Yahoo Finance Pizza Hut in Hong Kong rolls out snake-meat pizza for limited time
Pizza Hut introduced a new and exotic pizza option available only in Hong Kong that's garnering attention around the world. The new pizza is topped with finely shredded snake meat, giving it a distinctive texture and flavor.
Pizza Hut and Ser Wong Fun teamed up to create a 9-inch pizza inspired by traditional snake stew. The pizza features shredded snake meat, black mushrooms, and Chinese dried ham.
The pizza will only be available until November 22nd.
According to CNN, customers who have tried the pizza claim that the texture of the snake is similar to dry chicken.
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Inspired by popular regional dish
Snake meat is believed to have medicinal properties and Pizza Hut claims that it can boost blood circulation.
“Combined with pizza, it marks a breakthrough from the conventional concept of what maintaining good health means while challenging one’s taste buds,” Pizza Hut Hong Kong said in a statement to CNN.
A popular Hong Kong and southern China snake stew inspired the dish.
Pizza Hut Hong Kong has announced its plans to introduce unconventional menu items, such as a pizza topped with Chinese preserved sausages. This move is part of a trend among Asian franchises of American brands to celebrate local food culture with gastronomical creations, including pizzas featuring durian, pig blood curds, or Tonkotsu ramen.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Pizza Hut introduces pie topped with snake meat in Hong Kong
