Love margherita pizza? Try these 6 dishes next

If you like margherita pizza, try shawarma, gyro and gyoza. Shawarma is the closest flavor match (73/100): rich and herby, like margherita pizza, but spicier.

A margherita pizza is tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil on a thin crust, blistered in a very hot oven. Its strongest traits: rich, deeply savory, herby.

Try gyro: rich and herby, like margherita pizza, but softer. It scores 72/100 against margherita pizza on flavor.

Shawarma is spicier (2 vs 0), more savory (4 vs 3), tangier (3 vs 2) and less sweet (1 vs 2) than margherita pizza, and differs on 1 more trait. The two rate the same on richness, freshness and smoke. Ratings are 0 to 5, written as shawarma vs margherita pizza. Overall it scores 73/100 against margherita pizza on flavor.

Each dish has a flavor profile rated 0 to 5 on richness, savoriness, heat, tang, sweetness, freshness, smoke and crunch. The match score compares two profiles and gives a small boost to dishes eaten the same way, like two noodle soups. In the Palytt app, your match score uses your own taste instead.