Saturday, August 10, 2013

Achievement Unlocked - Ordering Pizza Over the Phone

Friends and family, citizens of the world, we have an announcement.  In a stunning achievement, the ordering of food by telephone has just been accomplished by the very capable duo of Megan and Kevin.

It doesn't really matter that we had previously visited Pizza LA in person to create an account by providing them our physical address and phone number (after about 30 minute of back and forth banter in broken English and Japanese).  Nor does it matter that the bulk of the call was me just saying "Hai... hai.... hai" ("yes...yes...yes...") to anything they said, regardless of whether or not it was right.  At one point, I did realize I needed to pick a crust type.  "Crusto typee Itarian?" was my best attempt at "Italian Crust".  In total, maybe 20 words were spoken by me, about 300-500 by the clerk at Pizza LA.

Doesn't matter, because in the end, we had fresh hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes to our door, no tip required (this is Japan, good customer service is the norm).  It was a little odd because we got fresh basil delivered in a separate baggie.  Along with the basil, we also got the more traditional packets of Red Pepper, Olive Oil, and Spicy Herbs (oregano).  Meg decorated the pizza with the basil and we had dinner!  See below for the proof.  One thing to note, pizza in Japan is extremely expensive, likely due to the fact that I think they import most of the ingredients (sauce, cheese, veggies, etc).  This pizza was a large cheese pizza, about the size of a med/large US delivery pizza and it set us back about $30- definitely a special treat rather than a spur of the moment meal.




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