47 yuan's worth of an American icon

I decided to come downtown on a Friday evening and treat myself to Pizza Hut, which, in Tongling is an upscale casual restaurant. Of course there are a bunch of preschoolers here, screaming and hitting each other with inflatable toy mallets, but the personal veggie pizza, with the sweet corn and pineapple that's so appealing to the Chinese palate, is also topped with real mozzarella, a taste of home a very long way from home. You also get a glass of hot water with lemon, the Chinese riff on ice water. Plus all the waitresses are hanging around, watching me eat.
It's a nice treat, and fun to know how much the world loves pizza. Even if, as a rare foreigner, I'm "Exhibit A".