My wife informed me that Olive Garden was not actually a fancy restaurant… this was a shock to me…
I have no idea how any of these rank. I assume cheesecake factory sells cheesecake. Does applebees sell apples with bees (or maybe honey)? Who knows, I’ll never find out on a date I assume. We have a cheesecake shop here but that’s about it.
Applebee’s is essentially a fast food place with slightly better presentation and servers.
Oh, we have like… Nandos and various pubs. Our America themed local is actually pretty popular, but it’s about 30% more expensive than Hungry Jack’s
lol even cheesecake factory’s exotic around here. their gimmick is basically that they have EVERYTHING on the menu - like a ridiculously long menu of nearly any food you could think of, all done servicably but none of it really standing out. cheesecake is merely one of the bajillion things they have. it’s popular because if you bring a group there everyone will find something on that menu they’re willing to eat, whereas if you go to red lobster or something and someone doesnt’ like seafood then lol they can eat chicken strips i guess.
unironically an important step in my radicalization was receiving a meme to this effect like a decade ago and it clicking. “oh, rich people literally do not understand most people don’t eat at upscale places. this person actually thinks they’re culturally superior to me because i do not eat at ‘actually fancy’ restaurants. they think the reason I have never eaten at a three star restaurant is because I’m close minded, not that i can’t afford to blow that much of my money on a single meal or spend an hour just driving each way. the entire joke is that they’re not racist because they have an open mind and eat at a lot of sit down restaurants and poor people are racist because they’ve only ever eaten at olive garden a few times and just refuse to try anything different.”
i’ve learned enough since to understand that not all of the US is as utterly fucked as this and in some places there’s affordable restaurants that are much higher quality and that the restaurant industry as a whole is an abusive nightmare, but that really did get me thinking about the liberal contempt of the masses.
I swear to God being straight is the real white man’s burden
Lmao Cheesecake Factory
Cheesecake factory cakes are so bad. They don’t even taste like real cheesecake, they just taste like watery corn syrup. This is a common thing with American food it seems. Watered down but also somehow too sweet.
Watered down but also somehow too sweet.
Besides corn syrup - they likely use some artificial sweeteners which are insanely sweeter than sugar.
Ninja edit
Facts About Sugar and Sugar Substitutes | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Most artificial sweeteners (also called nonnutritive sweeteners) are created from chemicals in a lab. A few are made from natural substances like herbs. They can be 200 to 700 times sweeter than table sugar.
Sucralose Damages DNA, Linked to Leaky Gut: Study
June 1, 2023 – A new study reveals health concerns about the sugar substitute sucralose so alarming that researchers said people should stop eating it and the government should regulate it more.
Sucralose is sold under the brand name Splenda and is also used as an ingredient in packaged foods and beverages. The researchers found that sucralose causes DNA to break apart, putting people at risk for disease. They also linked sucralose to leaky gut syndrome, which means the lining of the intestines are worn down and become permeable. Symptoms are a burning sensation, painful digestion, diarrhea, gas, and bloating.
When a substance damages DNA, it is called genotoxic. Researchers have found that eating sucralose results in the body producing a substance called sucralose-6-acetate, which the new study now shows is genotoxic. The researchers also found sucralose-6-acetate in trace amounts in off-the-shelf products that are so high, they would exceed the safety levels currently allowed in Europe.
But those are the best restaurants in America
