In or out
How much different are home cooked meals than when you go out to eat. Its not just the food that is different it’s the whole atmosphere involved in the two different processes. For me and my family going out to eat is very rare, and we are use to our mum always making food. Going out for dinner seems like a treat or a special occasion. If you are going out to a fancy restaurant you spend some time to look sharp, you do your hair and you put on your going out shoes. You are not actually excited about the food it’s the fact that you got something to do, like a little adventure. You get seated, get a big fancy menu and you get this sense of importance, where as when you are home its more like eat your food and start cleaning up. Everything seems a little slower and grander when you are in restaurant. When you are home you are not really picky about your food because if you are, tough luck, you will be hungry. In the restaurant it almost seems like you are spoilt for choice. You have plenty of time before the waiter even comes to decide what you want but even then you cannot choose, so you have a length chat with the waiter discussing the whole menu, meanwhile he has a packed fool restaurant and short on staff, he really wants to listen to your “whining”. Then comes the wait. You have already spent a couple hours getting ready and coming to the restaurant and now there is a delay on your food. Having something to eat should not be time consuming, and this frustration builds up and eventually the food you get does not live up to the expectations so the whole night becomes a complete disaster. One of the most important things is how they set the food on the plate. At home you can do it yourself but when you go out you don’t tend to pick. They put the salad and fries on the same plate as the stake and when the juices from the medium rare seep out the fries get all soggy and the lettuce looks like its bleeding. In the end the actual food you get cant even compare with your mums Serbian cabbage rolls but the actual process and socializing with your family is much greater. That is the only reason its worth going out to eat, even thought your with your family all the time you all have things to do and catch up on, going out to eat, especially with the wait, gives a chance for the family to catch up as a whole.