PETALING JAYA, June 10 — For the longest time, there were only two casual pizza chains that mattered to Malaysians: Pizza Hut and Domino’s.

Briefly for a few years starting in 2009, Papa John’s with its tagline “Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.”, offered a third choice.

In recent years, locally owned brands like US Pizza have tried to get a slice of the pie.

This May, Little Caesars Pizza, touted as the third largest pizza chain in the US with outlets in 30 countries, opened its doors in Damansara Utama, taking over the vacated space that once housed a Family Mart.

Opened since end of May, the outlet took over the space that was once a Family Mart. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

It’s not a name I am personally familiar with but my friend who studied in the state of Michigan where the brand traces its roots, was enthusiastic.

In Malaysia, the brand was brought in by Datuk Vincent Choo and his wife, Datin Cynthia Cheong. Well known as the master franchisor for Subway in Malaysia and Singapore.

Perhaps there’s also a Michigan link as the couple once studied at Eastern Michigan University and their children have followed in their parents’ footsteps to make it their alma mater too.

On the menu, there are 11 large pizzas, divided into three categories: Classic (RM22 each), Specialty (RM29 each) and Extreme (RM34 each).

Nothing beats the Classic Pepperoni Pizza with its spicy salami using beef and cheese. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Since they just opened for business, no service tax is levied at the moment.

Popular pizzas like the Pepperoni and Chicken Hawaiian are labelled as Hot and Ready, meaning the pizzas are prepared ahead and kept warm for a faster takeaway during peak times: 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 8pm.

BBQ Chicken Pizza (RM29) features chicken and onions complemented by a touch of sweetness from the BBQ sauce.

Because the dough is made fresh, the crust is fluffy on the inside and crisp all around. They also dust the bottom of the pizza with finely grated cheese.

Even when cold and reheated on a hot pan with a little steam from drops of water, it still retains a soft interior with a toasted bottom.

Classic Pepperoni Pizza (RM22) with the slightly spicy beef pepperoni and cheese. There’s also a Loaded Pepperoni Pizza for those who love cured meat.

3 Cheese Edge to Edge Pizza is an alluring combination of cheese and tomato. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

I often struggle with the cornicione or the pizza edge, but with their 3 Cheese Edge to Edge (RM29) where the mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese are sprinkled over the edge, I happily munch on the caramelised edges with the toasted cheese.

Crazy Puffs (four pieces for RM9) are revolutionary – the perfect ratio of dough to ingredients like pepperoni, tomato sauce and cheese – and ideal for a quick takeaway meal.

I can see myself buying the Crazy Puffs as a meal-on-the-go since they are easy to carry and eat without fiddling over a slice.

Crazy Puffs Pepperoni are easy-to-handle bites for busy people on the go. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

There are Pepperoni and 3-Cheese flavours to select from.

For more snacks, opt for their Mushroom Soup with the fluffy Crazy Bread (four pieces for RM6.90).

Fluffy Crazy Bread will work with the Mushroom Soup. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Dining inside the eatery is limited so take away your pizza to enjoy at home or the office.

Time will tell if discerning diners can appreciate the difference with this pizza.

Perhaps the best compliment we overheard sets the tone for this pizza place, as one American family walked out the door and declared that Little Caesars Pizza is “a taste of home they had missed”.

Fun posters line the corridor leading to the restaurant's seating area. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Little Caesars Pizza

39G, Jalan SS21/37,

Damansara Utama (Uptown), Petaling Jaya.

Open daily: 10.30am to 11pm

Tel:03-77323923

Website: @my.littlecaesars.com

* This is an independent review where the writer paid for the meal.

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Alma Taylor (1895-1974) was a British actress, who peeked in the British silent cinema of the 1910s and 1920s. In 1915 readers of Pictures and Picturegoers voted her most popular British performer, beating even Charlie Chaplin. Taylor acted in over 150 films, among which some prestigious examples like Shadow of Egypt (1924) by Sidney Morgan.

Alma Taylor was born in London, on 3 January 1895. According to Anthony Slide, brunette, blue-eyed Alma Taylor was the Hepworth actress 'par excellence'. Beginning in 1907, she already acted with producer Cecil Hepworth, playing tragic young girls. She then co-starred with Chrissie White in Hepworth's 'Tilly Girl' comic series (1910-1915) about two naughty schoolgirls, as well as in 75 or more short and long subjects by Hepworth, such as the Dickens adaptations Oliver Twist (1912), David Copperfield (Thomas Bentley) and The Old Curiosity Shop (Bentley 1913). In those days , everyone helped out at the studios, so both Alma and Chrissie helped in the processing rooms when the weather was too poor to shoot. During the First World War and soon after Taylor contributed to the war effort by acting in such propaganda films like The Nature of the Beast (Hepworth 1919). Taylor clearly was the producer's favorite, and remained devoted to him for decades, starring opposite Ralph Forbes in the rather old-fashioned British countryside drama Comin' Thro the Rye (1923), a remake of an earlier version by Hepworth. After a temporal absence from the screen, Hepworth relaunched Taylor in his last film, The House of Marney (1926), with John Longden. In 1924, the Daily News named her, along with Betty Balfour, Britain's top star. Alma Taylor only starred in four non-Hepworth films: The Shadow of Egypt (Sidney Morgan, 1924) with Joan Morgan, Quinneys (Maurice Elvey, 1927), A South Sea Bubble (T. Hays Hunter 1928) with Ivor Novello, and Two Little Drummer Boys (G.B.Samuelson, 1928). In the late silent era she did some German films, including her part of Mrs. Barrymore in Der Hund von Baskerville/ The Hound of the Baskervilles (Richard Oswald 1929), a film longtime considered lost but rediscovered in 2009. With the coming of sound, however, Taylor's career dwindled and she had to satisfy with minor, matronly roles, in small number of films, such as Bachelor's Baby (Harry Hughes, 1932), Things Are Looking Up (Albert de Courville, 1935), Lilacs in the Spring (Herbert Wilcox, 1954), and Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (Frank Launder, 1957). Uncredited, she played a box office woman in Hitchcock's second vserion of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Probably her last part was the uncredited role of an old lady in the Titanic-drama by Rank, A Night to Remember (Roy Ward Baker 1958). Alma Taylor died in London, 23 January 1974. She was the wife of film producer and director Walter West (1885-1958), who in the late 1910s and early 1920s was the regular director of Violet Hopson, first with his company Broadwest (1914-1921) and then for Hopson's own company.

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