• Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    All the soup is made in house, broccoli is blanched and then microwaved to order, Alfredo is made in house, red sauce has a base in a can but is finished in house, meat is cooked on a grill or sautéed. People are there chopping shit at like 7 or 8 AM.

    Applebees and chili’s are probably better candidates.

    -spent too much time working at OG

    Pro tip: order a fried lasagna with a kids Mac and cheese on top

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I love watching Youtube videos of native Italians eating at Olive Garden. It’s not just that they hate the food because of course they do, it’s that they get so incredibly angry at the very concept of someone daring to call that food “Italian”.

    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      Used to work at chilli’s. Was about the same. Stuff brought in warmed/cooked in house. Half way through my time there they changed some cook tops for those conveyer belt machines similar to the pizza ones. Mostly for seafood and other easy timed foods. Prep guys were also there at like 9 am. Chips were made in house. Most meat also cooked to order. Most sauced were brought in bags and just warmed. All veggies and the like were fresh daily.