When dining out, what food do you always look for, and which might you ALWAYS avoid?

I'm usually drawn to chicken dishes when eating out. But I prefer chicken over beef anyway.

The main thing I avoid when eating out (unless I can get a straight genuine answer as to where they exactly are from) are prawns! I refuse to eat prawns from anywhere other than AU and NZ. Cause I prefer my seafood to come from clean waters - not the polluted stuff from certain countries that will remain unmentioned in case of offending.
I have never seen prawns from USA over here. Then again from the small size of the ones I have seen on American shows ...etc - I'm not sure Aussies would buy them after being so spoilt with the monsters we bred here.


PS... Also I avoid curries cause it's a well known fact that they use older meat cause the curry disguises the fact that the meat is on the turn! And ya just never know if a company is using old meat or good quality stuff.

I always always look for some kind of sundae-esque dessert. Whipped cream or something to share with my guy.
Actual food, I love places with rolls, and pasta dishes always win.

i like to look all over the place, but usually start w/ pasta, burgers, or steaks.

If there's a dish with vodka sauce, I give that a go almost no matter what.

I avoid chicken. I find chicken to be bland no matter how it's prepared, and if I'm eating out, I'd just rather have something more exciting.

I always avoid chicken when eating out. Eating out is a treat for us - so I go with seafood or beef. As I've gotten older I have developed a quirk - I get the same thing each time a go to a restaurant - don't even need menus anymore. I get my variety by frequenting a fairly large number of different restaurants.

There's no dish I always look for, although I enjoy beef anytime, especially when dining out.

I do avoid: Shellfish, sea weed, peanuts, dairy products (except butter) and most corn. I am allergic to so many things, dining out is a minefield.

I can scan the menu for chicken dishes or beef dishes that don't have wild and crazy ingredients. My seasoning choices are fairly bland: garlic, salt, pepper are pretty much the only things I really like in my food. Anything that has mushrooms, onions, eggs or sausage is off the table. Because I just can't freakin' stand those items. The texture kills me.

If I know the place has a good burger or something like that, that's what I get. If they don't, I just get whatever fried chicken dish they have. I love dinner rolls and mozzarella sticks, but I'm quite particular about the coating used.

At steak and seafood restaurants I try to go for a nice, small cut of steak and either fried shrimp or shrimp scampi or grilled shrimp. Calamari rings or fried clams is a must.

Yeah, I'm a total pain in the ass when it comes to food. Tonight we're going to grab some Taco Bell cause the day is kind of hectic and I'm getting a burrito supreme without onions or refried beans and two hard tacos just to give you an idea. LOL

I love pastas when I go out, I order some at least half the time I eat out. Anything bready/doughy is also a big winner. I avoid things like steak or other straight-up meat dishes because although I'm not a vegetarian, meat just sort of weirds me out if it's not at least partially obscured by other kinds of food. It's just.. flesh. Ugh.

I try to eat things that I have never tried before, or to eat something |I do not do at home regularly.

I try to avoid anything fried or with batter on it. I don't like entrails, ears, tongue or any other "weird" body parts. I try to eat veggie as much as possible but sometimes I enjoy a good meaty meal.