Same food or different food?
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
February 19, 2019 2:47am CST
Last week my husband and I celebrated our anniversary, and in the evening we had dinner at a restaurant. We don't don't eat out that often, but when we do we tend to pick the same restaurants. This year we had decided to try something different, but we ended up at one of our favorite restaurants because we both love the food (a huge Chinese buffet)
The other restaurants aren't close to our home, and it is expensive to park near them, so the restaurant in our area was the most convenient choice. Next time we would like to visit the Turkish restaurant or the Croatian restaurant. We have to drive a bit longer to get there, but we would like to try some of their dishes.
Do you like try new kinds of food or do you prefer to stick to the food you already know?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
I also like to try food from other countries. I like Turkish food. There is a new Turkish restaurant in the main city of my island. I would love to try that one. They have both a buffet and a la carte dishes. Vietnamese food also sounds nice. We have several Vietnamese restaurants here, because are many Vietnamese immigrants in my country.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
@LadyDuck We used to have a very good Vietnamese restaurant here. I celebrated one of my birthdays there. That restaurant doesn't exist anymore, but there are other Vietnamese restaurants. Some of them serve a combination of Vietnamese food and Chinese food. When I was in Vietnam I had a lot of fish dishes and many places sold fish and rice instead of chicken and rice.
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@LadyDuck (459538)
• Switzerland
19 Feb 19
@Porcospino In France there were many Vietnamese immigrants, the restaurants were real and good.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
I still like to try to new restaurants, but I think that I am also less adventurous than I was when I was younger. In the past I sometimes visited international restaurants and ordered new dishes without knowing anything about them, today I would probably ask the waiter what kind of dish it was.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
@topffer In my own country it is easy to ask the waiter. In Asia it was a challenge sometimes, because some of the waiters hardly spoke English and they didn't understand the questions.
I have never experienced the situation you described. I have often experienced a situation where the waiter said: "Sorry, we can't make that dish today, please choose something else" but it is not okay to give you something else without asking you first. I wouldn't have gone back to that place either.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
19 Feb 19
@Porcospino I never ordered dishes without asking what it was. I went once in a Polynesian restaurant and ordered a dish of fish. When the plate came I noticed that it was meat. I asked the waiter, and he told me : "We have no more fish, it is pork, but it is prepared exactly the same way." I never came back in this one
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
19 Feb 19
It all depends on my mood. But most of the times k prefer to eat the food I like
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
@amitkokiladitya Yes, we have been disappointed a couple times because the food wasn't as good as we thought that it would be.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
Sometimes it is nice to eat the food we already know, because we know that we like it. That is one of the reasons why we chose the Chinese restaurant for our anniversary. Their food is delicious.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
19 Feb 19
@Porcospino yes...sometimes bad experiences spoil the outing
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
That sounds like us. I am more adventurous than my husband. I am usually the one who suggests new restaurants, but my husband says that he has become a bit more adventurous since he met me.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Feb 19
@Janet357 Yes, he is more open to new experiences now. Before we met he didn't eat out very often. Now he enjoys it a lot. We have found some places that we both like, but we also visit new places.
@Janet357 (75656)
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20 Feb 19
@Porcospino that quality has been rubbed off on him. Women are great influencers on their husbands.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
Yes, I love to do that when I travel. I wouldn't eat anything, but I am willing to try many new things as long as they aren't too extreme.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Feb 19
@Nevena83 Yes, I would skip the most extreme dishes. I have visited places where they sell dog meat, but I would never eat that. That would be too extreme for me.
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@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
22 Feb 19
@Porcospino You're right, you do not have to eat anything extreme.
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
19 Feb 19
Congratulation! I'm somebody who loves to try a new kind of food.It's impossible for me
(especially on trips,while I visiting other countries) to do not try something authentic.Of course,I'm not extreme,there are food that I could never eat.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
Thanks We agree about this topic. I love to eat the local food when I travel. I think that it is really interesting to eat food that isn't available in my own country. I am willing to try many different kinds of food, but not everything. When I visited Cambodia I didn't want to try the fried spiders 
We agree about this topic. I love to eat the local food when I travel. I think that it is really interesting to eat food that isn't available in my own country. I am willing to try many different kinds of food, but not everything. When I visited Cambodia I didn't want to try the fried spiders 1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
@LowRiderX I saw many kinds of street food when I was travelling around in Asia. Some of them sold insects, and we couldn't even tell what kind of insects it was. I know that they are considered a delicacy in some places, but I prefer other kinds of food
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
19 Feb 19
@Porcospino I would say we are perfectly understood each other
And by the way,not only spiders but all kinds of insects 
And by the way,not only spiders but all kinds of insects 1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
Yes, I like Chinese food. Sometimes I visit the Chinese restaurants in my country. My favorite restaurant has a big buffet with many different kinds of Chinese food. It is almost hard to choose and sometimes I eat too much.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
23 Feb 19
Happy Belated Anniversary to you both
Favorite food maybe going out would be true Indian food.
Favorite food maybe going out would be true Indian food.1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Feb 19
Thank you
I love Indian food 
There are no restaurants in my village, but there are a couple of Indian restaurants in one of the cities on my island. We visit them sometimes.
I love Indian food There are no restaurants in my village, but there are a couple of Indian restaurants in one of the cities on my island. We visit them sometimes.
@wolfgirl569 (95904)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Feb 19
We usually go to the local bar and grill near us if we go out.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
We also have a few places in our area that we visit sometimes. We live in a village, so there are only 2 places in our own area. We have to drive for a while to get to the other places.
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Feb 19
Most of the time i stick to what i know lol
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
Sometimes I also do that. That is one of the reasons why we had in dinner at our of favorite restaurant when we celebrated our anniversary. We both like their food.
@florelway (23159)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
19 Feb 19
It is nice to go on a food trip, trying different dishes.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
That sounds very interesting to me. I love to try the local food when I visit another place.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Feb 19
A recommendation from someone can be a good way to discover new dishes. Some time ago one of my friends recommended a new dessert he had tried. It was really delicious, now I often buy it
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