If a person establishes a restaurant, what need is that restaurant meeting? Is is food or is that too simple of an answer? Is it the experience or the convenience? Since the French Revolution, restaurants have been evolving and I think the question is interesting.
For me it to eat something I don't make or have at home, as well as to have someone else do the cooking and cleaning up afterwards, basically a change of scenery helps.
I don't eat out much, but when I do these are the reasons:
- Spend time with my family or friends without having to cook, clean, and wash dishes.
- I have nothing ready at home, and we are out on the road, so it's convenient to eat at a restaurant.
that's about it for me. : )
That is true. I wonder if some live video feeds are playing into the desire to be seen. I have read about restaurants experimenting with web-cams.
Personally I would go for the food which I would not have access to otherwise.
If we eat out it is usually based on the food offered, the ambiance offered and the prices. The food is important because if you feel you could have easily prepared the same meal yourself it is not such an interesting experience.
There was a small diner I went to once that served those crinkle cut fries I used to buy at the grocery store. I have not been back since.
Yes, those are pretty much my criteria. It's why I'd rather go out for a curry or a Thai/Chinese, because those types of food are harder to replicate at home. You won't find us eating spaghetti bolognaise in an Italian place, because both I and my other half can cook a great home-made spag bol for a fraction of the cost!
One of the things that reduces the number of times we eat out (besides the cost)is that I am sometimes told my meals are better than those on offer.
In the past eating out was a good way of trying foods from different countries. Now the meals we eat in the UK are inspired by many different countries recipes.
Some meals or restaurants do earn a place in your memory, that is the ideal.
To me, the "needs" restaurants serve (besides offering meals, which address the need for food) involve the natural human need to want to socialize. Other purposes/needs they serve:
Saving someone time that would be used for cooking.
Breaking up the monotony of doing the same thing, without variation, every day (in other words, the need do what is "mentally/emotionally nurturing" (They offer the chance to have different types of foods, the chance to eat in a different environment, the chance to just sit and relax/socialize during a meal. Those are all "mentally healthy" things to do, as opposed to eating the same thing every day with/without the same people every day, in the same environment.)
Restaurants are kind of a scaled-down version of larger social gatherings (and getting together socially is generally a need most people have). They offer "mini-social-get-togethers" that don't require a special occasion, don't cost all that much, and can break up an otherwise routine week/month. A nice restaurant can meet the need to please the aesthetic sense/needs people have to be somewhere attractive and nice. A restaurant meal shared among business colleagues can mean some business gets done and/or helps the individuals get to know the others a little better.
Well it is always cool to see a place that has a "vibe" to it that fits your personality, or one aspect of the complex humans we all are.
Being single....I'm rather drawn to restaurants with a good vibe, good food, and pretty waitresses!!!!!!!!!!!
I also think music can play a part in all of that...but I'm more music oriented than some folks are
Most people used restaurants for dating and eating out with family. Seldom you can see an individual eating in a restaurant so there is the socialization factor to it. A restaurant is another environment aside from your kitchen and you've got to choose specialized foods.
by Vince Alvino 6 years ago
Do you eat out more than cook at home?Nothing is better than a home cooked meal, many people choose to eat out for convenience and miss that family time spent at the dinner table.
by piyush3dxyz 12 years ago
I dont know what country you are in but KFC in england is just like fast food and to me, fast food is rubbish. Too much unhealthy overpowering sauces and the chicken is always coated in huge amounts of fat.Give me a plain barbecued chicken leg any day.
by Michael S 11 years ago
What one food have you consumed the most in the last few months?(Yes, that may as well be me in the photo with the pizza - O yum!)
by Darrell Roberts 10 years ago
Do peopleeat meat in heaven?I was curious as to what people eat in heaven. Who does the cooking and who slaughter the animals if they eat meat. If God tells us that we should not kill, does this apply to animals?
by PinotsHub 9 years ago
Would you rather eat at a chain restaurant or a independent restaurant?
by Le_patty 14 years ago
Yes, most fast foods comes frozen than latter prepared at the restaurants. But has anyone paid close attention on how the food is prepared? Example: A local taco eatery, the food is coming out so fast that haft is on the counter and the other haft on you taco. Some of the food...
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