Outback Steakhouse, Romford

[5t3IIa]

Self ownage and batter

 

[el-ahrairah]

My work here is done.

 

[tarannau]

Is that large onion meant to look like a flower rather than an upturned grease catcher or fungal growth?

When knife skills are as clumsy as that in the kitchen I'll stick to the fries.

 

[fogbat]

Australia is known for its cuisine.

In much the same way that Turkey is known for its prisons.

 

[Sadken]

Fogbat thinks he's soooooooooooooooo pithy!

 

[ExtraRefined]

Australia is known for its cuisine.

In much the same way that Turkey is known for its prisons.

They both result in a sore arse?

 

[fogbat]

Fogbat thinks he's soooooooooooooooo pithy!

Possibly, but I don't know what pithy means

 

[Boycey]

lots of white fluffy stuff between your skin and flesh

HTH

eta: have you ever been to aus?

 

[Boycey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blooming_onion

Make yer own: http://bestcopycatrestaurantrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/03/outbacks-blooming-onion-and-fondue.html

When it existed, the similar style Awesome Blossom at Chili's was ranked Worst Appetizer in America by Men's Health Magazine in 2008 for the unusually high totals of calories and fat, with 2,710 calories, 203 grams (1,827 calories) of fat, 194 grams of carbohydrates, and 6,360 miligrams of sodium, with as much fat as 67 strips of bacon. [3]

ftr my personal experience of aus was that good quality food is far far cheaper than over here. it is obviously possible to eat shite but it's easier and more common to eat healthily. the best seafood i have ever tasted in my life was a christmas dinner in melbourne. for all the gripes i have with the country food is definitely not one of them.

 

[fogbat]

lots of white fluffy stuff between your skin and flesh

HTH

eta: have you ever been to aus?

Why on earth would I ruin my prejudice by gathering any kind of evidence?

 

[doddles]

When I was living in the US, my mates took me to Outback Steakhouse for my birthday as a huge pisstake.

Woeful doesn't even begin to describe the place. Greasy, dirty, shitty. One of the worst places I've ever eaten. And of course entirely American in conception and its menu.

 

[ajdown]

I guess you were unlucky then doddles because the one we went to was excellent.

 

[doddles]

I guess you were unlucky then doddles because the one we went to was excellent.

Admittedly, American fast food isn't exactly my favourite.

 

[Boycey]

the more i look at that onion bloom monstrosity the dirtier i feel. so wrong yet somehow so enticing. i fucking well would

...though not in romford, that is just a too dirty

 

[Upchuck]

They do look nice don't they

 

[lang rabbie]

Were there actually branches in Morden and Wandsworth that opened and closed, or are they just "Google ghosts" of franchises that were planned to open but didn't because of the downturn.

 

[tarannau]

There used be one, or at least a sign for one, in Wandsworth, roughly in the area of The Ship iirc

Never went. And looking at their US menu I'm glad too.

 

[5t3IIa]

I am getting these confused with Walkabouts I think. Do they do bloody onions too?

 

[gaijingirl]

This needs to be filed along with the monstrosity below which we discovered last week in Boulogne. It is called a "Welsh" and is based on the idea of a Welsh Rarebit. Bascially at its most basic it is a huge bowl of melted bad quality Scottish (??why??) cheddar cheese in a bowl which may or may not be sitting on top of some really really shit sliced white bread. More complicated versions include egg/ham etc. Upmarket restaurants may include ale. So so wrong, yet just begging you to eat it. Oh and it comes with chips!! Excuse the blurred photo - I was in shock.

 

[5t3IIa]

My mate has an eating disorder and a while ago he would find himself standing shivering by the microwave eating a bowl of melted cheese with a teaspoon

What I'm saying is: that's wrongness

 

[Boycey]

They do look nice don't they

nice isn't an adjective i'd use tbh.

 

[5t3IIa]

If it's like a bundle of ginormous onion rings with something like burger sauce then yeah, it looks OK but the trouble is it looks hard and breaky and stuff

 

[fogbat]

They look like they'd really satisfy that animal part of the brain that craves grease and salt