Best Pizza in Hong Kong: Pizza Express

Have you ever been to the gym? Have you ever been to the gym, with the intention of getting a salad afterwards, and then on your way home smelled the pizzalicious aroma of fresh Pizza Express...and then had to go there and order a pizza and a glass of wine or two and basically counteract everything you did at the gym times three?

Yeah, me neither.

Pizza Express is the restaurant you never want to suggest but always agree to instantaneously. The feeling is similar to when you're traveling in another country and you're secretly happy when someone else suggests McDonald's for breakfast (the alternative being a walk around for two hours random point at a menu could be fish or intestines or rice surprise yet full of cultural experience breakfast).

Its a lot like McDonald's in that its predictable, tastes the same at pretty much every location and uses its political influence to increase its profits at the expense of people's health and the social conditions of its workers.

Just kidding!

Honestly though, it really is the most predictable pie in town if you are looking for a decent option while out in Soho, Stanley, TST, Taikoo Shing, Wan Chai...etc etc. The crust is reliably crispy and you have a choice of Roman, Neopolitan or wheat crust. I think wheat crust is for hippies and the other two taste pretty much the same but I usually go for Roman.

The sauce is zippy and the toppings are usually fresh. I'm pretty sure they recently got rid of my favorite pizza flavor (Sloppy Giusseppe...see top pic) and replaced it with something called Chicago that involves barbecued meat and cheddar cheese only which may or may not illustrate an extreme lack of judgment on Pizza Express's part but I still think these guys are worth a shot.

They're also a good (though slightly expensive) option for delivery because the crust stays tasty reheated. If you don't know why I am talking about reheating delivery pizza then you've obviously never ordered a pizza in this Special Administrative Region.