Eating Out - Not my Cuppa Tea !!!

Why do people want to eat out while we have the tastiest stuff being made at home..Why do people think taking tiffin boxes with lunch to office is not so cool...and eat stupid things that are available cursing the canteen fellas. if you ask me, Well, eating out, once in a while, is ok..but I am not that kind of person who likes to dine out every now and then..I prefer the home made stuff be it vatha kuzhambu or the paruppu thogaiyal..I love it at home and would avoid going out and eating..

Sometimes these project parties and get togethers are so irritating..esp if you are the only veggie in the team or the number of non veggies outnumber the number of veggies, then avalothaan veggies gaali....avan avan vetuvaan paarunga ....nadakarathu,parakarathu,swimaradhu etc etc they will try every damn stinking item and the poor veggies will have no other choice other than munch the stupid vegetables given in the name of some Exotic salads...And the heights of irritation will be when you accidentally are dragged into a party where there are drinks...that too out here in USA..the way guys drink and blabber things....I hate all those who blabber or have that drunk look on their face...i am realy scared of people who are actually drunk too much..once I happened to accompany people to a party like this...everyone in the group drank including the girls and I was the only one "not so cool" one who din drink...I had to listen to all their stupid talks till about 1 in the morning..Mind u..we left for the party at 10PM..Just imagine the poor plight of this girl...And once they start drinking it is difficult to make them stop..they shout so loudly and make a stupid scene,which will not be embarassing for them cos they will not be in their senses but it will be for u who is sitting there just looking here and there and wishing you could escape from there ASAP...and these people actually picked that spot for drinking even after they knew that I dun drink...I just had it and I will never ever go for giving company to those kudikaarans(karis) !! Why cant a party be without drinks..is it a crime ? And one more stupid thing is who will pay the bill at the end of the party...everyone seems to have lost their debit and credit cards when the bill comes to the table..and the bakra who pays the bill has to forget that money..Govinda govindaa....

And even the restaurants that specialize in the veg stuff do not do good food these days..In these cases, it is good to have someone who knows what is good where..like you know, you type in a dish name and you will get a list of restaurants that specialize in that... I have a cousin of mine and she know wat tastes good in which restaurant in Bangalore..she will say pani puri is good in 13th street Malleswaram,grape juice is good in tat corner street in 8th cross...My God..and they will actually be really good....just imagine how many places she wud have gone and how many things she wud have eaten to actually say these things !!!!! The food in the restaurants have so much masala and baking soda and ALL THE crap thats not good for your health...yet you go there and eat...

When I came to US for the first time, I used to make maggi in a microwave oven and eat it everyday for almost 7 days...And the canteen in my office was also bad...I used to survive on Garlic bread,yoghurt and some fruits..( the effect of this was seen and I lost 10 kgs when I landed in my hometown after 2 months in the US)....That time me and my teammates discovered an Indian restaurant and we were all so excited that at last we will get some nice thing to eat...We go there and the prices are really exorbidant...after some discussions on who will eat wat...I settled for the Alu parantha and curd !!! And it was just too good...Then we started visiting the restaurant so frequently that I got bored of it...and actually started cooking at home all by myself..and I enjoyed that...

Eating out can be fun when you are with your friends and family..cos the taste of the food is shadowed by the talks and the laughs you share..and its not always that you get together with family and friends over lunch or dinner !!!I remember when I was in the final year of my college, me and my friend used to go to this restaurant every other day and have friend maggi,hot gulab jamun and a cup of masala tea...We had it so frequently that at the end of it, the restaurant fellow used to start making fried maggi when we reached there :-) And we used to talk endlessly on all those stupid topics in the world..from campus interviews to who is going around whom to what to eat for the next day :-)

Even now whenever there is a party that involves eating out, I try and stay away from it as far as possible..for eating out is not my cup of Tea !!!!
I would rather prefer a potluck :-)