iLive2Eat - Kamloops Foodie

The Works - Pepperoni, Ham, Spicy Italian Sausage, Onions, Green Peppers, Mushrooms & Black Olives.

Chicken Bacon Ranch - Garlic Ranch Sauce, Grilled all-white Chicken, Bacon, Onions, & Roma Tomatoes.

John’s Favourite - Pepperoni & double portion of Sausage, Six Cheese blend & Italian herb seasoning.

There’s a new Pizza joint in town… and now they have two locations, one on the Northshore at the Northhills Shopping Mall and their newest location on the Southshore is situated beside Five Guys Burgers at the Cityview Shopping Centre. 

All of the above Pizzas were purchased from their Northshore location.  I can’t speak about the store because I have never actually stepped foot into this store and no, it wasn’t delivered either as our residence is beyond the delivery reach of the Northshore location.  The good news is that the Aberdeen location is a easy stone throw away from our house so whenever we are in the mood for some yummy Pizza, we don’t have to venture too far for it.

Yes, as you can gather from my post so far, we love Papa Johns Pizza.  My wife actually considers their pizza to be the best that she’s eaten in a very long time.  Lucky for me, I agree with her.  They have a promotion currently where you can buy any medium specialty pizza (or choose up to 5 toppings) for only $10, a very good deal so go get it while you can!!! 

Not everything was positive though.  The garlic dipping sauce tasted horrible.  It tasted like melted butter, not something that I would want to use as a dip for my pizza.  On both occasions, the garlic sauce was added to the pizzas by default but next time, we will be requesting something different.   

No detailed breakdown needed here - we just know that we loved everything about their pizzas and it will be a long time before we consider going elsewhere for Pizza!!!

My Ranking:

4. Almost Perfection.  Very Good Pizza.

A reader sent me an update on Cap N’ Sharky’s.  We will have to check it out especially if it is under new management.

“Have you checked out Cap N’ Sharky’s lately? They have a new manager/cook (Kyle) that seems to be really good. My husband asked when he works (Kyle) which is mon-thur 11am-4/4:30pm and friday 4:00-closing  and they are now offering bannock during the times that Kyle works! Have tried it and it’s so good and yes they got high chairs too.”

After a fun evening tobogganing to work up an appetite, we made a quick and easy call to Panago’s call centre to order our pizzas for dinner from their Summit Drive location.  We ordered the medium size Chipotle Chicken Pizza (chipotle cilantro sauce, grilled chicken, roasted sweet corn seasoned with onion, red + green peppers, topped with cheddar + mozzarella.) and a small size Meatball Pizza (italian tomato sauce, meatballs, mozzarella + cheddar.) from their frugal favourites menu.

Here’s what we thought about our pizzas.

The Crust Our choice was the Original hand-tossed crust for both pizzas.  It was soft and light and not greasy at all.  We liked the crust a lot as it was crispy and chewy just the way we like it.

The Cheese The mozza cheddar blend tasted great - no complaints here.

The Sauce No tomato based sauce on this pizza, instead they used a Chipotle cilantro sauce.  It was delicious!!  We asked for two chipotle cilantro dips to dunk our pizzas.

The Toppings Light-to-medium amount of toppings. I would have liked more!!  The roasted sweet corn was so good.  Panago got the topping combinations right on this pizza.

My Ranking:

4. Almost Perfection.  Very Good Pizza.

I ate four slices of the Chipotle Chicken Pizza and would have eaten more if not for a New Year’s resolution of mine to eat in moderation.  The only complaint I have is that the size of the pizza was small for a medium pizza.  Next time, I’m just going to order a large pizza!! 

What about the meatball pizza, you ask?  It tasted good, I liked the texture of the meatballs but my wife thought it was too mushy.  The kids liked it but next time, we will stick to the pepperoni pizza for them because I think they prefer it better.