Dukes has been taken off a lot of people "to do list" lately but today he's back in fighting form. I ordered a small italiano pizza from the other side of the river and went home with half and was perfect F Y I perfect

You should go get the other half.

I had an Italian sausage and mushroom pizza from The Dukes at Prom. today, it was brilliant.

Pics or it didn't happen

Don't know of late, but Dukes always did a good pizza imo. But best pizza I ever had was in Genoa, Italy. 

Are they still cutting the large ones in squares as if for children? And is it so soggy in the middle that you can't hold a square without it flopping over like a piece of wet fish? 

Flavor has always been there, but crusts of baby-food and cut in squares? Not. 

Soggy dough is amateurish, but it can often occur with high water content toppings.  I would take a nice crispy slice of cheese new york style than some doughy mess with the whole kitchen sink any day of the week.

1 hour ago, Rob13 said:

Pics or it didn't happen

I'm sorry that it's up side down and not a picture of an actual pizza, but it does prove my story as true.

 

BTW it was brilliant and I ate the whole thing, burp!

 

1 hour ago, Rob13 said:

Pics or it didn't happen

 

 

This forum is odd. It seems nobody ever posts pics of anything. Not sure why this is as everybody has a phone on them these days. lol The guy took a picture of the receipt and not the pizza. 

 

To the person who doesn't know any better many pizzerias in the USA cut it in squares. This is done with thinner crust pizzas and is representative of a Chicago style thin crust. Usually what happens is people fight for the crust pieces with the molten brown cheese. 

Just now, anotheruser said:

 

 

This forum is odd. It seems nobody ever posts pics of anything. Not sure why this is as everybody has a phone on them these days. lol The guy took a picture of the receipt and not the pizza. 

 

To the person who doesn't know any better many pizzerias in the USA cut it in squares. This is done with thinner crust pizzas and is representative of a Chicago style thin crust. Usually what happens is people fight for the crust pieces with the molten brown cheese. 

 

"as everybody has a phone on them these days".

 

I don't carry a camera phone that connects to the internet, I use a simple 3G phone that has no internet capabilities, that way I don't spend all my time time looking at sh*t when I could be doing something useful, like talking to people face to face during the most of the day rather than surfing whilst eating, walking, taking a dump, driving, etc etc.

 

BUT, I did happen to keep the receipt from the Dukes, just to prove I wasn't being supportive without a reason.

I guess it is also an age thing somewhat. On "younger" forums the posts contain a higher level of pics. In fact you get a lot of grief if you post about what you bought or your dinner with no pics. 

2 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

I guess it is also an age thing somewhat. On "younger" forums the posts contain a higher level of pics. In fact you get a lot of grief if you post about what you bought or your dinner with no pics. 

 

I accept that's the way it is but I confess I never understood why.

Just now, chiang mai said:

 

I accept that's the way it is but I confess I never understood why.

 

How so? For example go to the food thread I made in western food section. What posts stick out the most and are most interesting? The ones with pics right? Go to any website that shows a menu, you will more likely than not go to eat at the place that has pictures of the food. Any review of food normally is accompanied by pictures. 

Possible shake-up in the kitchen and new chef(s)? I read on another forum that the Executive Chef of several years has left.

Original Rays Famous on 11th st in NYC... 

1 minute ago, anotheruser said:

 

How so? For example go to the food thread I made in western food section. What posts stick out the most and are most interesting? The ones with pics right? Go to any website that shows a menu, you will more likely than not go to eat at the place that has pictures of the food. Any review of food normally is accompanied by pictures. 

 

Right, that does it, I'm convinced.

 

I'm off out now to buy a 4G phone with a camera so I can photograph all my meals before I eat them and share them with everyone I know, it sounds like a pukka idea!

Well at least keep us updated on the receipts of the meals you ate. Seems you have time for that. :)

Assume Dukes is desperate. I m fairly new here but it seems like almost every week someone is posting about how good dukes pizzas are. Perhaps the owners mates are being asked to post and eulogise his stuff?

 

For the record, I ve had "great pizzas" recently at Viva Pizza, a great little place near Hangdong, and also at Street Pizza on Thapae Road.

 

It doesnt take a feat of engineering or Stephen Hawking to make a good Pizza!

Just now, EL159 said:

Assume Dukes is desperate. I m fairly new here but it seems like almost every week someone is posting about how good dukes pizzas are. Perhaps the owners mates are being asked to post and eulogise his stuff?

 

For the record, I ve had "great pizzas" recently at Viva Pizza, a great little place near Hangdong, and also at Street Pizza on Thapae Road.

 

It doesnt take a feat of engineering or Stephen Hawking to make a good Pizza!

 

It seems to in Thailand. I assume you can make restaurant quality pizza right?

2 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

Well at least keep us updated on the receipts of the meals you ate. Seems you have time for that. :)

 

At 19:00 hours I have lots of time!

Anyone who had the best pizza of their life anywhere in Thailand had a deprived childhood.

3 minutes ago, EL159 said:

Assume Dukes is desperate. I m fairly new here but it seems like almost every week someone is posting about how good dukes pizzas are. Perhaps the owners mates are being asked to post and eulogise his stuff?

 

For the record, I ve had "great pizzas" recently at Viva Pizza, a great little place near Hangdong, and also at Street Pizza on Thapae Road.

 

It doesnt take a feat of engineering or Stephen Hawking to make a good Pizza!

 

"every week someone is posting about how good dukes pizzas are", could it be, perhaps, maybe, it's because they are good? Nah, too simple of an answer obviously!

 

"It doesnt take a feat of engineering or Stephen Hawking to make a good Pizza!" - I wouldn't be too sure about that, you did say you are fairly new here!

2 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

 

At 19:00 hours I have lots of time!

 

You woudln't possibly have any other receipts squirreled away we could browse do you? :) 

 

Anyway I am out of here. 

8 minutes ago, EL159 said:

It doesnt take a feat of engineering or Stephen Hawking to make a good Pizza!

 

It does if you're limited to locally available (and affordable) ingredients.

 

Anyone could make a great pizza if you can sell it for $75.

 

Edit:  But even then, a lot of places flop anyway.

I had an Italian sausage and mushroom pizza from The Dukes at Prom. today, it was brilliant.

They also have a good combo pizza....add pepperoni, meatballs, onions, bell peppers and olives. It's good.

Best pizzas ever, Hanoi and Los Angeles..go figure

27 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

I guess it is also an age thing somewhat. On "younger" forums the posts contain a higher level of pics. In fact you get a lot of grief if you post about what you bought or your dinner with no pics. 

 

In some cases true.

 

I've asked my uni students several times to show me some of their food pics on their smartphones. Then, deliberately I ask them the name of the restaurant, who was there and the date.

 

On most occasions they can't answer any of the questions. I then ask an obvious question, 'then why did you take photos of the food'. They can't answer. Except for one girl who, after quite a few seconds said 'because all my friends do it'. 

10 minutes ago, Clamhua said:

Best pizzas ever, Hanoi and Los Angeles..go figure

 

Best pizzas ever, Detroit, go figure! (Buddy;s and Shields)

If someone liked the food enough to start a thread about it; I want to see a photo of  it. A pictures worth a thousand words and all that.

Plus, I've had the Duke's pizzas. They're good but not enough for me to talk about it afterwardss. I'm wondering if maybe they've improved, iin which case I want to see if it's worth a trip down there.

Agreed if you are going to rave take a photo. The exception to this is if you are joining a thread asking for recommendations. If you are posting just one place out of the blue pics are mandatory.