I’m a chef – 3 things I would never buy & why you should stay away from restaurant specials
WORKING in the food business means you’re privy to a lot of aspects of restaurants and grocery stores that others don’t know about.
Sometimes, you witness unsanitary regular occurrences that can’t be unseen.
A chef named Kelly Scott, who goes by @kellyscleankitchen on TikTok, revealed a few things she’ll never eat because of her experience in the business.
In the clip, she began: “Ok you know that TikTok that’s going around of the paramedic saying, ‘Things I wouldn’t do with my knowledge of being a paramedic?’ I’m going to do that, except: Chef version.”
RESTAURANT SPECIALS
When the waiter at a restaurant rattles off tempting specials of the day, many of us listen with excitement.
Kelly, however, said she’s hesitant to order any of those.
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“For the majority of the restaurants I worked at, specials were being pushed because they contained ingredients that were old and needed to get out.
“So like, the fish was old and they were pushing that special for the day.”
Additionally, because it’s not on the usual menu, the chefs don’t regularly make it.
“It doesn’t taste as good because they’re not used to cooking it.”
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DISCOUNTED MEAT AND SEAFOOD
Her second rule of thumb was to never buy discounted meat or seafood at a grocery store.
“You know what that means? It’s old! Especially seafood. I’m not buying it. It’s old.”
RAW OYSTERS
Although many of us crave the creamy, salty taste of raw oysters, Kelly said she steers clear.
“This is going to be controversial, but oysters are the dirtiest thing in the ocean. They clean out the ocean.
“They are filters. So, the majority of the diseases that people get from seafood are from oysters.”
Proceed at your own risk!
The clip received over 450k views and hundreds of comments.
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“Oyster poisoning is a special type of food poisoning pain,” one person wrote.
“I used to work at a French restaurant and yes, the specials were: leftovers from a special event, old fish, or odd cuts of meat,” added another.