How often do you eat out?

@Rimps85 (1831)
India
October 2, 2022 5:27am CST
It's Sunday, more than anything its festive week here in India. The Navratri (nine-nights) and Durga puja celebrations are on. And as a result, we are planning to eat out tonight. After the pandemic, this would probably be our 2nd or 3rd visit to a restaurant. In general, how often do you eat out?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
2 Oct 22
Covid is still here in the US so I don't go out to eat at all.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
cases are rare here nowadays, but not completely off
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
2 Oct 22
@Rimps85 Cases are not rare here in the US. Even with the vaccinations, people are still catching Covid. But yes, case count has decreased greatly in India. You are correct.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil Southern states gets some spike...else overall, almost nil
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
5 Oct 22
Hardly ever. It MIGHT be three or four times a year. Even on nights when I don't cook, most of the time it's delivery. It's just so much cheaper to eat at home which is the main reason, and eating out is reserved mostly for special occasions and when we are meeting up with other people.
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
6 Oct 22
@Rimps85 Eating out just costs too much, and it is not that we cannot afford it, I simply don't want to spend the money when I can cook perfectly good food at home for less.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
5 Oct 22
thats less often
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
6 Oct 22
@porwest in that case, you probably are not factoring the "time cost" involved in cooking at home...though its absolutely fine as a home-maker
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@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
5 Oct 22
During festivals, especially like Duga Puja (Navratri), we often tend to eat out every evening, it could be street food or a restaurant. In general, we eat out every weekend.
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@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
5 Oct 22
@Rimps85 How frequently do you eat out and what mainly do you eat out?
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
5 Oct 22
wow...thats very frequent
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
5 Oct 22
@avi256 we hardly eat out post pandemic...but mostly get it home delivered...
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12 Oct 22
I have it once in a month
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13 Oct 22
@Rimps85 thanks Rimps actually outing in restaurants is also expensive. So I can afford once in a month
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
13 Oct 22
@sathviksouvik Do you get it delivered at home?
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
12 Oct 22
that's good...
@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
6 Oct 22
This is month, next week to I'm celebrating my birthday, which was October 2, but have a blood work for my doctor on 11th, weather permitting, so after my blood draw, I'm celebrating! McDonald's burger and fries & apple fritters - apple fritters free birthday gift, Foodland Supermarket, free cake slice gift and Baskin Robbins free scoop of child size scoop... planning jamoca fudge regular scoop too. Going to get some Bumble Bee tuna cans too from Foodland Supermarket. So, for special occasions and rewards treat I get a take home treat from outside.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
7 Oct 22
@Rimps85 Yes, signing up for an account or for alerts, gets rewards.
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
6 Oct 22
thats great indeed
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
7 Oct 22
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@MrDenata (12242)
• Indonesia
4 Oct 22
We usually buy it and eat at home, but sometime we do it maybe once a month.
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@MrDenata (12242)
• Indonesia
5 Oct 22
@Rimps85 how are you today? Hope that youre okat there
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
5 Oct 22
@MrDenata yep...Thanks!!
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
5 Oct 22
thats good
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@May2k8 (18348)
• Indonesia
9 Oct 22
Maybe I've eaten out 3 times this year, I hope Covid never wants to eat with us
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
9 Oct 22
haha...COVID has eaten us, basically...
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
9 Oct 22
On special occasions only like birthdays and anniversaries.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
9 Oct 22
@Rimps85 yes that's fun when we have time together.
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
9 Oct 22
@sjvg1976 right
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
9 Oct 22
that makes sense...its fun, I am sure
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@LadyDuck (471255)
• Switzerland
2 Oct 22
NEVER, Covid is still around I do not take risks.
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@LadyDuck (471255)
• Switzerland
2 Oct 22
@Rimps85 May be there are and the authorities do not let you know. Be careful.
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
I see....there's rarely cases here in India
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
9 Oct 22
Once a month?
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
9 Oct 22
not bad
@cacay1 (83394)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Oct 22
In this pandemic had dined out twice but during non-pandemic I dined out three times a week.
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@cacay1 (83394)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 Oct 22
@Rimps85 it's safer to order online.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
we never went out during pandemic, & post that mostly would order it home...
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
6 Oct 22
@cacay1 yes & convenient too..
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
2 Oct 22
If we have money, we eat to our favorite eatery every Sunday after our Sunday Church services.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
2 Oct 22
@Rimps85 You're right.
@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
ahh...I see...thats a weekly affair then...
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@Yoshiro (412)
• Japan
4 Oct 22
When many friends come near my home. We go outside to eat
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@Yoshiro (412)
• Japan
5 Oct 22
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
4 Oct 22
ya, with friends eating out is fun...
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@Luli_hope (246)
• Romania
2 Oct 22
Not too often. And it s not because of covid but because of the costs and the kids.
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• Romania
2 Oct 22
@Rimps85 if you put it that way may be because of covid reasons...but i am.not sure all these high prices are all because of covid
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
@Luli_hope to some extent the price rise is due to covid
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
2 Oct 22
well....inflated cost is a concern post COVID. Almost everything has become costly these days
@mayka123 (16605)
• India
5 Oct 22
I dont go out to eat regularly. But on family birthdays I ensure we all go out for dinner. And next week a few dinners are being planned. Both my birthday and retirement party combined.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
5 Oct 22
thats good to know...
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@askme123 (6150)
4 Oct 22
Not often. It works out cheaper to cook at home. Dont you think it is more expensive to eat out?
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
4 Oct 22
Depends how you calculate the costing....probably you have not factored the "time cost" in cooking at home
8 Oct 22
Not very often. Say, once every month or once every two months. We're sort of trying to tighten our belts in this day and age of inflation. We all went out on Father's Day last month.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
8 Oct 22
yaa...it has become expensive everywhere
• Israel
6 Oct 22
I haven't eaten a real meal in a real restaurant for a long time, but there is a Barista cafe that I grab a cheap tuna sandwich sometimes before I go to the music school to teach. So I don't really count that! It would be nice to go out to a real restaurant, but as my husband is now disabled, in a wheelchair and can't sit for more than 15 minutes so I think I would have to go by myself. . . not fun.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
6 Oct 22
and then having a meal alone doesnt make any sense...
@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
7 Oct 22
I can atleast go out in a restaurant to eat atleast once in a month
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
7 Oct 22
that's decent frequency, I guess...
6 Oct 22
Every now and then. I prefer home cooked meals. I mean almost all of the things you can eat in restaurants, usually cheaper and healthier cause you know what and how you put in it. I'm not freakishly controlling about it at all, but you know. Just my own preference.
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@Rimps85 (1831)
• India
6 Oct 22
anyday home cooked meal is better...but at times it becomes monotonous...