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Originally Posted by rousseau

Nope, not true. There will be slight variations between restaurants, of course, and people will favour one over the other because of those variations, but there's isn't much leeway in how the dishes are prepared. The emphasis is on doing the dish the best way possible so that it lives up to the standard people expect, not in trying to be innovative and making little changes to them.

It's a totally different mentality.

So, my friend is a liar?

The dish is no different than a hamburger. Yes, it starts with the basics, but then each cook/chef makes it their own.