The Dishes Restaurant Employees Never Order

Imagine the following situation: you are in a restaurant, literally devouring the menu with your eyes. But at the same time, he doesn’t imagine that “devouring” some of the dishes on the list might not be a good idea. After all, some of them are reheated, others use ingredients that are about to expire, and still others use ingredients of questionable quality. But, after all, how can an ordinary customer, say, separate the wheat from the chaff on the menu of an ordinary restaurant?

To do this, the awesome.club selected the best comments from forums on the social network Reddit, in which industry professionals such as waiters and chefs shared a list of what they never ordered to eat or drink.

Of course, tips are not universal; the dish that is not a good choice in one restaurant can be great in another, well prepared and with first class ingredients. But the list serves as a reference when placing your order.

“Soup: in general, it stays warm most of the time in the kitchen. So the chance of it being served to you almost cold is huge.” @seagullhunter

“Cocktails garnished with fruits: the slices of lemons, oranges and limes are almost never washed.” @bgar0312

“Watch out for very extensive menus, such as more than 8 pages, for example. Those who offer a lot of options probably work with dishes defrosted in the microwave or cooked in bags and then served at the table.” @

🇧🇷Vegan and vegetarian pizza. I worked at a pizzeria. There is no meat on the vegetarian pizza, there is no cheese, but there is a sauce with a natural thickener that can be made from animal fat.” @tweeblethescientist

“Anything from the ‘secret menu’ at Starbucks. What the staff call the secret menu is probably a drink full of sugar as most of the staff say in small mouths that they don’t know how to make it”@justine7179

“Popcorn at the movies during morning shows. In the morning the employees sell the leftover heated popcorn from the night before.” @YouAteYourParents

“Cheese sauce, no matter how tasty it looks, it’s made with 95% butter and cottage cheese, overall it’s half the recommended daily calorie intake for a person.” @Bradleyd00

“Anything with truffle oil. Its smell is synthetic and the composition is based on petroleum products, so it is clear that it has nothing of truffles. Waiters consider all customers who order dishes with this ingredient to be ignorant.”@Rez357

“Sushi rolls cut differently. I worked at a Japanese restaurant and we had rolls called Vulcan which were $7.25 and California rolls which were $3.75. What’s more interesting, the Vulcan was the same as the California, only it was cut into small triangles and sprinkled with a spicy powder, which in turn cost about 10 cents.” @-eDgAR-

“Sodas with ice in fast food restaurants. According to research, the amount of bacteria in the ice of McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC and even Starbucks is greater than the amount of bacteria existing in the bathrooms of these same places. This is because ice makers clean the machines very rarely, while bathrooms, even because of their reputation as breeding grounds for bacteria, end up being cleaned quite often”.@dutchbob1

“If the restaurant has a single dish prepared with a certain ingredient, whatever it may be, I don’t ask for it; for example, in my restaurant we have a pork sandwich, but we don’t use pork in anything else. Since this sandwich is rarely ordered, the product you eat can be stored for several days or even weeks. It’s unlikely you’ll die from it, but these dishes are often old.” @anc6

“McDonald’s McFish It is the same case mentioned above. Since almost no one orders fish, it turns out to be stored for a long time. Often for a very, very long time.” @CaseyTwist

And, finally, the words of an experienced chef who prefers not to identify himself. Decide for yourself whether you agree or not:

“Still, the situation in most serious restaurants is probably better than in your own kitchen. by microbes and bacteria and no one knows if you’ve washed your hands after going to the bathroom.

In most restaurants, objects and food are much cleaner and safer. So stop worrying. Just enjoy your drink!” @bigups43