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Oh yeah. Thinner and cardboardier crusts (or thicker and more mattressy), watery sauce, randomly cut toppings (ie huge chunnks of red onion but micro-dots of pineapple) and weird topping combinations.

To be fair to them, their sides are usually FAR better, they are miles cheaper and they are halal (doesn't bother me, but it offers a service). And they are open later.

My American date-non-date explained about pizza to me last week. He said the standard pizza chains in the UK (Pizza Hut and Dominos) are not American style pizzas, as I always assumed. He said they are the lowest common denominator created by suits in the mid-West as a cheap fascimile of what pizza should be.

The worst pizza available in England is far worse than the worst pizza available in America - the standard is generally much higher. However he admitted that you can buy Italian style pizza over here which is better than what the majority of Americans would accept as real pizza.

Having travelled in Italy I was fairly confident of this, but it was nice to have it confirmed. My apologies for calling the other stuff American style for years. I loathe Pizza Hut, but have got used to Dominos. Their Sizzler makes my bum burn and I quite like it.