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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Tourist left shocked as restaurant charges £87 for ONE pizza in popular holiday hotspot
A tourist was left dumbfounded after spotting the eye-watering price of a controversial dish at a pizzeria in Malta. Valentina Trujillo Olivares, from Chile, noticed the exorbitant charge after stopping by Sotto Prosciutteria for a bite to eat during a recent trip to Gżira. The 27-year-old designer and student documented her experience in a video shared to social media on 10 July, in which she filmed herself browsing the restaurant's menu. The clip showed the cheapest pizza – the Margherita – was listed at a reasonable €9.45 (£8), while the Semplice and Tirolese each cost €14.70 (£13). But the price of a Hawaiian - which contains ham and pineapple - left the holidaymaker stunned after she noticed it was listed at a whopping €100 (£87). She said in the footage: 'I'm at an Italian restaurant and look how much the Hawaiian pizza costs – 100 euros!' Later speaking to What's The Jam, she elaborated: 'The first thing that caught my attention was that it would cost 100 euros, and that they put it on the menu, despite being a restaurant that specialises in Roman pizza.' The long-standing debate of ham and pineapple belonging on pizza has persisted for decades, with many 'pizza purists', particularly those with strong ties to Italian culinary traditions, viewing pineapple as an inappropriate topping for pizza. While some find the sweetness of pineapple to be a pleasant contrast to the saltiness of ham and cheese, others find the combination unappealing. Valentina explained that she'd curiously asked a waitress if the option was actually available, but claimed she refrained from ordering it because of 'the face' the staff member pulled, and instead ordered the recommended house speciality, the Calzone. She added: 'I was surprised that the video reached so many people – in fact, many Latinos, especially Mexicans, where pizza with pineapple is apparently very common, as well as many Italians defending traditional Italian pizza. 'But it's a debate that will continue for a long time.' Since uploading the video to her TikTok page, @valetrujillooo, the footage has amassed a whopping 2.8M views and over 2,000 comments. One person wrote: 'Snobbery. Pizza was historically a slab of dough onto which you threw some leftovers, and put it in the oven for seven minutes. 'If you have pineapple leftovers and like the taste, what the hell is wrong with that?' A second joked: 'I don't eat Hawaiian pizza because I like it, I eat it to watch Italians suffer.' Since uploading the video to her TikTok page, @valetrujillooo, the footage has amassed a whopping 2.8M views and over 2,000 comments A third added: 'It's actually €10 for the pizza and a €90 charge for the disrespect.' However, one person defended: 'Hawaiian pizza is literally perfect during a hot summer day; the haters are just missing out.' At the time of publication, Sotto Prosciutteria appeared to have removed the Hawaiian pizza from its online menu. It's unclear whether the option is still available on its physical menu. MailOnline Travel has reached out for further comment.
The Sun
6 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
I hypnotised MYSELF into a glow-up & quickly lost 2st without Ozempic – I just listened to tracks while sleeping
A STRESSED mum has shared how she hypnotised herself into shedding nearly two stone, getting over her paralysing fear of the dentist and finally finding love. Elle Kay suffered from severe pressure from her high-flying job managing millions of pounds as the head of service at work. 5 5 She had spent years battling her weight, as well as crippling anxiety over having her teeth fixed. Push came to shove when the now-41-year-old had a video call date with a man she fancied and felt self-conscious the entire time. To make matters worse, he unceremoniously ghosted her afterwards. This experience and a heart scare pushed Elle, from Ayrshire, Scotland, to try hypnotherapy. What started as an experiment soon turned into a full-blown obsession. "I used to be so self-conscious about my smile and my weight," Elle told What's The Jam. "When I smiled and talked, I would try and hide them so I didn't show the bottom as my teeth were stained and really crooked. I was conscious that the overlapping teeth pushed onto my bottom lip, making it even more obvious. "The date didn't even go ahead, we had a video call a few days before we were due to meet. "I was really conscious of my teeth the whole time, and I couldn't stop looking at myself on the camera, trying to find an angle that made me look better. "I thought I had been ghosted because of my teeth and my weight. 'No shortcuts exist' I'm an Irish teen who lost almost 60 pounds in 16 weeks following a routine that works wonders "I was also conscious of how chubby my face looked when I smiled, so I tried to keep my face straight as it was more flattering. [On dates], I always felt better if we were sitting at a table across from each other on dates, so I was hidden from the waist down. "I was unhappy in almost every area of my life and knew something had to change." Elle, who used to weigh 14.5st and was a size 18, found herself bingeing and stress eating every day. No matter how many apps or diets she tried, nothing seemed to work. She ended up in the hospital after being rushed in with a heart rate of 240bpm when a mental health nurse suggested hypnotherapy. She said: "I had a really stressful job, managing millions of pounds and hundreds of people. "Doctors discovered I had a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia that was triggered by stress. I'm now on beta blockers, and I've been referred for a procedure on my heart. It's such a simple practice, you just put on headphones each day, and it really does make a difference." "This news, on top of my weight struggles and dental care issues, felt overwhelming. "While I was in the hospital, someone mentioned trying hypnotherapy to ease my mental health struggles, and I was just blown away. It sparked something inside me. "I ordered a few hypnotherapy books and started reading up on the theory behind it." Elle spent six months buried in books and recordings, studying the science of the mind and creating custom hypnotherapy tracks to rewire her thoughts. She said: "Before long, I'd signed up to study for a diploma. For six months, I threw myself into it, reading, doing assessments, diving into the material. "I could feel myself improving with each step. I even started recording hypnotherapy sessions for myself and listened back to them regularly." Elle began listening to self-made audio sessions every night, covering everything from emotional eating to her terrifying dental phobia. From there, the changes came thick and fast. With visualisation techniques, calming beats and subconscious affirmations, Elle reprogrammed her own mindset. She said, "Before going to the dentist, I'd listen to a relaxation audio the night before. That mental shift really helped me get through the appointments." According to Elle, a lot of the work focused on visualisation - imagining herself feeling confident and calm at the dentist. For weight loss she broke it down into different parts. "I'd repeat things like, 'It's powerful to stop eating before you're too full. I crave protein and healthy choices.' "Another part was about food preferences, I told myself I wanted light, healthy foods and that greasy foods made me feel bloated and uncomfortable. "It was all about shifting cravings, feeling full faster, choosing what actually makes your body feel good." After a £3,500 dental makeover and losing the weight she'd always wanted to get rid of, Elle can't stop smiling. She is now a qualified hypnotherapist and runs her own business. Elle said: "Hypnotherapy often gets a bad reputation, it's not something that's widely understood or used. "Even my own family were sceptical at first, but now they're genuinely shocked at how well it works. "It's such a simple practice, you just put on headphones each day, and it really does make a difference." Not only that, but Elle revealed she's now in a committed relationship with a woman, and they have plans to move in together. 5 5
