# Chocolate Thunder from Down Under **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827 "2002-09-27T04:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Joools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joools)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/1 "2002-09-27T04:32:33Z")
My wife and I were eating at an Outback steakhouse the other night, and one of the desserts the waitress offered us was a “Chocolate Thunder from Down Under” We were speechless. They really serve a _food_ called this? Is it just me, or does this name sound a little… you know… rude? I mean, for a place like Outback Steakhouse, I imagine that each of the menu items gets approved by an army of committees and marketing executives. Did none of them catch this? Is it _supposed_ to be a joke? What the heck is going on? And here – just to prove I’m not making it up. An Outback Steakhouse website: [http://www.kelseys.ca/outback2/pages/desserts.htm](http://www.kelseys.ca/outback2/pages/desserts.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/2 "2002-09-27T06:53:02Z")
The items on the menu at Outback Steakhouse have NOTHING TO DO with stuff we eat in Australia. I just want to point that out from the start. And yes, Chocolate Thunder from Down Under sounds anything BUT appetising to me. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/3 "2002-09-27T07:09:01Z")
I worked for a competitor briefly and we pretty much referred to it as _Outhouse Shteakhous_. Never trust a steakhouse that hides the food. ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/4 "2002-09-27T07:17:24Z")
I try really hard to ignore the name, because I love the dessert. I find myself going “mmmmmm…chocolate thunder from dow…ack…god help me, it’s good.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/5 "2002-09-27T07:19:53Z")
If it helps I’ve never heard of that before :). ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/6 "2002-09-27T07:26:00Z")
**Silent** mate, you just don’t go to the right places. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/7 "2002-09-27T09:46:36Z")
Pfft! The Outback Steakhouse crowd ain’t got nothin’ on [this!](http://www.midcoast.com/~eklivans/chocthun.htm) ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/8 "2002-09-27T12:57:27Z")
I was pretty damn shocked when I saw an Outback Steakhouse when I went back to Sydney this year! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-thunder-from-down-under/129827/9 "2002-09-27T13:15:38Z")
I was expecting a thread about Darryl Dawkins in Australia. Nevermind.