Pizza Hut — Restaurant in Town of Halfmoon

It’s been WELL over 25 years since I last had pizza from Pizza Hut. What drew me back? Their advertisement that they had Detroit Style Pizza for a limited time. Here in Clifton Park, we only have a takeout facility from Pizza Hut.

My wife reluctantly gave into my whim by agreeing to order something else. She decided to order the Oven Baked Veggie Pasta with 5 Cheese Sticks ($11.99). Penne pasta is combined with a sweet tomato sauce, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, and black olives, and topped with cheese, shredded parmesan, and parmesan-oregano seasoning. The melted cheese topping was lightly browned on top and looked quite attractive.

Taste, however, fell far short of the beauty of the dish. There was very little flavor to the vegetables and the cheese. Normally, we would pick on the browned cheese that caramelized along the edge of the aluminum takeout tray. But this cheese was so lacking in flavor that we simply recycled a dirty tray.

The Cheese Sticks that came with her Pasta dish were actually more enjoyable. Although we were surprised to see that they were not sticks yet! They must put enough breadstick dough in a baking sheet to make 10 sticks. They then let the dough rise so the sticks are all stuck together. Once the dough is seasoned and baked, they cut the result in half and serve the half as 5 shorter breadsticks all stuck together. It’s up to you to pull or cut them apart. Tip: look at the bottom to see the direction to pull or cut.

So, that brings us to the Supremo Detroit Style pizza ($14.99) with sausage, peppers, and onions. They list three fixed topping combinations for their Detroit Style. I don’t know if you could alter the toppings by entering comments online or calling. But this Supremo combination was exactly what I tried recently from Troy’s Uncle Dom’s American Pizza. Once again, the pizza takes a pretty picture, but falls short when it comes to flavors. The sausage, peppers and onions were fine, even the sweet tomato sauce was excusable; it was the cheese and especially the dough that lacked flavor.

A statement printed on their carryout box suggests you go for the corners. They definitely have it right there. You are more likely to encounter the cheese caramelization and some crispness to the dough at the corners. There is no crispiness to the bottom dough as you approach the center. In fact, my wife thought the dough at the center of the pizza was undercooked. It certainly had not risen like the edges. The toppings totally compressed the dough in the center. That cheese stick dough had risen nicely in the center of its pan, too bad the Detroit Style dough didn’t.

It may be another 25 years before I’m back at a Pizza Hut. While our dinner time order was ready in the 15 minutes promised, we didn’t find anything enjoyable enough to make our return worthwhile. Also, the landlord for this site should do something about rainwater drainage. A heavy downpour, just before I arrived, left a large, deep puddle only a fraction of an inch beneath the sill of the...

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