Restaurant "homemade"

We all probably have restaurant menu pet peeves--things that cause us to mentally cringe when we see them. "With au jus" is the worst one for me.

My other one is "homemade". What they almost always mean is "made from scratch (or nearly so) on these premises". There is one Greek restaurant in Naples FL whose Wednesday night special is a moussaka to die for. You have to place a reservation for it ahead of time because it's so popular that by the time they open for dinner it's already all spoken for. The family's grandmother makes a roasting pan or two of it at home and they bring it to the restaurant to be served. Now that's really homemade.

-Paul W.

Wow - that really is a "homemade" dish. Around here, we usually see the term "housemade" for items made at the restaurant but which you otherwise might suspect that they bring in from somewhere else.

Often,, "made in house" refers to pickles, condiments and other small stuff.

Often,, "made in house" refers to pickles, condiments and other small stuff.

Definitely not a term one would wish to see on a wine list.....

[Jenise]

Wow - that really is a "homemade" dish. Around here, we usually see the term "housemade" for items made at the restaurant but which you otherwise might suspect that they bring in from somewhere else.

Same here.