Questions tagged [restaurant-mimicry]
Questions with this tag should be about mimicking some existing dish, snack, drink, etc.
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Is there a way to replicate the consistency of chain pizza "garlic dipping sauces" easily?
Replicating the taste of "garlic dipping sauce" from various pizza chains is very easy, essentially start with melted butter, and add garlic powder and salt to taste.
While this nails the ...
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Figuring out Spanish/Basque savory flan
I'm trying to recreate a dish I had in the Orio restaurant in Valencia, Spain.
For lunch, Orio serves a vast buffet of Basque-style open sandwiches (pinchos), including our favorite, which was topped ...
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What batter was used on Birds Eye potato fritters?
Birds eye sadly no longer make these, a very common potato side in the 70s and 80s which I'm trying to recreate. The batter was very light and golden, almost like a tempura batter, sort of flaky but ...
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Mimicking Lipton's Green Diet Iced Tea Citrus
My girlfriend is absolutely obsessed with this bottled tea, Green Diet Iced Tea Citrus. Personally I think it's kind of gross, but I don't really like tea to begin with. That's personal taste for you.
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Base gravy for British Indian food - is it useful at home?
The UK has a lot of 'Indian' restaurants, which tend to be staffed by people from Bangladesh.
The menu will often have 100+ dishes available, which they need to cook using as few staff as possible, so ...
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Replicating McDonald's Mocha
recently I've been trying to recreate the mocha they make at Mcdonalds. After many failed attempts. Here is how I currently prepare it:
Put chocolate powder and sugar into a cup, pour a little ...
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Cream of Tomato with garlic + cilantro stalks aroma
I've been trying to crack this Cream of Tomato recipe for many decades now that is served in almost all Indian five star hotels and professionally managed kitchens.
At the end when it's served, it has ...
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How to make restaurant style poppadoms
When I buy 'cook at home' poppadoms or order from a restaurant/takeaway they are usually very crispy and expand and bubble up as soon as you fry them.
I tried a recipe for homemade poppadoms which ...
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How can I make onion tomato paste taste more punchy?
I batch pan-fried a paste of onions and tomatoes for using them in future dishes.
I love the flavour of garlicy onions and tomatoes! How can I make their flavour stronger?
I believe restaurants for ...
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How do I recreate a restaurant's sauce if I know the ingredients but not the ratios?
I recently ate at a Mexican restaurant with a delicious sauce. They were willing to sell it to me if I put in a special order, but they insisted it was so easy to make that I should just make it ...
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Are there any cookbooks specifically designed for restaurant-level chefs/cooks?
It's fair to say most cookbooks are designed for the home cook. Not just in terms of quantities but also in terms of technique; it's very common to see recipes - even those written by giants in the ...
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Find out what spices were used
I have recently been ordering food from a place that has a fried rice that I like a lot. A lot a lot. The ingredients are pretty basic, which makes me think that the spices used in this dish are what ...
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What is the minimum time home baked bread should be left to cool before eating?
I realise that a freshly baked loaf will need some time to rest to allow the starch to "set", otherwise the bread may not be the right consistency.
(Why should I let bread cool before slicing and ...
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Method for caramelizing Goat Cheese Balls without Breading?
I was recently at a restaurant where I was served fried balls of goat cheese. They were white, oily, very slightly browned, and appeared to be without any breading. The outside of the balls were sweet....
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How to make raspberry donut filling [closed]
How do I duplicate the raspberry flavored jelly filling of Dunkin Donuts jelly donuts?
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How to make a batter that is hard and hold up to sauce
I am trying to recreate Beijing Beef like they have at Panda Express.
Most copycat recipes are recommending a batter made from some combination of cornstarch and flour. I am finding that the batter ...
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Olive Garden ‘Spicy Calabrian Chicken’ Recipe
I recently had Olive Garden’s ‘Spicy Calabrian Chicken’. They were spicy chicken tenders. They were great. Lots of heat, but I could still taste all the flavors and the heat dissipated, leaving me ...
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Why does this Egg McMuffins recipe taste terrible?
I tried to recreate the taste of a McDonald Egg McMuffin at home.
I cut an English muffin in half and cooked it in the oven. I fried an egg in a pan. I added mayonnaise to the English muffin halves, ...
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How can I recreate canned whipped cream from scratch?
I tried by using two quarts of heavy cream, two cups of sugar and a spoon of honey and mixed it all together but I feel like it's missing something to the flavor.
I'm trying to create something ...
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How can I keep my burgers flat?
I have tried to keep my burgers flat for a while but they always end up turning into a ball and I have to flatten them out as they cook, even tried the little hole in the middle of the patty but it ...
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Simulating the discontinued Lawry's Roasted Garlic Salt?
Lawry's Roasted Garlic Salt was simply the best spice I've ever had. And had I known it was discontinued I would've bought a few cases.
If you're familiar with it can you recommend something similar....
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How is baby bok choy cooked in Shanghai?
During many business trips to Shanghai I often had baby bok choy that was served in a thin (unthickened), pale yellow sauce or broth - common in restaurants in Shangai. Very delicious! What kind of ...
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What kind of oil and vinegar are used on italian subs? [closed]
I'm a huge fan of sub sandwiches of all varieties, especially the type usually advertised as "italian". One thing I've come to love is oil and vinegar - whenever it's offered as a condiment in a ...
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Is Mulan-themed Szechuan McNugget Sauce really just a blend of BBQ and S&S?
Regarding the limited-time Mulan-themed Szechuan McNugget sauce from McDonald's in 1998, I do remember it being tasty, but I don't recall the exact flavor to properly judge recreating it. Some ...
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How to recreate the sauce in McDonald's 1955 Burger?
For a few weeks, my local McDonalds was selling a burger called the "1955 Burger", which had a really delicious sauce with lots of other things mixed in. I tried buying various BBQ sauces in the ...
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What is this Tibetan dessert?
Hi, does anyone know how to make this dessert? It is from Tibet originally, and can be found in a French restaurant under the name 'dolma'. (both the name of the desert and the name of the restaurant) ...
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How can I get my flavorings to flavor my carnitas all the way through the pork?
So, I've been trying for a while to mimic taqueria carnitas at home with my slow cooker. I initially tried a recipe that had you put some water in and then cook in its own juices, with seasoning; that ...
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How to make hamburger buns as fluffy as in McDonald's?
I make buns and they comes out soft, but not as fluffy and light as the ones they have in McDonald's. Is there any specific ingredient or technique I should use to achieve the desired fluffiness?
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How do high-end restaurants promote such intense flavour in vegetables?
Yesterday I was lucky enough to eat lunch in a Michelin-starred restaurant.
One course consisted, as far as I could tell, of nothing but a selection of lightly cooked baby beetroot and deep-fried ...
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What is in a Jamaican Chocolate Cheesecake?
I'm interested in making a variation of this baked Jamaican Chocolate Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Shop. The description from the website is not terribly useful in identifying what the possible ...
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Making KFC-like chicken
I brine my chicken and use only salt, pepper and garlic powder in bleached flour to taste. I think this comes close to the Colonel's. Can anyone taste other spices in the original recipe?
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How to make Krave like shells?
How can I make a shell which has the same texture and taste as the shells on Krave Cereal?
I'm wanting to make my own with my own filings but have no idea where to start.
On the box it says they'...
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Why are olives always better at the restaurant?
Between olives I've been served at restaurants as a starter and various brands of olives I bought in supermarkets I have found that the ones in restaurants often taste much better. In particular they ...
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What is red Chinese BBQ sauce called?
Does anybody know what the bright red bbq sauce served in Chinese restaurants is called? I'm trying to find a recipe for it but don't know what to look for.
It's usually served with ribs or pork, it'...
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Replicating Good Seasons brand Italian salad dressing dry mix
I use the dry mix in a ranch chicken recipe. I would like to make my own version from scratch. How would I go about trying to duplicate there recipe so to speak? I've looked at the list of ingredients ...
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Any way to reduce the tangy taste of homemade coconut milk?
I make different kinds of non dairy milks (nut, rice, etc). I rather like coconut milk, but would like to reduce the natural tangy coconutty flavor.
I was looking at the following question:
Homemade ...
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How do you make sauce for a Thai dish such as Chicken Pad Khing?
I've eaten Chicken Pad Khing (Ginger Chicken Stir Fry) many times in Thai restaurants. Really love the dish. I'm a very amateur cook and recently attempted this at home. It came out ok with the ...
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How can I make my own Super Noodles/instant noodle seasoning?
I like BBQ Beef Super Noodles, but they don't taste the same as they used to. The flavour sachet is not as strong as it used to be (maybe they use more filler nowadays).
I can buy plain egg noodles, ...
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How to replicate this bakery's bread
A local bakery is going out of business and they sell the most delicious bread. The pretzel bread is my favorite. All of their loaves tend to be heavy and dense, they stand up well to slicing, and the ...
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What is the white sauce of Domino's pasta made of?
What is that made of? Can it be replicated at home?
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How to make Cheeze Burst Pizza same as Domino's?
I'm a true pizza lover and at Domino's they make a great style called "Cheese Burst", the only problem is I can't eat it due to religious reasons.
As a Jain, I don't eat some common foods. For more ...
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How can I get my Starbucks coffee to taste like the Starbucks store?
I use Starbucks coffee they sell in bags. I have used both whole beans and ground. I've bought bags from the grocery, bags from the actual Starbucks store. I've tried many different brewers. But it ...
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How do restaurants make chicken fried rice? What ingredient am I missing?
Everytime I try to make chicken fried rice like I get at the take out place it never tastes like it does when they make it. We all know the basic ingredients
Rice (1 day old),
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What is inside the Prawn Cocktail crisps flavour?
I'm looking to make something close-enough at home for a friend. I'm suspecting it doesn't actually have Prawns in it.
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How to make this shawarma hot sauce?
I'm not sure how to ask this question so bear with me. This shawarma place nearby has this amazing hot sauce but I have no clue whats in it! I want to re-create it if possible. I talked to the clerk ...
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How to make Coconut/Chili Sauce (based on Photos) [closed]
This is a Vietnamese dish described in the menu as "Scampi with Coconut/Chili Sauce". Can anyone tell me what ingredients I would need to make this sauce at home?
I enclose two different variants ...
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Cooking beef for pepper steak
From American-"Chinese" restaurants, I usually order a dish called "Pepper Steak with Onions". This seems to be a simple enough dish, mostly a straightforward stir-fry, except for one unique ...
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What should I use to produce the hotness of Hong Kong-style borscht?
I'm interested in attempting to make borscht similar to the type that gets sold in fast-food restaurants in Asia (or at least Hong Kong). I've found several recipes online, so the basic process seems ...
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How do you make the green beans served at Din Tai Fung?
Does anyone know how to make these? I'm pretty sure they are just blanched and fried (w/garlic), but I can't seem to get it right.
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Emulating Starbucks Frappuccino Cream Base
At Starbucks, the "Cream Based" (no coffee) frappuccinos all use a proprietary syrup base which I would like to emulate to be able to make a reasonable facsimile at home.
When the baristas make a "...
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