More Food Adventures: Restaurant Menu Descriptions

Here's some Restaurant Menu Descriptions that many of you may want to know. Quite frankly, before we even decide to eat outside our home, we must be aware of what food to eat and how they are going to be prepared. If you are on some special diet, knowing these things will help you to avoid what needs to be avoided, in as much as enjoy what you can freely enjoy.. Thanks to Yahoo for sharing.. I am also sharing this here for my readers...

STEAKHOUSE MENUS

Au Gratin: Baked side dish usually made with cream or whole milk, butter, and cheese and topped with buttery bread crumbs.

Hollandaise: Heavy, classic French sauce made with butter and egg yolks

Scalloped: Baked side dish made with heavy cream and/or whole milk

Creamed: Cooked with cream

Smothered: Usually covered in some sort of heavy sauce or gravy

ITALIAN-AMERICAN RESTAURANT MENUS

Parmigiana: Coated in a mixture of bread crumbs and grated Parmesan cheese and fried

Alfredo: Heavy sauce made with butter, cream, and grated cheese

Scampi: Sauce often served with shrimp or other seafood that's typically made with lots of butter

Fritto (Fried): Fried in oil

Breaded: Coated with bread crumbs and then typically deep-fried in oil

Carbonara: Pasta sauce made from bacon, whole eggs, cheese, and sometimes cream

MEXICAN/TEX-MEX RESTAURANT MENUS

Con Queso: Topped with cheese

Refried: Fried, often in lard

Deep-Fried/Crispy: Fried in oil

Loaded/Supreme/Grande: Often used in reference to nachos, quesadillas, or burritos; this indicates that a dish is served with ALL the toppings, including cheese, sour cream, refried beans, and sometimes meat

Chimichanga: Burrito stuffed with meat and fillings, then deep-fried

CHINESE TAKEOUT MENUS

Egg Rolls: Vegetables and meats wrapped in dough and deep-fried in oil

Fried: Fried rice, dumplings, meats, seafood, and more soak up excess oil which adds more calories to your plate

Chow: "Chow" indicates that a dish has been stir-fried, typically in liberal amounts of oil; chow mein and chow fun (or chow foon) are both dishes made with pan-fried noodles

Egg Foo Young: Egg dish which is similar to an omelet, made with whole eggs, pan-fried, and usually smothered in salty brown gravy

Sweet and Sour: A sugary, syrupy sauce that's made of part sugar and part vinegar

General Tso: Bits of meat are coated in an egg and cornstarch mixture, deep-fried, and mixed with vegetables in a high-salt sauce

Source: Joy's Healthy Bite