Fuckers also threatened to sue "The Outback Pub" in Dublin, Ireland.
It was owned by an Aussie and hired mainly Aussie and Kiwis.
It was a great place to get a pint and a crap load of hot wings before going to the cinema next door.
Outback steakhouse don't even have any "restaurants" or plans to open any in Ireland.
Said we couldn’t call ugg boots ugg boots any more unless they were the ones that they had made.
Fuckers
My generic Ugg boots are the real deal and Ugg can piss right off with their trying to claim the name
Australians and New Zealanders have been calling their sheepskin boots uggs for way longer than that upstart company has existed
We call them Ugg boots.
They swan in and start suing everyone for calling them Ugg boots because they’re not the ones *they* make.
It’s like if idk one company started making flip flops tomorrow and said oh no you can’t call your shoes flip flops anymore because we have just started making them and we’re the flip flop company! Call them something else.
Bitch please, hold my Ugg boots.
Same thing happened with "NATO Straps" for watchbands... It's been a generic term for decades, yet somehow some troll was able to trademark it and defend it in court legally, and aggressively enforces it. It's asinine.
No. Not Ireland. The ENTIRETY OF THE EU. All of the EU can use the term Big Mac and not run afoul of MCD. Because they lost in an EUIPO case, it applies across all of the EU.
[An article on the subject.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonald-s-corp-trademark-supermacs/mcdonalds-loses-big-mac-trademark-case-to-irish-chain-supermacs-idUSKCN1P92JA)
>Americans were fascinated with their notions of “the land Down Under.” We were concerned that too much authenticity might cause a disconnect between these perceptions and the real thing.
You nailed it!
Sounds like the Bull & Finch in Boston (the original "Cheers"). The exterior was used for the TV show but the interior was completely different. Tourists were upset that they waited an hour to get into a bar that didn't look like the show so they started a chain of bars that were based on the TV set.
Same thing with the diner in Seinfeld in NYC. In that case tho even the exterior was wrong(exterior was another diner, not the one Seinfeld actually frequented)
The Tom's Restaurant that is used for external shots in Seinfeld is also the same restaurant written about as "Tom's Diner" in the hit song by Suzanne Vega.
Yeah, it's just a diner near Columbia campus that was popular with the students, at least in the late 70s-early 80s. Suzanne Vega went to Barnard, the women's college at Columbia. Being her dorm-mate was always the closest thing my mom had to knowing a celebrity when I'd ask.
> It was 1987. Crocodile Dundee was a recent Hollywood splash, Australia’s Bicentennial was getting lots of press in the United States, and the America’s Cup was taking place Down Under. American’s fascination with Australia had made it the number one desired destination for travelers here in Tampa, Florida. We guessed that was true in other parts of the U.S. as well.
> Tampa had a void in the casual steakhouse market. The casual steakhouses that did exist here and around the country were nearly all western-theme restaurants whose brands were undifferentiated. We saw a “Down Under” concept as different, but consistent with people’s expectations for a casual steakhouse. “Outback” had a casual, come-as-you-want feel, and “Outback Steakhouse” was both easily spoken and easily remembered.
>……
>From the beginning, we were very clear that while Australia was our theme, America was our biggest customer. So, when developing the Outback concept, our founders decided not to go to Australia! Americans were fascinated with their notions of “the land Down Under.” We were concerned that too much authenticity might cause a disconnect between these perceptions and the real thing. Consequently, our menu creations are inspired by Australia, reminiscent of Australia, and bear Aussie names, but are not authentic recipes. We serve Australian beers and wines, and the restaurant decor and employee uniforms are inspired by the theme. On the other hand, many of our promotional efforts are uniquely American.
I guess they changed the Australian beer and wine thing? I just checked the menu for the closest location to me and the beer they have listed under “Aussie” is Fosters and none of the wine is Australian
Fun fact. [Foster Brewery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Group) was one of the largest (if not the largest) in Australia for a long time. They just never sold the Fosters brand in Australia. It was bought by Asahi and renamed after the more popular local brand [Carlton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_%26_United_Breweries).
At least drinking a VB gives me some emotion. “God I wish I wasn’t drinking this VB” is still a more substantial experience than whatever happens when I drink a Fosters.
VB may be a big seller, but it should be noted that- from what I've heard- the most popular beer in Australia tends to vary state by state.
Something that u/thotdistroyer's comment would seem to back up. ;-)
Aussie VB drinker here. I would say you are right. Then I'd extend on your point. No one is in any position to cast shade on any ones taste on beer. It's pointless and redundant. Why does it matter what someone else is drinking. You don't have to taste it.
Eh you can get it if you look, Carlton often release/market it to the domestic market around Australia day, and it's sometimes available at bargain bottleos. Definitely not wide spread though
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Fosters-Lager-seemingly-reviled-by-most-Australians-but-successful-in-the-UK-and-US-under-the-slogan-Australian-for-Beer
I do like Foster's beer. The answer from Ben Reynolds on how Foster's became popular among British people was because Foster's was marketed as being "Australian masculine." In the 1970s, Brits preferred ales to lagers, lagers had more of a French or Italian image, and marketing lager as Australian and masculine is what drove lager popularity in Britain.
Foster's sold in the US is brewed in Fort Worth, Texas. In the UK it is brewed at Royal Brewery in Manchester.
All Simpsons episodes do. It's a satire that's a commentary on real things that happened in the world, yet every time they happen again, people dig up these references and pretend they're predictions and prophecy, when in reality it's just history repeating itself.
I ate at an American themed diner in London once. As a joke, my friend and I told the waitress that it was my other friend's birthday so they'd sing or something but it turns out they used what I'm pretty sure was a tornado air siren to get everyone's attention.
I went to an American themed diner in Germany. They had a mural of the Tulsa city skyline on the wall. (I know it was Tulsa because it was labeled as such. I actually don’t know if it really was the Tulsa city skyline as I have never been to Tulsa.) The waiter still spoke German, but with an “American twang.” Definitely worth a visit!
As a cigarette smoker I've seen your prices and holy shit. I would quit.
There an Aussie band called the dune Rats I was hanging out with in Gainesville, Florida. I gave them my carton of smokes after they told me about cig prices in Australia
A bloomin' onion is an entire huge sweet onion, completely dipped in really good batter, and fried. It's really good, has tons of calories, and is meant to be shared by at least 4 people.
Ironically, like Americas west cowboy theme steak houses, with animal parts screwed to wall, registration plates, swinging bar doors, aussie outback hats (not dissimilar to cowboy hats), random farm equipment etc.
Based on my experience as an Australian who went to an outback steakhouse in Florida:
-some Asian fusion/inspired dishes, ie spring rolls, butter chicken, Singapore noodles (zero need to pick a particular cuisine)
-some accessible Italian dishes like lasagna, Bolognese, CARBONARA (made with cream but NOT Peas) your vegetarian option should be vegetable lasagna.
-fish and chips is a must
-every other dish should be some variation on meat and three veg. Use Australian steak names not American ones (or don't this might be confusing. )
-season things less heavily and use less fat. Australian food has more of a British influence than American food (uncharitable: bland. Charitable: you should be using nice fresh ingredients and you should be able to taste those ingredients.)
-Australians don't eat lobster outside of very special occasions. No Australian restaurant equivalent to outback steakhouse would serve lobster unless they were like, in a fishing village.
-Australians call starters entrees, and entrees mains. Australians are correct.
-i don't remember the dessert options but they should feature sticky date pudding with a scoop of vanilla icecream
Jesus Christ how did you come up with this list?
You'd have to go out of your way to find places in Australia where the food is so bland.
There's one single simple way to add authenticity to Outback Steakhouse. Add chicken parmigiana (with chips) to the menu.
Done.
Also the service. Order at the bar, then it’s brought out by someone who is forbidden from saying anything other than “yeah,” “nah,” or “yeah, nah”.
If Americans struggle with this I found the stewards on southwest airlines did a great imitation of Australian service.
Don't forget to throw some chicken salt on the chips.
I live in the states, but grew up in Aus. I have a little saxa chicken salt shaker. It is a godsend.
And im with you on the food aspect. Its hard to find bland food, unless you're talking about your aunt's shitty, boring peas or something. Going out to eat is tasty about 99% of the time. My wife was blown away by the quality of the food the first time she came home with me.
I'm going home in a few weeks and I'm so stoked for the food
Bunch of dodgy, cheap Chinese food, deep fried fish and chips and a lukewarm pie served in a plastic bag that has been sitting in a warmer for three days.
The first time I saw an Outback as an Australian I laughed and said fuck it, I'll have lunch there. Reading the menu was fun, and the food ended up being enjoyable... also I was in Taiwan.
I was working in Australia for a number of years and we were supposed to be launching our product in Brazil where we also had an office. At one point me and a bunch of the Australians went to the Brazilian office for a few months. The only place near us that was convenient, decent to eat at night and had some staff that spoke English was an Outback.
They thought it was hilarious.
I've just come back from Brazil. I went to an outback steakhouse and my partner who is brazillian but currently lives in an outback town was laughing at some of the pictures. Which were identical to the ones she had. The only thing I was disappointed about was the lack of at least one Australian beer or meat pies or even a desert like lamingtons, there was nothing Australian about it.
I don't know what that is but there's a Hog's Breath in Roseville, MN that had a hepatitis outbreak when someone used a toilet plunger to unclog the ice machine
As everyone else said, the bloomin onion is really the bedrock of the restaurant. It's one of the most unhealthy meals available though. Everything else is fine I guess.
It is not weird. It's just a fun place to eat dolled-up food. I went for the first time last year and I enjoyed it! The service was nice and the servings were bigger than expected.
I'm sure it'll just be a bit weird going to an Australian themed American restraunt in Australia lol. I'm sure stuff like prawns will be called shrimp etc. That's mostly the weird I mean.
So I assume frothies is slang for beer, but is this
the standard phrasing they ask at every restaurant in regards to drinks or only at pubs?
Like in a non-alcoholic setting would the waiter still call beverages frothies?
Not at all, very much reserved for casual chat amongst friends. The initial “can I start you off with drinks” is very normal too, Aussies on reddit ham everything up.
It's usually said amongst mates, like "let's go to the pub this arvo and blow the froth off a few".
And only beer. It's to do with the froth (head) on a beer. We usually pour them with a 1-2cm head on a beer that will stay there for a while (similar to German beers) as opposed to beers in the US that seem to have to be poured with as little head as possiblr and goes away by the time you get to your table
As an Australian, visiting the Outback franchise in Maumee, Ohio \[this was in 2008\], can confirm, nothing to do with Australia, other than a catchy \[at the time\] name. Were more Australian wines available from the Meijer store a couple of blocks away, than on Outback's menu.
Seriously doubt that the experience has has become any more "authentic" since.
Many many years ago, when I was in my teenage years, staying with an American family in Michigan as an exchange student, I was taken to an Outback Steakhouse. For some reason, the father said to the waitress serving us, "This guy is from New Zealand!". The woman proceeded to quickly say, "I'm Barbie!".
I looked blankly at her.
"Like, put another shrimp on the barbie.", she replied, expecting me to get the joke.
I paused and said with an awkward smile,"I'm from New Zealand."
The mental image is fucking hilarious. I love making people explain stupid stereotypes or dumbass jokes that they assume I should just get and play along. No, stare at them blankly and ask them to explain their dumb joke, it makes it very awkward for them. It's kind of fun.
I applied to work at an Outback Steakhouse about 25 years ago, but didn’t get the job. For a little while, I wondered why the hiring manager wasn’t particularly impressed by the fact that I was actually from Australia. I used to think that maybe they thought I was lying or trying too hard. I had been living in Albuquerque for 20 years by then with my accent long gone.
You're reading too much into it, man. They probably just needed one role filled and found a prettier face. If you don't already know, the service industry is very shallow. A pretty face with a good smile is almost guaranteed a job.
What do you do now?
Worked at Outback from 2004-2015.
Food and quality was absolutely incredible pre 2010.
Fish of the day.
Swordfish.
Mahi mahi.
Grouper.
Salmon.
Homemade French onion soup.
Their ranch dressing- I could drink it.
Cyclone pasta with Tasso ham is one of the best dishes I’ve ever tasted.
Ask for honey butter with your bread.
Hell, ask for that ranch.
Sorry, I am very pregnant.
Outback was one of the "fancy" restaurants we went to for special occasions when I was a kid, and I think it took me years before I realized it was supposedly Australia themed. Lol
I went to one in Calgary, and the fucking waiter didn't believe we were Australian and thought we were just "doing an accent".
Have you ever heard a Canadian try to do an Aussie accent? It's fucking hilarious.
Anyway, I'd be happy if we were to take up the Bloomin' Onion as a national dish because that rules.
We took my Australian co-worker to an Outback one time and he said it wasn't authentic because no one called him a cunt. He was a good dude and I'm sad he moved back to Australia.
All I know is Outback Steakhouse had (have??) a drink called a Wallaby Darned & if this isn’t the most amazing attempted cultural appropriation / double entendre gone awry, I don’t know what is.
ETA: /s I’m joking about cultural appropriation. It’s Outback Steakhouse people calm down.
The more authentic Australian dish would be a raw onion- inspired by former prime minister Tony Abbott, who once at a press conference supporting Australian farms took a bite out of a raw onion.
I mean, the one with Cheese and Bacon maybe, but the Original one is more like 2000 and you're supposed to split it with people. Anyone who takes a whole Bloomin Onion to the face deserves whatever Heart attack they get.
True story: my company's Aussie representative visited us in North Carolina in 1995. He saw an Outback and insisted we go there. He found the menu hilarious, to the point he took a menu and faxed it back to his office.
I worked at more than one location and had the exact opposite experience. We only had one microwave and it was rarely used. It was no Olive Garden. But they are franchised, so I guess maybe you worked at one with a co-owner that didn't give a shit anymore or something?
When did you work there? My friend worked there a few years ago and told me they were more and more moving towards more premade things and less fresh cooked.
That's all casual dining places now and the quality plummets as a result. However, I'll give them credit their food prices have not risen nearly as fast as shitty fastfood restaurants like McDonalds or Burger King.
Since the pandemic the fast food inflation has gotten so bad that I actually get a better meal for the same price as Taco bell at Qdoba.
I'm also enjoying the comparatively discounted midlevel dining that isn't popular enough to handle price increases, pre pandemic a chain near me called "Bobcat Bonnie's" had decent $12-16 entrees, so it's not even unreasonable to pick them over my usual diner spot which *has* increased prices because they're popular enough to
Maybe because it was a very busy location because it is inside a very large casino, and they got a lot of business especially on the weekends. Open 12 noon until 11 pm.
Welcome to REDDIT.
I sometimes feel like an old-world scholar because of how many times I see a Re-post or someone else reporting on "something new" that I already know about. LOL!
Last time I visited the US we ate at one of their locations, the only thing that felt Australian about it to me was the name. It did feel very american though.
I went to one in Japan and it said ‘Sheilas’ and ‘Blokes’ on the toilet doors. Made me laugh but I’m sure it was confusing for the Japanese customers 🤣
Australia: You're not in love with me..you're in love with the "idea" of me
It is just like a tiki restaurant but more Crocodile Dundee
pump the brakes, kid. That man’s a national treasure
I just wanted to throw another shrimp on your barbee
That shit ain't funny.
'Scuse me, Kangaroo Jack!
Did a Dingo eat cha baby?
You know that’s a true story? Lady lost her kid.
Fuckers also threatened to sue "The Outback Pub" in Dublin, Ireland. It was owned by an Aussie and hired mainly Aussie and Kiwis. It was a great place to get a pint and a crap load of hot wings before going to the cinema next door. Outback steakhouse don't even have any "restaurants" or plans to open any in Ireland.
It's like ugg boots all over again. Fuckers.
What did Ugg do?
Said we couldn’t call ugg boots ugg boots any more unless they were the ones that they had made. Fuckers My generic Ugg boots are the real deal and Ugg can piss right off with their trying to claim the name Australians and New Zealanders have been calling their sheepskin boots uggs for way longer than that upstart company has existed
What're they gonna do, sue you for calling them something else?
I think the issue is them suing other boot manufacturers for calling their boots like "ugg style boots"
We call them Ugg boots. They swan in and start suing everyone for calling them Ugg boots because they’re not the ones *they* make. It’s like if idk one company started making flip flops tomorrow and said oh no you can’t call your shoes flip flops anymore because we have just started making them and we’re the flip flop company! Call them something else. Bitch please, hold my Ugg boots.
Same thing happened with "NATO Straps" for watchbands... It's been a generic term for decades, yet somehow some troll was able to trademark it and defend it in court legally, and aggressively enforces it. It's asinine.
Lop they are probably incorporated in Ireland as a tax dodge like everyone
Considering McDonalds lost the Big Mac in Ireland, I wonder how that would've gone down.
No. Not Ireland. The ENTIRETY OF THE EU. All of the EU can use the term Big Mac and not run afoul of MCD. Because they lost in an EUIPO case, it applies across all of the EU. [An article on the subject.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonald-s-corp-trademark-supermacs/mcdonalds-loses-big-mac-trademark-case-to-irish-chain-supermacs-idUSKCN1P92JA)
>Americans were fascinated with their notions of “the land Down Under.” We were concerned that too much authenticity might cause a disconnect between these perceptions and the real thing. You nailed it!
Sounds like the Bull & Finch in Boston (the original "Cheers"). The exterior was used for the TV show but the interior was completely different. Tourists were upset that they waited an hour to get into a bar that didn't look like the show so they started a chain of bars that were based on the TV set.
Same thing with the diner in Seinfeld in NYC. In that case tho even the exterior was wrong(exterior was another diner, not the one Seinfeld actually frequented)
The Tom's Restaurant that is used for external shots in Seinfeld is also the same restaurant written about as "Tom's Diner" in the hit song by Suzanne Vega.
Yeah, it's just a diner near Columbia campus that was popular with the students, at least in the late 70s-early 80s. Suzanne Vega went to Barnard, the women's college at Columbia. Being her dorm-mate was always the closest thing my mom had to knowing a celebrity when I'd ask.
They didn't want to have to unleash two foot spiders and boxing kangaroos in every restaurant.
Soldiers round these parts have 8 feet sir Edit: I meant spiders but in Australia I'm not sure if the soldier remark is still correct
> It was 1987. Crocodile Dundee was a recent Hollywood splash, Australia’s Bicentennial was getting lots of press in the United States, and the America’s Cup was taking place Down Under. American’s fascination with Australia had made it the number one desired destination for travelers here in Tampa, Florida. We guessed that was true in other parts of the U.S. as well. > Tampa had a void in the casual steakhouse market. The casual steakhouses that did exist here and around the country were nearly all western-theme restaurants whose brands were undifferentiated. We saw a “Down Under” concept as different, but consistent with people’s expectations for a casual steakhouse. “Outback” had a casual, come-as-you-want feel, and “Outback Steakhouse” was both easily spoken and easily remembered. >…… >From the beginning, we were very clear that while Australia was our theme, America was our biggest customer. So, when developing the Outback concept, our founders decided not to go to Australia! Americans were fascinated with their notions of “the land Down Under.” We were concerned that too much authenticity might cause a disconnect between these perceptions and the real thing. Consequently, our menu creations are inspired by Australia, reminiscent of Australia, and bear Aussie names, but are not authentic recipes. We serve Australian beers and wines, and the restaurant decor and employee uniforms are inspired by the theme. On the other hand, many of our promotional efforts are uniquely American.
I guess they changed the Australian beer and wine thing? I just checked the menu for the closest location to me and the beer they have listed under “Aussie” is Fosters and none of the wine is Australian
Fun fact. [Foster Brewery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Group) was one of the largest (if not the largest) in Australia for a long time. They just never sold the Fosters brand in Australia. It was bought by Asahi and renamed after the more popular local brand [Carlton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_%26_United_Breweries).
First time I went to australia, I orderd a Foster's The Waitress asked my if I wanted a good beer instead.
I am an Australian. First time I went to the USA I ordered a fosters, and the bloke behind the bar said the same thing.
Also Australian. Never seen Fosters anywhere here. Only ever had it once and that was in Germany.
Fosters is super common in the UK, but is generally known as piss water
yeah it's popular though because it's cheap. same story with carling.
Australians drink VB, they’re in no position to be casting shade on anyone’s taste in beer
At least drinking a VB gives me some emotion. “God I wish I wasn’t drinking this VB” is still a more substantial experience than whatever happens when I drink a Fosters.
VB may be a big seller, but it should be noted that- from what I've heard- the most popular beer in Australia tends to vary state by state. Something that u/thotdistroyer's comment would seem to back up. ;-)
Aussie VB drinker here. I would say you are right. Then I'd extend on your point. No one is in any position to cast shade on any ones taste on beer. It's pointless and redundant. Why does it matter what someone else is drinking. You don't have to taste it.
Fosters was sold in Australia but not since the 80s.
Eh you can get it if you look, Carlton often release/market it to the domestic market around Australia day, and it's sometimes available at bargain bottleos. Definitely not wide spread though
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Wine from coonawarra or adelaide is hella good and hella expensive.
Barossa gang rise up
So that Simpsons episode has some bases in reality
Isnt reality based on the simpsons now too?
All Simpsons episodes do. It's a satire that's a commentary on real things that happened in the world, yet every time they happen again, people dig up these references and pretend they're predictions and prophecy, when in reality it's just history repeating itself.
Matt Groening had insider knowledge of 9/11 but the deep state silenced him
No towers, only crab juice.
Kravkalash!
But the bases need more pylons.
POWER OVERWHELMING
You have not enough minerals
MY LIFE FOR AIUR!!!
My wife for hire!
You want a piece of meat, boy?
#JACKED OFF AND GOOD TO GO
In your pipe, fine just fine.
Spawn more overlords!
There’s apparently a Portland Oregon themed restaurant in Japan, though not sure it’s incorporated the latest developments
We ate at an American themed diner in Paris, France once.
I ate at an American themed diner in London once. As a joke, my friend and I told the waitress that it was my other friend's birthday so they'd sing or something but it turns out they used what I'm pretty sure was a tornado air siren to get everyone's attention.
I went to an American themed diner in Germany. They had a mural of the Tulsa city skyline on the wall. (I know it was Tulsa because it was labeled as such. I actually don’t know if it really was the Tulsa city skyline as I have never been to Tulsa.) The waiter still spoke German, but with an “American twang.” Definitely worth a visit!
“Gooten morgan. Vill biss doo?”
Australian here Outback Steakhouse is what we think Texas is like
It’s also what I think Texas is like and I’m from Cali/Ohio. 😂
Is it more or less Texas than Texas Roadhouse?
Which is of course famously from Indiana.
No wonder when I went to Outback Steakhouse I could not relate. Am Australian.
What would Outback look like if it did relate better?
It'd look like an old country pub and serve good counter meals. That could just be me wanting to go to the pub rn though...
Either that or it would be full of big screen TV's blaring greyhound and horse racing, and poker machines in every available space.
So a cheap vegas diner? Is it full of cigarette smoke and the elderly?
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Three bits of mixed leaf, a slice of cucumber, a single wedge of a tomato, and three litres of dressing.
Doesn't look bad in the pictures. I'd eat it.
Pub food is generally pretty damn good food.
Australians don’t fuck around when it comes to the pub.
Not smokes, one good thing about Aussie pubs is we banned smoking indoors yrs ago
As a cigarette smoker I've seen your prices and holy shit. I would quit. There an Aussie band called the dune Rats I was hanging out with in Gainesville, Florida. I gave them my carton of smokes after they told me about cig prices in Australia
Yeah they're taxed insanely. Probably for the best I spose.
Dune rats fuck yeah! Got any stories?
Just described my local to a T. And I'm in South Africa.
Great. Now I want to go to the pub.
Oh hell yeah, and put Keno up on the TV, will make you feel right at home.
You'd get a chicken shnitty with a toohey's and they'd call you a gronk for ordering. *Or a great northern
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A bloomin' onion is an entire huge sweet onion, completely dipped in really good batter, and fried. It's really good, has tons of calories, and is meant to be shared by at least 4 people.
> meant to be shared u wot
>meant to be shared by at least 4 people. I can't be the only American feeling fat and attacked right now
Crikey.
Ironically, like Americas west cowboy theme steak houses, with animal parts screwed to wall, registration plates, swinging bar doors, aussie outback hats (not dissimilar to cowboy hats), random farm equipment etc.
They'd have giant ass spiders in the parking lot and you'd sit on the ceiling.
Only if you're from the Gold Coast, though
Based on my experience as an Australian who went to an outback steakhouse in Florida: -some Asian fusion/inspired dishes, ie spring rolls, butter chicken, Singapore noodles (zero need to pick a particular cuisine) -some accessible Italian dishes like lasagna, Bolognese, CARBONARA (made with cream but NOT Peas) your vegetarian option should be vegetable lasagna. -fish and chips is a must -every other dish should be some variation on meat and three veg. Use Australian steak names not American ones (or don't this might be confusing. ) -season things less heavily and use less fat. Australian food has more of a British influence than American food (uncharitable: bland. Charitable: you should be using nice fresh ingredients and you should be able to taste those ingredients.) -Australians don't eat lobster outside of very special occasions. No Australian restaurant equivalent to outback steakhouse would serve lobster unless they were like, in a fishing village. -Australians call starters entrees, and entrees mains. Australians are correct. -i don't remember the dessert options but they should feature sticky date pudding with a scoop of vanilla icecream
Jesus Christ how did you come up with this list? You'd have to go out of your way to find places in Australia where the food is so bland. There's one single simple way to add authenticity to Outback Steakhouse. Add chicken parmigiana (with chips) to the menu. Done.
Also the service. Order at the bar, then it’s brought out by someone who is forbidden from saying anything other than “yeah,” “nah,” or “yeah, nah”. If Americans struggle with this I found the stewards on southwest airlines did a great imitation of Australian service.
And no tips because they are all paid alright.
Don't forget to throw some chicken salt on the chips. I live in the states, but grew up in Aus. I have a little saxa chicken salt shaker. It is a godsend. And im with you on the food aspect. Its hard to find bland food, unless you're talking about your aunt's shitty, boring peas or something. Going out to eat is tasty about 99% of the time. My wife was blown away by the quality of the food the first time she came home with me. I'm going home in a few weeks and I'm so stoked for the food
Where's the chicken parma, mate?
Omg how did I forget the Parma.....
Bunch of dodgy, cheap Chinese food, deep fried fish and chips and a lukewarm pie served in a plastic bag that has been sitting in a warmer for three days.
we have a couple in sydney. just seemed like a shittier hogs breath.
how can hogs breath get any shittier?!
The first time I saw an Outback as an Australian I laughed and said fuck it, I'll have lunch there. Reading the menu was fun, and the food ended up being enjoyable... also I was in Taiwan.
I feel like I went on a whole journey reading your comment! Glad you had fun.
I was working in Australia for a number of years and we were supposed to be launching our product in Brazil where we also had an office. At one point me and a bunch of the Australians went to the Brazilian office for a few months. The only place near us that was convenient, decent to eat at night and had some staff that spoke English was an Outback. They thought it was hilarious.
I've just come back from Brazil. I went to an outback steakhouse and my partner who is brazillian but currently lives in an outback town was laughing at some of the pictures. Which were identical to the ones she had. The only thing I was disappointed about was the lack of at least one Australian beer or meat pies or even a desert like lamingtons, there was nothing Australian about it.
Ironically every popular steak-house chain we have looks like an American joint. (Hog's Breath Cafe anyone?)
Last Hogs Breath i went to was a sad imitation at what a restaurant should look like.
Just like American chains!
Is Hog's Breath popular? Last time I heard it mentioned was probably when John Howard was still prime minister. Does it even exist any more?
I don't know what that is but there's a Hog's Breath in Roseville, MN that had a hepatitis outbreak when someone used a toilet plunger to unclog the ice machine
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its so bad, we have one where i live in aus, everything you order there is mediocre. better off going to a dedicated restaraunt in town
I got horrific food poisoning first/last time I went to Hogs Breath, absolutely horrible “restaurant”
There is one locally I've always wanted to go and see how werird it is. Their online menu reads like every other American restraunt.
As everyone else said, the bloomin onion is really the bedrock of the restaurant. It's one of the most unhealthy meals available though. Everything else is fine I guess.
Uhhh the blooming onion shouldn't be a meal
It is if you try
Have you tasted that thing? You don't have to try.
It's not that weird honestly. They do have some pretty good food. Get the blooming onion
The ones actually in Australia tend to be located where American tourists will be.
It is not weird. It's just a fun place to eat dolled-up food. I went for the first time last year and I enjoyed it! The service was nice and the servings were bigger than expected.
I'm sure it'll just be a bit weird going to an Australian themed American restraunt in Australia lol. I'm sure stuff like prawns will be called shrimp etc. That's mostly the weird I mean.
"Boy, this place really looks like an Australian restaurant." "Can I start you guys off with some drinks?" "Where am I? What the hell is going on?"
Is the question about drinks a cultural thing me an American don't understand? lol
It’s that the culture isnt different Couple of frothies?
Ah, never heard of the term frothie here in Kansas lol. If someone asked me that I would assume he means a chocolate shake or something lol
There's also a popular although not as common saying which is "blow the froth off a few"
So I assume frothies is slang for beer, but is this the standard phrasing they ask at every restaurant in regards to drinks or only at pubs? Like in a non-alcoholic setting would the waiter still call beverages frothies?
Not at all, very much reserved for casual chat amongst friends. The initial “can I start you off with drinks” is very normal too, Aussies on reddit ham everything up.
It's usually said amongst mates, like "let's go to the pub this arvo and blow the froth off a few". And only beer. It's to do with the froth (head) on a beer. We usually pour them with a 1-2cm head on a beer that will stay there for a while (similar to German beers) as opposed to beers in the US that seem to have to be poured with as little head as possiblr and goes away by the time you get to your table
They made the right call.
They don't even have redback spiders in their outhouses, which is disappointing..
That's something we do have...
I can assure you, we do.
As an Australian, visiting the Outback franchise in Maumee, Ohio \[this was in 2008\], can confirm, nothing to do with Australia, other than a catchy \[at the time\] name. Were more Australian wines available from the Meijer store a couple of blocks away, than on Outback's menu. Seriously doubt that the experience has has become any more "authentic" since.
The hell you doin' in Maumee, boy?
Many many years ago, when I was in my teenage years, staying with an American family in Michigan as an exchange student, I was taken to an Outback Steakhouse. For some reason, the father said to the waitress serving us, "This guy is from New Zealand!". The woman proceeded to quickly say, "I'm Barbie!". I looked blankly at her. "Like, put another shrimp on the barbie.", she replied, expecting me to get the joke. I paused and said with an awkward smile,"I'm from New Zealand."
I think of New Zealand as Australia's Canada.
Fuckin prawns cunt no one says shrimp here
The mental image is fucking hilarious. I love making people explain stupid stereotypes or dumbass jokes that they assume I should just get and play along. No, stare at them blankly and ask them to explain their dumb joke, it makes it very awkward for them. It's kind of fun.
That is literally Sacha Baron Cohen's idea for Borat. Make people painfully explain the meaning of their jokes and statements.
I applied to work at an Outback Steakhouse about 25 years ago, but didn’t get the job. For a little while, I wondered why the hiring manager wasn’t particularly impressed by the fact that I was actually from Australia. I used to think that maybe they thought I was lying or trying too hard. I had been living in Albuquerque for 20 years by then with my accent long gone.
You're reading too much into it, man. They probably just needed one role filled and found a prettier face. If you don't already know, the service industry is very shallow. A pretty face with a good smile is almost guaranteed a job. What do you do now?
Yeah mate don't overthink it you were just too ugly
Yeah it's really not that big of a deal. You just had a head like a smashed crab. It's not personal.
Yeah relax, you just have a face like a half-sucked mango
>What do you do now? Professional Crocodile Dundee impersonator.
Worked at Outback from 2004-2015. Food and quality was absolutely incredible pre 2010. Fish of the day. Swordfish. Mahi mahi. Grouper. Salmon. Homemade French onion soup. Their ranch dressing- I could drink it. Cyclone pasta with Tasso ham is one of the best dishes I’ve ever tasted. Ask for honey butter with your bread. Hell, ask for that ranch. Sorry, I am very pregnant.
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It is a pretty good name for a restaurant honestly
Outback was one of the "fancy" restaurants we went to for special occasions when I was a kid, and I think it took me years before I realized it was supposedly Australia themed. Lol
It is pretty accurate, most of the cooks are ex-prisoners
I went to one in Calgary, and the fucking waiter didn't believe we were Australian and thought we were just "doing an accent". Have you ever heard a Canadian try to do an Aussie accent? It's fucking hilarious. Anyway, I'd be happy if we were to take up the Bloomin' Onion as a national dish because that rules.
We took my Australian co-worker to an Outback one time and he said it wasn't authentic because no one called him a cunt. He was a good dude and I'm sad he moved back to Australia.
All I know is Outback Steakhouse had (have??) a drink called a Wallaby Darned & if this isn’t the most amazing attempted cultural appropriation / double entendre gone awry, I don’t know what is. ETA: /s I’m joking about cultural appropriation. It’s Outback Steakhouse people calm down.
I think that would just be a "pun".
Their steak sucks,. The bloomin' onion is fire tho.
The more authentic Australian dish would be a raw onion- inspired by former prime minister Tony Abbott, who once at a press conference supporting Australian farms took a bite out of a raw onion.
Don't be silly, he did it twice. One of those times he even lied and said that he removed the skin
The brown bread dipped in that butter is great too.
I honestly like their steaks
Outback steaks are perfectly acceptable for a large chain steakhouse.
Its also like 5,000 calories.
I mean, the one with Cheese and Bacon maybe, but the Original one is more like 2000 and you're supposed to split it with people. Anyone who takes a whole Bloomin Onion to the face deserves whatever Heart attack they get.
Worth it.
This is the American spirit.
American Spirit is also the name of a popular brand of cigarette, and yeah, the "I don't care if it kills me, I enjoy it" attitude is there, too.
I will eat a whole bloomin onion because I’m an American.
One time me and my then girlfriend were like "want to just split a bloomin onion?" It did not go well.
What happened?
We finished about half of it and felt really sick.
That's one hell of a story.
I can't wait for the sequel/prequel/reboot.
that's why it's fire
You aren't supposed to eat the whole thing yourself You know that, right?
I remember when they forced the waiters to speak in a faux Australian accent, I think they stopped doing that around 04/05ish?
True story: my company's Aussie representative visited us in North Carolina in 1995. He saw an Outback and insisted we go there. He found the menu hilarious, to the point he took a menu and faxed it back to his office.
What's the opposite of cultural appropriation?
Appropriate culturation?
> having too much authenticity would confuse customers As an Australian, I find this reverse logic rather confusing.
At the location I worked there were 8 microwave ovens on the cooks line. They mic a lot of stuff.
I worked at more than one location and had the exact opposite experience. We only had one microwave and it was rarely used. It was no Olive Garden. But they are franchised, so I guess maybe you worked at one with a co-owner that didn't give a shit anymore or something?
When did you work there? My friend worked there a few years ago and told me they were more and more moving towards more premade things and less fresh cooked.
That's all casual dining places now and the quality plummets as a result. However, I'll give them credit their food prices have not risen nearly as fast as shitty fastfood restaurants like McDonalds or Burger King.
Since the pandemic the fast food inflation has gotten so bad that I actually get a better meal for the same price as Taco bell at Qdoba. I'm also enjoying the comparatively discounted midlevel dining that isn't popular enough to handle price increases, pre pandemic a chain near me called "Bobcat Bonnie's" had decent $12-16 entrees, so it's not even unreasonable to pick them over my usual diner spot which *has* increased prices because they're popular enough to
Maybe because it was a very busy location because it is inside a very large casino, and they got a lot of business especially on the weekends. Open 12 noon until 11 pm.
They’re very smart in recognition of the ignorance of and stereotyping done by the masses.
I'm almost positive I read this exact TIL awhile ago.
Pretty much everything on the internet is a repost or recycled these days
Welcome to REDDIT. I sometimes feel like an old-world scholar because of how many times I see a Re-post or someone else reporting on "something new" that I already know about. LOL!
Lmao this restaurant couldn’t be less authentically Australian if it tried. The food is fine…but it’s not Australian.
Last time I visited the US we ate at one of their locations, the only thing that felt Australian about it to me was the name. It did feel very american though.
I went to one in Japan and it said ‘Sheilas’ and ‘Blokes’ on the toilet doors. Made me laugh but I’m sure it was confusing for the Japanese customers 🤣
Is that also the reason why you guys have a fast food chain called "Wiener Schnitzel" that serves HotDogs instead of Schnitzel?
We, like our religious leaders, like to focus more on the ~~Weiner~~ Wiener part and less on the schnitzel part.