“I can make that at home” while looking at restaurant menu

[Anonymous]

I always think this, as I never want to order something out that I could cook better at home. I want to try new foods!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't raised lower class. But one reason I enjoy eating out at nicer places is because I can try new foods, or new preparations, or eat things that I haven't mastered. I definitely avoid things that I already know how to make and make often, even if I like them. It just seems logical to me.

This X1000.

I like restaurants for the ambiance, the wine and eating something that I can’t or haven’t made or something that is too much effort etc. I’ll also order something at brunch that I like but others in my family don’t like so we never have it around the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I never order chicken at restaurants.

LOl, my chicken always sucks in my opinion. Beef , I am gifted. Fish, I’m really good. Veggies I’m great. Chicken alludes me so I will often order it when we are out.

[Anonymous]

I avoid easy things on restaurant menus.

I typically always order fancy salads. I just can’t ever make them at home as nicely. I mean the ones with grilled peaches, burrata, walnut oil dressing, goat cheese. I just love unique salads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm lower class, but I often think the same. I don't want to order (for example) basic fettuccini alfredo when I can make this in 10m at home. If I'm paying to eat out, which is often 3-10x more than what it costs to eat at home, I want something different or special.

Thinking it is fine.

Voicing it is low class.

Agree. The people I know that say this would qualify as either raised low class or raised in a a poor country

[Anonymous]

That factors into what I order. I'm not great at cooking steak or a few other things, so I take that into account. I make great salmon so I never order that at a restaurant. I'm also way more likely to eat at ethnic restaurants that make food I wouldn't make at home. I eat Indian and Thai food a lot at restaurants because I don't want to stock the spices at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I avoid easy things on restaurant menus.

I typically always order fancy salads. I just can’t ever make them at home as nicely. I mean the ones with grilled peaches, burrata, walnut oil dressing, goat cheese. I just love unique salads.

Seriously, it's so easy and inexpensive to fancy up a salad.
Apropos of nothing, I bought burrata, basil and farm tomatoes today. Beats limp restaurant caprese with sad pink underripe tomatoes, hands down.

[Anonymous]

If I can make it with better quality ingredients at home ond very quickly at home and I prefer my version, why would I order it outside?

E.g. I wouldn’t order dal (an Indian lentil staple dish) in an Indian restaurant but would order a smoked eggplant dish because it is labor intensive. Or I would order wood-fired pizza when I eat Italian but would pass on pasta with marinara sauce. I see it as the smart thing to do.

[Anonymous]

I’m married to a great cook who usually has this thought when we eat out. I also try not to order things I can make at home and instead focus on things I wouldn’t make for myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it low class to use logic when ordering? I will avoid ordering things I can easily make at home, especially if the menu has more interesting things or has things I eat but my family does not like.

My man Jeeves,
The hallmark of aristocracy is having enough wealth that you don't have to think, and everything works out for you anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never thought of it as a low class thing. More of a technical proficiency/foodie thing. So if anything, someone of a higher social standing would perhaps a not snobbishly say they could make a chef's dish at home benadryl they could source all the fancy ingredients and have the high end cookery wares at home. Plus plating and presentation

Acetaminophen when you say that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine is an editor but was a chef. She's a VERY good cook. She doesn't want to spend money to eat out on food she can make as well or even better at home.

and she probably doesn't enjoy reading comments she could write better at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm lower class, but I often think the same. I don't want to order (for example) basic fettuccini alfredo when I can make this in 10m at home. If I'm paying to eat out, which is often 3-10x more than what it costs to eat at home, I want something different or special.

Thinking it is fine.

Voicing it is low class.

What is low class about talking through your decision, or sharing that you can cook?

Learning a servant skill like cooking is low class. My staff does that. It's not dressage and cotillion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I never order chicken at restaurants.

LOl, my chicken always sucks in my opinion. Beef , I am gifted. Fish, I’m really good. Veggies I’m great. Chicken alludes me so I will often order it when we are out.

Agreed. We make excellent steaks at home. Same with crab legs. Those are too messy to eat in a restaurant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm lower class, but I often think the same. I don't want to order (for example) basic fettuccini alfredo when I can make this in 10m at home. If I'm paying to eat out, which is often 3-10x more than what it costs to eat at home, I want something different or special.

Thinking it is fine.

Voicing it is low class.

What is low class about talking through your decision, or sharing that you can cook?

It seems to tease out you don’t eat out very often, thus likely lower rung and/or low prestige career. If you dinep out a lot, you simply order what you fancy. What sounds good.