Forget the debate on whether pineapple should be on top of a pizza. How do you feel about bullfrogs?
Chinese Pizza Hut locations are offering a special pie, which features a deep-fried frog, along with a hard-boiled egg, cut in half, and two black olives. It’s all served atop a bed of parsley in red sauce on a thick crust. The egg halves and the olives are positioned so as to replicated the amphibian’s eyes.
The protein-heavy pizza is called the “Goblin pizza” and was reportedly launched in a collaboration with the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game.
Per @Technomic Global Navigator, in proof that other countries/cultures prefer different types of proteins, Pizza Hut is offering a pizza topped with a frog for a limited time offer in China – and frog is trending.#restaurant #menutrends #menu #global https://t.co/PYgPfQhSvp pic.twitter.com/YvhG9eEYrg
— David Henkes (@davidhenkes) November 20, 2024
No word, just yet, on how the Goblin pizza pairs with Pizza Hut’s recently released tomato wine.
Social media reaction to the pie was … pretty much exactly what you’d expect.
One Redditor labeled it “pure blasphemy.” Another declared it a “pizza felony” and one insisted “whoever made that pizza should go to a gulag.”
“I’m fine with frog, but bones do not belong on pizza,” said another user.
Pizza Hut hardly has the sole claim to stunt foods. KFC, a few years ago, put “pink and black burgers” up for sale in China. And Burger King offered a Red hamburger in Japan.
They’re not just limited to overseas locations, either. In years past, McDonald’s has offered pumpkin-spiced French fries, while Burger King rolled out the Whopperito. And Pizza Hut, in 2015, put a hot dog stuffed crust pizza up for sale in the U.S. (It didn’t catch on.)
