Food that’s better in restaurants

[BadActingParsley]

Naan bread. The stuff in packets just doesn’t cut the mustard.
Pizza.

Yes I think things that need a tandoor or a good pizza oven are hard to replicate at home in a normal oven.
I guess I’m never going to whip up a seven course Michelin star menu with accompanying wine flight at home either.

Totally agree, I never order steak in a restaurant because it’s always a disappointment, I can make it much better myself at home. God knows what some posters are doing to steak to make it so unappealing.

Pizza as long as they have a proper pizza oven, you just can't get it hot enough at home

Chinese food is always better freshly cooked in a restaurant

With Naan you have to do it on an open flame or in a Tandor, its why a lot of Indian families won't look at a house without a gas stove

M&S do good crumbed garlicky mushrooms.
Better in a restaurant - devilled kidneys 😹 I had some today

The first three posts cover the things that immediately sprang to mind!

Fries

Naan bread/curries

Often coffee

There’s a small chain of Italian restaurants near us and their fillet steak is perfection!

They also velvet their meat.

There isn't as much MSG as you might think. I had a Chinese housemate for a while, the rule is for every teaspoon of salt you use a 1/4 teaspoon of MSG

all the above plus risotto. I can never cook a lovely risotto like I have in decent Italian restaurants

Tofu- can never get it right at home.

I forgot about risotto. I just don't have the time or the patience to do it properly at home so love having it in a restaurant.

Oh yes a proper risotto, mine at home are stodgy (delicious but stodgy). Restaurant ones are so light…

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Tapas

What is meat velveting? I know what you mean...the meat is always silky/soft in Chinese in a very distinctive way. But how is it done?