We’re getting our delivery from Tsege this coming Friday and will report back.
Delivery is not kind to most cooked foods, and it’s why I’m not a user of Doordash/Caviar/et. al. Pre-pandemic we dined out a lot as it’s a hobby for me, and most of the dishes we like and return for, simply are not suitable for being packed up steaming hot and then schlepped across town for 45 min to 1+ hr(s).
Most restaurant meal prep takes place hours before diners sit down to choose their orders. Recipes are chosen so that finishing the cooking and plating take the least amount of time. No restaurant worth its reputation would ever offer to deliver a cooked steak.
I think it’s like cooking for a potluck, I might make a cold dish, a braise, a casserole or finger food, but I don’t think any cook would bring a just-cooked gai choy stir-fry, or offer to bring you a brunch dish of creamy scrambled eggs with toast. It’s impossible to overcome the overcooking/delivery lag.
I often joke with my spouse that he’s the only one who gets my best cooking these days, since I stopped hosting old-style, sit-down dinner parties! (to be honest, I hate potlucks; even with my own family who are all excellent cooks).
