I Had No Idea

Last night I met a friend for a very late, last dinner out before I return to Florida today. He thought we should go to that steakhouse with the Australian theme. While he was on the way to pick me up, I called ahead to let them know of our arrival. While looking up the phone number online to our particular location, I stumbled across the nutritional information for the menu items available.

I was horrified to lean that one of those tasty fried onions with the creamy horseradish dip has a whopping 1560 calories, 185 grams of carbs, 84 grams of fat, 92 milligrams of cholesterol and 5510 milligrams of sodium. Even when sharing among two people, that is still 780 calories each, more than enough for a whole meal.

The entree doesn't fair much better either. A house salad with tangy tomato dressing, a 6oz. sirloin and small loaded baked potato racks up 1175 calories, 105 carbs, 59 grams of fat, 197 milligrams of cholesterol and 3645 milligrams of sodium, not counting bread and butter. Between the appetizer and dinner, I would eat enough calories for an entire day and almost double the daily recommended amount of fat.

Now, I am not bashing this restaurant...but I was flabbergasted as to just exactly how much I had consumed there over the years without knowing. The moral of the story: Check out the nutritional information when you eat out and make better decisions or...eat at home...you decide!