My wife and I recently ate dinner at the local Outback Steakhouse restaurant. We both ordered ribeye steak with steamed vegetables. The waitress was given instructions that the steak and vegetable were to have no additives, tenderizers, seasonings, etc. BAD NEWS. The food was not prepared as requested. We are confident the steak, vegetables or both had added sugar. She is in complete remission from Crohn’s disease on the low-carb diet and is extremely sensitive to hidden sugars. We know some hidden carbs were added to the meal because this is the same food we routinely eat at home.

I am sure that many restaurants cheat by sweetening everything for the general public. Rather than list the restaurants that cheat, perhaps it would be more helpful to list those restaurant chains that attempt to cook food as instructed. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Kent

I bet they get their steaks pre frozen. And so many meats are infused with a 2% flavoring solution that tenderizes and sweetens a lesser cut of meat.
Sigh....even the meat from grocers is starting to do that.

Sorry no suggestions of restaurants.

I like villiage in. For the most part I just have problems with the sodium levels. That is true anywhere I eat though.

I also really love the Wendy's grilled chicken samwich with no bun or tomato, though the sauce does have small amount of sugars (You can get mayo instead) and thier cesear salad, though I don't know if the dressing is trust worthy. The McDonald's dressing I know not to go near.

I do not remember to see/visit ANY American steakhouse that did NOT brag about how they slowly (24-48 hours) tenderdize, cure, etc. their meats. As bevbme mentioned they usually get the meat already tenderdized. So it is possible that they told you the true, they do not ADD anything more. But there was already more than enough in the meat. Similar way, most of the restaurant use frozen half-prepared vegetables. And they do not ADD anything more.

Maybe this is some kind of food safety issue?

Maybe some smaller family owned restaurant has real fresh steak, but I have never seen them here, in US.

this is news to me

i've been going to the Keg having steak with buddies once a week...now i find out i am having carbs???



the Keg is great, their ceaser salad is the has the lowest carb count possible in any ceaser salad, and their steaks taste great.

You know if you go to a real restaurant (ie something that is not a chain) you'll get what you ask for.

Reading the original post in this thread about sugar added to steak, I was reminded of a mock ad I heard on "Prairie Home Companion". It was for Mrs. So and So's Secret Sauce. The ingredients were high fructose corn syrup, sugar, honey, and jelly beans. Mrs. So and So announced, "I used to cook for a bunch of grumps, until I discovered that if you add sugar to everything, they get happy." Then you heard a man's voice saying "This broiled salmon is delicious! It tastes just like a twinkie!"



P.S. Mrs. So and So then adds "And butter, add lots of butter!"

That seems to be the basic thinking of most commercial foods these days. They get happy, they get addicted, they prefer the sweet taste, and we get a cheap preservative and filler.