A pizza so common it offered out in days final 12 months…however will this 12 months’s model be a sell-out hit?
When tsukimi (“moon-viewing”) season rolls round in early autumn, quick meals chains in Japan add limited-edition tsukimi objects to their menus to mark the event. Out of all of the tsukimi choices, although, Domino’s Japan’s moon-viewing pizza is without doubt one of the hottest, promoting out in lower than every week final 12 months.
This 12 months, the chain goes even larger with a brand new Tsukimi Quattro, and in an effort to stop it from promoting out in days, the chain says it has stocked up on 5 instances as a lot of the uncooked components in comparison with final 12 months. We had been fortunate sufficient to be invited to a pre-release tasting occasion in Tokyo, so our reporter P.Ok. Sanjun headed over to get a style of the brand new pizza and see the way it compares to final 12 months’s sell-out selection.
▼ The star ingredient is egg, as “tsukimi” is shorthand for dishes containing egg in Japan, as a result of spherical egg yolk’s resemblance to the total moon.
▼ The CEO of Domino’s Japan, a Dutchman named Martin Steenks, was additionally on the occasion.
Just like the 2023 tsukimi pizza, this 12 months’s can be a Quattro, however as a substitute of containing Creamy Egg Genovese, the brand new Cheeseburger Pizza might be taking its place, becoming a member of the Teri Chiki Egg, Creamy Egg & Bacon, and Creamy Egg & 4 Mushrooms that appeared within the Quattro final 12 months.
▼ The Tsukimi Quattro is priced from 1,890 yen (US$13.04) for a small.
Domino’s says each slice of this pizza is stronger in flavour in comparison with final 12 months, and when P.Ok. bought a style of it, he wholeheartedly agreed. Every quarter incorporates a distinct sauce: white sauce, Camembert cheese sauce, demi-glace sauce, and mayonnaise sauce, so there’s all kinds of flavours to excite the palate, however what was most stunning to P.Ok. was the style of the eggs.
Often, the egg flavour in tsukimi objects tends to be delicate and mellow however right here it left a robust and impactful impression. This was truly a very good factor, as every pizza slice contained so many components that the style of egg would in any other case be swallowed up by them, however right here the eggs had been allowed to shine as vivid because the harvest moon.
Domino’s says the robust flavours is intentional, because the pizza is designed to be loved with alcohol whereas viewing the moon. P.Ok. agrees it’ll be very best for that, because the abundance of white-based sauces and lack of tomato sauce within the pizza makes it pretty heavy, so it could go down effectively with some liquid refreshment.
▼ Whereas the Tsukimi Quattro is designed for sharing, solo diners can benefit from the moon with a limited-edition “Pizza Bento” containing the Creamy Egg & Bacon pizza, priced from 990 yen.
Each the Quattro and Bento pizzas are completely scrumptious, with hearty components and flavours excellent for the cooler days and nights of early autumn. It’ll be an ideal accompaniment to the rising moon on the official night time of tsukimi, which this 12 months falls on 17 September, however the pizza could be loved anytime whereas it’s on the menu from 9-29 September.
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