After watching Gordon Ramsey beat up restaurant owners on Kitchen Nightmares, I’m having a hard time eating out. It’s pretty disgusting how dirty some of these kitchens are. If you saw the episode on the Mexican restaurant, you remember the beans in the trash can incident. Just plain nasty. Also, judging by the filth, in some of these restaurants, the health department is not doing a very good job.
One thing is painfully obvious; fresh ingredients and a clean kitchen are two “must have” parts of a viable restaurant. I’m no chef but I also know you don’t put cooked chicken with raw chicken or use rotten peppers, rotten potatoes, etc. Maybe I can run a restaurant. Some of these owners are in for over a million dollars and still hanging on. If I ever buy one, I’m not buying the inventory…that’s for sure! I’ll also make sure the kitchen is clean. Oh, and I’ll have a basic menu.
The best part of each show is when Gordon asks the owner to taste what he/she is making…and the owner refuses. It’s a wonder more people aren’t more seriously affected by eating out. If you haven’t seen the show, I recommend it. If you like eating out, I don’t recommend watching.
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October 6th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Had to chime in about Kitchen nightmares. If you are going to watch, I would STRONGLY recommend the UK series from the BBC. Much better than some of the staged stuff that the US version of the show clearly produced.
Get started at Youtube by searching “ramsay’s kitchen nightmares s1e1″. Great watch if you like reality television and business turn around shows.
Or go to the following clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqV3PfRWF4
October 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The BBC version is good. But, apparently, the European restaurants care more about being clean. I didn’t see any episodes of filth like I saw on the American version. I will travel to England to eat. Otherwise, I am staying home!