November 21, 2011

Kitchen versus Eating out

A random musing on the decision of cooking versus eating out.

I'd never agreed on homemade recipes, but a great meal now and then made me realize how nice were those meals that could keep them emotionally connected to what they ate when they were young. So- the usual decision I make everyday is really about what to eat, how much to eat, and how often to eat. What, How much, How Often.

The flowchart that's running in my head, as I work through a communication deck is as follows:

1. Finish work late
2. Choose my taste
3. Head to restaurant depending on the type of offering, and the dessert offered
4. Have a tablet dinner (Dinner + Tablet) or a smartphone dinner (Dinner+ Facebook on smartphone)
5. Head Home
6. Plan for tomorrow
7. Retire

Plan B:

1. Finish work early
2. Choose my taste
3. Head to the grocer
4. Fix a meal
5. Have a Tv dinner ( Dinner+ watching show on TV)

Plan B is as attractive as Plan A if it was not for the love of exploring new places, and feeding the tourist in me who'd want to take the (wo) man to the tablet dinner, and talk technology, media, communication, economy, Mad Men or general weather. So how does one answer when someone says what's cooking? I'd do what one out of nine Singaporean, Malaysian, HK Chinese woman do. Eating Out it is. Does that make me less Indian..Hmmm.