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13782468 No.13782468 [Reply] [Original]

Olive Garden ain't that bad, enjoyable mostly

>> No.13782504
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13782504

>Paying 15 dollars for pasta with cheese

>> No.13782520
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Do you really live in such a flyover hellhole that there isn't one Italian eatery better than Olive Garden?

Hell, you could cook better Italian food at home.

>> No.13782532

>>13782504
it says 13, dumbo.
also its all you can eat. pretty good deal

>> No.13782534
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The people who think Olive Garden is authentic Italian are the ones who went to Chi-Chi's and thought it was real mexican too.

>> No.13782540

I used to live near an Olive Garden. I never understood why anyone would go there when there was a great family owned Italian Restaurant half a mile away.

It almost hurt to go to Olive Garden and eat something that I was used to eating at the Italian restaurant. For example, Chicken Marsala at Olive Garden was complete crap while the Chicken Marsala at the family owned Italian restaurant was truly heavenly.

>> No.13782542

>>13782534
>Implying real Mexicans were not working there

Check...mate!

>> No.13782554

>>13782468
>Don't salt the water to make the pots last longer
>bag-reheated sauces and meats
>Can go to a local place for really good Italian at the same price

Fucking boomers.

>> No.13782562

>>13782534
>My boomer parents' favorite until it closed

>> No.13782584

>>13782542
not anymore they ain't...

>> No.13782770

>>13782554
>Can go to a local place for really good Italian at the same price
If you don't live in the northeast or a major city, you certainly can't do this. Italian places are notoriously hit or miss in the Midwest, and when they're bad they're really bad. Even in Boston, several of the Italian places I went to fucking sucked. You generally have to pay top dollar for actual Italian food that isn't terrible.

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>>13782468
Halp I'm addicted to zuppa toscana

>> No.13782825

>>13782468
Why do Americans turn everything that is decent into a trashy cheap version of itself for profit?
>pasta exists
>turn it into fast food, more (canned) sauce, more (plastic) cheese and (shit quality) meat. sell it in bulk
>pizza exists
>make dough tasteless and heavy, more (plastic) cheese and (cheap) meat. completely remove vegetables
>sandwiches exist
>use the greasiest meat and cheese available and create burgers

It's so tiring

>> No.13782841

>>13782504
pasta is supposed to have cheese you pleb

>> No.13782862

I only go there if someone else is paying for it. Its pretty overpriced for the portion sizes. The chicken & gnocchi soup is okay, but I can just make that at home.

>> No.13782871

>>13782825
>it's so tiring
so is your obsession

>> No.13782872

>>13782468
It can be tasty, but bottom line is it's mostly salt and oil.

>> No.13782877

>>13782540
WHAT THE FUCK IS CHICKEN MARSALA DIO PORCO???

>> No.13782881

>>13782825
>Pizza should have vegetables
kys, faggot.

>> No.13782885

>>13782881
Post BMI fatty

>> No.13782906

>>13782881
*ahem*

This is the perfect pizza:

>spicy salame/spianata or pepperoni if you’re Anglo
>porcini mushrooms on oil
>red onion
>Gorgonzola

Fight me

>> No.13782935

>>13782885
6'
27 BMI(last I checked)
8% body fat.

Vegetables still do not belong on pizza, faggot.

>> No.13783092

>>13782935
27 is decently overweight. How could you have that and 8% body fat?

>> No.13783103

>>13782520
This I never.. NEVER eat out italian, everything you could make cheaper and better at home. Thai? Get the keys... I dont need to go to asian store for 10 exotic ingredients. Love local Indian buffet but shudder thinking about the fecal mater im eating.

>> No.13783105

>>13782906
Yeah, I'm thinking this is based. I prefer yellow onions here though.

>> No.13783108

>>13782906
No pineapple or bbq sauce... Your ancestors do not smile upon you anon.

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>>13783105
When I said red onions I was thinking of Tropea onions which are sweet and delicate, I have to admit I didn’t think of it when I translated it hmm.

Yellow onions are fine but for my taste they’re too strong and will cover the rest of the delicate ingredients such as the mushrooms and Gorgonzola.

If there isn’t Gorgonzola I’d go with taleggio.

>>13783108
:(

>> No.13783197

>>13782540
Some people think familiarity is superior

>> No.13783233

>>13782468
Yeah but it's not worth waiting for. I rather just make a big tray of baked zitti at home.

>> No.13783289

>>13783092
Pure muscle baby.

>> No.13783291

>>13782906
>>13783105
>onion on pizza
Apologize right now

>> No.13783335

>>13783092
>27 is decently overweight. How could you have that and 8% body fat?
Because BMI is a shit generalization that only uses height and weight, with no factors on body composition.

>> No.13783378

>>13782468
I like Olive Garden and I’m tired of pretending I don’t.

>> No.13783427

>>13782825
OBSESSED

>> No.13783461

>>13782532
>it’s all you can eat so it’s a good deal
false, the likelihood that you eat enough pasta to get your moneys worth is slim to none.

>> No.13783468

>>13783461
Just don't eat the day before or morning of. That actually sounds really good, a short fast followed by like five bowls of pasta.

>> No.13783469

>>13782935
nigger won’t post weight because he knows he’ll get made fun of

>> No.13783472
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>>13783461
>muh monies worf

>> No.13783481

>>13783468
even with 5 bowls, you still won’t get your money’s worth. everything is cheaply made, frozen, and probably sitting in warming vats for hours on end.
if you want a shit ton of cheap pasta, just go to costco and get the 3 pound packs of ravioli for like $8. at least then you can choose how much you want.

>> No.13783540

Chain restaurants are a american inflicted mistake worse than fast food. Dont you have local small restaurants?

>> No.13783554

>>13782770
The Rio Grande Valley of Texas has amazing Italian restaurants, run by Italians and Hispanic-italians. Same for Chinese restaurants and even one Mongolian place (served horse for a while, stopped because Texans, even Tejanos, don't eat horse.)

>> No.13783576

>>13783481
People on this board don't seem to understand the point of restaurants. Yes, you could make it yourself for cheaper. But no, it's not as easy. And Olive Garden is definitely better than frozen pasta, it's just dishonest to claim otherwise. They're not a good restaurant, but they're better than anything you could get out of a box and much easier.
I don't fucking eat there, but this "fuck chain restaurants" circlejerk is r*dd*t-tier exaggeration.

>> No.13783614

>>13783576
>And Olive Garden is definitely better than frozen pasta,
Not really. None of it's made in-house, so it's all dried or frozen pasta anyways.

>> No.13783671

Olive Garden has absolutely incredible salads if you happen to be the kind of person that doesn't know salad dressing comes in other varieties than ranch.
It's still a better salad than some I've had from much better Italian restaurants.
The rest of the food I've had there is edible.

>> No.13783679

>>13783335
Okay fatty.

>> No.13783684

>>13783614
Their sauces and breads are made in-house though

>> No.13783845

When you're here you're family

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>>13782906
eggplant and ricotta, or nothing

>> No.13784248

>Have it on good authority from a stripper that stripper who used to work at my favorite strip club now works at the Olive Garden near my house

Should I go visit her bros?

>> No.13784249

>>13782504
poor people on my /ck/?

not allow

>> No.13784255

>>13784248
Sure. Your tips will help support her ongoing drug habit.

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>>13782532
>that'll be 13 dollars, plus tip

>> No.13784310

>>13783845
When you are queer, you're family

>> No.13784402

>>13782504
Not only that, but it's all Sysco crap too. May as well crack open a few boxes of michelleni dinners instead.

>> No.13784403

>>13782532
>also its all you can eat. pretty good deal
I never was hungry after finishing a pasta dish in an Italian restaurant. And portions at Olive garden are generally smaller. So all you can eat is basically a way to make you pay double for the same quantity.

>> No.13784596

>>13783335
This is a cope. That being said, my BMI is only 20.5 and I agree with him.

>> No.13784689

>>13783679
>This poster is one of the skeltons who the BMI actually matches

>>13783684
Frozen breadsticks aren't made "in-house". Nor are heat and serve sauces.

>> No.13784705

>>13784268
You forgot the $3 for the diet coke.

>> No.13784710

>>13782534
Who gives a fuck about "authentic"

>> No.13784712

>>13782798
I'm not surprised, it's their best item.

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>>13784596
>BMI of 34.3

>> No.13784728

https://www.redbookmag.com/food-recipes/g26768009/things-olive-garden-employees-want-you-to-know/

>> No.13784865

>>13784728
>"The meats are frozen, which shouldn't be a surprise since you can't expect fresh meats every day. It's just not possible."
Not possible? What a pathetic excuse. Plenty of restaurants are serving fresh food every day.

>> No.13784882

>>13784710
probably the same people who use that word as a marketing tool to attract others like them who care about such a thing.

>> No.13785036

>>13782532
to be fair, all you can eat stuffed pasta is really filling, its the same gimmick as all you can eat pancakes. Unless you can normally eat an unusual amount of something in one sitting, you arent gonna be putting away more than two, MAYBE three plates of the stuff.

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>> No.13785485

>>13784865
Keep in mind that a mega-chain that demands exact consistency over quality end product (no fucking salt in the water to maintain pot warranties) can't depend on higher quality sources like a small, independent place can.

>> No.13785522

>>13782468

I agree. People overreact on here like they're doing a shitty YouTube video or something. I've had worse.