Old-Fashioned Restaurant Dishes Chefs Wish Would Make A Comeback 

Made Beef Wellington for Christmas last year. It's not gone; it's just rare.

I would welcome a "Fondue-Comeback". So many varieties, combinations, and accompaniments remain unexplored. Imagine a charcuterie-board with fondue!

"Leftover cake" does not exist in my world.

Pasta Carbonara is still widely available in U.S. restaurants, assuming that you're fond of a dish that uses cream (or even milk thickened with corn starch) instead of proper Carbonara. The problem with beef in the U.S. is the same as that of chicken in the U.S. : Factory farming, and volume production instead of quality production,

FWIW, there is a restaurant chain specializing in fondues: The Melting Pot. Also: not sure if it ever gained mainstream popularity, but Bananas Foster is another fun flambe dessert.

Yes ! A supper club. A quartet playing jazz. , and these dishes. Good cocktails and fine wine .

Meatloaf maybe isn't what it used to be back in the day but it is definitely still here in many restaurants and friends homes.

When Gordon Ramsay had the episode of MasterChef kids, and that little boy made the beef Wellington for him, I remember it practically made him cry. That was a fun one to watch.

I think “Chipped Beef on Toast” (S*** on Shingles) could be on this list!!! I make it all the time, and enough to warm up later in the Week!!!

Trifle is something I definitely would like to see more of. I've had a few by a good cook, and they were AMAZING. And so light for a dessert.

Chef John Pierre always reminds me of Justin Wilson.

I make meatloaf quite often, actually. I even see it pre-made at grocery stores, so it must still be a popular dish.

Love, love, love meatloaf!

Lol only American's think this stuff is retro. This stuff never went out of fashion in Australia lol

Waldorf salad will always remind me of Fawlty Towers.

I can assure you, no chef wants to deal with order upon order of beef wellington

All those mentions of "end of the 20th century" makes me feel so very, very old.

That beef looks so good i could smell it through the screen. Wow, I love the retro stuff

Carbonara actually uses Pecorino Romano cheese.

There’s 3 different types of fondue in the 1970’s: cheese, chocolate, and oil(cooks meats & bread dough).

My mom made a beautiful trifle every Christmas.

I cook/eat a number of these regularly - meatloaf, beef wellington, baked Alaska, carbonara, and banana cream pie.

I never have had Beef Wellington but those clips are making me drool. 🤤

Fondue is a great one for having guests & trying something fun... clams casino are definitely hard to find but super delicious I wish they were more popular!

These all are good. I'll make it a point to have these over the summer when I have time to cook.

Some of these dishes never went out of style

Meatloaf never went anywhere, its more of a home dish than something you get at a restaurant

Some of these things are commonly seen at restaurants nowadays. I feel like this list is really outdated because many of these things have already made a comeback, and some of them never left. -You still can find completely carbonara on menus, but maybe it has become less popular because it’s really easy to make at home. Also, many restaurants have created a much worse version of it, which makes a lot of people think they don’t like it very much. -I have seen steak tartare at many restaurants as of late and pretty much any good steakhouse will have it. -Penne with vodka sauce is seen on menus everywhere. -Meatloaf? Are you kidding me? If nothing else, you can see it at any diner, but I have also seen it on many higher end menus. By the way, that building in Narragansett is still there!

Every time I see Jamie Oliver I hear Uncle Roger saying "No,no, no, no........"

Baked Alaska and Clams Casino brings back fond memories for me. But what, no Chicken Cordon Bleu or Chicken Kiev?

Well, professional chefs have a lot of influence in steering that ship. If they wanna make jazzed up versions of classic dishes hot again, they're in the best position to do it.

Bannana Cream Pie was a totally different experience with Big Mikes

Heh, make meatloaf mix like you'd make meatballs, then cut off slices, egg and bread them, then shallow-fry them and serve with marinara sauce and fusilli.

I still make steak Diane. It is so so tasty.

Banana Cream Pie is my all time favorite pie. I'm not even much of a sweets person, but it is my go to birthday cake cause I don't like actual cake.

Original Waldorf is made with root celery.

Some of these dishes are pretty popular in many cities in China. Particularly pasta carbonara and penne a la vodka.

Delicious food for me

Most of these are still made EVERYWHERE!

I love a good meatloaf, usually I make individual sized ones because of picky eaters in the house not wanting specific things in theirs. As for my own? Mushrooms, onions, peppers (bell and banana), grated carrot, cheese, corn, green beans. Mixed well with egg, loaded potato flakes or crushed (powered) Doritos, panko bread crumbs, sliced garlic. Broil to get good crust all around, bake to cook through. Well, I know what I'll be making for dinner on my day off.

The best hamburger in the country is at the Apple Pan in west LA and they also make the greatest banana cream pie.

What does it say that I actually cook and serve many of these dishes today to my family with huge demand? I also go to get the ingredients in an old carbureted classic. I'm only 40...

Whoa whoa whoa. Meatloaf hasn't gone anywhere. It's on Denny's menu ffs.

Carbonara was born in the Naples area in the end and after WW2, when US troops brought bacon to the poor supplies. Means burnt.

My mother makes a fantastic meatloaf!

Pasta Carbonara is an American dish, later adopted back by Italy. The guanciale part and the origin story about carbonari in Lazio are just bogus. It's american bacon, cream, egg and pasta, plus cheese of any sort.

Meatloaf is still extremely popular

Seriously??? You correctly cite Carbonara as a classic king of Italian cuisine. But then you mention Rachel Ray?? Give me a break. Her carbonara has very little resemblance to Italian Carbonara!

All these dishes can be found at restaurants by me in Chicagoland.

THAT CLAIM CHEF JEAN PIERRE TALKS ABOUT...... IT'S TRUE... WHEN HE OPENED AND OUR CREW FINALLY GOT TO GO TO LUNCH... HIS PLACE WAS WHERE WE WENT *AFTER SAVING UP FOR A MONTH* ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS WE WENT ON "MEATLOAF DAY".... HE DID SERVE IT EVERY DAY BUT WELL..... WE WERE YOUNG AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SO WE HAD TO SAVE A LOT OF OUR EARNINGS.

I mean you can make a lot of these yourself. They're pretty easy if you cut out the flashy stuff.

It’s a fillet, in English, not a filet. 🤣

Meatloaf never went away bruh. ✌

Never been to Australia I guess.

the head chef is usually the one to set the menu. if they want it back, start putting it on the menu?

Carbonara, Banana Cream Pie, and Meatloaf are all still too popular to be on this list.

Banana cream pie isnt Common?! I recently saw dozens of videos with cream pies

I dislike fire stuff when it comes to food.

Bruh lots of people still make meatload. If you do it right its easy as shit and amazing.

Trifle is not at all rare in the UK.

RU-vid shoving garbage ads down our throats make this website a joke.

What I don't like about complicated steak recipes (beef wellington, steak diane, etc.) is the fact that a good steak does not need all that crap on it. A good steak should be basically naked. You use all the sauces, breadings, condiments, etc. on a mid cut of meat, not a good one.

this is not at all true. all of these dishes are on menus all over the world. nearly all the restaurants in Rome serve pasta carbanara. Steak tartare is served in plenty of restaurants everywhere. now it's true no one serves a waldorf salad but there are plenty of variants that certainly were inspired by this salad.

There's no bacon in Carbonara.

are these video's made by AI? I swear I've seen a dozen of these across RU-vid

I bet any of these dishes would taste better with Best Maid pickles made here in Texas

carbonara is made with guanciale not bacon, you colonial heretics ;-)

I got to carbonara and gave up. The first 3 are still widely available. So I don’t have a clue what this is all about. More research!!!

Oh great AI overlord, do you know what is great about chefs and recipes? The get to choose which they make. Want another truth that may help you not look like you arent a human? People order food they like in restaurants, therefore if the recipe is good, and people like it, chefs will offer it.

Um carbonara isn’t Italian at all

God I hate these AI voices. You can't drop $50 on a voice actor? Anything to keep the little people down

carbonara would be way more popular if it contained cream in the Italian recipe. people don't want to make it wrong. But dont really like it without.

Jamie Oliver appeared twice??? I thought this was a cooking video…