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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the whole concept of regularly eating out itself to be highly overrated, especially given how reliant restaurants are on addictive ingredients like fat, salt, and sugar.

It took me 35 years to realize that I can cook better tasting and healthier foods at home.[/quote]

No you can't. This is the lie that dieters/health nuts tell themselves to make themselves feel better about not allowing themselves to eat what they want, but it's never true.

If you could actually cook food that was healthier and objectively better tasting than any restaurant then instead of posting about it on DCUM you'd be talking about it on the Today Show after receiving your Michelin stars and opening the 500th franchise of the restaurant that made you a multimillionaire.

The foodservice industry spends billions every year on healthier alternatives and the best they can come up with is a veggie burger that tastes exactly like a real burger if the only real burger you've ever had came from a public school cafeteria.  What do you think is more likely, that you figured out a secret that every massive restaurant group in the world somehow missed, or that your food isn't really as good as you say?[/quote]

DP.  I'm by no means a great chef, just a decent home cook who has been cooking a lot more lately. My food is often better than average restaurant food.  Even my DH agrees!  There are some things that are hard to duplicate at home, but the fact is, most DC restaurant food is not that great.  [b]The really good stuff that I couldn't replicate is the more humble fare, like a great bagel or Bahn Mi.  [/b][/quote]

NP but agreed. I have been so disappointed by the Michelin-starred restaurants in DC for the most part, and I don’t think I’m snobby. I really enjoy going to all of the various hole in the wall ethnic restaurants much more than most of the acclaimed DC spots. I will say, however, that I really enjoyed Tail Up Goat (not overrated at all IMO) and Masseria, which I rarely hear mentioned of the DC Michelins, is awesome. Those are the only two that stood out to me. [/quote]

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