Comments on: Lower Intermediate #29 - How to Order a Pizza 2

by: Ben

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:11:47 +0000

I agree with Crackerjacksoul. Please, a little less banter in English about stuff that may not be of all-round importance and a little more attention paid to the actual lesson. Peter’s really great at keeping the lesson ‘on track’. Woud like to add that this is the best site I’ve come across for learning Japanese. Many thanks.

by: crackerjacksoul

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:24:16 +0000

Not bad, but I thought this lesson had too much talking about weird pizza types and not enough Japanese learning (11:55 to 14:30). This kind of stuff should probably have gone into a cultural lesson instead of a regular lesson. Please try to stick to reviewing vocab and keep the lessons short and concise. It’s a pain to listen to all of that other stuff again when trying to review a lesson. Otherwise, the dialogue was quite good this time around. Thanks.

by: kitty-chan

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:45:28 +0000

I actually understood the intro this time!!!

Where can I buy JapanesePod Sauce??!!! たべたいです！

by: EvilTeaCup

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:27:20 +0000

Woah, was that Kazunori I just heard? Ha ha ha its great to hear the alpha male again.

by: Laura

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:31:03 +0000

I LOVE Hawaiian pizza. It’s common in Canada and NZ, but not so much in the US. It’s hard to find frozen Hawaiian pizzas in the supermarket for example. I think it’s the best - such a perfect combination of sweet pineapple and salty ham.

I once ordered Hawaiian at a little pizza place in Italy. The pizza chef was really peeved. He started huffing and rolling his eyes and saying “Pineapple?! You call this pizza?! This isn’t pizza! This is food for children!” He made it, but he complained the whole time, as if my pineapple request forced him to betray the art of pizza-making.

by: Jane

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:30:51 +0000

Hey Guys,

I just wanted to add that Hawaiian Pizza is common place in Germany, too . As in the UK, in California and in Brazil
Moreover, in Germany there are different Pizzas every season as well. Currently, for example, my pizza place offers a greek style pizza, topped with miced meat, onion, feta cheese and peperoni …

And here you can have a look at the delicious pizzas we have here in Germany. Be aware of the prices! Maybe you should come here, if you like pizza!

Pizza “Kentucky”
Salami (4,60 € - 8,70 €)
Pizza “Hawaii”
Bacon, Pineapple (5,10 € - 9,70 €)
Pizza “Alaska”
Tuna, Onion (5,40 € - 10,30 €)
Pizza “New York”
Tuna, Bacon, Mushrooms, Spinach (6,70 € - 12,90 €)
Pizza “California”
Mushrooms, Broccoli, Tomato, Corn (7,20 € - 13,90 €)

By the way: 1€ = 1,34$ = 165 円

by: Chris

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:07:23 +0000

Javizy-san -
Same information on types of pizza here in the Ohio/Michigan area.

Here, they vary. Several places have medium peperoni pizzas for about $5, large 2 topping pizzas are usually about $10.

Medium pizzas here are usually about 12in (30cm), large about 15in (38cm), XL are about 18in (45cm).

by: markystar

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:45:38 +0000

steveさん、

dude, i love Imo’s!!

marky

by: stlsamurai

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:25:27 +0000

Marky,

I’m glad you enjoyed St. Louis style pizza. The most famous St. Louis style pizza in St. Louis is Imo’s. Some St. Louisans actually don’t like the provel cheese, but I do. And it is much less expensive than in Japan. St. Louis has a very large Japanese Festival (aki matsuri) in September at the Missouri Botanical Garden (mobot.org), which has one of the largest Japanese Garden (seiwa-en) in the US.

I am Japanese American and have been to Japan 3 times and really enjoyed every trip. My father’s family is from Kumamoto in Kyushu and my mother’s family is from Wakayama. I have met relatives in both areas.

I took Nihon-go lessons from Berlitz about 10 years ago and JP101 really helps to build onto those introductory classes. I seem to learn something from classes of every level.

Arigato gozaimasu,

Steve
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

by: Daniel Beck

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:53:42 +0000

Jeffさん、

Bobbleheads!!!