The Topping Guide: Building Your Ideal Halal Pizza in Pickering

September 2026Pickering, ON

At Baba Jon Pizza, the topping question is not "what can we put on this?" — it is "what actually works together?" Pakistani-style halal pizza has its own topping logic, and once you understand it, ordering becomes a lot more deliberate and a lot less random. This is the guide to navigating the Baba Jon menu so you land on the right pie for the table.

How Baba Jon's Halal Pizza Toppings Work

Every topping on the menu is 100% halal — no pork, no cross-contamination, no exceptions. That means halal salami where you would normally see pepperoni, halal beef or chicken where you would see other proteins, and a kitchen that keeps the halal standard across the full menu. For mixed groups where some guests are halal-only and others are not, this solves the ordering problem at the root: one pie covers the whole table.

The specialty pizzas are where the Pakistani influence is clearest. Rather than just stacking Italian-style toppings on a standard base, the specialty pies build their flavour profiles around seasoned chicken preparations — marinated, grilled, and layered with sauces that come from a different flavour tradition than what most pizza menus offer. The result is halal pizza in Pickering that tastes like it was actually designed for these toppings, not adapted to fit a non-halal template.

The Specialty Pies — and Who Each One Is For

Butter Chicken is the entry point for anyone trying Pakistani-style halal pizza for the first time. The sauce is creamy and mildly spiced — recognizable enough for people who know butter chicken from Indian restaurants, but built specifically to work on pizza dough. It is consistently the pie that converts people who were skeptical before they tried it. Available medium through extra-large.

Tandoori is the one for people who want more char and smoke in their pizza. Tandoori-marinated chicken, bold seasoning, and a flavour profile that leans deeper and drier than the Butter Chicken. If you like your pizza with some edge, this is the pick. It pairs particularly well with a side of wings and a cooling dip.

Lahori is the spice-forward option. Named for Lahore's reputation for big, bold seasoning, this pie brings real heat through the topping layers — not just a sprinkle of red pepper, but actual Pakistani spice built into the protein. Order it if your group actively wants heat; it is not subtle.

Baba Jon Special is the maximum-everything option. This is the pie to order when you want the full range of toppings and nobody wants to make decisions about what to add or leave off. It reliably feeds a group without argument because there is enough going on that everyone finds something they like. It is also the best starting point for a split order.

Meat Lovers runs the full range of halal proteins — chicken, beef, salami — layered for coverage and flavour without the restraint of a single-protein specialty pie. Order it if your table prioritizes protein volume over any specific flavour direction.

Garden Veggie and Primavera are the clean-slate vegetarian options. Both keep the full halal standard (no pork in the kitchen touching any ingredient) and deliver on freshness without relying on meat toppings to carry the pie. Useful for groups with a mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian guests — the veggie option stands on its own and is not just "the one with no meat."

Splitting the Pizza

One of the underused moves in a Baba Jon order is the split. On any large or extra-large pizza, you can run two different topping profiles — half Butter Chicken, half Meat Lovers, for example — so the table is covered without ordering two full pies. This is the right call for groups where people want different things, or for anyone who wants to compare two specialty options in a single order.

The split works particularly well when one side of the table is drawn to the Pakistani-style seasoned pies and the other side wants something more familiar. Half Baba Jon Special, half Garden Veggie is a common mixed-group order that tends to make everyone happy without anybody feeling like they compromised.

Building Your Order

Start with the specialty pie that fits the group's flavour preference, then decide on size based on headcount (plan about three slices per person for a sitting meal, slightly more if people are really hungry). Add wings if you want something to snack on while the pizza is being shared. The deal options on our menu page bundle pizza, wings, fries, and drinks into a single price, which is the easiest way to order for most group sizes.

For more on what makes the dough itself worth paying attention to, our post on fresh dough and halal pizza in Pickering goes into how the base affects the whole pie. And if this is your first time ordering from Baba Jon, the halal pizza Pickering page covers what we make, how we make it, and what to expect when the box arrives.