[HN Gopher] Why Outback Steakhouse is the most popular restauran...
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       Why Outback Steakhouse is the most popular restaurant in Brazil
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2023-06-24 22:06 UTC (54 minutes ago)
        
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       | tyingq wrote:
       | I've often wondered what an Australian thinks when they go into
       | one. I don't think there's a single menu item that is even
       | distantly related to Australia.
        
         | AnotherGoodName wrote:
         | We laugh. It's almost a tradition when visiting to America to
         | go to one and see what they make of Australia.
         | 
         | Imagine if there was a 'texas bbq' chain in Australia that had
         | deep fried hotdogs, cowboy hat fries or whatever other
         | plausibly American thing you could think of. You'd go there to
         | have a laugh at the sillyness of it all. That's what we do :)
        
           | hooverd wrote:
           | It's true, Americans will fry anything. We'll fry your shoe.
        
           | 542458 wrote:
           | > deep fried hotdogs
           | 
           | You mean a corndog? Seems pretty authentic to me!
        
         | mhoad wrote:
         | I found the whole experience rather amusing. I've spent a lot
         | of time overseas so for me it's just another iteration on
         | country x's interpretation on country y's food and it's always
         | a fun game to try and reverse engineer in your mind how they
         | arrived at that idea of it.
        
         | bitwize wrote:
         | Some of the most popular restaurants I found in Australia were
         | ordinary steakhouses. I don't think you can get much more
         | Australian than a juicy sirloin steak, without exploring
         | delicacies like bush tucker and roo meat.
         | 
         | That said, Outback is definitely trying too hard.
        
       | twelvechairs wrote:
       | Worth comparing to the popularity of Brazilians moving to
       | Australia where the population doubled in 5 years 2014-19 (24k to
       | 51k) and close to doubled in the two five year periods before
       | that. Though has reduced slightly after through the COVID period
       | 
       | https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/australi...
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       | The countries do not have much shared history and are exotic to
       | each other, but at the same time have much similarity in size,
       | weather, colonial history, etc.
       | 
       | Over the same time Brazillian barbecue 'Churrasco' restaurants
       | have gained popularity in Australia (maybe a little more
       | authentic than 'outback stakehouse').
        
       | windowsrookie wrote:
       | I visited Brazil last winter. I had a great time and it is a
       | beautiful country, but I must say the food was a bit
       | disappointing. The popularity of American chain restaurants was
       | surprising to me as well. McDonald and Burger king ice-cream is
       | hugely popular, to the point these restaurants have a dedicated
       | ordering counter just for desserts, and there was often a line of
       | people waiting to order!
        
       | Natsu wrote:
       | Weird, I'd have guessed Fogo de Chao, though I did eat at an
       | Outback there, too.
        
       | bookofjoe wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/HYRaO
        
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