Subj : Outback Steakhouse
To   : deon
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Mar 07 2022 17:03:23

  Re: Re: Favourite Fast Food
  By: deon to Nightfox on Tue Mar 08 2022 10:50 am

 de> So I've eaten a few times at the Outback - as a the token Aussie visiting
 de> the US, the locals thought I might feel at home. 

 de> I'd never heard of that restaurant prior to the first time in the US (the
 de> local's were surprised), and yes, the menu is nothing like an Aussie meal
 de> - at home or at a "pub". I had to ask "what is a bloomin onion?", to which
 de> there was surprise that I asked that question. 

Yeah, the food at Outback Steakhouse seems like fairly common American food that can be found at other American restaurants here.  I'm actually surprised your friends were surprised about the bloomin onion.  I've seen a couple other American restaurants here sell their own versions of that same thing in the past.  I never thought of that as an Australian thing, and I thought it was funny that Outback Steakhouse started making one.  Chili's in the US had an onion appetizer like that around 2001 which they called an "awesome blossom", and I think Applebee's (another American restaurant) had one at one point too.

Nightfox
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