SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) –  It’s supposed to be the big day on Thursday  for Pizza Hut : the official launching of its new  pizza with hotdog-stuffed crust, a concoction that Italian chefs and bakers would almost be embarrassed to even think about.

The usually serious Washington Post  took time out from its political news coverage to video tape a taste test of the new product among its newsroom staff.

But then, on the eve of the launch, Pizza Hut encountered an unexpectected competition from a little known Filipino pizza joint  (MyBayKitchen.com) in the Silicon Valley, which came up with its more delicious and healthy alternative — pizza with lumpia (Filipino egg roll).

The Pizza Hut version uses mustard for its sauce on the side while the Filipino version uses banana ketchup.

The two pizzas look almost exactly alike, except that the Filipino pizza does not contain any pepperoni, just  plain garlic, spinach and cheese combo, flanked with half slices of the Filipino lumpiang Shanghai, a  superstar in the cuisine of this island nation of 100 Million people.

The Filipino concoction caught the eye of  frozen pizza giant Digiorno which is reportedly in negotiations with the Filipino  pizza joint to patent , distribute and sell the amazing and appetizing  version of the otherwise boring Italian pizza.