Famous Chefs Revealed The Items You Should Never Order When Eating Out

Have you ever had that moment when your food arrives in a restaurant and it’s not exactly what you were hoping for? Maybe the cuisine tasted a little odd, or it looked like something the chef just nuked in the microwave oven? Well, your suspicions may have been roused for good reason. Sometimes all is not what it seems – even in the finest of eating establishments. So, we’ve gathered advice from some of the world’s top chefs to discover which foods you ought to avoid when dining out. And some of them may shock you!

20. Hollandaise sauce

The ever-popular brunch options of eggs royale and eggs benedict are hot sellers on menus. And it’s not hard to see why people love these tasty combinations of poached eggs with ham or salmon. But the dishes’ key ingredient of hollandaise sauce is something to be avoided, according to Anthony Bourdain.

The late, great American TV chef penned an exposé on high-end cuisine back in 2000 called Kitchen Confidential: Adventures In The Culinary Underbelly. And in the book he talks about the potential perils of ordering hollandaise-based dishes. The sauce is made using a combination of eggs, butter and other ingredients. As a result, it should be freshly prepared to avoid catching things like Salmonella. Bourdain wrote, “Bacteria love hollandaise. And nobody I know has ever made hollandaise to order.”

19. Soup of the day

Who doesn’t like soup? You can’t beat a flavorsome, warming bowl on a cold day or when you’re not feeling so good. Team it with a crusty bread roll and you’re good to go! But according to British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, you should think twice before you order soup of the day in a restaurant.

The star of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares explained that you should never assume that the soup of the day has been freshly prepared. He told Town & Country, “Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special. It may be the case that it’s the soup du month.” In other words, those ingredients could be days or even weeks old. Bleurgh.