CRICKET season. The thwack of leather on willow, the sledging, the ball tampering. Enter Crazy Pedro from the Pavilion End bearing edible insects on a crisp dough base. Yes, it’s that time of the month when the maverick Manchester pizza folk bowl us a topping googly.
From the team that brought you Lucky Lucky Katsu Pizza, Bloody Mary Pizza, Dirty Northerner and Easter special ‘I Am The Resurreggtion’ (topped with chocolate sauce, marshmallows, brownie pieces and a melting creme egg), ‘I Don’t Like Cricket, I Love It’ is on offer throughout May at both Pedros.
The toppings this time are crispy shallots, mozzarella, lime, coriander and sriracha plus crunchy crickets, high in protein, big on Bushwacker Trials cachet. A daring first, but on a first date would they bowl your maiden over?
Crazy Pedro's Part Time Pizza Parlour, 55–57 Bridge St, Manchester M3 3BQ. 0161 359 3000. Open daily 12pm-4am; Crazy Pedro’s Part Time Pizza Parlour NQ, Short Street, off Tib Street, M1 1JG. Open 4pm-4am. All 16 inch pizzas £15 each, £3 a slice.