back and I'm impressed by it for the most part. Just except for that marinara sauce
It's the one thing that gets me so out of 10. I'm going to be giving this an 8.0 out of 10 flat underside
Marinara sauce stomach so it's so incredibly frustrating. That's that's all I can say about it. That's all that I have for you
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