The great Honolulu pizza challenge

The great Honolulu pizza challenge

By Kawehi Haug
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

It was V Lounge’s state-of-the-art, Neapolitan-style wood-burning pizza oven that started this madness.

There was a new pie in town, and people everywhere were talking about it. Which, of course, meant that I had to join in the conversation.

Is it the best pizza on the island, as some were claiming? And is it even possible to definitively declare one pizza better than another, let alone find the one that I can call “the best”?

The thing about pizza is that, more than any other kind of food, its appeal depends on the personal preferences of the eater. I’ve had great pizza that was smothered in cheese, and great pizza with almost no cheese at all. I’ve had incredible, saucy deep-dish pizza, and equally edible barely sauced thin-crust pizza.