Tribal People Try a Calzone in a Modern Manhattan Restaurant
About this video
In this Tribal People Try episode it's pizza. The tribe look it over, ask the questions anyone would, and then taste it and give the honest answer.
What is pizza?
Pizza is a flat bread from Naples topped with tomato and cheese and baked very hot. The delivery-chain version — Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's — is thicker, cheesier and heavier on toppings than the Italian original.
What to watch for
Hot stretched cheese is the moment. Most first-timers pull at it, ask what it is, and then decide within a bite whether they like the chew. The tomato base reads as sweet to a Punjabi palate, and a plain margherita can seem underseasoned.
The comparison they always make
Bread topped with something is old news here — roti with achar, naan with keema — so the base makes sense; it is the cheese that has no village equivalent. Chicken tikka pizza tends to win because it tastes like something they already cook.
This episode
Tribal People Try has covered pizza 22 times; this one is number 21, and the first was "Tribal People Try Pizza for the First Time" back in August 2020. The most-watched pizza episode is "Tribal People 0.00002 Seconds After Trying Pizza Hut" (4.5M views). The video runs about 11 minutes and went up in October 2025.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is pizza?
Pizza is a flat bread from Naples topped with tomato and cheese and baked very hot. The delivery-chain version — Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's — is thicker, cheesier and heavier on toppings than the Italian original.
Did the tribe like the pizza?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Bread topped with something is old news here — roti with achar, naan with keema — so the base makes sense; it is the cheese that has no village equivalent. Chicken tikka pizza tends to win because it tastes like something they already cook.
Have they tried pizza before?
Yes — this is the 21st of 22 pizza videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Pizza for the First Time" in August 2020.
Where was this video filmed?
In rural Punjab, Pakistan, where the participants live. The videos are recorded in the village rather than in a studio.