One popular category in the revolving trend of TikTok food ideas involves the so-called “food order” hacks. In these videos, creators show viewers how to tweak menu items or request special combinations that are not immediately obvious. These suggestions can range from small modifications to completely new ways of ordering familiar foods.
As reported by BroBible, many of these ideas spread quickly. For instance, one Texas Roadhouse customer gained attention after showing a trick for grilling the restaurant’s rolls. Employees at McDonald’s have also shared tips on how customers can request freshly made fries. Meanwhile, some videos focus on saving money, including viral strategies for feeding an entire family cheaply at places like Five Guys.
A creator named Sharis, who posts under the handle @nothellotitty, shared a video about the restaurant’s popular Parmesan crust topping. Her clip has drawn more than 227,000 views as she discusses how often customers request the add-on. In the video, she makes it clear that the topping itself is not new to the restaurant’s menu. “Mind you, parmesan-crusted chicken at LongHorn has been around forever,” she says. “The parmesan crust to add on to your steaks and stuff has been around forever.”
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Servers Are Not Amused With The TikTok Food Craze
According to her, the issue is not the topping itself but how social media trends have encouraged people to start putting it on nearly everything they order.“Y’all done found a way in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 2026 to parmesan-crust everything,” she says.
She describes seeing tables where multiple dishes had the same topping added, even items that are not normally served with it.“For me to see the lamb chops with the mashed potatoes and the bread on the table and everything got parmesan crust on it,” she says. “Why your whole plate parmesan-crusted?”
Sharis also joked about the level of cheese some diners are willing to pile onto their meals. “I love cheese just as much as the next person,” she continues. “I’m lactose intolerant. I’m eating cheese. But you got parmesan on your whole plate.” In the video’s caption, she also suggested that servers may be privately frustrated with these kinds of orders. She wrote, “LongHorn about to spit in yall food cuz yall won’t stop playing!!!”
The video sparked a lively debate in the comments section. Some viewers who said they work at LongHorn Steakhouse seemed to agree with her point. “As a LH server… thank you!” one commenter wrote.
Others, however, pushed back and said customers should be able to order their food however they want. “Well, I just left and had Parmesan crusted chicken, Parmesan crusted mashed potatoes, and Parmesan crusted broccoli,” another person wrote. “Idgaf about a server talking [expletive]. They don’t get paid for what we want to eat. They get paid for serving, DO THAT and mind y’all business.”
Not every server shared strong feelings either way. One commenter took a more relaxed view of the situation. “As a server idgaf wat u do just make sure i get my 20% tip thats all i care about,” they wrote. According to the same post, a few guests even requested that the topping be added to the restaurant’s complimentary bread.
Another server on Reddit shared a similar story about the trend affecting their workplace. They said they have worked through the restaurant’s seasonal lamb promotion for 5 years and had never seen requests like those coming in now.
In one case, they described a table of three diners who asked for the Parmesan crust on nearly every item they ordered. That included dishes that already come with their own toppings or crusts. The server said the group requested the Parmesan-crusted mac and cheese, which already has a crust, along with cheddar-stuffed mushrooms and spinach dip.
As TikTok continues to influence how people order at restaurants, it is likely that more trends like this will pop up. Whether they make life easier or harder for restaurant staff will probably remain part of the conversation.
Published: Mar 13, 2026 01:20 pm