When you're at a sit-down restaurant, what are your favorite things to order as appetizers and sides?

Ever since the Outback offered the "bloomin' onion" a lot restaurants have their version of it. I'll order that every chance I get.

Depends on what type of restaurant I am in:

Mozarella Sticks
Fried Zucchini Sticks
French Onion Soup
Buffalo Wings
Tomato and Mozzarella w/olive oil
Artichoke Dip
Spinach Dip
Bloomin Onion


These are a few things that come to mind....

Tony Marino wrote:

Depends on what type of restaurant I am in:

Mozarella Sticks
Fried Zucchini Sticks
French Onion Soup
Buffalo Wings
Tomato and Mozzarella w/olive oil
Artichoke Dip
Spinach Dip
Bloomin Onion


These are a few things that come to mind....

pretty much wat he said... except ive never had tomato and mozzarella w/olive oil, sounds good tho.

Usually cheese sticks, wings or some kind of cheesy bread.

When we go for Asian food we usually get nime chow, crab rangoon, or fried dumplings of some type.

At seafood places we get Rhode Island style calamari...fried then sauteed with olive oil, garlic, pepperoncini and olives. Bacon-wrapped scallops, clams casino, crab cakes.

At Indian places we get naan bread with sauces, sometimes samosas.

Good bread with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, hot pepper seeds and parmesan is enough at Italian places. We don't usually get appetizers there unless they have some amazing special.

I work in a chain restaurant, so I can get spinach dip, cheese sticks, wings, etc. whenever I want. That sort of stuff bores me.

cheaps wrote:

pretty much wat he said... except ive never had tomato and mozzarella w/olive oil, sounds good tho.

OMG....a caprese salad is one of my favorite things to eat in the summer.

Slice up GOOD tomatoes and a ball of fresh mozzarella. Arrange the slices around a place, overlapping, with leaves of fresh basil in between. Drizzle with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.

::drool::

I can't wait for good tomatoes....

I don't too much get appetizers, but the sides would be wild rice or veggies mostly.

If something sounds good and we're in the mood, whatever. We don't have a set list.

I don't go to restaurants but appetizer foods at home I like mozzarella sticks, onion rings and quick-taters.

Usually I get nachos or something like that.

Tony Marino wrote:

Mozarella Sticks
Fried Zucchini Sticks
French Onion Soup
Buffalo Wings
Tomato and Mozzarella w/olive oil
Artichoke Dip
Spinach Dip
Bloomin Onion

I do like all of these

You have good taste Uncle.

Potato skins, fried pickles or buffalo wings.

Tony Marino wrote:

You have good taste Uncle.

And I taste good

Salad, bread sticks or biscuits.

CeCe wrote:

Ever since the Outback offered the "bloomin' onion" a lot restaurants have their version of it. I'll order that every chance I get.

I just went to Outback yesterday! We went just for this:) I love their bloomin' onion. Also had their chicken/spinach/artichoke pita bread (think that's what it was called) and it was tasty!