Had been ten months without pizza until last week. It was a first cold, rainy early autumn day after many consecutive days of heat. I offered my sister and mother a chance of a pick-up of a takeaway lunch.
Surprisingly, they asked for pizza after regularly (on many previous occasions) asking for fish and chips. I went online just after the lunchtime rush and ordered a gourmet vegetarian with double extra anchovies. 5c short of $16 and booked to be ready in just under 35 minutes said the "robot" system.
When I arrived to pick it up, it was just being cut. I had paid online so it was a quick "thank you" then grab the box and go.
It smelled great on the 2.5km trip to my sister's home and it tasted great IN PART when consumed.
The sad part of this meal is that the great smelling pizza with the quality ingredients had been put together by a rank amateur. Pretty much all the toppings (aside form the sauce) were at the very centre of the pizza base or more than 6cm away from the edges.
This whole experience was wasted.
A sixteen buck "gourmet" premium pizza (even from Dominos) deserved to be better prepared than this one.
It might well be another ten months before I risk it again. It's a pity that Dominos Toronto undercut two previous competitors whose pizzas I preferred.