VERSUS: Afrique's Special and Piazza's Supreme pizzas

Piazza's Supreme pizza

On two separate occasions, I found myself enjoying these two pizzas in the same day. Afrique's being one of Iloilo's "signature" restaurant, with 4 branches in the city, is known mostly for its pasta and pizza offerings plus other continental fares. Piazza, on the other hand, mostly serves pizza and pasta in its lone store along Diversion Road.

Afrique's Special pizza

TOPPINGS

As expected for being the top of the line, both have the most number of toppings compared to other pizzas in their respective menu. From the usual meats and sausages to mushrooms, olives, onions to something "unsual" like broccoli for Piazza's.
CRUST

Afrique's seems to use those ready made dough since you can actually taste its being too "commercial" while Piazza tastes "fresh" and chewy-crunchy in every bite.

SAUCE

Afriques uses it signature white cream sauce to add a a new dimension to this pizza with all the works while Piazza makes use of pesto sauce which balances the taste of all the toppings

Both of these visits always yielded the same result, it was Piazza, by a mile.

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