China’s Pizza Hut franchise is serving customers deep-fried frogs on top of their pies.
David Henke, a global food trendwatcher and industry consultant, posted on X/Twitter, unveiling a picture of the specialized pizza that’s supposedly being offered for a limited time.
Alongside an advertisement for the creation, Henke wrote: “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.”
The thick-crust pizza features a red sauce base under a bed of parsley with a whole fried bullfrog on top. Two halves of hard-boiled egg with black olives appear as the “eyes” of the frog.
It is unclear how long Chinese Pizza Hut will be offering the protein-packed pizza and the company does not specify on their website either.
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According to Korean news outlet Maeil Business Newspaper, the pizza has been launched in collaboration with Dungeons and Dragons and is named “Goblin Pizza” after one of the popular game’s characters.
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Pizza Hut isn’t the only fast-food chain in Asia that’s put controversial pairings on its menu.
In 2020, McDonald’s locations in China added a sandwich made with two slices of Spam and an Oreo crumb topping mixed with its famous burger sauce.
And in 2022, Domino’s Pizza Japan introduced Crispy Fish and Chipa Pizza that came with fried fish and potato slices, basil, tartar and tomato sauces and lemon slices.
Euuuww, I’m not eating that, it’s got coriander on it.
Wouldn’t mind, frog is tasty. Could’ve been better if it’s a side dish instead of putting it on pizza.
Edit:
Aight i change my mind.
I’m not sure if basilisk is edible or not.
This must be what other countries feel when they see stuff like this:
Started as an April’s fools’ joke, became reality shotly after.
For what it’s worth this brand is pretty good. I only get Margherita and put my own toppings on them, but they’re my go-to for frozen pizza.
I wanna try both of those
As the pizza with fish fingers was only a limited edition, they released the official recipe.
Awesome, thanks! I coincidentally looked for help in reverse engineering another Dr. Oetker pizza a couple of days ago, but this is much simpler.
Crunchy Frog. What’s their next flavor, Spring Surprise?
Reported
And God looked upon his creations…and wept
I had a pizza with hotdogs on it in Japan. They were cut longways. That was pretty bad, but this is a fucking crime.
[Speculative joke] Customers were ribbited upon first seeing it but were very hoppy once trying it.
one guesses it would take a long time to prepare, what with the gradually increasing temperature in order to stop the frog from hopping out.
I would eat that so hard
Pizza Hut. Release this in the U.S., cowards.
