Thank you for taking the time to comment. As was stated in the blog post, Well Fed was invited to this tasting to sample the food and speak with several tastemakers from Outback Steakhouse. The writer then wrote up her impressions, which happened to be favorable. This website was not compensated or required to write about the event and everything written is the honest opinion of the writer involved.

I am always amused by people who feel the need to attack or try to bring posts into a negative light when chain restaurants are written about in a positive manner. The truth is that some chain restaurants have good food at a good price. If you were a regular reader of this site, you would probably already know that we take a no holds barred approach to food writing. When something isn’t good, we say so — for instance, earlier this year Conagra held a tasting with Chef Cat Cora where they unveiled her “new secret ingredient” — soft spreads. We called foul on that and were very honest in our writing of the event.

In any case, this was in no way an advertisement or a paid entry. We hold our writing here to a higher standard and do not hide behind falsetto identities (Teddy Ruxpin was a pretty cool toy in the 80s, though, wasn’t it?).

Just because a restaurant has many locations doesn’t mean that they don’t have tasty, worthwhile food. Open your mind a bit — most people who try the stuffed shrimp at Outback can’t help but rave. They are totally craveworthy. And their steaks and garlic mashed? Very good indeed.

Have a wonderful day.

Sarah Caron
Well Fed Managing Editor