Most Unhealthy Food in America: Outback “Aussie” Fries
What is the most unhealthy food in America? According to Men’s Health the award goes to the Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. This delicious mess of fried crap medley has 2,900 calories and 182 grams of fat. Yum!! Funny thing is, these fries are less Australian than a Wal-Mart boomerang that was made in China.
Like just about everything on Outback’s menu, this is not what Australians eat. Trust me, I’ve lived there and my wife is Australian. When I took her to Outback to eat she was baffled by menu items such as The Bloomin’ Onion. “They just make this stuff up” she said. In fact, she was so curious by the misrepresentation of her countries food that she sent them an email. And they actually responded by saying that the food is creole based. That’s of course not true either. So Outback not only lies to Americans about what Aussies eat, they also lie to Aussies about what Americans eat. Just a fun factoid to add to this story.
Image from Men’s Health.
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I already had it out with your better half on this one…..Queensland Chicken and Shrimp better be adopted by the Aussie’s as a national dish cause
1. I’ve had it
2. It’s delicious
and 3. It would pain me to think that it is Ameristralian.
Speaking of, what do they call chinese food in China? Food?
I should put a memo in to the new Aussie Prime Minister. After all, when new people come to power they need to make some changes, sometimes just for the sake of it. Why not a new state dish for Queensland?? People there eat chicken and shrimp anyways.
As for the Chinese…thank god they never take a day off!! That came in real handy this past New Year’s Day!
Ahhh come on its chicken and shrimp there is nothing cultural about that dish at all!! It would be like going to an American restaurant in London and finding chicken and broccoli on the menu, yes you can get that any where and maybe its yumo, but what would you be hoping for… a great burger or maybe buffalo wings and then how would you feel if you didn’t find these on the menu… you’d feel jipped!
As an American it’s always good to know that you can go just about anywhere and grab yourself a Big Mac (sure some of the preservatives might be different but it’s generally the same).
I will say even in Melbourne; Australia’s 2nd biggest city, it was difficult to get some of the good classic American dishes. A good hot dog? Nope. I can think of just one place that had NY style Pizza. Buffalo wings? Nope. And that one surprises me because Australians eat chicken wings with honey mustard and crap, but somehow the concept of eating them with hot sauce has not crossed the Pacific to them.
Australia is like a cross between the UK and the United States anyways, it’s kinda like Canada except they sound different, have different animals and I think some Canadians eat hot wings.
I’ve been to China…most of what you find at a typical Chinese restaurant here would be unrecognizeable to the average Chinese person. It’s pretty much the same as the Outback thing.
No bourbon chicken?!? Screw that I’m not going to China then
The outback food is not meant to be aussie food! its a themed restraunt….its like any other steakhouse but the food has australian themed names
Ryan-Yeah perhaps it’s not bad for people to *think* they are having a cultural experience.
If you took a poll of Americans who visited Outback and asked them if they thought the bloomin’ onion was an Aussie dish, they would probably respond 85% yes, easy.
Oh, come on, most of know it’s not really Australian food! Hell, they used a New Zealander as their spokesperson (Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords).
We also don’t eat real Chinese or Mexican food half the time at these restaurants. I mean, a fortune cookie? My Asian friends laugh so hard at that crap.
Amy-Most of us know it’s not really Australian food? Americans did elect George W. Bush and most people don’t know shit about anything outside the US.
You’re educated and I think you’re assuming some things about others that just isn’t correct. If you took a poll I’m sure that most Americans would think that they had fortune cookies in China.
Food at Outback Steakhouse is not meant to represent Ausrtrailian food they have a austrailian theme and decor. But they are a American steakhouse with a deverse menu.
i like fatty fries!!!!!! i eat 10 million per day.
yo i eat 10 thousad of those a day!! i weigh !FUCK
I LOVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE THEM