/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.3806209]

So /ck/ we see what you order at fast food shitholes let's see what you eat at restaurants.

>Chile's- Chips and salsa Half order of texas cheese fries, Paradise pie (Fucking amazing)

>Outback-Blooming onion, Salad with house dressing, Outback special W Garlic mash

>Carrabba's- Bread W herbs, Scotty Thompson, Grilled Chicken.

>Applebees- All I can remember getting is the cowboy burger

[Anonymous No.3806212]

Don't go to those shit tier restaurants brah, if I'm gonna spend money on food that I don't make shit's gonna be so cash.

[Anonymous No.3806217]

can we just call them fast casual dining establishments? I know it sounds crazy, but NONE of those places are anywhere near me, but the last time I ate at chili's (under duress and on the road) I had lettuce wraps. I haven't eaten at any of the other places.

[Anonymous No.3806226]

Ill grab fast food because I'm in a hurry. I won't pay 10 bucks for mediocre food from a chain when I can pay 12-15 bucks for MUCH better food.

[Anonymous No.3806225]

Texas Roadhouse - Sirloin with ribs, loaded potatoes and a Caesar salad.

[Anonymous No.3806231]

>>3806226
From a local place*

[Anonymous No.3806232]

I think I've eaten at Applebees once maybe 10 years ago, no idea what I had. Never been to any of the others.

[Anonymous No.3806235]

>implying all of those places are restaurants and not just sit-down fast food.

[Anonymous No.3806237]

Noodles & Co.
>small pad thai with shrimp, chocolate milk, and a small salad or chicken noodle soup

[Anonymous No.3806242]

Saint Louis Bread Co (Panera Bread Co): Bacon Turkey Bravo with baguette or apple

Shits cash

[Anonymous No.3806246]

>Chile's- Steak Fajitas, Top Shelf Margarita, Lava Cake

>Outback-Blooming onion, Chopped Salad, Medium Rare Prime Rib

>Carrabba's- Fried Calamari, Dry Martini, Chicken Marsala, Lemoncello

>Applebees- Riblets or Cajun Sirloin or Tequila Lime Chicken

[Anonymous No.3806251]

wendy's - chili
dominos - pizza
burger king - whopper
kfc - livers
mcdonalds - cheeseburger or nuggets
taco bell - mexican pizza

[Anonymous No.3806280]

RIBS

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seriously unless its a mexican joint the only thing i get when i go out is either ribs or some type of pasta

[Anonymous No.3806301]

>chain restaurants

Disgusting. What the fuck is wrong with this board.

[Anonymous No.3806383]

You know, most restaurants use the same food supply companies. So it's not any healthier going to Pierre's C'este Levoui Bistro than it is going to Hardee's.

[Anonymous No.3806388]

wendy's: nothing
domino's: nothing
burger king: nothing
KFC: nothing
mcdonalds: nothing
taco bell: sage

[Anonymous No.3806574]

>>3806383
Chain restaurants actually receive most of their food precooked and frozen. Otherwise your olive garden in nyc will taste different from that in boston

[Anonymous No.3806590]

>>3806383

Most food purveyors have a huge array of product lines from multitudinous sources, each designed to fit a specific budget or specification.

I get natural, grass-fed beef from a ranch 35 miles away through Sysco. I could also order the bottom-line bullshit they offer, and they would come in the same truck. You would have no way of knowing which is which.

[Anonymous No.3806593]

>>3806574

Incorrect. But I understand why the chain haters want to believe that.

[Anonymous No.3806595]

Shit son. If you go to outback and don't get the clam chowder, you should be ashamed of yourself.

[Anonymous No.3807081]

burger king: veggie burger
taco bell: anything with rice and without meat
dominos: veg pizza without cheese [i add my own at home]
i dont patronize the other places.

[Anonymous No.3807097]

I usually avoid chain restaurants, it's not much better than fast food, which is cheaper and quicker.

If I go to an Italian place, I'll usually get gnocchi because I'm not very good at making it. That's the only habit I can think of.

[Anonymous No.3807174]

Chain restaurants have strict guidelines of cleanliness. Local places are shit except the day before health inspection.

[Anonymous No.3807516]

outback- seared ahi tuna and a nice bacon cheeseburger to go with that
applebees- everything there sucks except the wings and their sauce isnt even strong

[Anonymous No.3807902]

I usually get a medium rare sirloin marsala from Carabba's. I don't go to those other places that often.

[Anonymous No.3807937]

>restaurants
>Chile's
>Applebee's
>Outback
>Carabba's

[Anonymous No.3807947]

>>3807937
Are you suggesting that those aren't restaurants? Would you like to explain?

[Anonymous No.3807949]

>>3806383
>whats an commissary

[Anonymous No.3807967]

>>3807947

It's not a restaurant if it's part of a chain and/or he doesn't like it.

[Anonymous No.3807975]

I don't have a usual dish at any of those places because I only go to one of them maybe once a year with my grandparents.

I've never even heard of Carrabba's

[Anonymous No.3807973]

you should not go to any of these restaurants if you have any choice whatsoever

[Anonymous No.3807990]

>>3807973

Tell me why, and I won't.

[Anonymous No.3808007]

The only place I recall going to was Applebee's about a year ago.

French onion soup was ok. Cheese was melty enough and the soup itself tasted nice. It isn't like you can fuck it up that bad anyway.

and uhh. I honestly don't remember what I ordered it was that forgettable. Some chicken pasta dish or something.

Red Lobster - Loved them biscuits, Lobster was eh, but I'm spoiled as a New Englander. (Is the Northern Part of Central Long Island Considered New England?) The Shrimp skewers were average.


I always prefer to go to locally owned joints and take a chance rather than go to these places. Clam shacks, burger joints and [Insert Asian/Italian/Indian etc] take aways are what I live on when classes are in session.

[Anonymous No.3808006]

>>3807990
they are bad in pretty much every way it is possible to be bad. they make bad, usually unhealthy food. the methods they use to get that food are usually terrible for the environment and create horribly bad working conditions. their popularity and their market dominance drive out small business and create a terrible, bland monoculture. there is nothing good about them. now, if you live in a place where there's no other options, or if people you dearly love insist on going there, or whatever, then sure fine whatever. but if you have any choice at all, use it to go somewhere that isn't as pernicious.

[Anonymous No.3808008]

>>3808006

So no valid reason.

Some people have no idea how stupid they sound. Think before you talk.

[Anonymous No.3808010]

>>3808007
>I always prefer to go to locally owned joints and take a chance rather than go to these places.

Guess what? Most of "these places" are in fact locally owned.

[Anonymous No.3808013]

>>3808007
I like the french onion too. Applebees has the best in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.3808015]

>>3808010

So is every fast food establishment.

[Anonymous No.3808018]

>>3808008

>Is given a list of valid reasons why chain restaurants are shit
>Some people have no idea how stupid they sound. Think before you talk.

[Anonymous No.3808019]

>>3808010
>has been reduced to arguing semantics

Because the franchisee has so much control over what sort of food is on the menu and how it's produced.

[Anonymous No.3808027]

>>3808008
What the hell would you consider a valid reason, then?

[Anonymous No.3808050]

It's impossible to have quality control over such a large chain, that's why you can eat at one Applebees and have it be at least passably okay, and eat at another and be served garbage. The franchise has complete control over the menu, they give no thought to local or even seasonal ingredients, very often their food comes from the same sources for the entire country., And the positions for cook are better described as grill attendant than a chef. No one that actually gives a shit about food and knows what they're doing works at a chain diner because they'd be afforded no degree of creative control and paid dog shit salaries. You can be almost guaranteed it's stoned teenagers and burnt out middle aged low lives working in the kitchen. Or entirely staffed by illegal immigrants. And not the ones that can cook.

The food is hardly, if at all better than fast food, except you have to leave your car and wait longer to get it, and pay two and three times at much, when there's very likely an actual restaurant in your area that's just as affordable with much better food.

[Anonymous No.3808158]

Wendy's
>Spicy chicken nuggets and a medium chocolate Frosty

I haven't been to any of those other places in a very long time.

[Anonymous No.3808177]

>>3808050
I now realize this could be accurate
I just caught up with an old acquanitance recently. Convo went something like follows.
>Him: Hey anon! You got sideburns!
>Me: And you got a throat tat... How are you going to get a job?
>Him: I got a job. I'm a cook at Red Robin
>mfw I'm glad I have never eaten there and I never will.