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

[Anonymous]

There are some things I won't eat out. I absolutely refuse to eat tacos or anything else with ground beef at a Mexican restaurant. That's what we make at home when we don't really want to cook.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's weird to think this is weird. Why wouldn't I want to try something new, complicated or inventive when I see it on a menu? Sometimes I plan a special dinner date just to get a souffle when I'm craving one because I certainly cannot make that at home. By the same token, I try to order the strangest sounding dessert on the menu because my thinking is they wouldn't put it on the menu if it weren't delicious, and the fact that I've never tasted it before is definitely a bonus.

Why wouldn’t you just order what you crave? Going out to eat is about a good meal and enjoying the ambiance and people you’re with. Trying something “inventive” just because it’s too tedious to make at home and not getting something you are craving because you can make it at home is so strange.

I specifically go out for things like sushi BECAUSE I will never attempt it at home. I'm UMC/UC. Sometimes I will state my preference and reason other times just because I crave it. It's not a class thing to say or not say why you get something. It's a personality thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cooking. It at home is one thing.
Making it taste Michelin star quality is another.

Seville hardly has any Michelin star restaurant but the food from a random shop or home cooking is better and more innovative than most of the Michelin star restaurants in DC.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Nobody cares, Charles.

[Anonymous]

None of the people on DCUM is high class.

[Anonymous]

I am far from lower class but I always think this at restaurants. I want the experience to be unique and interesting. Not something I can whip up at home and it will be better. But, I pick restaurants that are unlikely to have basic menu items.

[Anonymous]

I do the same, without any fake modesty dishes. I say that I can make better than restaurants. No, I do not frequent Michelling start restaurants; I do not have that kind of money.
But ribs? I can make them better unless they are smoked ribs, I will order that.
Stew? I can make it better.
European soups? I can make it better. Pho, I will order that.
Bolognese? I can make it better. But carbonara? I will order it.
I do not cook fancy unless I have a lot of time, but I am not going to order sausages and mashed as I cook that all the time. I want something I don't make all the time.

[Anonymous]

^^ meant I say I can make many dishes better than restaurants serve and saying this without fake modesty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's weird to think this is weird. Why wouldn't I want to try something new, complicated or inventive when I see it on a menu? Sometimes I plan a special dinner date just to get a souffle when I'm craving one because I certainly cannot make that at home. By the same token, I try to order the strangest sounding dessert on the menu because my thinking is they wouldn't put it on the menu if it weren't delicious, and the fact that I've never tasted it before is definitely a bonus.

Why wouldn’t you just order what you crave? Going out to eat is about a good meal and enjoying the ambiance and people you’re with. Trying something “inventive” just because it’s too tedious to make at home and not getting something you are craving because you can make it at home is so strange.

Some people do not eat out to satisfy a craving for familiar food. Just like some people choose to watch Fellini instead of michael bay or read Faulkner instead of Danielle Steele. Being eager and open to trying unfamiliar foods is not “strange”, it’s just not what you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some things I won't eat out. I absolutely refuse to eat tacos or anything else with ground beef at a Mexican restaurant. That's what we make at home when we don't really want to cook.

Who is continually pressuring you to order tacos that you must “ABSOLUTELY REFUSE” to order them?

[Anonymous]

It’s telling. It suggests you were raised low class, cheap and or don’t eat out much and look to eating out as some sort of special experience. The rich do not give this any mindshare. Rich just order what they like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s telling. It suggests you were raised low class, cheap and or don’t eat out much and look to eating out as some sort of special experience. The rich do not give this any mindshare. Rich just order what they like.

Different poster. You are absolutely correct. I used to live in Pebble Beach and Carmel.

The really rich - mostly inherited wealth - really aren't all that interesting. They don't care about the "experience." They have a craving - and it's often very basic - and they satisfy it and don't think twice and move on. If you genuinely enjoy food and the whole experience of a really good meal, never go out with the really rich. It's a buzz kill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's weird to think this is weird. Why wouldn't I want to try something new, complicated or inventive when I see it on a menu? Sometimes I plan a special dinner date just to get a souffle when I'm craving one because I certainly cannot make that at home. By the same token, I try to order the strangest sounding dessert on the menu because my thinking is they wouldn't put it on the menu if it weren't delicious, and the fact that I've never tasted it before is definitely a bonus.

Why wouldn’t you just order what you crave? Going out to eat is about a good meal and enjoying the ambiance and people you’re with. Trying something “inventive” just because it’s too tedious to make at home and not getting something you are craving because you can make it at home is so strange.

Do you ever pick a restaurant because you're craving a particular thing on its menu?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some things I won't eat out. I absolutely refuse to eat tacos or anything else with ground beef at a Mexican restaurant. That's what we make at home when we don't really want to cook.

Who is continually pressuring you to order tacos that you must “ABSOLUTELY REFUSE” to order them?

Nobody--and I don't make a big deal of it. Just saying that it makes sense not to order some things at restaurants.

I'm not the one using all caps and emoticons here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some things I won't eat out. I absolutely refuse to eat tacos or anything else with ground beef at a Mexican restaurant. That's what we make at home when we don't really want to cook.

Who is continually pressuring you to order tacos that you must “ABSOLUTELY REFUSE” to order them?

Nobody--and I don't make a big deal of it. Just saying that it makes sense not to order some things at restaurants.

I'm not the one using all caps and emoticons here.

You abbbbbssollluutteeellllyyyy refuuuseee!