I had a  Mango smoothie this morning and it had ice in it, to my way of thinking once it had hard lumps in it it was no longer a smoothie.

Also, a while back, I ordered Viena Schnitzel, a dish that I’ve always enjoyed, Imagine my surprise when it arrived smothered in gravy which completely killed all other flavours.
Now the menu said Viena Schnitzel, which doesn’t include gravy
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Subsequent inquiries on Google elicited the information that Viena Schnitzel in Australia is slathered in gravy
Yuck😩😩😩

That's not smoothie at all.
Australian trend of saucing everything is on the rise.
A few pizza shops here do it. More sources on the pizzas than anything else. It's a rip off cheap way.

Not just everything smothered in sauces…but take chicken for instance… hot and spicy… yuk.
I like snitz on its flavoursome own, I like chips on their own. I like chicken plain and roasted on its own.
What’s all these other flavours disguising the natural taste?
I note my kids gen (millenniums) are all mad for hot spicy stuff! Where did I go wrong  ;D

It's to accommodate the growing populations of Indians and East Asians market

Jasin wrote on Dec 8^th, 2024 at 5:06pm:

It's to accommodate the growing populations of Indians and East Asians market

One of the places where I can enjoy Viena Schnitzel is India, the side dishes are varied and spicy [to taste] butyou get what you ordered or they will apologise for not having it; even if you’re the only person who has ever ordered it.

And I’ve never known Asians or Indians to submerge food in gravy.

I know a Monk on this Forum who puts his Viena schnitzel in his Viena schnizer

Another of my pet hates is hot food served on cold plates.