7 Restaurant Dishes That Are Too Embarrassing To Order By Name
Perhaps you have noticed that restaurants like to give their food interesting names. Perhaps you have also avoided ordering the food by its interesting name because it's completely ridiculous. We looked through dozens of chain-restaurant menus to find the 7 most painful-to-order names out there. Enjoy.
1. Chili's "Quesadilla Explosion Salad" As if the idea of a quesadilla salad wasn't silly enough, they had to add a little Jerry Bruckheimer to the mix. What exactly is a "quesadilla explosion," you ask? "Fajita-marinated chicken, mixed cheese, corn relish, cilantro, diced tomato, crispy tortilla strips and ancho-chile ranch drizzle. Served with fire-grilled cheese quesadilla wedges and our citrus-balsamic dressing." Sounds kinda tasty, but do we have to say "quesadilla explosion" when we order it?
2. Applebee's "Chicken Parmesan Tanglers" Tangler is not a delicious-sounding word. It sounds like something one must have removed from the rear end of a beloved pet.
3. Cheesecake Factory's "Weight Management Asian Chicken Salad™" Yes, there are salads that are not classified as "Weight Management." This is not one of them. Order this salad using its full, trademarked, name. Go ahead.
4. P.F. Chang's "Hot Fish" This dish suffers from the opposite problem. There is just not enough information here. Who wants to tell someone they'd like some "Hot Fish?" Maybe "Catch of the Day" would have been better?
5. Cracker Barrel's "Uncle Herschel's Favorite®" Apparently Uncle Herschel was a real guy, and a real uncle, but the creepiness of the name of this breakfast prevents us from ordering it. That, and the portion seems large enough that an appointment with a cardiologist should be included as a side.
6. Friendly's "Super Sizzlin'™ Sausage Sunrise" We're familiar with the "sausage sunrise," and we keep telling them that we're just not in the mood in the morning. It's nothing personal.
7. Outback Steakhouse's "Chocolate Thunder From Down Under®" This is just an incorrect use of words. There's no other way to describe it.
We're sure we've missed some. Add your suggestions to the comments and help us out!
Reader Favorites:
IHOP's "Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity®" Here's one where you just point at the menu and say, "I'll have this."
Bubba Gump's "Bubba's After the Storm Bucket of Boat Trash" We've seen "Deadliest Catch" and we'll pass on this one.
Moe's "Joey Bag of Donuts" It's a burrito. Really.
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"Chocolate Thunder From Down Under" reminds me of Chocolate Rain which reminds me of epic diarrhea.
Meg - TMI.
I love the Quesadilla explosion. It is my default order at Chili's. And I love saying it with my "Let's get ready to rumbllllllllllllllle!" voice.
It's guaranteed to taste different every time! It's like an explosion of flavor!
@Danj3ris: My wife orders the Quesadilla explosion every time, I never put it together til now but will now be reminding her of this every time she goes to order it!
"Super Sizzlin'â„¢ Sausage Sunrise" is not really embarrassing it's just weird and I bet people tend to screw up when saying he name
@Danj3ris: I was just coming on here to say the same thing. I ordered it last time I was there and I commented that it actually does look like a quesadilla exploded. And not in a bad way. It's pretty tasty.
I remember the commercials for when IHOP first introduced its Rutti Tutti Fresh n Fruity selection on their menu. The guy would wear a fake nose and glasses to order it.
Chocolate Thunder from down under, reminds me of the rumbles my bowels make before I either fart, or shit.
I figured there would be at least one order of "spotted dick".
Most people circumvent this entire issue by simply pointing to it on the menu whilst saying part of the name. So if you point to the Quesadilla Explosion Salad, just say "quesadilla salad" and the waiter will know.
"Weight Management Asian Chicken Salad" sounds like something you would submit for medicare reimbursement.
Uncle Herschel's Favorite is all i order from Cracker Barrel. But mine is: Scrambled Eggs, Hamburger Steak, and Hashbrown Casserole. And get some extra biscuits. i make little sandwiches with them.
@Danj3ris: It's pretty much my default lunch from Chili's. I order it to go. It's a bit expensive, but tasty as heck. I nearly got one today.
No IHOP's "Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity"?
If someone asked me for a "Rooty Tooty Fresh & Fruity", I'd punch them in the throat.
Unless it was Meg.
I know a sushi place that has a number of oddly named special signature rolls. Always amusing to ask the waitress to loudly repeat the name of the roll she just delivered to the table, "Me soy horny"!
I always thought "Moons Over My Hammy" was an embarassing one.. But nothing beats the "Rootie Tootie Fresh n Fruity".
My friend likes the Goblin Cock burger at Kuma's Corner.
Goblin Cock
Bacon, Cheddar Cheese, ¼lb. Vienna Hot Dog, Tomatoes, Onion, Neon Green Relish, Sport Peppers, Pickles, Celery Salt Mustard...all on top of a burger
I think that Baja Fish Taco sounds kinda dirty.
There used to be a local bar near me that had a rather tasty but poorly named appetizer called the "ten man dip" - the name always seemed kinda homoerotic.
I have issues bringing myself to order anything with a ridiculous name, no matter how tasty it sounds. I tend to cross my fingers and call it what it is. Do these menus really make for better sales at all?
@Danj3ris: With all these comments, I gotta try it now.
As long as it doesn't explode upon exiting my body like bad Mexican food, it's cool
@Danj3ris: My first thought was "explosion of flavor" but given the context of this article, "ass explosion" wasn't too far behind ('behind' lol); Now I want to order this so I can call it the quesadilla ass explosion, just to see what the waitress' reaction is :^))
To be a good girlfriend, you have to indulge in the sausage sunrise every once in a while, Meg.
Finally, a reason to use one of my favorite quotes -
"I once tried a dessert called 'Death by Chocolate,' but it only made me stronger."
Quote is from the Shoebox blog from awhile back.
"Chocolate Thunder From Down Under®" reminds me of a black guy I once knew with this nickname. I'll let you figure out why.
@G.O.B.: Come on!: Perhaps they need to call it the 100% Organic Giardia Garden Salad. Same impact, but sounds better...
"Quesadilla Explosion Salad"
I imagine the explosion will occur several hours after eating it.
@banmojo: She would probably say, "Sir/ma'm, you're going to need to go over to Taco Bell if you want that to happen."
@clementine: At a local restaurant I used to order the Death By Chocolate without the Chocolate shavings, and one witty waiter said that he just brought me the Death.
These all remind me of fictional products out of a Simpsons comic book - which is SATIRE. Has it gotten so bad that the casual dining places can now wink at their own ridiculousness in order to try and market their food? "Ranch drizzle"? Yuck.
@G.O.B.: Come on!: There is a show I went to in Vegas for a bachelorette party called "Thunder Down Under". Some of it was chocolate.
It's all I order as well on the rare times I visit.
Mine is: Scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, grits with butter and sugar and catfish. I give away the hashbrown casserole as usually someone else will eat it and I'm already not going to finish the meal.
Anything from Moe's; on the occasions we go there, I order by ingredients instead of by their ridiculous names.
According to the MenuMine database, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company has an item titled: Bubbas After the Storm Bucket of Boat Trash. This was originally titled Lieutenant Dan's big bucket of boat trash but was later changed for some unknown reason
Description: Lobster, Shrimp & Mahi Mahi all fried with remoulade sauce & coleslaw & seasoned fries.
One of the restaurants in Disney world used to have an item by the name of Mickey's Dickies.
Anything from a restaurant called... Dirty Dick's Crab House. Or how about a nut company called Try My Nuts?
...I remember seeing a thing on TV about a big hubbub about a restaurant/bar out west somewhere that was called the "Pink Taco." Had the WASPs and PTA all up in arms, but the owner really didn't even have to say a thing...just shrug his shoulders. The name means whatever you personally want it to mean, so...
What about the Rootie Tootie Fresh and Fruity? No, I'm not from San Fransisco.....
"Tangler is not a delicious-sounding word. It sounds like something one must have removed from the rear end of a beloved pet."
WELL NOW IT DOES! EWWWWWWWW! You have wrecked Tanglers, whatever they are, for me.