AIBU to get angry about Pizza Express...

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...pizzas with holes cut out and salad put in the middle? Why?! Why the fuck not just order a smaller pizza and get a side salad?!! Who get's the bits they cut out? Is there a secret menu? Are the 'holes' what prince andrew eats when he goes?
For something that doesn't concern me as I'd never order one it does make me quite unreasonably angry. In fact my dander levels have been drastically elevated since I saw the menu on Thursday.

(Although it does look like the chef enjoyed making it VERY much!😮)

What are you supposed to do with the other half?

I would ask "why are snoods so itchy?" but that's more of a 40 year old non-problem issue.

I don’t think they cook the pizza and then remove the middle.

I think it’s odd to be getting so worked up over this.

Maybe they use them to make the children's pizzas?

I'm another one who hates rocket/arugula so would never order it.

Take it home and eat it the next day.

Wow the Prince Andrew "joke" might be the most unfunny thing I've ever read. It's actually negative funny. That's almost impressive.

Let people enjoy things. Who cares if weird holey salad pizza exists. No one is making you order it.

But they don't sell them now

I'm not having half a pizza so the sensible and economical choice is this one. I have my pizza and salad. I'm happy 😁

The middle bit (all cheese and toppings) will have more calories than the outer bit so there’ll be fewer calories in a pizza with the middle cut out - therefore more of the lower calorie edge, proportionally - than in a smaller pizza (assuming overall area is the same). They’re marketing it on the low calories.

Plus it still looks big on the plate so there’s some kind of subconscious illusion element to it, more impressive than a small pizza.

Didn't they start doing that about 15 years ago?

YABU. I love this pizza and get it every time I’m at PE. If you don’t like it don’t order it!

Oh! It’s empty in the middle 😂 I always thought it was just a salad on top!

We are glad you aren’t the CEO of Pizza Express

It is stupid but only because the crust is the worst part- that pizza misses out the nice gooey middle i.e. the best bit.
If you want half the calories just do a small pizza with side salad, or pizza on a bed of salad or something.

I don't go to pizza restaurants, because I don't want to eat an enormous pizza. So this would suit me, but smaller pizzas, as the OP suggests, with salad on the side would be better as there would be less waste.

Again, they don't sell small pizza. So what you're suggesting isn't an option.

What's wasted? They don't make the pizza, cut a hole and throw it out!!

But that is a specific menu item that I always order. My kids have a full pizza each, while I love having the pizza crust (my favorite bit) with a filling of salad. I really like it and would support this being on the menu at more restaurants.

I suggest you worry about cases where the food you do order isn't up to scratch, rather than stressing about food you don't order but that other people really enjoy.

It is stupid but only because the crust is the worst part- that pizza misses out the nice gooey middle i.e. the best bit

Yes! If I could buy a pizza with the crust cut off after cooking, that’d be perfect (with salad).

I agree with you, this bothers me far more than it should;

1)Pizza never looks like the picture.
2)The middle is the best bit.
3)They say they've 'put a salad in the middle' but it's just a small pile of dried up leaves.
4) Of course it's lower calorie, there's fuck all there.

Sounds like a right bloody faff.

That is the stupidest pizza I've ever seen.

I’ve never seen this. Doesn’t the salad get hot from the surrounding pizza? And you can’t add oil or vinegar in it. Having never seen it and thought about it, now I’m overthinking it.

I actually love these

The restaurant puts it in a box, and then you take it to your house. I guess we all have different skill levels, but I have never considered carrying a small box of food from a restaurant to my car, and then from my car to my house to be particularly onerous.

I'm a big eater but I love this pizza. I know when I go out I'm going to want a starter or dessert and like that I can get a tasty pizza for around 600 cals. I don't like the thinness of the romana, it goes like an overcooked pitta to me. I like the salad.

Pizza express also do mini dessert that go along with a coffee which I like.