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==Ordering pizza from the London Hackspace==
==Ordering pizza from the London Hackspace==


If you do a pizza order from the London Hackspace, make sure you get the 2 for 1 deal. Red Planet Pizza (24-26 Kingsland Road) gives this discount (which is only for Tuesdays) every day to the London Hackspace, but the order needs to be £60 or more, although this can be negotiated
===Recommended Venues===


Red Planet only takes cash, however, they do offer a very good service and most are quite happy with the quality of the pizza.
These venues played a part in the pizza tasting event held at the hackspace in order of tastiness. Results of the taste testing below.
 
'''Basilico''' http://www.basilico.co.uk/
 
'''Papa John's''' http://www.papajohns.co.uk/
 
'''Papillon''' http://papillon-pizza.co.uk/
 
 
These places weren't part of the taste testing but come recommended by members:
 
'''Red Planet Pizza''' http://www.redplanetpizza.com/
 
Red Planet Pizza (24-26 Kingsland Road) gives a 2 for 1 discount to the London Hackspace. Order needs to be £60 or more, negotiable. Only takes cash.
 
'''Basiliano''' http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-basiliano-pizza-e14/menu
 
Fed the helpers over the painting weekend in the hackspace. Price and quality is roughly the same as Papa John's.
 
'''Base Pizza''' http://www.base-pizza.co.uk - 460 Kingsland Road, E8 4EA
 
Italian style pizza. Tasty with good quality, super thin bases & not too greasy. 15" costs £10-12. 18" costs £13-15
 
===Pizza Tasting Results===
We recently conducted a pizza tasting event in the Hackney Rd space.
 
====Tastiness rank====
# Basilico (quote: "fantastic")
# Papa John's
# Papillon
# US Way (quote: "barely eatable")
 
====Value for price rank====
# Papillon (quote: "really cheap for the level of quality")
# Papa John's
# Basilico
# US Way (quote: "no amount of money is worth this")
 
====Speed of delivery rank====
# Papa John's (quote: "fastest both times we ordered from them")
# Papillon
# US Way
# Basilico (to be fair, they were all really close in terms of speed)


==Cooking Pizza==
==Cooking Pizza==
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 21 October 2021

Pizza is a round dough-based snack. It is oft enjoyed in the space with toppings of cheeses and meats.

In Hackspace, none of the pizza goes unused. After the doughey inside is eaten, the crusty outside is then also eaten.

In popular culture

As well as ninja hackers, pizza is known to be the preferred sustenance for ninja turtles.

Ordering pizza from the London Hackspace

Recommended Venues

These venues played a part in the pizza tasting event held at the hackspace in order of tastiness. Results of the taste testing below.

Basilico http://www.basilico.co.uk/

Papa John's http://www.papajohns.co.uk/

Papillon http://papillon-pizza.co.uk/


These places weren't part of the taste testing but come recommended by members:

Red Planet Pizza http://www.redplanetpizza.com/

Red Planet Pizza (24-26 Kingsland Road) gives a 2 for 1 discount to the London Hackspace. Order needs to be £60 or more, negotiable. Only takes cash.

Basiliano http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-basiliano-pizza-e14/menu

Fed the helpers over the painting weekend in the hackspace. Price and quality is roughly the same as Papa John's.

Base Pizza http://www.base-pizza.co.uk - 460 Kingsland Road, E8 4EA

Italian style pizza. Tasty with good quality, super thin bases & not too greasy. 15" costs £10-12. 18" costs £13-15

Pizza Tasting Results

We recently conducted a pizza tasting event in the Hackney Rd space.

Tastiness rank

  1. Basilico (quote: "fantastic")
  2. Papa John's
  3. Papillon
  4. US Way (quote: "barely eatable")

Value for price rank

  1. Papillon (quote: "really cheap for the level of quality")
  2. Papa John's
  3. Basilico
  4. US Way (quote: "no amount of money is worth this")

Speed of delivery rank

  1. Papa John's (quote: "fastest both times we ordered from them")
  2. Papillon
  3. US Way
  4. Basilico (to be fair, they were all really close in terms of speed)

Cooking Pizza

Today I discovered that it's possible to cook a 2 quid pizza express pizza from tesco in the grilling machine. Just fold it in half, and stick it in at power level 3, then wait until you can smell it from the main lab area. -alecjw

See also

Project:PizzaPrinter