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It’s
one amazing
onion. 16 ounces
big.
4 1/2
inches wide.
We meticulously
grow them to
create our
Bloomin’ Onion® – a
spicy icon
in a culinary
world where
originality
and innovation
are touted,
but seldom
last.
When
our first Outback
opened on March
15, 1988, we
sold two. Today,
we’ll
make one hundred
a night at
a single restaurant.
Our Bloomin’ Onion
is a not-so-subtle
declaration
of how we prepare
everything
Outback. Our
salmon, salads,
soups, even
our onions,
are always
big, bold and
full of flavor.
Everything
on our menu
(yes, even
the croutons)
is always made
by hand, from
scratch, every
morning, and
served that
night. If we
can’t
make something
right, using
the freshest
ingredients,
we simply won’t
attempt to
make it.
So
tonight, let
go of the worries
of the day,
and Go Outback.
Order our Bloomin’ Onion.
It’ll
be just as
perfect as
the first one
we made nineteen
years ago. |
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It’s
prep time.
The red peppers,
mushrooms,
zucchini and
red onions
are washed
and cut for
the ‘veggie
grillers.’ A
fresh wheel
of Danish blue
cheese is opened
to start today’s
vinaigrette.
Shrimp are
cleaned. Garlic
is chopped.
Lettuce is
washed. Whipped
cream is, well,
whipped. Dozens
of Idaho potatoes
are sliced
into Aussie
Chips. And
twenty loaves
of bread are
cut, brushed
with homemade
garlic butter
and baked into
croutons. Whew!
We
could go on,
but you get
the point.
Every morning
we start out
fresh. Every
one of our
soups, our
selection of
eleven salad
dressings and
sauces—from
au jus to chocolate—is
made from scratch
this morning
and served
tonight. So
let go of the
worries of
the day, and
Go Outback
tonight. There’s
a freshly baked
Chocolate Thunder
From Down Under® waiting
just for you.
Yum. It’s
just sooooo
gooey and good. |
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One hour before
any Outback
opens for
dinner, a
bucket of
spoons is
placed at
every station
in the kitchen—from
soups to desserts.
The kitchen
manager and
chef will
grab a spoon
and ‘walk
the line.’ Each
will go through
about twenty
spoons, tasting
every salad
dressing,
every soup,
every sauce
to make sure
what’s
served today
tastes perfect.
(No double-dipping.
No worries.
They use a
fresh spoon
every time.)
Everything
on our menu
is handmade
from scratch,
every day.
As we push
each recipe
to the highest
threshold
of flavor,
it’s
important
that its flavor
profile remain
consistent
(that’s
chef talk
for ‘quality
control’).
In short,
we taste everything
before you
do. So tonight,
let go of
the worries
of the day,
and Go Outback.
And
while we know
you appreciate
our big, bold
Outback steak
knives, don’t
forget about
the spoons. |
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We treat our
potatoes like
royalty. They’re
served to
you wearing
a well-designed,
extremely
tasty, handmade ‘jacket’ of
kosher salt.
But ours is
a pauper-to-prince ‘potato’ story.
They arrive
at our door
covered in
Idaho’s
rich volcanic
dirt. Despite
their scruffy
appearance,
you can’t
find potatoes
with a better
pedigree than
those produced
by Idaho’s
warm days
and cool mountain
nights.
They’re
plump, full
of flavor,
perfect in
size and shape.
Their sugar
content and
starch levels
are perfect
for baking.
They’re
scrubbed,
rinsed, air-dried
and put into
a warm cozy
bed to dry
overnight.
The next day
our prep chef
hand wraps
each one in
a ‘jacket’ of
kosher salt
to make sure
all excess
water is extracted.
This guarantees
the fluffiest
baked potato.
We bake our
potatoes every
ten minutes
to make sure
your potato
arrives steaming,
fluffy and
hot.
So tonight,
let go of
the worries
of the day
and Go Outback.
For you, no
jacket required.
Even if you’ve
been called
a couch potato. |
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The aborigines
living in the
Australian
Outback have
no word for
yesterday.
No word for
tomorrow. They
live for today.
Coincidentally,
our croutons
have no yesterday,
or tomorrow.
They’re
made fresh
every morning.
Our
Crouton Chef
(yes, there
is a crouton
chef at every
Outback) cuts
about twenty
loaves of bread
into thousands
of little squares.
When these ‘croutons-to-be’ are
perfectly crisp,
they’re
placed in the
oven. Dozens
of garlic cloves
are chopped.
When the croutons
are a light
brown, they’re
hand-brushed
with our homemade
garlic butter
and toasted
again until
they’re
golden brown.
We’ve
been making
our croutons
fresh every
day for nineteen
years. We also
make all our
salad dressings,
soups and sauces
from scratch,
every day.
So
tonight, let
go of the worries
of the day, and
Go Outback.
Live in the
moment. Life
will still
be there tomorrow.
Along with
a fresh batch
of croutons. |
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