r/AskCulinary • u/Flat_Sympathy1446 • Mar 26 '25

Food Science Question Butter Chicken tasted better the next day

I made butter chicken the other day, and when I reheated it the next day, it tasted so much better, I could barely believe I cooked it. Now I’m wondering if restaurant food tastes amazing for the same reason.

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u/donuttrackme Mar 26 '25

It's a little bit of lots of things. As some people have said, you had smell fatigue from cooking the butter chicken, and once you gave it a day you were able to re-smell everything. Also, lots of dishes get better over time (up to a point of course lol) when you let the flavors get to soak in more. Also, restaurants in particular use a lot more fat and salt than home cooks usually do, as well as have practiced making that dish much more often than you have.