Why are a restaurant's roasted vegetables so much tastier than homemade ones?

When I worked in various restaurants as a kid, baked potatoes were always covered with oil and rolled Kosher salt then baked for hours in a drawer where they were held for serving. They were always awesome. And mashed potatoes, either fresh or instant always had white pepper added. I still do that.

I don’t eat roasted vegetables but my wife soaks them in Italian dressing and then sticks them in the air fryer, she says they are very good.

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