The restaurant imposes a fee of $120 for adding pineapple to your pizza.
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Few events in culinary history spark as much debate as the choice made by a Canadian chef in the 1960s to top a ham pizza with canned pineapple.
When Sam Panapoulos created what he and his brother-slash-partner-in-crime dubbed Hawaiian pizza, it was a breach of Italian culinary protocol that would echo down through the ages.
Sixty years later, the debate over whether pineapple should be included on pizza continues to split nations, communities, and even families.
A pizzeria in Norwich, England, has boldly embraced the controversial topping by adding pineapple to its online delivery menu — albeit at a staggering price of £100 (approximately $122).
Surprisingly, this isn’t the highest price charged for pineapple in the past year — a $395.99 red-hued variant hit the California market last May — but it’s considerably higher than the dollar that a can of tinned pineapple would typically cost in a UK superstore.
“Yeah, for £100 you can have it. Order the champagne too! Go on you Monster!,” jeers the new menu listing for Hawaiian on Lupa Pizza’s account on UK food delivery app Deliveroo.
It stands alongside well-loved classics like Napoli, Meatball, and Pepperoni, each priced at $17 or below.
"Say 'no' to pineapple."
“I refuse to use pineapple,” Lupa’s head c
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