I think you are deluding yourself in terms of quality you get at restaurants. It’s almost always a bit stale because they have to buy in bulk and move inventory. People that I know that work in kitchens never recommended to me eating out.
Maybe this is a matter of where you live. I can imagine the average American chain restaurant (like Olive Garden which was mentioned elsewhere in this thread) being pretty terrible. Where I’m from, most restaurants aren’t chains, and while there certainly are terrible restaurants the average is very good.
Yeah if you don’t go to a lot of restaurants and realize the food is mid, you just aren’t good at cooking yet.
High quality restaurants that can beat my cooking exist, and are in every town. I’m not just comparing myself to a Michelin star. Another thing restaurants have over me are deep fryers and other superior cooking equipment, which make food I just can’t make myself.
And I would never deny, the way I make my home cooking taste better than a restaurant is by taking an hour or two to cook the food and being able to buy fresh, small quantity ingredients the day of.
But I mean come on. To your point, people who work in kitchens can make a better meal for themselves at the end of their shift than what they generally serve in a day. Restaurant food is designed for quantity and consistency, that’s about it.
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I think you are deluding yourself in terms of quality you get at restaurants. It’s almost always a bit stale because they have to buy in bulk and move inventory. People that I know that work in kitchens never recommended to me eating out.
Maybe this is a matter of where you live. I can imagine the average American chain restaurant (like Olive Garden which was mentioned elsewhere in this thread) being pretty terrible. Where I’m from, most restaurants aren’t chains, and while there certainly are terrible restaurants the average is very good.
Yeah if you don’t go to a lot of restaurants and realize the food is mid, you just aren’t good at cooking yet.
High quality restaurants that can beat my cooking exist, and are in every town. I’m not just comparing myself to a Michelin star. Another thing restaurants have over me are deep fryers and other superior cooking equipment, which make food I just can’t make myself.
And I would never deny, the way I make my home cooking taste better than a restaurant is by taking an hour or two to cook the food and being able to buy fresh, small quantity ingredients the day of.
But I mean come on. To your point, people who work in kitchens can make a better meal for themselves at the end of their shift than what they generally serve in a day. Restaurant food is designed for quantity and consistency, that’s about it.