Round
Table Pizza announced plans Thursday to open 10 restaurants in Mongolia.

Two manager trainees landed in
California Wednesday, and will spend the next eight weeks in Manteca, learning
the tricks of the Round Table trade.

The
company says the soon-to-be managers got special visas fromthe U.S. Embassyin
Mongolia to make the trip. They’ll complete the basic manager’s training
course, according to Round Table’s Senior Director of International Operations
Mike Buck.

“The menu will be very similar,
except that we will also serve Mongolian barbeque beef pizza and pasta there,
and we may test some at the training restaurant in Manteca for some lucky
customers,” Buck said, in a news release.

The first Round Table in Mongolia is
set to open in September.