Super Supreme / Hut’s Couple @ Pizza Hut
Ling knows that every now and then – say about once a month – I’ll have an insatiable craving for pizza. The need can be quite whimsical actually; we could be at any ordinary shopping mall heading towards the foodcourt for dinner, when without warning, I’ll blurt out my pizza craving, and I’ll get cranky real quick if I don’t get it soon.
I’m not alone in my fascination with pizzas, at least here in Singapore. On more than a few occasions, there’s been articles in the Sunday Times presenting comparative reviews of the major pizza chains in Singapore. Heck; even Sakae Sushi is coming up with their own Japanese-styled pizzas, or so I remembered from a flyer put into our mailbox the other day.
I used to be a big fan of Pizza Hut actually; not so much because of the quality of its pizzas. Rather, some years ago the restaurant offered a pizza buffet deal at very low and attractive cost; eat all you can for around $12 at lunch. I stuffed myself with that deal more times than I can remember during those few years the package ran, and I wonder if the buffet thing was killed several years ago because too many people like me were gobbling more pizzas down than the $12 price was worth.
In any case, we hadn’t tried Pizza Hut since my leaving and return from Perth almost 4 years ago now; so we checked it out the Hut’s Couple set for two at Compass Point on a Thursday evening last week. For $25, excluding GST and other charges, we got a 9 inch Super Supreme, two servings of the soup of the day, and drinks. Ling had just tried making our own Cream of Mushroom soup the night before, and the restaurant’s version tasted rather poor compared to Ling’s very magnificent effort just before. The pizza was as I remembered it; pretty serviceable and edible. However, the real disappointment was in its size. The menu stated the pizza was enough for 2-3 persons. Well, personally, I could had finished that pizza all on my own. It really wasn’t very big. I imagine two light eaters could get by with it, but two hungry males on that 9 inch would be fighting over its portions soon enough. The final bill came to just over $30 including charges, and also as we changed the Pepsi drinks to other choices.
- Food: 7 / 10
- Value: 1.5 / 5
- Overall: 2.8 / 5. The food really is OK, but given the size of the servings just isn’t very good value for money to me. We’d go with Pastamania next time.
Is all pizza in Singapore similarly expensive?
I’m afraid so bud. Pizzas don’t normally sell per slice here, so minimally they’re at least 6 inches wide, and costing at least $10 for the cheapest.
Just realized that a SPAM comment sneaked through Akismet too into this post – fortunately, you posted a comment here so I noticed it.:)
I was just going to ask you if Spam in Singapore is similarly as expensive as the pizza. : )