Subj : Re: Outback Steakhouse
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Mar 07 2022 20:28:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to deon <=-

 Ni>   Re: Re: Favourite Fast Food
 Ni>   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.

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

Yes, I think most/all of the American steakhouses have their own version
of the "bloomin onion" these days, as it's a pretty popular appetizer. My
personal favorite is the Longhorn Steakhouse franchise, at least for the
"chain" type restaurants.  You can certainly get a better (and more 
expensive) steak at specialty "high-brow" places, but the Longhorn is 
pretty good.  I actually don't care much for the Outback.



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