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"As it turns out, all menu items are&amp;amp;nbsp;not&amp;amp;nbsp;created equal. In response to the question&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;What is something people order all the time that grosses you out and you would never eat?&amp;quot;, restaurant employees shared their best advice on what to order and what to avoid. Here, we&amp;#039;ve rounded up 10 of their most insightful answers. 1. Consider skipping the complimentary bread before dinner. Everyone&amp;#039;s favorite part of a nice meal out \u2014 the complimentary bread that arrives at your table before dinner \u2014 might not be as exciting as we&amp;#039;ve always thought. &amp;quot;A lot of the time, if you don&amp;#039;t eat it all, it goes right back to the bread warmer,&amp;quot; to be reused Reddit userFernsAreFine&amp;amp;nbsp;warns. 2. Steer clear of the all-you-can-eat salad buffet. If the all-you-can-eat salad buffet (or any restaurant buffet, for that matter) makes you feel a little uneasy, then your intuition just might be right. &amp;quot;Please be aware that lots of kids have touched it, and it is not sanitary,&amp;quot; commenter&amp;amp;nbsp;Citizen-1&amp;amp;nbsp;writes. 3. Avoid ordering soup, if you can. As tasty as a hot bowl of soup might sound on a chilly day, Reddit user&amp;amp;nbsp;seagullhunterrecommends avoiding the menu item at all cost. Why? It all comes down to a temperature issue: &amp;quot;[Soup] never gets cooled properly at night in the big container, so it stays lukewarm for hours,&amp;quot; the commenter writes. 4. Choose the more popular menu item over the one you haven&amp;#039;t seen a single person order. Maybe it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;boring,&amp;quot; but commenter&amp;amp;nbsp;ripewdecay&amp;amp;nbsp;advises sticking with only the most popular of menu items at any given restaurant \u2014 especially if you&amp;#039;re particular about the freshness of your food. The ingredients used in less popular dishes are &amp;quot;turned over less,&amp;quot; the Reddit user warns, and they might even be bad, picked over or have freezer-burn. 5. Ask for your drink without a garnish ... You might want to rethink your standard &amp;quot;water with lemon&amp;quot; order: &amp;quot;The lemons, limes, oranges, etc. are almost never properly washed,&amp;quot; Reddit user&amp;amp;nbsp;bgar0312&amp;amp;nbsp;writes. &amp;quot;They are handled with the waiters&amp;#039; bare hands or bartenders&amp;#039; bare hands literally 95% of the time.&amp;quot; 6. ... or ice. Come to think of it, you might want to forego your iced order, as well. &amp;quot;The machines rarely get cleaned and often have mold issues,&amp;quot; commenter&amp;amp;nbsp;BlueberryFish&amp;amp;nbsp;writes. Um, ew. 7. And maybe avoid ordering a soda altogether. Water, coffee and even wine is a safer (and cleaner!) bet that soda in many restaurants, Reddit user&amp;amp;nbsp;candydaze&amp;amp;nbsp;advises. Just like with the ice machine, the nozzles of a soft drink gun or machine are rarely cleaned properly. Plus, this problem can be even worse in sandwich shops or other places where bread is baked on-site. &amp;quot;The warm, damp and yeasty air is like an aphrodisiac for mold,&amp;quot; the commenter warns. 8. Be aware that your veggie meal might not be entirely meat-free. Most vegetarians don&amp;#039;t need to be told this twice to believe it, but commenter&amp;amp;nbsp;Maysaa91reminds us that many line cooks won&amp;#039;t clean their hands in between cooking up a burger and plating a pescatarian or vegetarian meal. &amp;quot;When [our cooks] get an order to make a fish burger, they touch the lettuce, cheese, etc. with the same hand that made contact with the bacon,&amp;quot; the Reddit user writes. 9. Never order food right before closing time. If you think you&amp;#039;re oh-so lucky because you caught a restaurant before it shut its doors for the night, think again: Reddit user&amp;amp;nbsp;AlNemSupreme&amp;amp;nbsp;cautions any time someone places an order shortly before closing time, their food is sure to be cooked and served at a lower temperature than it should be. &amp;quot;They turn off most the burners and such in order to clean [them],&amp;quot; the commenter writes. 10. Don&amp;#039;t order anything that doesn&amp;#039;t fall under the restaurant&amp;#039;s niche. This one seems fairly self-explanatory, but commenter&amp;amp;nbsp;Mitch_from_Boston&amp;amp;nbsp;gives us a little friendly reminder that anything that seems out of place on a restaurant&amp;#039;s menu, well, probably&amp;amp;nbsp;is&amp;amp;nbsp;out of place. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re at a seafood place? The pizza probably sucks. You&amp;#039;re at an Italian place? The hummus plate probably isn&amp;#039;t great,&amp;quot; the Reddit user writes. \u200BVia "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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