Pizza or broth? Yes

Somewhere in the fevered minds of Taiwan’s food innovators (maybe after a long night of too much bubble tea and existential dread) someone had a thought: What if we combined pizza and hotpot?

This is how we arrive at Pizza Hut Taiwan’s latest stunt: the Pizza Hotpot.

A dish so audacious, so fundamentally unnecessary, that it immediately demands attention.

This isn’t a full-scale assault on logic and tradition and somehow, it works.

A cheesy pizza ring, golden and bubbling, surrounding a literal mini hotpot, filled with steaming broth, clear-broth beef slices, braised beef and vegetables.

The toppings are inspired by Tainan’s traditional beef hotpot, a beloved Taiwanese comfort food.

The whole thing is a collaboration between Pizza Hut Taiwan, Michelin-starred Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisines & Champagne and Minsenghui Beef Pot, because if you’re going to commit food crimes, you might as well get the best in the business.

Is it pizza? Is it soup? Is it a desperate cry for help?

Taiwan’s food scene has long been a breeding ground for high-risk, high-reward culinary experiments.

This is the same place that gave us boba on everything, ramen burgers and that infamous durian pizza incident that people still haven’t forgiven.

The Pizza Hotpot, however, pushes the boundary even further.

Do you eat it with chopsticks? A spoon? Your hands?

Is there a correct way to consume it, or is it just a lawless, free-for-all sensory experience?

Like any good limited-time stunt food, the Pizza Hotpot isn’t just about the taste — it’s about the spectacle.

It’s Instagram bait, a conversation starter, a test of one’s ability to embrace the absurd.

It forces you to rethink what a meal should be and whether you’re brave enough to challenge it.