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    Unusual Eats: Wu Pie (Whoopie!)

    Finally, there’s a place in town that makes a pizza in Wu-Tang Clan flavor.

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    Yellow Brick Pizza rolled out a brand new pizza in September: Wu Pie. It is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired pizza, a collaboration between the pizza joint and fellow clan fan (and iconic local chef) Marcus Meacham.

    Reflecting the group’s debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the pie has 36 ingredients. The chalkboard in the front of the house lists them as follows:

    1. Pulled pork
    2. Chicken
    3. Hanger steak pepperoni
    4. Mozzarella
    5. Smoked Mozzarella
    6. Pickled red onions
    7. Minced Garlic
    8. Soy Sauce
    9. Hennessy
    10. Tomatoes
    11. Basil
    12. Oregano
    13. There’s no 13, that probably means something
    14. Salt
    15. Pepper
    16. Water
    17. Yeast
    18. Flour
    19. Hoppin Frog Frog Hops to Amoger Ale (I may have transcribed this wrong) 
    20. Cilantro
    21. Fried chicken skins
    22. White pepper
    23. Hemp seeds
    24. Sesame seeds
    25. Sesame oil
    26. Pear puree
    27. Minced ginger
    28. Carrot
    29. Green onion
    30. Sugar
    31. Unami powder
    32. Olive oil
    33. Chile flake
    34. Garlic powder
    35. Onion powder
    36. Black sesame seeds

    To be candid, in spite of several Google and Wikipedia searches, and also a Wu-Tang Clan listening binge, the symbolism for all these 36 ingredients is not entirely clear, outside of the hemp and the Hennessy.

    That said, it is a good pizza. The Yellow Brick team has pie skills that turn out dependable excellence in terms of a chewy crust. The little meaty chunks in the toppings are distributed throughout. Occasionally, there’s a fun fried nugget of chicken skin (think popcorn chicken). The pizza boasts a mild, vaguely Asian sweetness that merges shockingly well with the layer of mozzarella.

    Plus, it has a cute little bonus: a Wu-shaped (looks like the bat signal), cheesy crust cut-out on top.

    Can Wu-Pie unseat the longstanding local love for classic pepperoni and sausage pizzas? The jury is out, but it definitely has a better story.

    Yellow Brick Pizza can be found at 892 Oak Street. It opens Mondays through Saturdays at 11am. On Sundays, it opens at noon.

    For more information, visit www.yellowbrickpizza.com.

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    Miriam Bowers Abbott
    Miriam Bowers Abbotthttps://columbusunderground.com
    Miriam Bowers Abbott is a freelancer contributor to Columbus Underground who reviews restaurants, writes food-centric featurettes and occasionally pens other community journalism pieces.
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