I could easily give you a dozen reasons NOT to EAT OUT but I must admit, I am not exactly the finest example of that preach. Although we know how bad it is to eat out, sometimes eating out is just more convenient.Who’s with me?!

Of course, eating out gives a nice change to what you’re used to cooking all the time but that can be resolved by you expanding your culinary repertoire, yes?

Let me share all the reasons not to eat out and perhaps you will have a change of heart. Even a reduction in eating out can only be GREAT for your family’s wellness!

10 REASONS NOT TO EAT OUT

1. It’s freaking expensive. Each meal my family of 4 eat ranges from RM100-500 depending on where we go. On average, a meal at The Daily Grind for some burgers for example is already RM150 if we ordered drinks.
2. It’s UNHEALTHY. This is FACT. I kid you not. You have no idea how much EXTRAS restaurants add into your food to make them taste really good. For example, SUGAR is added into lot of food to cater to our Malaysian taste buds that love sugar. Extra oil is added to cook everything because it makes cooking THAT MUCH FASTER. Extra TASTE is added with Ajinomoto and other preserved and processed ingredients that isn’t good for your body.
3. You REALLY don’t know what’s in your food. Boogers? Sweat? Poo? Spit? Dandruff? Tears? I’m not kidding OK!!! Who knows where fingers have gone that touch and prepare your food!! And to be very honest, when I used to work at Bon Ton almost 30 years ago, I used to see wait staff putting their entire hands into those jugs of water I kid you not!!! So yeah, do you still want to eat out?
4. People Watching You. I don’t know about you but I am most comfortable in my own home and do not like people seeing me at all. I like my privacy thank you very much and especially when I am eating, I don’t like people watching me, learning what I eat etc. I am just one of a kind I am sure but…..
5. Ordering more than you can chew. Has it ever happened to you? Everything could be so tempting and before you know it, you’ve ordered more than you need and you then need to do a take-away or waste it away. Also, restaurant food a lot of the times are pre-packed and you really don’t know how fresh their ingredients are so if you were to take it home, that’s one extra day of possibly stale food!
6. Quantity Control is Out of Your Hands. Restaurants have their set portions whereas at home, you could go for seconds and take more of what you like and less of what you don’t like. There is more flexibility of choice, isn’t there. At a restaurant, what you get is what you get. Sure, you could order more and then it’d be too much.
7. No More Special. If you’re always eating out, then what’s special anymore about eating out? When I was a kid, we never had any Japanese food the way my kids do now. My kids eat Japanese food at least once a week! In my childhood, there was no such thing and Japanese was a LUXURY.
8. Comfort is Home. Don’t you think that eating home is so much more comfortable than eating out? This for me is one sure reason not to eat out. You don’t know if you’ll get a good view, or a good seat, or good service or good food. So many unknowns. I would rather be comfortable at home and fill my tummy enjoying my food.
9. Expand Your Cooking Skills. Like I said earlier, if you’re always eating out, you won’t get a chance to practise your cooking! It is much better to grow the passion of cooking and choosing FRESH ingredients from the market and cooking home cooked meals yourself than EATING OUT. True story. It is way healthier and tastes so much better once you master your favourite dishes.
10. SAVE TIME. Would you agree that going out means having to dress up, get into the car and possible traffic, then parking to find, and then waiting at restaurants, then ordering and waiting for food, then waiting to get the bill paid? SO MUCH TIME wasted, YO!!!! It’s like me working from home versus working at an office. I truly love my life working from my bed daily now compared to my past life working at the Petronas Twin Towers.

So there you go. These are some pertinent reasons NOT to eat out. Do you still want to eat out? Which are your reasons not to eat out? Or do you still want to eat out? Dang, after writing this, I just feel like going to the market tomorrow morning to get the freshest ingredients and open my Jamie Oliver cookbook to experiment on something new!

And this is exactly why I am dying to go to Italy too so I can attend one of their many cooking courses. I hope my foot heals soon so we can really make it.

Lots of reasons not to eat out, guys. Eating out is a very overly priced affair. Don’t do it. Treasure family time and cook at home. The meals you cook are much stronger with love and ties the family together. Trust me on that.

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Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

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