BuzzFeed recently dropped an article that’ll have you rethink your order the next time you go out to eat 🤢🤢🤢.
Here are some the caught my attention. Again, this is intel from restaurant workers of what NOT to order.
Sushi . . .Â
“I won’t get sushi at an empty sushi place, or on a Sunday or Monday before dinner time.”
“For spicy tuna sushi rolls, places often take old, less fresh tuna and add spices to cover up the bad flavor. Stick with regular tuna rolls.”
Buffet or salad bar . . .Â
“Anything off of a buffet or salad bar. It took COVID to make me realize exactly how gross the general population is when there are no consequences for being so gross. I’ve had multiple people genuinely not understand why it was a problem to take the spoon from a seafood dish and use it to get some mac and cheese. I’ve seen people lick the utensils. I’ve seen people reach in with their bare hands to get a biscuit. I’ve seen kids getting their own food and all the perils that come with that.”
Adding lemon to your drink . . .Â
“DO NOT ever get a lemon in your drink at a restaurant. Servers clean off food, touch the food screen, handle many used pens, and do a lot of other things with their hands. There isn’t always time to wash your hands between taking a drink order and grabbing those lemons. It’s a big source of cross-contamination.”
Free bread and cheese . . .Â
“I worked at an upscale, local Italian restaurant. The complimentary bread? If another table doesn’t finish theirs, the ‘untouched’ bread goes into whatever new breadbaskets are being served. That ‘freshly grated parmesan’ sitting in a bowl at your table? It was probably sifted through by an unruly six-year-old. It comes from (and any leftovers go back to) a communal giant tub of grated cheese in the back.”
There’s so much more 🤢. If you can stomach it, go here.