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What restaurants do you think serve prefrozen microwaved entrees?
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:09 am
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:09 am
Thread about La Fonda made me think of this. Does anyone really think most chain restaurants just throw frozen food in a microwave? My wife has been a GM of a few chain restaurants and surprisingly lots of the stuff is prepared daily from scratch. I would like to hear input form those that worked in the restaurant industry.
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:13 am to mouton
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My wife has been a GM of a few chain restaurants
I remember threads of days gone by where people argued with you about things you obviously knew about and they did not.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:16 am to mouton
I'm suspicious of the fish sticks at Peche
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:18 am to mouton
Just a guess, but Applebees. I don't hate chains, but Applebees food is really, really, poor.
This post was edited on 4/29/15 at 11:19 am
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:23 am to mouton
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I used to be a waitress at Applebees. Whenever someone wanted to order a "medium rare" steak, and I had to say we only make them "pink" or "no pink." That's because most of the kitchen is a row of microwaves. The steaks were cooked on a stove top, but then microwaved to death. Pink or no pink only referred to how microwaved to death you want your meat.
Reddit has had like 9 million threads asking people who have worked in chains what is really going on if you're interested.
This post was edited on 4/29/15 at 11:24 am
Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:16 pm to mouton
The world famous Dragos.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 2:05 pm to mouton
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from scratch
define this
because in no way do I believe Chilis, Applebees, Olive Garden etc are making anything "from scratch". It would be impossible for them to keep the product consistent throughout their locations if they did.
I also don't believe they are just heating up prefrozen entrees, but rather probably more likely putting together prepackaged/preweighed parts of the entree to make a plate.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 2:16 pm to mouton
quote:Pretty much no restaurants.
What restaurants do you think serve prefrozen microwaved entrees?
But if we were talking frozen items that are deep fried, then lots and lots of restaurants. They are all sorts of food that goes from the freezer directly into the fryer. French fries being #1.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 2:20 pm to mouton
Johnny Carino's
Posted on 4/29/15 at 2:36 pm to mouton
Back in the mid 80's when I was in pharma I often would take customers to DiPiazza'a in the FQ. I knew Anthony well and he would make it a point to come out from the kitchen and visit with our table.
One night one of my customers ordered his turtle cheese cake for dessert and she raved about how good it was, she asked me if Anthony would give her the recipe, I tried to dissuade her from asking cause I knew where it came from.
When Anthony came out from the kitchen, she asked him for the recipe and he initially declined but she persisted, so he told her that he couldn't give her the recipe. Instead he said that he knew where she could get some....Sam's Club.
It was a total buzzkill for her.
One night one of my customers ordered his turtle cheese cake for dessert and she raved about how good it was, she asked me if Anthony would give her the recipe, I tried to dissuade her from asking cause I knew where it came from.
When Anthony came out from the kitchen, she asked him for the recipe and he initially declined but she persisted, so he told her that he couldn't give her the recipe. Instead he said that he knew where she could get some....Sam's Club.
It was a total buzzkill for her.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 2:38 pm to mouton
Microwaved not much I would guess. But prepared frozen stuff thrown into a pan or fryer to heat, lots. Go look at Restaurant Depot on a Tuesday.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 5:12 pm to mouton
Dim Sum off of Airline definitely microwaves food and heats up frozen dishes
Posted on 4/29/15 at 6:21 pm to mouton
Cheddar's, Chili's, Applebee's, etc.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 6:55 pm to mouton
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Does anyone really think most chain restaurants just throw frozen food in a microwave?
I was looking for something quick dinner late one evening after a business meeting in Lafayette and hit Cracker Barrel. I ordered baked chicken and it looked great when served, but when I cut into the beast it was still frozen frozen. Certainly changed my understanding of how chain restaurants operate.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 10:57 pm to mouton
I worked at Chili's when I was 18. They really did smoke their ribs in-house everyday for hours. Steaks, chicken and burgers were cooked to order. If your steak was over-cooked it was probably because the guy on grill is in charge of so much shite including firing the fajitas. The only thing microwaved were the deserts. Many things were frozen and then thrown in the fryer but I think that's pretty standard. Ask me anything else you want to know. Margarita mix comes in pouches, the 2 for 1 isn't a good deal because it's just two 10 oz mugs.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:51 pm to mouton
fwiw, houston's literally prepares everything in house daily.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 8:52 am to mouton
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What restaurants do you think serve prefrozen microwaved entrees?
I have a hard time believing that Jason's Deli serves a cooked from scratch gumbo.
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