If you ’re one of the one thousand thousand of Americans contemplating hop-skip a woodworking plane to literally anywhere else this morning , consider Phil Duncan .
The British bloke and current Seattle resident , consort to arecent Mashable consultation , made it his mission to conquer the globe one slice at a time . And 30 countries , five continent , 335 Instagram posts , and 20,000 following later , Duncan has proven that pizza is the ultimate eye candy ( though it does n’t hurt that he ’s also quite easy on the eyes himself ) .
" I notice that my booster were liking my pizza photo a lot more than just general pic , " Duncan told the news site when explain the impetus behind this larger-than-life labor . " So I just go on to showcase all the pizza pie I was eating in all the countries I have been to . " And his dedication to his pizza pie modus vivendi is unattackable : He even eats pizza for Christmas dinner party , a culinary custom the 28 - twelvemonth - erstwhile has preserve up with no topic where he spends his wintertime holiday .
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At this pointedness , it ’s good to say that Duncan , who also runs a sporadically update blog calledTravel Slice , is a pizza pie expert . If there were such a matter as a pizza pie sommelier , he ’d probably ace the Master test blindfolded with one grease - stained mitt bond behind his back and the other shovingdeep dishdown his esophagus .
Asked about his top pizza pie destination , the Instagrammer ’s selection does n’t exactly total as a surprise . " I ca n’t put my digit on a certain plaza , " he said . " But I have run through a lot of honorable pizza in NYC , so always have to sayNew York . "
Duncan ’s second place pick , though , might add up as a surprise to most pizza partizan . " One of my pet pizza pie I ’ve had was from a bantam little shack on the Perhentian Islands , which is a tinyMalaysian Islandin the middle of the China Sea , " he divulged .
Round - misstep airfare from NYC to Kuala Lumpur is presently just under $ 700 , so if you happen to have the means , you might want to jump on that , like , now .
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