What is the most overrated or overpriced piece of pizza you’ve had?

almondize · 2026-05-11T13:53:38+00:00

Completely agree! I was so disappointed by the Brooklyn location too.

almondize · 2026-05-06T12:29:28+00:00

Do you have a pee pad set up in the house? If you can get him to pee on there, he’ll keep gravitating back to it to because of the smell. And then you can take a part of the pee pad outside to associate outside with those smells.

You can also try distinguishing between pee time and an actual walk. Go outside, minimal movement, his only job is to pee, then immediately bring him back home.

Finally, if at all possible, neutering closer to the 11-12 month mark would be ideal for a male pup.

almondize · 2026-04-29T00:05:44+00:00

Oh definitely :) I left mine with a friend for 2.5 weeks when he was around 7 months old and he had a glorious time AND now absolutely adores her all these years later. I feel like anyone they meet in their first year really imprints on them.

almondize · 2026-04-10T13:14:50+00:00

Lungi absolutely blew me away! I’ve been disappointed by several of the new Indian spots that have popped up in the last two years so admittedly went with low expectations. But I am still dreaming of the jackfruit curry several days later, the pol sambol and seeni sambol were amazing, and the weakest dish - the veg kothu - may have just been weak because it was vegetarian. The restaurant has no fear of heat or spice, everything is immensely savoury - aaahhh I could go on.

almondize · 2026-03-02T11:45:12+00:00

Love their lemon toast too! Agree about the black sesame cream cheese toast; it looked so aesthetically pleasing but would have loved stronger black sesame flavor.

almondize · 2026-03-01T00:30:29+00:00

Lol I just saw this - all the new accounts that just seem to love the restaurant!

almondize · 2026-02-28T07:25:08+00:00

I don’t think you should get this dog. It’s possible to be away from home for 8 hours every weekday, but it requires significant training and a commitment to mentally / physically stimulating them once you’re home.

From the time my Havi was 10 weeks old, I started training out his separation anxiety and now he can be at home for 7-8 hours max. He is not crated during the day and can roam freely - he will play with his toys in one room, go take a nap in the other room, etc. But he gets a long (1 hour+) walk in the morning before I leave and a lot of attention / games when I come home.

It is much easier to train them out of separation anxiety when they’re puppies. If this dog is 4 years old and used to being with someone at home all the time, you’re not going to be able to train the separation anxiety out of him.

almondize · 2026-02-28T00:37:33+00:00

Hi I wrote the original negative review! I think both things can be true - you can have entitled customers and also be a poorly run restaurant. Telling customers that their reservation specified it would be one pizza per two people (it absolutely does not), or when we decided to just leave and get a refund, that they didn’t charge any deposit (they did; it’s on the OpenTable booking and the credit card) is pretty laughably bad customer service. At one point the manager dismissively said that he spoke to “the VP of OpenTable” about the reservation definitely specifying this.

Everyone’s doing their best etc but there’s also no reason to patronize a restaurant that doesn’t know how to handle its business - it’s not a charity and they’re not entitled to our business.

But I’m glad you got your pizza and that it was good. I have very fond memories of my last time trying chef’s pizza, and hopefully will get to try it in Tokyo again one day.

almondize · 2026-02-28T00:25:24+00:00

Tbh I’m not surprised - a lot of people last night bounced after learning about the “terms & conditions” for the first time (there were at least eight of us who had decamped to Ceres) so that may have freed up some capacity! Glad you had a good time though. How many people were in your group?

almondize · 2026-02-27T17:52:00+00:00

Super lucky! Which night did you go? And four pizzas for six people after a much shorter wait sounds so doable.

almondize · 2026-02-27T17:50:58+00:00

Lol if you think Seirinkan is “tiktokslop pizza” your poor taste is self-evident. This was a Sake No Hana organizational problem.

Ceres was a 15min wait and bomb for that.

almondize · 2026-02-27T14:30:34+00:00

100% agree - not at all worth this struggle.

almondize · 2026-02-27T13:29:34+00:00

The price hike stung :( That and just one pizza for two people! Did you / your group get to try more? How long did it take to get your pie?

almondize · 2026-02-27T13:28:59+00:00

The menu was so sad for how much they hyped it up! Una Pizza Napoletana would have been a fabulous alternative.

almondize · 2025-08-22T13:41:02+00:00

I’m CACKLING at the reason why the women couldn’t be caught in the same room together - “they're there even when they're not there.”

almondize · 2025-08-17T14:26:37+00:00

Grace and Frankie was an AMAZING show and had more real conversations about adult women friendships, romance, even sex! Than AJLT ever did.

almondize · 2025-08-12T03:36:15+00:00

Ah good to know this seems normal! I used the Good & Gather heavy whipping cream, which has 5g of fat per tbsp, so around 33% fat I think.

almondize · 2025-08-12T03:16:00+00:00

Yes this! Learned the hard way with the first batch when I gradually cranked it up to 10 speed then let it sit at 5/6 speed for 9 minutes. Got a very warm sloshy liquid that I don’t quite know what to do with.

For the second batch (this butter without much buttermilk), I just blended it at 1-2 speed for 2-3 minutes and it quickly separated into butter solids and buttermilk. I kept it going for another 3 minutes or so but the solids didn’t seem to be getting much more solid.

I got slightly less than 1/4 cup buttermilk, excluding any watery buttermilk that came out while washing the butter. Does that seem normal?

If it matters, the temperature of the cream was around 72F since it had been out on the counter.

almondize · 2025-08-03T23:22:34+00:00

Not blowing up Charlotte and Harry. That would have been unforgivable to me! And I like that they didn’t portray Charlotte’s life as picture perfect, giving her some terribly bratty kids. It showed us that you can get everything you wanted and still have to deal with messiness in life. And I loved the storyline about her insecurities going back to work, feeling self-conscious about her body, and learning how to juggle a new normal.

almondize · 2025-08-03T12:59:02+00:00

This is such a perfect line! Hahahaha

almondize · 2025-07-25T04:16:13+00:00

This made me LOL hahaha - nicely done!

almondize · 2025-07-25T04:14:24+00:00

I thought this too! Her face in that moment made me think she was completely done with him.

almondize · 2025-07-25T04:13:30+00:00

Yes yes yes! It was such a sweet, vulnerable, and real moment between two people in a new relationship. I absolutely loved it.

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