Fusion Dining Throughout History
Twenty minutes. That painstaking twenty minutes is taking longer than expected. Ever tried waiting for something where you can get your hands full but still, you’ve got to wait? That sensation lingers with you until that object is within your reach. However, when the object has landed to the area of your peripheral vision, when you could almost taste the smell of smoking ingredients crawling to your nose and fills it with its flavor, it’s when you say, “It’s all worth it”.
By the time the waiter or waitress approaches your table carrying the pan with an aroma overflowing all over the room to yield your long-awaited multi-colored pizza, all that agony from waiting, slowly dissipates from your scorned system. The delayed feeling of bliss has arrived and all you want to do is to get your hands full with it – even when it gets dirty. But still, you have the option of getting your fork and knife and start slicing to dissect your favorite parts of the meal. But again, why hold back a few seconds before putting that piquant, delectable, mouth-watering wedge of pizza onto your salivating mouth? Now, it would be a waste to anticipate it. So just dig in.
This flat round bread with various toppings, we call pizza has found its way to becoming one of the popular foods amongst teenagers and family members. Why is this so? It’s because of its creative way of using the bread as a plate. Convenient isn’t it? Little did every pizza lover know that the idea of flattening the bread was from Greece, and it didn’t have the sophisticated artistry of a variety of toppings until the Italians made it that way. In fact, it was a type of bread crowned with a tang before being baked to a wood-fired oven, giving pizza its unique smoky flavor. The pioneers of the pizza grandeurs that we know today stemmed from Naples, those that were seasoned with garlic, oil, anchovies, and mozzarella cheese. However, this was not the enthralling pizza yet. It was then when Chef Rafaelle Esposito revolutionized pizza artistry when he incorporated tomatoes, fresh basil, and mozzarella cheese representing the colors red, white, and green of the Italian flag in his Pizza Margherita. A nationalistic yet artistic way of presenting pizza capturing the heart of royalty. So this may be the exact same reason why this dish is much appreciated being evolved, remade, and reinvented throughout history.
Haven’t you notice that from a simple flat bread, an intricate dish has been created? From a monotonous to a multi-colored combination has made its facade more enticing? Pizza is a pleasurable, innovative and fun way of dining. Not even the peasants in the olden times enjoyed it, but the royalties as well. In eating pizza, it’s not just about the taste and presentation, but it’s the exuberant time you splurge indulging in bottomless conversations with your family and friends. In return, pizza parlors and pizzerias are sprouting in every corner. Each restaurant has its own signature of taste and ambience catering to the different preferences of pizza aficionados. May it be a Pizza Napoletana, the certified Italian traditional, as Pizza Margherita and Pizza Marinara; Lazzio style such as Pizza Romana, Pizza Capricciosa and White Pizza; or a local flavor plate such as Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza, BBQ Ribs Pizza in America and Tostada Pizza for a blend of Mexican, nacho twine. It’s a play with the imaginative mind, a formulation of wide range of flavors while setting a distinctive tone in the room bringing a retrospective view in every customer visit. What ever mood you’re in, a diverse blend of pizza parlors can offer it to you! If you feel you want to catch a glimpse of the city, chill out with some friends indoors with musical sessions such as a rhythmic jazz, a cool acoustic sensation, or head-banging rock music, can be a perfect way of pizza dining experience.
As the world shrinks into a global village, rapidly changing and cultural heritage blooming, pizza dining experience has become much more hybrid yet more incorporated with an ethnic feel. Yes, indeed a dish so simple yet complicated.
