You don’t always have to cook, go out once in a while. Enjoy some good food, get some inspiration and some ideas. It’s alright, but the question is “where will you go?”

I usually judge a “return” restaurant by a ton of different factors.

Is the bathroom clean?
Are the vents and working surfaces clean?
What’s the special? What are they trying to get rid of?
How does the food come out?
Is it hot, what’s the presentation like?
etc. , etc.

Now I call on the cold test. What I look for is the taste of the food the next day from a doggy bag. It is incredibly easy to fake food the first go around. You can use oil, salt (MSG) and then get the food piping hot so it’s difficult to say how the food was. Taste it the day after, but taste it cold. Is the sauce gelatinous from too many saturated fats? Has the food turned incredibly salty? Now that it’s cold, can you taste the actual meat or original vegetable? Is the food a complete mess the next day?

Next time you want to pick a place, think about the cold test.

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