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Dominos put more money into their ordering system bells and whistles than the actual food, if you can call it food. I couldn't even finish a slice it was so bad

Dominos put more money into their ordering system bells and whistles than the actual food, if you can call it food. I couldn't even finish a slice it was so bad.

Fifer82 9y ago
Absolutely the same here and I am Scottish. I will eat pretty much anything, but even with a beer in Me, I can't handle Dominos. Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms (I was amazed at fake mushrooms) all put together onto a tasteless base. Gives me the boke.
- Tade0 9y ago
  Fake as in "these aren't mushrooms" or "these used to be mushrooms"?
- paulcole 9y ago
  > Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms What exactly do you think is on their pizza?
  - Fifer82 9y ago
    In the UK? Analog Cheese, Water Pumped Chicken, Ultra Hydrated mushrooms. If I am paying 3 pound for a pizza, I expect it to be shit. If I am paying 10 pound, I expect it to be reasonable.
    - paulcole 9y ago
      Cheese you don't like. Chicken you don't like. Mushrooms you don't like. That doesn't make those things "fake."
      - Fifer82 9y ago
        It certainly isn't natural by any sense of the word.
    - JackCh 9y ago
      Well at least it's not digital cheese. More seriously, in America "cheese" is a term that's regulated. Cheez-wiz in a can is called something like "cheese product" because it can't legally be called "cheese". Surely this is the same in the UK too?
- duderific 9y ago
  I actually worked at Dominos many moons ago, and while their ingredients aren't "fake", they are certainly not so fresh. The pre-made, pre-sized dough, sauce, cheese and toppings all arrive in gigantic refrigerated semi trucks from a centralized warehouse. They scale they deal with is beyond the size of most "restaurants" save maybe the other fast food giants, so it has to be this way. You will never get the freshness level that you would get from a mom and pop joint, but of course, that is not what you're expecting from Dominos.
- praneshp 9y ago
  > Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms What is fake chicken? Do you want a live, breathing chicken?
  - Fifer82 9y ago
    The youngest chicken possible, pumped full of saline and water so that when cooked and you cut it with a knife, the cross section looks like playdoh. It has no texture. There is no "grain" to the meat. A chicken breast today (not fed on chemical feed) is £8-£10 each from a decent butcher or a farm. You can get chicken breast from a cheap supermarket 10 for £2.99. These aren't the same thing.
    - praneshp 9y ago
      Those aren't the same thing, but that's not fake chicken either. Chicken fed on chemical feed is not "fake" chicken either. I can understand it doesn't live up to your expectations though.
handbanana 9y ago
It's not great pizza, but it's not as inedible as you and the other commenter claim
- Operyl 9y ago
  I have to wonder if HN has a higher population of “food snobs.”

Dominos put more money into their ordering system bells and whistles than the actual food, if you can call it food. I couldn't even finish a slice it was so bad.

Fifer82 9y ago

Absolutely the same here and I am Scottish. I will eat pretty much anything, but even with a beer in Me, I can't handle Dominos. Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms (I was amazed at fake mushrooms) all put together onto a tasteless base. Gives me the boke.

Tade0 9y ago
Fake as in "these aren't mushrooms" or "these used to be mushrooms"?
paulcole 9y ago
> Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms What exactly do you think is on their pizza?
- Fifer82 9y ago
  In the UK? Analog Cheese, Water Pumped Chicken, Ultra Hydrated mushrooms. If I am paying 3 pound for a pizza, I expect it to be shit. If I am paying 10 pound, I expect it to be reasonable.
  - paulcole 9y ago
    Cheese you don't like. Chicken you don't like. Mushrooms you don't like. That doesn't make those things "fake."
    - Fifer82 9y ago
      It certainly isn't natural by any sense of the word.
  - JackCh 9y ago
    Well at least it's not digital cheese. More seriously, in America "cheese" is a term that's regulated. Cheez-wiz in a can is called something like "cheese product" because it can't legally be called "cheese". Surely this is the same in the UK too?
duderific 9y ago
I actually worked at Dominos many moons ago, and while their ingredients aren't "fake", they are certainly not so fresh. The pre-made, pre-sized dough, sauce, cheese and toppings all arrive in gigantic refrigerated semi trucks from a centralized warehouse. They scale they deal with is beyond the size of most "restaurants" save maybe the other fast food giants, so it has to be this way. You will never get the freshness level that you would get from a mom and pop joint, but of course, that is not what you're expecting from Dominos.
praneshp 9y ago
> Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms What is fake chicken? Do you want a live, breathing chicken?
- Fifer82 9y ago
  The youngest chicken possible, pumped full of saline and water so that when cooked and you cut it with a knife, the cross section looks like playdoh. It has no texture. There is no "grain" to the meat. A chicken breast today (not fed on chemical feed) is £8-£10 each from a decent butcher or a farm. You can get chicken breast from a cheap supermarket 10 for £2.99. These aren't the same thing.
  - praneshp 9y ago
    Those aren't the same thing, but that's not fake chicken either. Chicken fed on chemical feed is not "fake" chicken either. I can understand it doesn't live up to your expectations though.

handbanana 9y ago

It's not great pizza, but it's not as inedible as you and the other commenter claim

Operyl 9y ago
I have to wonder if HN has a higher population of “food snobs.”