Saw this over on TA...
It's a vending machine that spits out a pizza in 3 minutes.
Why on Earth this is necessary in Rome--where, in normal times, freshly-made pizza joints are all over--is beyond me. I guess if it's 4 in the morning and you're starving, but other than that, no thanks!
Actually did not look bad.
A solution to personal contact in the covid era?
Reminds me of the bread vending machines I saw in France. But in that case, the machines were in small towns that no longer had their own bakeries.
OMG! Is nothing sacred?
First Domino's in Milan. Then Starbucks and now this. What's next, the Olive Garden is going to open franchises all over Italy?
Think we saw something similar in Salzburg in "19... Just couldn't try one - even if just to say we had.
What's next, the Olive Garden is going to open franchises all over Italy?
Well, Frank II, where else are you going to find your chicken fettucine alfredo :-)
Well, Frank II, where else are you going to find your chicken fettucine alfredo :-)
As far as I'm concerned, it can stay lost.
And let me say it here and now.......I have NEVER been to the Olive Garden and I don't plan to start now.
Resigning? I'd kill a pony to eat a square of the roman pizza (focaccia) sold by the slice in the 80s! When mr Bonci was young and pizza by the slice wasn't hip, yet.
Those were the times when bakers at 5 AM gave away unsold pizza-by-the-slice right from the oven to the kids walking back to Rome's outskirts... maybe it was so good because we were so young.
Incidentally, a good "square pizza" 's dough is made to be reheated in electric ovens without getting toasted.
I’ve read of some fairly bizarre vending machines in Japan. If this is the worst Rome has maybe they’re not too bad off.
Ooh, can we get back that old thread about the tourists rather eating at Olive Garden?
Love the Olive Garden, those bottomless salads are the bomb. But would not go to one in Italy, that seems pointless.
A generic pizza vending machine in Rome is like a generic ice cream vendor standing outside a Haagen Dazs store.
However, I think these would make a killing on college campuses outside a dorm building.
Probably made by the Japanese, you can buy anything in a vending machine in Japan.
One of the 4 pizza toppings offered is bacon so that seems like a strange flavor for targeting Italians, unless bacon is just a poor translation for prosciutto.
Resigning? I'd kill a pony to eat a square of the roman pizza
(focaccia) sold by the slice in the 80s! When mr Bonci was young and
pizza by the slice wasn't hip, yet. Those were the times when bakers
at 5 AM gave away unsold pizza-by-the-slice right from the oven to the
kids walking back to Rome's outskirts... maybe it was so good because
we were so young. Incidentally, a good "square pizza" 's dough is made
to be reheated in electric ovens without getting toasted.
Dario, I trust you'll behave with your response... :)
Is the '80's focaccia-style pizza you speak of the type I had at Il Forno bakery in Rome, just off Campo de' Fiori? We had wandered in one morning for the Lenten pastries, and saw these square-ish pans just coming out of the oven. We asked and were offered a salsiccia/escarole slice, somewhat crispy but nothing like any focaccia I've had in the States. It was incredible. And who knows, it may have been reheated from the day before. Who cares?!
Bought another one to take away, and thought about it all day. When I returned the next morning and asked for the salsiccia/escarole, the guy said 'maybe next week'. Argh! We've had Bonci here in Chicago--OK but nothing like this. Apparently the Roscioli family has had Il Forno since 1970, and also owns nearby Ristorante Emma (fabulous puntarelle salad and spaghetti Carbonara) and a salumeria.
