I think I've realized most restaurants are a scam. It makes sense to buy cheap food (fast food, bars), or very expensive food but most everything is just the same SYSCO slop made by high schoolers or addicts

yes. after many years as a wagie I'll never eat at a mid range restaurant even some ""gourmet"" burger place (back when that was trendy) that I used to work at had a line cook selling coke to waitstaff, a permadrunk manager, and everyone smoking p*t on the job. and on top of that all the goyslop came in frozen while they charged $20+ for a burger and fries

most fast food isn't even worth it anymore

i got wendy's the other day and a chicken sandwich, fries, and drink was fricking $13, it's absurd

The only food worth eating out for is anything that's a big pain to cook at home

But the real blackpill is when you realize most people just eat out to hang out with their friends. So if you don't have friends eating out isn't worth it

Big Sysco/Sodexo is always watching...

One old lady (born before women lost the ability to cook) is always going to blow anything you can get at a restaurant out of the water.

Mamma is only cooking one meal, she can spend all afternoon making it, and she doesn't need to turn a profit.

But restaurants have their place, and you'll probably appreciate them more if you accept that most of them are just a vehicle to sell you overpriced booze.

Yeah, most expensive restaurants aren't worth the money. It's a lot more cost effective to hit up walmart and buy cheap shit like tuna in a pouch and ramen.

Make some nice prison food. Example: Tuna wrap combined with chilli ramen, beans, and maybe some off-brand ritz crackers spilled in there for texture. Salty, has plenty of protein, and very very cheap.

Buy a big box of ritz crackers, 5 pouches @ $1.80/ea or so, you can find ramen for 89¢ ea. Maruchan can be fixed up to be a pretty enjoyable meal

maybe i should be writing this comment in /h/peakpoors instead, but i feel it fits here. Buying grocery shit sometimes makes more sense than the cheapest fastfood meal.

You go to restaurants to eat decent food with your friends and family. It's more about the experience and not the food itself

Food gets increasingly more r-slurred as it gets more expensive. When the food starts to arrive tiny on a big plate you know you're being fricked.

I just live off one blaze pizza a day

i'm not sure if you can count hawker food as restaurants (some of the best ones have their own storefronts here) but they're usually so worth it here and they have their own secrets to making their particular specialities taste so good then again food's so cheap and delicious here (~$3.50 to ~$5 gets you something filling and decent and not fast food nonsense) so people here tend to just eat out lol

Delivery apps here made them really cost effective. Dinner a few days ago for less than 2 USD for example.