[Food] Eating out. Is it all that?

[A1X]

Curries/Chinese/Thai and fish and chips are food types that I would rather eat out for -because it's almost
impossible to replicate at home. Otherwise, I enjoy cooking stuff myself.

Was going to say exactly this, places which specialise in something are definitely worth it, but most “generalist” places (there are some exceptions) don’t generally pass muster

 

[highflyer]

Foodwise, it only really seems worth it if the food is significantly beyond anything you could cook at home. At which point it inevitably becomes so expensive that it doesn't seem worth it.

 

[Questions]

She does

And often.

 

[Insel affe]

I prefer to eat out with friends and family but I have also eaten out on my own quite a lot over the years, and I love this. A nice restaurant, my iPad, and just me is very enjoyable.

Said Herr Billy, keine Freunde.

 

[Chicken Run]

I eat out a fair bit, at least twice a week, on average, and it’s anything from high-end Michelin star to a cafe for brunch. I enjoy it for many and varied reasons, I love going to restaurants, I love reading about them, I love watching stuff about them. When lock-down happened, and cafes and restaurants were closed, I truly realized how much it meant to me.

I can cook, have a decent kitchen and I enjoy cooking, but going out is quite different. Can I cook as well as the cafes and restaurants? Depends what it is but generally no…but that’s not the point.

Jay Rayner once said, a good restaurant should make you feel a whole lot better coming out than when you went in. We all want to feel better don’t we?

I took your advice recently and tried Cin Cin in Hove, i do value your expertise on culinary offerings but i have to say it was rather disappointing

 

[BrightonCottager]

Mrs BC's fish pie was absolutely delicious last night. Better than any available in a restaurant.

We're eating out a lot less than we used to because of the cost and realisation that many of Brighton's restaurants have become mediocre or the portions are so small, you need to have the cheese course at home.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It is, but I prefer to cook for others. The journey home after is less hassle.

 

[Chicken Run]

I hate eating at restaurants that have the tables practically adjourning the next one, you’re almost elbow to elbow

 

[HeaviestTed]

I probably regard myself as a decent cook and my missus top notch. 90% of the time I go out I honestly think we could have done better. Do we eat out because we can rather than think we could’ve saved ourselves a fortune and have something just as good or better at home.

Are we talking about the Amex burgers?

 

[ozzygull]

Are we talking about the Amex burgers?

I don't understand it but the Amex Burgers have got to be the worst on the planet. I am not a big burger eater but once having to rush down to the Amex after work, I was really, really hungry and the only thing I fancied was a burger, but when I got it, it was truly inedible, It didn't matter how hungry I was, it was awful.

My daughter tried one of those microwave burgers the other week and I tried a bit, it was not great, but it was 1000 times better then the Amex burger.

 

[OzMike]

Perth seems to be the eating out capital of the world.
Shed loads of places to go and you can eat the world !!
It is still quite affordable too.
I have a meal at the club after bowls Friday practice, grab a takeaway of wifey's choice after the match on Sat and take the wife out to a place of her choice every Sunday for lunch.
Saturday is sometimes replaced with going out for dinner with friends.
We love it !

 

[pasty]

I love our date nights eating out. We'll typically go for a couple of beers somewhere beforehand, then mince along to the restaurant for a nosh, then a nightcap somewhere before heading back. I would say that we go out a LOT earlier than we used to, because I like to be back on the sofa by around 9pm these days (rock n' roll). But now that our crotch-goblins are all grown up, its such a luxury to have that freedom, and its still not something I ever take for granted.

So yeah. Eating out IS all that. Probably costs us about £100-£150 all in for the night depending on where we go, but its worth it.

Never has a “this” been more appropriate. So, THIS ^^

100% same here.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I took your advice recently and tried Cin Cin in Hove, i do value your expertise on culinary offerings but i have to say it was rather disappointing

This is a shame. I have not been for a couple of years now. What disappointed you? A know that a common comment is portion sizes.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Mrs BC's fish pie was absolutely delicious last night.

Have posted this on the wrong chat room?

 

[The Clamp]

Have posted this on the wrong chat room?

This had me chuckling very loudly

 

[Weststander]

I hate eating at restaurants that have the tables practically adjourning the next one, you’re almost elbow to elbow

With the other table being deadly silent eavesdroppers.

 

[Algernon]

Of course dinner will set you back £300 but well worth it for a treat.

I can't begin to imagine what a £300 dinner would have to consist of for me to pay that much even if I were a multi millionaire. And I'm not.
I'm pretty certain there's nothing in the world I'd eat no matter how amazingly well cooked and presented in opulent/trendy surroundings that I'd pay that much for.
I actually find eating a chore, I probably wouldn't eat if I didn't have to, I don't eat vegetables and it's pretty much meat and potatoes (I know but they don't count) for me and I don't drink alcohol so that'll all be a factor too.
£300 I could spend better elsewhere.

 

[chickens]

Stopped eating out (except for special occasions) post-lockdown. Too many places serving food that I’d be unhappy with if I’d prepared it myself, at a hugely inflated price.

I simply couldn’t justify the prices vs what I was getting. A shame, because I used to enjoy a good restaurant, but I feel priced out of anywhere I’d actually want to eat at now.

 

[jordanseagull]

Really enjoy eating out with my wife. As others have mentioned, the experience is diminished significantly if you’re elbow to elbow with another couple or group! The food to me is secondary. The one thing that can really aggravate me is shit service.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I took your advice recently and tried Cin Cin in Hove, i do value your expertise on culinary offerings but i have to say it was rather disappointing

That is a shame. I've been there several times with both family and friends and always enjoyed it.