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Jun 16, 2026 3:39 AM
Pasquinelthe2nd
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anjeleyezjr
They're just sweet rolls with some cinnamon sugar butter.
rbudrick
Their burgers are the worst ive ever had. More salt than meat. Went back again years after the first time, thought maybe chef just had a bad night. Nope. Like eating the salt at the bottom of a pretzel bag.
xo66nt
sweet, sweet bread. wait...
chatawillybilly
In Japan, chains like DONQ, Vie de France, and many local bakeries often sell rolls that are quite close in texture and taste to Texas Roadhouse bread.
Blunderwriter
And the butter. Probably the best thing about Texas Roadhouse. The food isn’t that good. It’s ok. Not Tony Romas good though.
FelonyRaptor
Isn't this basically propaganda?
ChocolatePoopy
Anyone saying they like anything at all on social media nowdays... but sadly half of it is indeed propaganda.
Thunderbox666
Does anyone else think that all these tourists to America are only saying nice things so they don't get arrested as they go through customs?
VikingsAreNinjaPirates
World: Why are Americans so fat? *visits America* ...Question withdrawn.
OutspokenHBW
American and French cuisine look very different, but both chalk up to BUTTER.
BillDoubleu
Pillsbury
UsualLoser
As a French: "bread"... Just go to Vyron in Tokyo you'll find real good bread.
CallThisAUsername
That is brioche. What you taste is butter and sugar - loads of sugar.
TheFastpaws
I’m glad they found a food they like. Just sucks about everything else.
5v4297j9fj1
No wonder Americans are so
” big” and die so early
A shitton of sugar and fat in practically everything.
ATLandNerdy
Not sure it qualifies as bread under Japanese law.
RetainedRecovery
No they discovered cinnamon butter
ipokeangrycats
Cinnamon HONEY butter, I had some last night
RetainedRecovery
She sounds hot
IloveHockey
oh no they will be fat soon
januarylover
Fuck FIFA tho
McBzz
Just sugar disguised as bread.
Crazytom23
That's a big "no shit," This is a picture of Japanese corn bread sent by a friend who visited Japan.
quade
The ironic thing is that those rolls start off as Tangzhong milk bread (which makes a very durable, very buttery dough to make mild yeast rolls with)
OrkenMork
I just can't stand going into that restaurant! It is so noisy, I leave with a headache!
pinkypiesbutt
A lot of commenters have never had Japanese bread. It not the lack of sugar or butter. They literally sell sweet bread with a knob of butter inside it to melt when you heat it. The bread is just not as good in general: like Wonder Bread in a pullman loaf.
T1GWBJAH
I had that bread when i was in Mexico. It was sooooooo good
bubblestarmetallica
It’s a yeast roll. I lived in Japan for years and I think the reason they like it so much is because it resembles a lot of their dessert breads.
axcairns
I discovered cornbread with honey butter recently. Life changing
Pilgrymm
I went once. Worst steak I've ever had.
somnif
They're very inconsistent. One time I had damn near the best ribeye I've ever had. The next trip, it was damn near raw. The next, leather.
SilverFoxChaser
The secret is sugar. Shitloads of sugar.
bilborrax
yet it doesnt count as cake for some reason
DarkZalgo
Actually the rolls don't have much sugar in them. Looking up nutrition data online for it suggests there's none in the rolls, and just has sugar in the butter.
psmith00
they may have used the low gluten flour available in the south. that's why southern bicuits are so fluffy, i hear.
okan170
That was referring to a legal matter over subway bread, not american bread as a whole
somnif
The secret to classic French cooking: Add another stick of butter, and another cup of sugar.
IlluminaBlade
And the Texas Roadhouse butter is also sugar.
BavarianGuy
Seen a french recipe for mashed potatoes with more butter than potatoes O_o
HypoMix
Another block of butter and 12 eggs *
Tjitso
And garlic
BlootLoper
Japanese bread is also really sweet (at least by European taste), almost like a brioche.
PineappleLoopsBroether
Imalwaysready
Brioche may be the Japanese word for “sweet.” It probably is t, but if may be.
PineappleLoopsBroether
In the same way that Futon translates to “uncomfortable mattress” in Japanese. It doesn’t, but it’s funny 😁
NagromNortara
Yeah Japanese bread is like buns in europe, which is considered desert or something you have with coffee/tea.
DragothMP5
I’d say as someone who lives here it absolutely is not sweet. When I go back to the states white bread tastes like cake.
SouthOfRubick
Have you seen Danish bread? Basically a slice of a rye brick. Sugar? What's that? I want gravel and acidic misery for breakfast, thanks
AlmostHappy
Suits the mood of getting up
slightlybrokenegg
Mate you are either lying about living there or not eating the same bread Japanese people eat. The Shokupan milk bread the most popular bread in Japan has 6 grams more sugar than wonder bread the sweetest American white bread.
fuguri
… which 食パン is that? Are you saying “milk bread” is what JP ppl eating, and it’s called Shokupan?? Nothing makes sense. Apparently 山崎 has a 食パン product named “Sweet-bread” but it’s just for special purpose maybe. I guess you’re just confusing 菓子パン and 食パン or something…
slightlybrokenegg
Shokupan is the loaf style milk bread is the bread type. If you lived in Japan you would know it is basically the white bread of Japan. In fact it literally looks just like American white bread and is made in the same pan but has you guessed it more sugar because Japan’s as a country loooooooves sweet things.
BananaForScaIe
I'm confused by this. Japanese bread (even 711 bread) is sweeter than normal US white bread.
hufflesnuff
Murican who's never been to a Texas Roadhouse. What's up with the bread? Is it special, or just greasy?
thedudeman519
They amost look like little brioche buns, which is a yummy bread for sure.
ImperfectDad
Sweet with like a light butter glaze and cinnamon butter to dip it in. Around here we can also get it frozen in the store... not quite the same but pretty good.
idiotsonfire
I avoided Texas Roadhouse like the plague, but I've gone with friends to the one that just opened near me. Holy shit. Its pretty damn good.
Bibbies217
It’s also the type of butter they serve it with on the side
Ac1dBurn72
Honey butter. When little Acid was teeny tiny (She was just under 5 lbs when we brought her home), we had a REALLY hard time getting her to eat when transitioning away from bottle feeding.
We went to Texas Roadhouse and she tasted the rolls with the butter.
Y'all. This tiny human ate 3 baskets of rolls.
I was astounded. And happy she was eating.
PolyTheWicked
They’re not greasy. They’re a standard soft dinner roll, but with a little more sugar. They’re not nearly as bad as people are making them out to be and there are plenty of other rolls in restaurants and in markets that have the same amount of butter and sugar. IMO, it’s the cinnamon butter that makes them seem decadent. - semi-pro baker.
Brioche has wayyyy more butter in it than these do.
ChloroformRag
People are talking about the sugar, but i worked for Texas Roadhouse as a baker and I dont remember putting any sugar in them. I dont even remember using sugar to feed the yeast. The cinnamon butter also didnt have sugar, unless you count the honey, of course.
ThM1ck
It's a soft yeast roll that is glazed with cinnamon honey butter and andcserved warm.
grumpabeme
Just greasy with sugar.
PreachItSigard
Oh no, if only grease and sugar tasted good
SigynRose
It’s a sweet brioche bun with sweet cinnamon butter on the side and it’s so soft and fluffy and warm
ChickenChickenBurningBright
sugar and butter in excess.
charondaboatman
And salt
DaveTheScientist
The 3 "secret" ingredients of really tasty food.
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
The real trick to Roadhouse is that they serve their bread with apple butter. It's genuinely crack.
Sturdycrotch
Ignore the haters, Texas Roadhouse bread and their butter are fucking great. Also for a steak place their salads are incredible too
IloveHockey
oink
anjeleyezjr
They do got some bomb ass croutons. They straddle the balance. A nice crisp bite without a hard crunch.
WellAckchually
I agree with all of that but also for a steak place their steak is pretty terrible
ChuckTenor
Ordered a 6oz steak from them that when weighed at home was only 4oz
unluckyandbored
Weights shown on restaurant menus are pre cooked.
nancyColorBandit
They let you take an uncooked 6oz steak home? Weight will be less after it’s cooked.
ThatRaccoonGuy
Dear Japan: The secret to american bread, potatoes, etc is the buckets and buckets of butter and MSG we use.
RaithiosDarksun
Dont let media japan fool you.
They LOVE sweet stuff. The texas bread isnt what blew him away but more then likely the cinnabuttetlr,which...strangley wasnt a lot of cinnabutter foods
Zephyr86
No! No. They're joking. It's not that much butter
bubblestarmetallica
The Japanese literally invented MSG (Ajinomoto) and they put it in everything. That’s the reason Japanese mayonnaise is so great.
Kiares
Also more yolks
zlpo
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Do we actually use MSG? I thought the anti-Chinese / Asian propaganda from the '90s was still going strong in the US when it comes to using MSG in our food.
DarkZalgo
Well you can't not use MSG sometimes. It's naturally occurring in some foods. There is definitely still some anti Asian propaganda as evidenced by some idiots in this thread, but it's not usually that bad.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
I figured as much. I love using it, myself, but it's crazy how much "MSG-free" food there is, like it's a poison or something and not an enhancement of flavor.
mohavewolfpup
When the anti msg hysteria took over, it would fall out of foods but ironically a lot of them started ramping up the sodium levels instead to make up for it. Also started shifting towards cloaked names for those that kept using it on the labels. Natural flavor(ings) and more. Soy sauce, cheese, mushrooms, etc are good examples of natural msg and yet the bandwagon crowds happily eat them never realizing their folly. Real comical is watching some start to act poisoned when you mention that fact
Dracology
ugh potato bread is so good.
thedudeman519
But don't Japanese and other Asian culutres/cuisines also use a ton of MSG?
Isorikk
Those Texas Roadhouse bread rolls are at least 40% sugar, they're closer to a confection than a roll
GravyEducation
Was about to say. Kinda like the old joke "you don't like lobster, you like butter." Its just fuck tons of butter
BlindGardener
I buy raw lobster tails, cook them, and eat my lobster without butter. I’ve made various sauces for it, but my favorite is just a little bit of salt, some lemon juice, and a little cilantro.
charondaboatman
Salted butter…..
GravyEducation
Which you can buy unsalted and salt your own, or just say fuck it and buy the salted butter! :) either way.... needs salt. And butter.
mastertmo
That's my opinion on crab legs. I don't use the melted butter, because I actually like the taste of crab meat.
Elonth
MSG is illegal in the united states.
mohavewolfpup
No, it isn’t. Stop saying that. MSG hysteria has its roots in racism towards asians
Dannyalcatraz
I don’t know why you’d think that.
The FDA classifies MAG as “Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS), and it is approved for use in foods. It has to be listed on any food label in which it’s used as an ingredient.
It’s sold in Amazon.
It’s even available as an unmixed “spice” at my neighborhood Kroger & Tom Thumb grocery stores (in a Dallas suburb) from brands like Fiesta and Accent.
Dannyalcatraz
Dang: “MAG” = “MSG”
PolyTheWicked
Stop spreading stupid misinformation. It’s perfectly legal here and is used in almost anything savory. I have a quart sized jar of it.
cdlong
And also the sugar (or high fructose corn syrup)
Mxlespxles
onepinksheep
Pretty sure some people in Europe consider American bread to be cake.
SupernaturalReactions
In Britain, Jimmy Carr is legally considered cake.... https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dTBkcjhhbDRjOXgxb3RhbjA4ZmNpemIxbzhiY2NvaGN0OTFtbjFwdSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/VEoI6tko01Hoc/200w.webp
Type17
In some parts of Europe, American bread is legally cake: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread
charondaboatman
And salt.
fformulaa
Sprinkle in some yeast and that's the ingredients!
charondaboatman
Maybe a little flour….lol
villlllle
For colour?
jqubed
Does America use more MSG than the Japanese? It was discovered by a Japanese chemist who was trying to find the molecule at the heart of a seaweed that was often used to flavor Japanese meals
weilong
Not even close. The average American doesn't keep any in the house for regular cooking.
Imalwaysready
No. Americans do use it, but no where near as much as many Asian cuisines, and WAY below the rate at which we use salt and sugar, which we use in embarrassingly disgusting quantities.
GravyEducation
Honestly we did have the MSG IS BAD times, but I don't think anybody thinks that way anymore. And of course a restaurant would have msg right next to the salt
ThM1ck
As a kid, evrn during the 'MSG IS BAD' times, I new a lot of people that used 'Accent' in everything, not realizing it was MSG.
ProjectDA
it was still everywhere, just hidden. some things did get rid of it to ride the wave. that was when i started eating kettle chips. mikesells chips kept using it and tasted the best durning that ear.
Canigetbannedagain2
I like to point out to people who are scared of MSG and remind them it's a amino acid. And also sodium nitrate is naturally occuring in food. But let's not talk about the evil dihydrogen monoxide.
charondaboatman
It definitely has a spot in my kitchen.
thedill2000
Great salt alternative. Or in addition. We use them about equally
Elonth
i don't know what fucking USA you grew up in but i havent seen MSG in a resturant or store in 36 years. Its always been illegal to serve my whole life.
mohavewolfpup
Look for accent in stores
Beefkins
MSG has never been illegal to serve in the US.
GravyEducation
Would be curious about your experiences. Cuz I think you're in the general population that assumes MSG is bad because of the media sensations around the food studies. FDA says it's "generally safe to eat" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate and I doubt you're BoH if you've never cooked something with MSG
Elonth
I conveyed it poorly in my shock that this person just assumed every kitchen in a resutrant or dinner table in USA resturant had some. There is salt, pepper, Sweetiners for teas. Actual sugar for tea or cofee & MAYBE a bottle of ketchup or syrup based on the restuant you are at. Then you may request special sauces. There isn't just a shaker of MSG sitting there. There never has been. I personaly have no issue with MSG. I know its not dangerous. OG Comment is lying about its USA avaliability
TinyBadger101
It is, however, like any other potential allergen/food sensitivity item. Ideally something disclosed on the menu, avoidable in some dishes, and the chef can accommodate people who can't have it.
GravyEducation
ejw909
You cannot be allergic or 'sensitive' to MSG. You would die. Because it's just a sodium ion bonded to the amino acid glutamate. You are full of glutamate, your body can even produce its own glutamate. Every single protein in your body has glutamate. And sodium is just salt. Any 'sensitivity' is probably just feeling bad due to too much salt, fat, sugar or calories in general, as MSG is often added to salty snacks, and heavy savory dishes.
TinyBadger101
Yes, you can be. My family is sensitive to MSG- it gives us headaches and diarrhea. And yes, this has been demonstrated to medical personnel with an elimination diet. It might be rare, but it is a real thing.
cuzitsthere
"I'm so allergic to riboflavin, I have to take vitamin A supplements"
TinyBadger101
See response to the other poster. It's real and medically documented even if rare.