/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13885230
correct. mostly third worlders who are jealous of america

>>13885230
all of their recipes are on the website you can see it's authentic italian food. people who whine about olive garden are snooty and don't even know how to cook.

>>13885230
Meh, it's not terrible, for what it is. It's all saltier than I prefer, and pretty monotone. But that makes it great for children and the elderly, as long as they drink plenty of water.

It's overpriced trash with bargain bin ingredients and everything is microwaved to order

>>13885230
the bottom right looks good, what is it?

>>13885230
Olive Garden is British-Italian food.

>>13885230
Their food is 6/10. Fine, sure, whatever. Their salad is 9/10, but that shouldn't be a compliment -- a good salad at a restaurant is like a steering wheel in a car. It's assumed. If it's missing, you're fucked.

>>13885319
>car analogy

>>13885319
>Americans are so fat they need to graze on a pile of leaves covered in ranch before they can consume their fat & carboloads

>>13885336
>t. has never been to olive garden
there's no ranch on their salad stupid third worlder. try again

>>13885336
>completely wrong America bashing
Yeah, you missed on that one, m8.

>>13885341
got my (you)s so mission accomplished. rent free

>got my (you)s so mission accomplished. rent free

>>13885230
When you're here, you're family

>>13885230
>Olive Garden is good
It's okay, but not good.

>>13885387
>When you're here, you're family
So I can't hit on the waitress because she's my cousin?

Woll is not related.

I really want a lifetime pasta pass.
Streganonna was my favorite story as a kid.

>>13885230
Olive Garden is Taco Bell for Italian food.

>>13885473
And Taco Bell is good mexican food. Thank you.

>>13885396
Why wouldn't you be able to hit on your cousin?

>>13885230
It’s good Italian American food, it’s awful Italian food.

salad is good and i hate soup so idk how they are. if i wanted mediocre italian food i would cook it myself. brand plant / 10

>TFW my local Olive Garden is closed because of Covid-19
>They're selling wine to make any kind of cash they can
>Love their salad and breadsticks
>Never had bad pasta there

Honestly I love Olive Garden. It's a bit pricey, but unlimited salad, breadsticks, and pasta is so worth $12.99. I just call people poorfags.

>>13885251
>authentic italian food
Fucking retard.

>>13885230
Fazolis is better

>>13885291
Darden uses some frozen stuff (the soups are made elsewhere and frozen, for example) but it's generally cooked and not microwaved
t,worked at the OG in college

>>13885230
Pic related, my absolute favourite soup

>>13885230

>>13885230
>refills dine in only
>restaurant is carry out only

Olive garden is alright but stay away from their sister company, Cheddars. Fucking awful place.

>>13886374
didn't they go out of business?

>>13886469
yeah Cheddar's is abysmal. went there with my dad the other day, got the "country fried steak" quite possibly the worst meal I've ever paid for. also the g&t I ordered was all tonic, the service was incredibly slow and the menus were sticky

>>13885354
>rent free
But you were the one who brought up america..

People shit on Olive Garden but I went to a little local Italian place once and it's apparently only held up by boomers, it was some of the worst food I've ever gotten from a restaurant

I ordered the chicken alfredo and they served me breaded chicken tenders cut into strips, in what I am quite sure was Ragu brand alfredo sauce from a jar

>>13886374
>>13886485
Not sure if they went out of business but the one in my city went out of business, kind of shame because my parents and I use to eat there once a week. Fucking loved their food. I'd say it was just as good as Olive Garden, if not better. They had god-tier breadsticks on par with Olive Garden. Not nearly as fancy looking as Olive Garden.

It was like a discount Olive Garden.

>>13886469
>>13886495
Yeah, Cheddars sucks ass but I love their New Orleans Pasta. Only thing on the menu I give a damn about and usually the only thing I'll order. Give it a try next time.

>>13886379
is that just frahd chiggun dropped into soup

Hotdog alfredo is authentic.

>>13886655
Nah, it's spicy italian sausage, potatoes, and kale in cream broth

>>13885302
Underrated

>>13885230
this food is fucking disgusting, their alfredo tastes like straight chemicals

you can shit talk cheddars all you want but they have the best chicken tendies in the game

>>13887204
>food tastes like chemicals
Did mommy put your helmet on a little too tight today?

>>13885230
It's fucking trash

>>13885230
>Does everything better than you including a nice and comfy atmosphere

>>13887447
Based

>>13885230
you have got to be shilling me

if you have any love in your heart for pasta whatsoever you would not eat that trash

>>13885473
you take the name taco bell out of yer mouth, peasant

>>13886357
shill
13 bucks is better used at a real resturaunt
cant believe yall think plastic flavor pasta is worth more than freezer section prices
quit attempting to trick people into throwing their hard earned money away

>>13887447
>except with way smaller portions and more expensive and clearly also pre-cooked and warmed up instead of cooked fresh to order

>>13885230
It's not even close to even the shittiest food you can find in a restaurant in Italy. A small chunk of real mozzarella with good olive oil and fresh bread is better than the best dish at the best olive garden.

>>13886357
Don't they have takeout? Why not go for curbside pickup or uber eats?

I miss the Tastes of the Mediterranean so bad bros

Why does it have to be limited menu right now?

>>13885230
i admire olive garden's impossible deals. "neverending stuffed pastas" as if you could possibly eat more that 2 plates tops

Macaroni Grill is better in every way. I've only had Olive Garden twice but both times it was awful and the food was given to me barely even warm.

You are being held at gunpoint and forced to eat from Olive Garden. You must choose an antipasto, a soup or salad, and a main course Pick your poison, anons: http://metrodiningdelivery.com/menus/the_olive_garden_menu_lincoln_nebraksa.html

I go for breadsticks with 5 cheese marinara, a cup of pasta e fagioli, and some chicken marsala.

I literally can't tell the difference between the viral marketing and the shitposting anymore.

>>13885230
in my experience they use way too much sauce. everything else is more or less fine, but it's definitely "american" italian food and anyone that says otherwise is deluded.

>>13889459
These are next level shills. They sub consciously do it for free.

>>13887447
That looks soulless as shit, anon.

>>13889428
FAGioli

LOL you would

>>13885230
I disagree. Every time I've gone to Olive Garden I got horribly sick afterwards.

>>13889428
I've never actually eaten at Olive Garden so let's go all out
>Bottle of Chardonnay La Crema
>Fried mozzarella
>Breadsticks with five cheese marinara
>Minestrone soup
>Cheese stuffed shells w meat sauce
>Lemon cream cake

Olive Garden is truly a paragon of fine dining: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xz38EdzMtK4

I could take it or leave it, my problem with it, people in my area apparantley consider it the holy fucking grail of eateries and the place is unreasonably busy at all times. I don't like waiting an hour for a buzzer to go off so I can pack into a crowded restaurant, especially Olive Garden.

>>13886695
Mini bologna.

>>13885230
Olive Garden sucks fat throbbing dick.

>>13885251
I just feel like there are better places for cheaper or the same price. Carrabas is better in my opinion, and I've got local places on every corner for half the price.

>>13885230
Enjoy your microwaved slop, you pleb.

>>13885230
Their salad and breadsticks are delicious. They started selling the dressing and it's a good imitation, though.

>>13889405
That place has gone down the shitter in recent years, it's barely better than the Garden.

I went with my gf last fall when she got a gift card for them.
The food wasn't impressive, they just use a lot of cheese and butter to make up for it,

>>13885230
They're not using fresh ingredients... Why would you go to a restaurant to eat frozen food? Do you like getting ripped off?

>>13885300
Some kind of chicken and big pasta dish?

>>13889428
Calamari with spicy ranch (no idea what spicy ranch is but it sounds interesting)
Zuppa Toscana cause I love potatoes and kale
and Creamy Mushroom Ravioli

also if I actually ate all of that I would feel so fucking fat and disgusting..