Somewhat interesting article on some of the steps restaurants do to cut corners.
http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/21/10-dirty-little-restaurant-secrets
Should a warning be posted before we actually read it? Is there pretty nasty stuff in there?
No…nothing that you would (should) be surprised to read.
Nothing new here.
No shock.
I worked in a popular catering hall from 1974-1979
I have 30 more for this list.
Chicken skins in half shell and served as baked clams
Reusing a wedding cake 3 times! (I would know as I was the artist with the warm water and butter knife) and serving a layer cake to the guests.
I wonder which west-coast restaurant is pulling that truffle stunt. Not that I would ever be affected by it … white truffles = far too expensive for me.
You want “secrets”? Read Kitchen Confidential.![[barf.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/8/8943c0ebb2703c20afa757f7ca84a099bb9de70d.gif "barf")
Just ask how they REALLY make the donuts at Dunkin’s.
“You want “secrets”? Read Kitchen Confidential.”
“José, your mother looks really GOOD for her age…”
Seconded. A great read … and now I’ll never order fish on Monday ever again. And, not that I ever do, but now I’ll never even think about ordering anything with Bearnaise at a restaurant either.
I can confirm the thing of serving caffeinated coffee for decaf. I’m sensitive to caffeine and probably shouldn’t be drinking any coffee. But I’ll have a restaurant serve me caffeinated when I ordered decaf and I won’t fall asleep until 3 a.m.