People seem to think it’s in poor taste to order it. Like it’s an uncultured, low brow, menu item. I really don’t understand why, I mean, your eating at Olive Garden ffs
it’s a meme to hate on chain restaurants, it’s a good way of telling someone bases their personality off social media/internet trends. the food is nothing special but it’s not trying to be, like just eat your chilis burger and drink a few beers
Fuck that, Olive Garden has never been good every time I go and there are local italian places everywhere. If they cost the same, why would you go to olive garden? So your waiter is 15% nicer/younger?
My local Italian place has staff who I suspect are Bosnian war criminals, but they have really good food so I just make little jokes about the muslim bosniak I bumped into to gauge their reactions.
It's complicated, but nobody is innocent. It's one of those wars where people far away tell you what you're supposed to think and so that's what most people think.
how many calories is that meal
you just know that the cheese is fatty, the sauce is full of butter, everything is heavily salted, the lasagna is full of meat grease, i wouldn't be surprised if that plate itself was like 2-3k cals
he has no time to direct you to a quote, the purpose of an image board is beneath him, he is here to spread his gospel, we are forbidden from quoting within our posts, he makes the rules
I remember awhile back there was an Olive Garden thread and this anon went to lunch with his work colleagues and anon ordered the Tour of Italy and this one douche bag co-worker teased him about it and even weeks later when he would pass anon in the hallway or see him on the elevator this guy would go "Oh look out! It's the Tour of Italy man!"
I’ve never understood anyone who has a problem with someone who orders the Tour of Italy however, if, when said person orders said menu item they tell the waitress, “I’ll be taking the tour” then that is as gay as homosexual anal when there is active poop and that I do not condone
yeh
general tsos chicken ain't chinese but it's fucking delicious nonetheless
I will happily go to an olive garden when stuck in council bluffs iowa flyover american hell while traveling for work and eat 3 bowls of zoupa tuscana, 3 bread sticks, and a giant bowl of salad
Finally someone mentioned the salad. I could theoretically make it at home but I don't have 10 different jars of little peppers and what not. Some things are just better done in big batches and the all you can eat lunch soup and salad are the professional gentleman's go to on a budget but being health conscious.
Then you can order some spaghetti to take home and heat as long as that bitch Stephanie doesn't "accidentally" steal my dinner out of the fridge like last week. Fucking whore.
Lol, I live in Arizona and every grocery/chain market sushi is made by a chink. They're hiring often, too. I want to apply, just to see if they'd ever hire a whitey. I doubt it's all a coincidence.
They hire Vietnamese where I live.
People will legitimately complain.
I worked in at an Asian food restaurant owned by some rich Arab bitch and when the new store was opening people kept complaining and pointing out there were no Chinese people working in the kitchen.
Nothing was made authentically or from scratch it was all pre-packaged Chinese-ish slop but some people are so up their own ass about shit like that.
I remember awhile back there was an Olive Garden thread and this anon went to lunch with his work colleagues and anon ordered the Tour of Italy and this one douche bag co-worker teased him about it and even weeks later when he would pass anon in the hallway or see him on the elevator this guy would go "Oh look out! It's the Tour of Italy man!"
>I remember awhile back there was an Olive Garden thread and this anon went to lunch with his work colleagues and anon ordered the Tour of Italy and this one douche bag co-worker teased him about it and even weeks later when he would pass anon in the hallway or see him on the elevator this guy would go "Oh look out! It's the Tour of Italy man!"
I don't quite see what is so shameful about this.
It's not like he fucked the ugliest whale in the office.
This kind of shit happens anywhere. You order something, anything, with a memorable name, and as the new guy you get stuck with it for like a year or some shit. Then people forget and move on.
Yep. That's me. Moons Over My Hammy Tom's what people call me now. It's been well over a decade, and I still haven't shook the stupid nickname that Legs & Eggs Larry stuck to me that one fateful meal at Denny's after an all-nighter.
this is why you always do the "polite" thing when eating with a group you don't know that well and let others order first
from that you can establish what is appropriate to order
if there is 3+ people getting the same thing then just copy them
if everyone is getting different things copy the least remarkable member of the group in your close vicinity
then make sure to ask them what they think of the meal before anyone asks you so you can mirror their answer but be a bit more positive so everyone thinks you are not fussy but still discerning
I casually mentioned I go to church at work a while ago, I think the context was that I was helping fix something there after work. One guy would bring it up constantly in ridiculous ways >late to a meeting >haha where were you anon, church? >talking about music >haha you can’t play that at church! >bring up company holiday party >haha bet anon wants to have it at church
Absolutely bizarre. Luckily he left after about a year
this is why you always do the "polite" thing when eating with a group you don't know that well and let others order first
from that you can establish what is appropriate to order
if there is 3+ people getting the same thing then just copy them
if everyone is getting different things copy the least remarkable member of the group in your close vicinity
then make sure to ask them what they think of the meal before anyone asks you so you can mirror their answer but be a bit more positive so everyone thinks you are not fussy but still discerning
Mike Tyson is right. Society would be more civil if it was ok to punch a douchebag once in a while. Tour of Italy goober would keep his negative comments to himself if he thought there was the possibility of getting punched in the face.
Agree. Anyone who mouth’s off on the Olive Garden Tour of Italy and things lead to fisticuffs, 48 hours in the county jail and a $500 fine for the initial aggressor.
damn it man i'm still a meme here? i tell one lousy story and this is what happens lol. the jerk guy was kinda fat and wore an expensive gray hoodie and had an overpriced truck. i still don't get why the guy thought it was funny, maybe it seemed like too much food, or too "uppity" for a dude to order.
additionally, there was no elevator at that job. we were semi-legal door-to-door vacuum salesmen
We love you and support you Tour of Italy man! We totally understand why you would order such deliciousness at lunch with your co-workers. That guy who criticized your food order is a moronic ass-clown!
Lol, were you a Kirby vacuum salesman? Those are totally good vacuum cleaners but they are usually overpriced. I never understood the door to door selling shit, most people already have a vacuum cleaner and if they don’t have one it’s because they are too poor to consider a vacuum cleaner a priority. Anyway there have been many times I’ve had to vacuum spaghetti off the floor and I’d wished I’d had a Kirby
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Company
lol yep. i was taking a break from college and found some generic job listing on craigslist looking for "laborers". i needed a job and they paid me alright so i stuck with it, but once i found out the boss didn't get any solicitation permits for the cities we canvassed i was out
and yeah no one else understands it either, it's basically a pyramid scheme to funnel money to team leads and owners, and the prices/payments are just whatever you can squeeze out of someone. i started legitimately feeling bad for scamming people. they are admittedly high quality machines, but you shouldn't pay the 2-3 grand suggested retail or whatever, you can usually buy one direct from a lazy/unscrupulous rep for about 800
>Salt is good for you and makes things taste good.
Most people naturally stop eating salty foods when their body has "enough"
And you sweat out the excess
I typically only eat foods high in salt when I'm dehydrated
Have you ever seen "sports" drinks/rehydration drinks, anon? You sweat out electrolytes and need to replenish them just as much as getting water back in you.
>Salt is good for you and makes things taste good.
Most people naturally stop eating salty foods when their body has "enough"
And you sweat out the excess
I typically only eat foods high in salt when I'm dehydrated
Salt is good for you and makes things taste good.
the sat fat and sugar numbers aren't helping things either. olive garden really shouldn't exist.
Looks fine to me, but it's still a carb bomb. It probably won't kill you or give you cancer like soda will, but it'll make you shit badly and feel awful a few hours after.
I wonder what the demographics of people that eat at Olive Garden are....I take my grandma there when I visit because she loves it, and it is usually 90% women.
>Lunch is the best time to eat at Carrabas. The same stuff as dinner at half price. Chicken Bryan is fucking delicious.
Nope, best time to go is happy hour with the App. There are awesome $7 apps and $6 drinks, plus you still get to get your free items from the app and loyalty across 3 chains. Or, you can do the $25 2 drinks plus cheese/salumi board combo.
Looks good but it's BABBY sized portions. Ordering a bowl of pasta would be more food than that, if anything that looks like an appetizer meant to be shared between people, guess it could be enough for one person.
Is this how ameris actually eat? >lasagna: cheese, fatty mince, probably butter/oil >pasta: butter, cheese >probably deep-fried chicken(?) with more cheese on top
That shit is so much fat, it's gonna make you fat thanks to calories alone, not even considering how those substances metabolize.
>That shit is so much fat, it's gonna make you fat thanks to calories alone, not even considering how those substances metabolize.
My teenage nephew can eat for 3 hours at the Rodizio and still maintain his no bodyfat athletic physique existence. Not everyone has a broken metabolism or rolls out of restaurants to the couch like you.
lmfao
So you yourself is fat. >broken metabolism
Fat is only used by some internal organs and type 1 muscle fibers that constitute a small proprortion of total muscle. You eat it outside teenagehood, you eventually get fat. Yet half of ameris here will blame the hfcs joo or the evil seed oils or xenoestrogens or whatever for getting fat.
>So you yourself is fat.
No, that's just your childish projection. I just haven't by choice eaten at a chain Italian restaurant in a decade or more.
Your nutritional understandings are really below average, and your anti-semitism is disgusting. Know how I know you are stupid? Don't worry, you'll show us how stupid you are in your next post.
>Is this how ameris actually eat?
No, this is how Italians eat. The chefs at Olive Garden spend over a month in Italy getting trained by top Italian chefs. It's completely authentic Italian.
>be me in 2010 >visiting my friend outside Alexandria Virginia while he's off his tour of duty from the (ch)air force >says his AF buddy is having a surprise birthday party and asks me to come with him and his wife >agree >"great, it's at Olive Garden" >drive through an hour of traffic in roads with miles and miles of chain restaurants until we arrive >place has an hour wait with people standing outside in the rain >for olive garden >go to special private party room >at least 40 people >breadsticks: passed around >cheap red wine: flowing >salad: un-fucking-limited >find myself having a great time >food comes >but wait, I say, I didn't order anything >oh its OK - for large parties, olive garden serves food Family Style >get a taste of all their menu has to offer >everybody leaves with their bellies full of food and wine
Guys, don't knock olive garden. I have been to seven major Italian cities and nobody treats you better than Americans at Olive Garden. Honestly, when I was there, I felt like we were all family.
Plus after that we went to a house party and I totally fingered some girl in their guest room. It was epic.
The local olive garden to me is why I'd knock the OG, all the others I've been to growing up were perfectly fine, wonderful experiences. But for some fucking reason, the local one to me doesn't carry ranch. That they sell in the fucking walmart across the street. No kidding, OG branded parm ranch, right fucking there on the shelf. Not a block away from the restaurant. This infuriates me to no end. Especially because every. single. other. Olive Garden carries ranch. All of them. If I drive to the one up north - guess what, they have ranch.
Carrabas has better bread though, same for the desserts. I wouldn't have known that if OG hadn't shat their pants with that retardation.
>everything_ was better back then!
this is what a dining experience at Pizza Hut was like back in the day. And the girl had to put afterward, she owed you! there was none of this "me too" bullshit! She grubbed down at your expense. Nothing is free bitch. Now it's time to grub down on my wiener
I assume people mock "The Tour of Italy" because it's 3 of the most simplistic americanized Italian dishes. Someone would probably assume a proper "tour" of Italy would be a big platter of at least 5 dishes, without any redundancy like 2 different pastas. I'd have figured there would be antipasto on a tour of Italy.
I do. Don’t call it a Tour of Italy if you’re taking me to New York.
Now, personally, I would’ve replaced the chicken with some sort of pesto-based dish. It would’ve made the whole thing look like the flag of Italy too, which would’ve been a nice touch.
>Italian-Americans make great food >Everyone on Earth loves it >Italians crack an egg over pasta >Cry that people add cream and bacon to make it edible
Why are they like this?
Nobody really cares if it's bad or not, maybe they will make it authentically as a novelty or it eat normally with cream and bacon, everybody on earth loves american pepperoni pizza though.
1 month ago
Anonymous
As bad as carbonara might be, I still appreciate the pizza more. The pizza here is nothing but grease.
1 month ago
Anonymous
Everyone on earth loves american pizza, what italian pizza chains are internationally renowned? I don't know of any.
1 month ago
Anonymous
We aren't even talking about renowned chains, I just said Italian pizza is more flavorful, has more flavors than just grease.
1 month ago
Anonymous
I guess the world disagrees, they love american pizza and there is no contest.
1 month ago
Anonymous
The world disagrees because they don't know the options or can't afford it. Domino's is quick and cheap, doesn't mean it tastes as good as an actual Italian pizza.
1 month ago
Anonymous
>they don't know the options or can't afford it.
No, peasant food isn't expensive, Italian-Americans did food better and showed the world, italian pizza doesn't need any longer in the oven than american pizza, the world has chosen what they prefer long ago.
1 month ago
Anonymous
Italian pizza is still better. I want to taste the rich tomato sauce, not grease.
1 month ago
Anonymous
That's nice, you can stay with the other few italians that pretend to agree with you for pride reasons but will then go buy dominos anyways.
1 month ago
Anonymous
That's fine, I don't need validation from others, I'm not a woman.
1 month ago
Anonymous
Well if you are being charged more for a flatbread with some tomato sauce and mozzarella sprinkled on it than a normal american pizza you should be making your own.
1 month ago
Anonymous
And I will, the money was never the point of contention, the flavor was.
1 month ago
Anonymous
You said the people that prefer american pizza couldn't afford italian flatbread with some tomato sauce, the fact is they just didn't want it.
1 month ago
Anonymous
>everybody on earth loves american pepperoni pizza
pepperoni pizza does not exist outside of america. it's salami everywhere just like in italy
1 month ago
Anonymous
i can't speak for other countries but pepperoni pizza very much exists in the UK.
1 month ago
Anonymous
carbonara was made up after the second world war to serve something pleasing to American GI's. It's about as inauthentic as anything can get.
Italians are almost never capable of innovating, they just act dramatic and sperg out, especially when someone else improves their food.
Pizza was perfected in North America. Pizzas made with a robust crust and HFLM mozzarella are the textbook profile for quality pizza, but no, hipster dipshits like alton brown like shilling the inferior italian version with sparse splotchy cheese that doesn't melt right and is barren of toppings.
And god help you if you suggest putting seafood on pizza to these monkeys.
1 month ago
Anonymous
American pizza is good foundationally but it's sad that their topping game is so lacking. They only just discovered Hispanicy honey as a drizzle. Best pizza I ever had was gorgonzola, a chipotle infused honey drizzle, and small slices of tri tip steak.
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
No. Because it was invented in Italy to suit American tastes.
I grew up with working class parents
When they had friends over they'd put together shitty cheese boards, turn the lights down so that there was 'ambience', my mom would light candles that she never used any other time, they'd buy cask wine and sneak the full glasses out of the pantry so the illusion wouldn't break
Meanwhile they'd play music with French or Italian lyrics which neither of my parents ever listened to outside of these parties
I both hate and also feel pity for this kind of stuff
I love tortellini but making it is way too much work and the versions you can buy at the grocery suck and have no flavor. I was thinking about going to an italian restaurant and asking them if I could buy a couple of servings of theirs that are uncooked so I can prep it at home. Do you think they would let me do it or would I get laughed out of the restaurant?
Let us never forget that you can buy a cheese grater at your local olive garden, and they'll even throw in some test cheese
https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/olive-garden-cheese-grater-rcna121045
The Tour of Italy is my favorite dish to order.
Every time we go to Olive Garden with the family I like to make a fun little event of it.
"pack your bags" I say to my wife "we're going on a tour!"
I grab my passport and head out the door.
We get to the restaurant in 10 minutes flat.
"WOW, Italy is a lot closer to home than I thought!"
When we get to the restaurant I ask the hostess "do I need to speak Italian here?" with a big grin. The hostess giggles and takes us to our table.
When we get seated at the restaurant the waiter takes our order.
"I'll have the tour of Italy" I exclaim. "Do you need to see my passport?" I say slyly. The waitress giggles and says she will bring out the breadsticks and salad soon.
The salad arrives and I get extra cheese on top per usual.
"starting off up north at the snow covered Italian Alps I see!" My wife groans but the waitress gets a giggle out of it.
The main course comes and it's just as beautiful as I remember it.
I grab my fork "Where do I even begin?!"
I take my fork and make airplane noises as I dive my fork down into the Chicken Parmigiana "Milan, you taste magnificent!"
"Next let's see Florence!" I direct my fork toward the signature Fettuccine Alfredo. It's like I can taste the culture without even seeing the city!
"Now for the grand finally, let's head down to Rome!"
My fork gobbles up the Lasagna Classico in seconds.
"Mama Mia! what a trip!"
We get the bill "wow a whole tour of Italy for only $14.99? what a bargain!"
The waitress seems pretty over it at this point but manages to crack a little smile as she takes my credit card. "Didn't even need to crack out the American Express! hah!"
As we leave I wave and exclaim "arrivederci!" to all the staff as we walk out the door.
What a great family restaurant.
I am kinda shocked you didn't say "Tour Of Italy....that is 3 for me!" And the waitress laughed and said "I am gonna start calling you 3 for me!" And everyone chuckled and she refilled everyones wine and everyone toasted.
I’m a 27 year old American Otaku (Anime fan for you gaijins). I draw Anime and Manga on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior Japanese games. (Disgaea, Final Fantasy, Persona series)
I train with my Katana every day, this superior weapon can cut clean through steel because it is folded over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my sword license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.
I speak Japanese fluently, both Kanji and the Osaka dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Japanese history and their bushido code, which I follow 100%
When I get my Japanese visa, I am moving to Tokyo to attend a prestigious High School to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an animator for Studio Ghibli or a game designer!
I own several kimonos, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Japan, so I can fit in easier. I bow to my elders and seniors and speak Japanese as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.
I wish I had a wife and kids, I’d love to embarrass them like this. I do embarrass myself though, I always order the tour of Italy and when I do I just tell the waitress, “I’ll be taking the tour tonight hun” and she just cracks a fake smile and I know she thinks I’m an autistic retard but I can’t help but doing it maybe I also have torrettes
>Olive Garden
I only go for very special occasions. So can't say I hate it but it is upscale and don't like that fact I need to dress up to go out and have a nicely prepared meal.
>Olive Garden >I only go for very special occasions. So can't say I hate it but it is upscale and don't like that fact I need to dress up to go out and have a nicely prepared meal.
If wearing a t shirt and a pair of blue jeans is too much for you, I don't know what to say.
My wife does her own “tour of Italy.” She orders that and then takes a large portion of whatever me and our kids order too. Pic is not her but this reminds me of how she grubs down when we go to “the garden” as she likes to call it and, like a prior anon said he does, when she orders she tells the waitress “i’ll be taking the tour this evening”
>Can you even get any of the food served at Olive Garden in Italy? I'm serious, I don't think they serve anything found outside of the US.
You are absolutely right. Italians never serve pasta based dishes because that is an affront to their national heritage.
Italian food is never ever worth the price. I’ve been making my own chicken parmi at home with tendies in the air fryer rao’s arabbiata sauce and shredded pizza blend cheese for a fraction of the cost of olive garden and roughly 3.5x better tasting
I took my Italian aunt to The Olive Garden last night. She took one bite of the spaghetti and her eyes lit up. ¡AUTHENTICO! she cried. The staff started clapping in unison which was truly a sight to see, being that it was NOT anyone's birthday or other special occasion. The manager came out from the office to offer us "comped" salad and breadsticks. "Comped" is a term from Las Vegas casinos - very exciting! I had to ask what it meant. My aunt says she has never had such good, authentic Italian food before, and she has lived in Italy her whole life.
tourism industry shills, probably
never had it
weird to go from tomato to alfredo
they just eat the alfredo first. they dont put a gun to your head.
you've obviously never been to the the detroit olive garden
>The
Lol, is there only one OG in all of Detroit?
Can't have SHIT--
The obvious & natural progression is the Alfredo, then the Chicken Parm., then the Lasagna.
>tomato to alfredo
>tomada to alfreda
that could be a song
start writing and I will represent you on tour
People seem to think it’s in poor taste to order it. Like it’s an uncultured, low brow, menu item. I really don’t understand why, I mean, your eating at Olive Garden ffs
it’s a meme to hate on chain restaurants, it’s a good way of telling someone bases their personality off social media/internet trends. the food is nothing special but it’s not trying to be, like just eat your chilis burger and drink a few beers
Fuck that, Olive Garden has never been good every time I go and there are local italian places everywhere. If they cost the same, why would you go to olive garden? So your waiter is 15% nicer/younger?
My local Italian place has staff who I suspect are Bosnian war criminals, but they have really good food so I just make little jokes about the muslim bosniak I bumped into to gauge their reactions.
What is the correct answer here..? I have no clue of this conflict or people.
It's complicated, but nobody is innocent. It's one of those wars where people far away tell you what you're supposed to think and so that's what most people think.
how many calories is that meal
you just know that the cheese is fatty, the sauce is full of butter, everything is heavily salted, the lasagna is full of meat grease, i wouldn't be surprised if that plate itself was like 2-3k cals
> how many calories is that meal
Try reading the thread, someone posted it. No, I'm not pointing you towards it.
holy fuck we got a serious Culinalyner here guys
he has no time to direct you to a quote, the purpose of an image board is beneath him, he is here to spread his gospel, we are forbidden from quoting within our posts, he makes the rules
what’s your point
It might also have something to do with eating three portions of rich fatty dishes.
No. That's not a problem for the average American.
I’ve never understood anyone who has a problem with someone who orders the Tour of Italy however, if, when said person orders said menu item they tell the waitress, “I’ll be taking the tour” then that is as gay as homosexual anal when there is active poop and that I do not condone
Stay mad other people can enjoy things earnestly without regard for your judgment anon
never tried it, since you brought it up, might give it a look if I ever go to olive garden
Because it's at Olive Garden®
does anyone remember when they served a baked shrimp ziti? i swear they used to make it but it wasn't on the menu last time I went there.
They took everything good off the menu. RIP little breads they used to give you with the artichoke spinach dip.
Rip the mushroom ravioli with the tomato Alfredo sauce.
>can't get the balsamic steak gorgonzola pasta anymore
RIP Chicken Alfredo Pizza
>it wasn't on the menu last time I went there
So what, no fucking ziti now?
Herpes garden
elaborate
anon probably got a "dirty" blowie from the glory hole there
No, I was the one giving
that's even gayer...and you got the outbreaks to prove it
tell me why an all you can eat spagetti and garlic bread restaurant doesnt work.
people hate family, and when you're here, you're family
Went there last week
Had the chicken parmigiana
Was good
The type of people who lose their shit if they see a white person preparing their grocery store sushi.
MUH AUTHENTICITY
yeh
general tsos chicken ain't chinese but it's fucking delicious nonetheless
I will happily go to an olive garden when stuck in council bluffs iowa flyover american hell while traveling for work and eat 3 bowls of zoupa tuscana, 3 bread sticks, and a giant bowl of salad
Finally someone mentioned the salad. I could theoretically make it at home but I don't have 10 different jars of little peppers and what not. Some things are just better done in big batches and the all you can eat lunch soup and salad are the professional gentleman's go to on a budget but being health conscious.
Then you can order some spaghetti to take home and heat as long as that bitch Stephanie doesn't "accidentally" steal my dinner out of the fridge like last week. Fucking whore.
Lol, I live in Arizona and every grocery/chain market sushi is made by a chink. They're hiring often, too. I want to apply, just to see if they'd ever hire a whitey. I doubt it's all a coincidence.
They hire Vietnamese where I live.
People will legitimately complain.
I worked in at an Asian food restaurant owned by some rich Arab bitch and when the new store was opening people kept complaining and pointing out there were no Chinese people working in the kitchen.
Nothing was made authentically or from scratch it was all pre-packaged Chinese-ish slop but some people are so up their own ass about shit like that.
One of my uncles is very white and very racist yet he will not eat at a Japanense restaurant if he sees more than one white worker
So the complaints were valid...
It was the same products they use in every Chinese takeout restaurants.
olive garden and red lobster are fancy white trash (or upscale colored people) food.
I remember awhile back there was an Olive Garden thread and this anon went to lunch with his work colleagues and anon ordered the Tour of Italy and this one douche bag co-worker teased him about it and even weeks later when he would pass anon in the hallway or see him on the elevator this guy would go "Oh look out! It's the Tour of Italy man!"
>I remember awhile back there was an Olive Garden thread and this anon went to lunch with his work colleagues and anon ordered the Tour of Italy and this one douche bag co-worker teased him about it and even weeks later when he would pass anon in the hallway or see him on the elevator this guy would go "Oh look out! It's the Tour of Italy man!"
I don't quite see what is so shameful about this.
It's not like he fucked the ugliest whale in the office.
>It's not like he fucked the ugliest whale in the office.
I have done that though
I was really drunk
This kind of shit happens anywhere. You order something, anything, with a memorable name, and as the new guy you get stuck with it for like a year or some shit. Then people forget and move on.
Yep. That's me. Moons Over My Hammy Tom's what people call me now. It's been well over a decade, and I still haven't shook the stupid nickname that Legs & Eggs Larry stuck to me that one fateful meal at Denny's after an all-nighter.
If only it could happen to me.
this is why you always do the "polite" thing when eating with a group you don't know that well and let others order first
from that you can establish what is appropriate to order
if there is 3+ people getting the same thing then just copy them
if everyone is getting different things copy the least remarkable member of the group in your close vicinity
then make sure to ask them what they think of the meal before anyone asks you so you can mirror their answer but be a bit more positive so everyone thinks you are not fussy but still discerning
why not just get what you want wtf
it’s a fucking restaurant
That is why no one will remember your name
sigma
I casually mentioned I go to church at work a while ago, I think the context was that I was helping fix something there after work. One guy would bring it up constantly in ridiculous ways
>late to a meeting
>haha where were you anon, church?
>talking about music
>haha you can’t play that at church!
>bring up company holiday party
>haha bet anon wants to have it at church
Absolutely bizarre. Luckily he left after about a year
This is autism
Mike Tyson is right. Society would be more civil if it was ok to punch a douchebag once in a while. Tour of Italy goober would keep his negative comments to himself if he thought there was the possibility of getting punched in the face.
Agree. Anyone who mouth’s off on the Olive Garden Tour of Italy and things lead to fisticuffs, 48 hours in the county jail and a $500 fine for the initial aggressor.
damn it man i'm still a meme here? i tell one lousy story and this is what happens lol. the jerk guy was kinda fat and wore an expensive gray hoodie and had an overpriced truck. i still don't get why the guy thought it was funny, maybe it seemed like too much food, or too "uppity" for a dude to order.
additionally, there was no elevator at that job. we were semi-legal door-to-door vacuum salesmen
We love you and support you Tour of Italy man! We totally understand why you would order such deliciousness at lunch with your co-workers. That guy who criticized your food order is a moronic ass-clown!
lol thank you 🙂 the tour of italy is pretty good. stay cool and keep ordering the Tour of Italy™
Lol, were you a Kirby vacuum salesman? Those are totally good vacuum cleaners but they are usually overpriced. I never understood the door to door selling shit, most people already have a vacuum cleaner and if they don’t have one it’s because they are too poor to consider a vacuum cleaner a priority. Anyway there have been many times I’ve had to vacuum spaghetti off the floor and I’d wished I’d had a Kirby
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Company
Was Kirby the Nintendo character named after Kirby the Vacuum cleaner, because they suck things?
lol yep. i was taking a break from college and found some generic job listing on craigslist looking for "laborers". i needed a job and they paid me alright so i stuck with it, but once i found out the boss didn't get any solicitation permits for the cities we canvassed i was out
and yeah no one else understands it either, it's basically a pyramid scheme to funnel money to team leads and owners, and the prices/payments are just whatever you can squeeze out of someone. i started legitimately feeling bad for scamming people. they are admittedly high quality machines, but you shouldn't pay the 2-3 grand suggested retail or whatever, you can usually buy one direct from a lazy/unscrupulous rep for about 800
Salt is good for you and makes things taste good.
>Salt is good for you and makes things taste good.
Most people naturally stop eating salty foods when their body has "enough"
And you sweat out the excess
I typically only eat foods high in salt when I'm dehydrated
>I typically only eat foods high in salt when I'm dehydrated
Huh? You eat salt when you're dehydrated?
Have you ever seen "sports" drinks/rehydration drinks, anon? You sweat out electrolytes and need to replenish them just as much as getting water back in you.
Guy runs the oasis mirage spawn build.
the sat fat and sugar numbers aren't helping things either. olive garden really shouldn't exist.
>fat bad
Oh no it's retarded
Looks fine to me, but it's still a carb bomb. It probably won't kill you or give you cancer like soda will, but it'll make you shit badly and feel awful a few hours after.
>carb bomb
>56% of the calories are from fat alone
>only 25.5% are from carbs
you are mentally ill.
I wonder what the demographics of people that eat at Olive Garden are....I take my grandma there when I visit because she loves it, and it is usually 90% women.
In my hometown it's 95% women over 60...at least for lunch. Can't say I've ever been there for dinner
It's always old people.
OId white people are the most prevalent, but outside of that it's mostly Indians, Hispanics, and Asians
t. Olive Garden server (east coast)
No black people? In Orlando whenever I go to olive garden there's black people working and dining
Redditors love hating on anything that is mainstream even if it's good.
dunno, it's shit
Carrabba's is better by miles
Lunch is the best time to eat at Carrabas. The same stuff as dinner at half price. Chicken Bryan is fucking delicious.
>Lunch is the best time to eat at Carrabas. The same stuff as dinner at half price. Chicken Bryan is fucking delicious.
Nope, best time to go is happy hour with the App. There are awesome $7 apps and $6 drinks, plus you still get to get your free items from the app and loyalty across 3 chains. Or, you can do the $25 2 drinks plus cheese/salumi board combo.
Do you sell office supplies across America or something? How do you know Carrabas so damn well?
this website is full of marketers
is a board of 100 regular visitors (maybe that much) worth marketing towards?
>Chicken Bryan
my fuckin nigga
Can't wait to fill up on mostly carbs.
Looks good but it's BABBY sized portions. Ordering a bowl of pasta would be more food than that, if anything that looks like an appetizer meant to be shared between people, guess it could be enough for one person.
It's 1,550 calories...
Maybe it's just the picture, just looked small to me. I'm sure it's larger in person. Of course it's fucking high in calories, it's fucking pasta.
not all calories are created equal
>Doesn't believe in CICO
>Denying the science
Lol, found the fat liberal.
Well below TDEE
Is this how ameris actually eat?
>lasagna: cheese, fatty mince, probably butter/oil
>pasta: butter, cheese
>probably deep-fried chicken(?) with more cheese on top
That shit is so much fat, it's gonna make you fat thanks to calories alone, not even considering how those substances metabolize.
>That shit is so much fat, it's gonna make you fat thanks to calories alone, not even considering how those substances metabolize.
My teenage nephew can eat for 3 hours at the Rodizio and still maintain his no bodyfat athletic physique existence. Not everyone has a broken metabolism or rolls out of restaurants to the couch like you.
lmfao
So you yourself is fat.
>broken metabolism
Fat is only used by some internal organs and type 1 muscle fibers that constitute a small proprortion of total muscle. You eat it outside teenagehood, you eventually get fat. Yet half of ameris here will blame the hfcs joo or the evil seed oils or xenoestrogens or whatever for getting fat.
>So you yourself is fat.
No, that's just your childish projection. I just haven't by choice eaten at a chain Italian restaurant in a decade or more.
Your nutritional understandings are really below average, and your anti-semitism is disgusting. Know how I know you are stupid? Don't worry, you'll show us how stupid you are in your next post.
i can tell you’re the fat one if a meal at olive garden is gonna make or break your figure
>Rodizio
Rodizios are primarily protein, especially if you stay away from the sides. That's a word of difference from pure carbs and fat.
>Is this how ameris actually eat?
No, this is how Italians eat. The chefs at Olive Garden spend over a month in Italy getting trained by top Italian chefs. It's completely authentic Italian.
If chicken parmesan was invented by Americans then why do the top chefs in Italy teach Olive Garden chefs to make it in Tuscany, Italy???
https://www.mashed.com/289864/what-you-didnt-know-about-olive-gardens-culinary-institute/
>be me in 2010
>visiting my friend outside Alexandria Virginia while he's off his tour of duty from the (ch)air force
>says his AF buddy is having a surprise birthday party and asks me to come with him and his wife
>agree
>"great, it's at Olive Garden"
>drive through an hour of traffic in roads with miles and miles of chain restaurants until we arrive
>place has an hour wait with people standing outside in the rain
>for olive garden
>go to special private party room
>at least 40 people
>breadsticks: passed around
>cheap red wine: flowing
>salad: un-fucking-limited
>find myself having a great time
>food comes
>but wait, I say, I didn't order anything
>oh its OK - for large parties, olive garden serves food Family Style
>get a taste of all their menu has to offer
>everybody leaves with their bellies full of food and wine
Guys, don't knock olive garden. I have been to seven major Italian cities and nobody treats you better than Americans at Olive Garden. Honestly, when I was there, I felt like we were all family.
Plus after that we went to a house party and I totally fingered some girl in their guest room. It was epic.
hmmm gotta love that marketing!
they used swear words and made mention of fingering a girl, you can't market like that, especially for olive garden
also it was 13 years ago
I live in Alexandria now and the olive garden, Romanos, carrabas are empty
The local olive garden to me is why I'd knock the OG, all the others I've been to growing up were perfectly fine, wonderful experiences. But for some fucking reason, the local one to me doesn't carry ranch. That they sell in the fucking walmart across the street. No kidding, OG branded parm ranch, right fucking there on the shelf. Not a block away from the restaurant. This infuriates me to no end. Especially because every. single. other. Olive Garden carries ranch. All of them. If I drive to the one up north - guess what, they have ranch.
Carrabas has better bread though, same for the desserts. I wouldn't have known that if OG hadn't shat their pants with that retardation.
ranch is the most autism of condiments
>Why do people hate the Tour of Italy at Olive Garden so much?
I don't hate it, it's just boring.
1988: the Tour of Italy is introduced.
Did you know there were both Northern and Southern Italy versions of it?
yes. northern was the way to go
Olive Garden served veal? Was it mad fancy back then? Doesn't seem too high class, with that goofy ass font.
america used to be an enjoyable place to live
_everything_ was better back then! how many times to we have to tell you zooms?
>everything_ was better back then!
this is what a dining experience at Pizza Hut was like back in the day. And the girl had to put afterward, she owed you! there was none of this "me too" bullshit! She grubbed down at your expense. Nothing is free bitch. Now it's time to grub down on my wiener
Wtf they had veal?
1997. My goodness, look at these prices.
why the fuck is there ground beef in the pasta e fagioli
You don't put fagioli in your pasta e fagioli?
Those are beans, anon.
This thread is giving me flashbacks.
OG was the first real restaurant I worked in.. in 1989.
AMA
The mushroom tortelloni sounds great. I’m assuming they don’t have it anymore
Olive Garden used to have sandwiches? Wow.
For that price I’d take two tours.
I assume people mock "The Tour of Italy" because it's 3 of the most simplistic americanized Italian dishes. Someone would probably assume a proper "tour" of Italy would be a big platter of at least 5 dishes, without any redundancy like 2 different pastas. I'd have figured there would be antipasto on a tour of Italy.
Too much food and it doesn’t reheat well
Man that's a lot of food
How do you guys eat all of that?
Because chicken parmesan is an American invention, not Italian.
nobody cares
I do. Don’t call it a Tour of Italy if you’re taking me to New York.
Now, personally, I would’ve replaced the chicken with some sort of pesto-based dish. It would’ve made the whole thing look like the flag of Italy too, which would’ve been a nice touch.
nobody intelligent cares what italians think about anything
bump
>Italian-Americans make great food
>Everyone on Earth loves it
>Italians crack an egg over pasta
>Cry that people add cream and bacon to make it edible
Why are they like this?
Is authentic carbonara actually that bad?
the heat of the pasta cooks the egg
Nobody really cares if it's bad or not, maybe they will make it authentically as a novelty or it eat normally with cream and bacon, everybody on earth loves american pepperoni pizza though.
As bad as carbonara might be, I still appreciate the pizza more. The pizza here is nothing but grease.
Everyone on earth loves american pizza, what italian pizza chains are internationally renowned? I don't know of any.
We aren't even talking about renowned chains, I just said Italian pizza is more flavorful, has more flavors than just grease.
I guess the world disagrees, they love american pizza and there is no contest.
The world disagrees because they don't know the options or can't afford it. Domino's is quick and cheap, doesn't mean it tastes as good as an actual Italian pizza.
>they don't know the options or can't afford it.
No, peasant food isn't expensive, Italian-Americans did food better and showed the world, italian pizza doesn't need any longer in the oven than american pizza, the world has chosen what they prefer long ago.
Italian pizza is still better. I want to taste the rich tomato sauce, not grease.
That's nice, you can stay with the other few italians that pretend to agree with you for pride reasons but will then go buy dominos anyways.
That's fine, I don't need validation from others, I'm not a woman.
Well if you are being charged more for a flatbread with some tomato sauce and mozzarella sprinkled on it than a normal american pizza you should be making your own.
And I will, the money was never the point of contention, the flavor was.
You said the people that prefer american pizza couldn't afford italian flatbread with some tomato sauce, the fact is they just didn't want it.
>everybody on earth loves american pepperoni pizza
pepperoni pizza does not exist outside of america. it's salami everywhere just like in italy
i can't speak for other countries but pepperoni pizza very much exists in the UK.
carbonara was made up after the second world war to serve something pleasing to American GI's. It's about as inauthentic as anything can get.
Italians are almost never capable of innovating, they just act dramatic and sperg out, especially when someone else improves their food.
Pizza was perfected in North America. Pizzas made with a robust crust and HFLM mozzarella are the textbook profile for quality pizza, but no, hipster dipshits like alton brown like shilling the inferior italian version with sparse splotchy cheese that doesn't melt right and is barren of toppings.
And god help you if you suggest putting seafood on pizza to these monkeys.
American pizza is good foundationally but it's sad that their topping game is so lacking. They only just discovered Hispanicy honey as a drizzle. Best pizza I ever had was gorgonzola, a chipotle infused honey drizzle, and small slices of tri tip steak.
No. Because it was invented in Italy to suit American tastes.
>It would’ve made the whole thing look like the flag of Italy too
Bandera plate: 😐
Bandera plate, Italian: :O
pizza is an american invention too you know
I grew up with working class parents
When they had friends over they'd put together shitty cheese boards, turn the lights down so that there was 'ambience', my mom would light candles that she never used any other time, they'd buy cask wine and sneak the full glasses out of the pantry so the illusion wouldn't break
Meanwhile they'd play music with French or Italian lyrics which neither of my parents ever listened to outside of these parties
I both hate and also feel pity for this kind of stuff
Sounds goofy af and kind of fun. Was it just a douche fest of putting on a front or something?
It was just a way for my parents to feel cultured
I don't want to mock them for it because I know it made them happy
I know that feel anon.
Sounds like they were living the good life. More power to them.
sounds kino ngl
might try this myself
just need a house, wife and friends first
Your parents were swingers FYI
>Olive Garden
I love tortellini but making it is way too much work and the versions you can buy at the grocery suck and have no flavor. I was thinking about going to an italian restaurant and asking them if I could buy a couple of servings of theirs that are uncooked so I can prep it at home. Do you think they would let me do it or would I get laughed out of the restaurant?
they will laugh you out of the restaurant unfortunately
they will give you a swirlie and after wards a girl will come kick you in the balls
A cute girl? If so it might be worth it.
I wish I could still enjoy it but glutenous pasta makes me gassy and garlic makes me more gassy. I miss my youth.
Kids think hating Olive garden is a good opportunity to show how cultured they are
Let us never forget that you can buy a cheese grater at your local olive garden, and they'll even throw in some test cheese
https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/olive-garden-cheese-grater-rcna121045
I bought it without the branding. It's fine for a grater but you need to stick to hard cheeses because it's a bitch to clean.
The Tour of Italy is my favorite dish to order.
Every time we go to Olive Garden with the family I like to make a fun little event of it.
"pack your bags" I say to my wife "we're going on a tour!"
I grab my passport and head out the door.
We get to the restaurant in 10 minutes flat.
"WOW, Italy is a lot closer to home than I thought!"
When we get to the restaurant I ask the hostess "do I need to speak Italian here?" with a big grin. The hostess giggles and takes us to our table.
When we get seated at the restaurant the waiter takes our order.
"I'll have the tour of Italy" I exclaim. "Do you need to see my passport?" I say slyly. The waitress giggles and says she will bring out the breadsticks and salad soon.
The salad arrives and I get extra cheese on top per usual.
"starting off up north at the snow covered Italian Alps I see!" My wife groans but the waitress gets a giggle out of it.
The main course comes and it's just as beautiful as I remember it.
I grab my fork "Where do I even begin?!"
I take my fork and make airplane noises as I dive my fork down into the Chicken Parmigiana "Milan, you taste magnificent!"
"Next let's see Florence!" I direct my fork toward the signature Fettuccine Alfredo. It's like I can taste the culture without even seeing the city!
"Now for the grand finally, let's head down to Rome!"
My fork gobbles up the Lasagna Classico in seconds.
"Mama Mia! what a trip!"
We get the bill "wow a whole tour of Italy for only $14.99? what a bargain!"
The waitress seems pretty over it at this point but manages to crack a little smile as she takes my credit card. "Didn't even need to crack out the American Express! hah!"
As we leave I wave and exclaim "arrivederci!" to all the staff as we walk out the door.
What a great family restaurant.
I am kinda shocked you didn't say "Tour Of Italy....that is 3 for me!" And the waitress laughed and said "I am gonna start calling you 3 for me!" And everyone chuckled and she refilled everyones wine and everyone toasted.
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I wish I had a wife and kids, I’d love to embarrass them like this. I do embarrass myself though, I always order the tour of Italy and when I do I just tell the waitress, “I’ll be taking the tour tonight hun” and she just cracks a fake smile and I know she thinks I’m an autistic retard but I can’t help but doing it maybe I also have torrettes
I create scenarios like this in my head when I go to sleep
Actual soul. Sincerely enjoying things is a lost art.
I like the implication that his hungry family just watched him eat.
my favourite part is that the wife got nothing kek
israelites with better food
Last time I ordered it
>lasagna tasted frozen
>pasta was bland
>parm was good, which I just ordered that and got more
>Olive Garden
I only go for very special occasions. So can't say I hate it but it is upscale and don't like that fact I need to dress up to go out and have a nicely prepared meal.
>Olive Garden
>I only go for very special occasions. So can't say I hate it but it is upscale and don't like that fact I need to dress up to go out and have a nicely prepared meal.
If wearing a t shirt and a pair of blue jeans is too much for you, I don't know what to say.
My wife does her own “tour of Italy.” She orders that and then takes a large portion of whatever me and our kids order too. Pic is not her but this reminds me of how she grubs down when we go to “the garden” as she likes to call it and, like a prior anon said he does, when she orders she tells the waitress “i’ll be taking the tour this evening”
the only thing worth getting is the never ending soups. their pasta is ass.
Is zuppa tuscana an actual italian thing or an american italian thing?
Either way, its fucking delicious.
>zuppa tuscana
"in Italy it is called "minestra di pane""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuppa_toscana
I don't believe in eating at Italian restaurants because a pasta dish shouldn't cost 20 bucks.
Can you even get any of the food served at Olive Garden in Italy? I'm serious, I don't think they serve anything found outside of the US.
>Can you even get any of the food served at Olive Garden in Italy? I'm serious, I don't think they serve anything found outside of the US.
You are absolutely right. Italians never serve pasta based dishes because that is an affront to their national heritage.
Italian food is never ever worth the price. I’ve been making my own chicken parmi at home with tendies in the air fryer rao’s arabbiata sauce and shredded pizza blend cheese for a fraction of the cost of olive garden and roughly 3.5x better tasting
might as well shred your own cheese it'll melt better too
hating olive garden is a meme
It's overpriced as fuck for what it is
If I want Italian I go to a local place and get much better food for less money
thank God for Sergio's
It's Olive Garden. Any hate is justified.
portions are small af and it's more like an appetizer
No, the portions are big. The commercials say so.
I took my Italian aunt to The Olive Garden last night. She took one bite of the spaghetti and her eyes lit up. ¡AUTHENTICO! she cried. The staff started clapping in unison which was truly a sight to see, being that it was NOT anyone's birthday or other special occasion. The manager came out from the office to offer us "comped" salad and breadsticks. "Comped" is a term from Las Vegas casinos - very exciting! I had to ask what it meant. My aunt says she has never had such good, authentic Italian food before, and she has lived in Italy her whole life.
i've never been to olive garden before
this seems like something i'd order just to get a feel for some of their big dishes
A better question is why they call it the tour of Italy when chicken parm is an American creation.