https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:15:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food/page/2#post-2346337 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:15:12 +0000 cjh 2346337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Three years ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food/page/2#post-2346326 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:57:21 +0000 Bekovenicen 2346326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jim's Pizza sounds like a winner with that fantastic Caesar salad. U92 Spice House's Indian dinner for four also seems like quite the spicy adventure, and those leftovers didn't stand a chance, huh? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food/page/2#post-2129478 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:20:08 +0000 Minaminu 2129478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't remember when we ordered some take away food, maybe few years ago. I personally don't like eating take away, the food tends to be greasy and most of the times it lacks flavour. I cook from scratch almost every day excluding Saturday and Friday. Friday is a curry prepared the day before and on Saturday we often have a pizza with some salad, I prepare the dough once a month and the unused dough is frozen. If I stick to the weekly plan, it's simple and easy to prepare the food!</p> <p>We used to go to restaurants once a month, most of the times the restaurant offered a type of cuisine neither of us know how to cook it (japanese, persian, vietnamese,...) , I like this as it opens to new flavours and ideas . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food/page/2#post-2129338 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 07:26:18 +0000 Zaeobi 2129338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eating out became a landmine in HK last year even before the virus, due to the protests. People would update lists of which restaurants were known to be 'yellow' (supporting the protestors) or 'blue' (supporting the police) &amp; would berate you for eating at the 'opposite' side to their beliefs. It was easier for me to just stay at home since my partner would agonise over it &amp; berate me for even getting my sanitary supplies from the 'wrong' place (even though we didn't have a grocery store near us that supported the other side), lol. </p> <p>Even now, although restaurants have already opened back up with social distancing measures, he's been very apprehensive &amp; paranoid about me going out to eat at all. But given how tiny HK kitchens are (no oven!), he's 'allowed' us to get takeaway in the meanwhile, lol. I should stress that Hong Kong's number of cases are much lower than elsewhere though (sometimes single digits) &amp; most of the cases we're still getting are from people returning from overseas - we went into virus lockdown at the end of January, so our current measures are somewhat 'in the future' compared to the west's situation. </p> <p>I think the turning point was when I had to go to campus for an all-day meeting &amp; they ordered delivery for all of us to eat in the meeting room. It honestly felt a little pushy to mandate in-person attendance rather than over Zoom, since I had already mentioned that I live with vulnerable people &amp; don't want to put them at risk (in-laws), but I'm somewhat glad because I'm sure an entire day of Zoom work meetings would have been awful lol. </p> <p>Anyway, after getting annoyed about that, I think my partner loosened up a bit. He recently went to go get brunch with a friend (hypocritical I know lol, but I figured it was better to let him do that &amp; encourage him to meet up with someone - it's been over 8 months now since we've both been WFH so, whilst he may not say it, I think it was good for him to go socialise with someone). </p> <p>Long story short, we both recently had to go to campus at the start of this week &amp; it was a long work day so we ended up eating dinner together (we both work at the same university!) I think now that we've tried it a couple of times &amp; the places we went to haven't been reported for any cases, he's coming round to the idea of eating out again (one woman who contracted it worked at a logistics warehouse for packaging UK goods, so for a while he also banned me from buying anything from UK supermarkets, like Mark's &amp; Spencer's - bye bye Western foods for dinner lol!) </p> <p>Sorry that was so long, but just wanted to share what a political &amp; health-related journey it's been lol. On a positive note, we should hopefully be going out to eat 'properly' (like getting dressed up on a weekend, not just the quick student spot on campus) this or next weekend, after going for a group bike run (the colleague who organises it is American - I think she calls it a 'bike party' lol? Apparently it's a thing in the states?)</p> <p>Anyway, as an introvert, I never thought I would be so excited to eat actual food &amp; wear actual clothes for an actual outing, haha! <b> So just wanted to share some light from the other end of the tunnel - here's hoping your patience will pay off &amp; you can all join me in eating out eventually too :D</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food/page/2#post-2128518 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:41:52 +0000 DonnaF 2128518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My county just opened up outdoor dining today but I doubt I’ll partake for dinners because the wind picks up and I get cold! Maybe I could be persuaded for lunch. Since the shutdown in mid-March, we’ve only had carry out once — on my birthday when I wanted an avocado burger, sweet potato fries, and a real milkshake from a family owned burger place. This is a once or twice a year indulgence because I never eat that type of food. I like the ambiance of indoor dining but can’t imagine doing so other than at home in the foreseeable future. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2128513 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 23:59:04 +0000 anne 2128513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>During our shut down period takeaway was allowed, and we got this once, for my birthday. Thai. Feeding a family of five (high school kids ) on gluten free take away is quite expensive so we don't do it often for the whole family at the best of times (and in shut down, the whole family is there!) DH had McDonalds once, and DD16 the odd meal or snack out with the one person we were allowed to have with you on a walk<br /> Restaurants and cafes have opened up here, with some restrictions and I had lunch out with a friend last week. We had to leave our names and tables were further apart.<br /> DD 16 has a part time job at a deli, and had to do an online government course about corona safety this week.<br /> We are going on holidays soon to a regional area that only recently opened up (our state had strict travelling rules) and we do plan a meal out there, to help support them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2128309 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:47:11 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2128309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Gail, I agree. At various times I've subscribed to meal planning services and am considering going back on one - it's not the literal cooking that tires me, it's thinking of new ideas and figuring out what to make. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2128114 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:20:13 +0000 Gail 2128114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have had take out three times since March 8th. One was pizza from our local place and &nbsp;twice we ordered from an upscale restaurant very close to our home. I'm tired of cooking, however I find thinking of something different to make is harder than the actual cooking ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2128046 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:04:42 +0000 Kathie 2128046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We've been doing dinner take-out once/month from our favorite Thai and pho places. DH has gotten burgers for lunch a few times, for himself and our DSs. Our restaurants opened for outdoor dining on the first Friday in June, but we're not feeling comfortable with that, so we've been doing the occasional outdoor happy hour with friends instead. Thankfully DH enjoys cooking, I do most of the grocery shopping and clean-up, and the kids enjoy helping with meal-planning, so we share the work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2128007 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:01:23 +0000 Classically Casual 2128007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the little town where we’ve been hibernating, we’ve had take out a handful of times, primarily to support the restaurants.</p> <p>For me the bigger issue was how to support my daily latte habit, with all the indy coffee shops closed. &nbsp;Fortunately, we discovered a drive thru that makes excellent lattes. &nbsp;No need to give our order, they recognize the car, we’ve been there so many times! &nbsp;After we get our drinks, I find a parking spot with a view, and we pretend like we’re chatting in a coffee shop. &nbsp;It’s my only caffeine , and the drive thru has saved my sanity, and probably marriage, LOL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127982 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:13:30 +0000 Cardiff girl 2127982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only takeaways available here at present but we haven’t indulged.lm abit fed up of constantly cooking but that’s more to do with changing what we buy from the supermarket to last rather than anything else .We didn’t eat out a lot pre Covid but we did do coffee and cake regularly and I m really missing that.I bake a cake and we do fancy coffees once a week and eat them in my summer house to pretend that we have gone out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127970 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:35:17 +0000 Sara L. 2127970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We actually increased our take out during the lockdown.&nbsp; We used to be too busy with school activities and sports practices to eat out much.&nbsp; Now that all that's canceled, we get take out a couple times a week. Sometimes we have it delivered, sometimes we pick it up.&nbsp; We generally order from local restaurants.&nbsp; Restaurants are open for patio dining here with limited indoor seating, but I'm not comfortable with that yet, so we're continuing to get take out.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127941 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:13:23 +0000 cindysmith 2127941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If the hundreds and hundreds of dollars produce and curbside have spent on Pizza Hut since the coronapocalypse kicked off counts, then yes, I have ordered take out food. I literally earned free pizza every week for a while; that's how much pizza hut we ordered since March 12. The Pizza Hut delivery driver learned quickly to be discreet and bring the pizzas all the way back into the produce back room with no fanfare; that's how often he has been in there for produce and curbside. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127929 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:22:13 +0000 Aquamarine 2127929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Outdoor dining is allowed here now, but we will not participate. We have not done any takeout yet, either. We were one of the hardest hit states—even with strict closures and mask usage—and maybe I’m a little traumatized. Today’s newspaper had a story about waiters nervous about going back to work, too, and questioning whether restaurant owners will really shut down to clean if a worker tests positive. Another shutdown would be devastating for them.</p> <p>I like to cook but my entire family (husband plus three young adults) is home now, working from home, so I *am* getting tired, but there is no Plan B. LOL. (They do help, but the majority of the work falls on me, which is OK since I am better at it, haha). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127912 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:50:05 +0000 Anonymous 2127912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Happily our little Indian restaurant reopened, so we got takeaway there, and also pasta on another day. All yummy :)</p> <p>We did sit outside and have tex mex last week, when outdoor dining opened up, and Monday I had wine and cheese outside at a local vinyard. </p> <p>I think inside restaurants are allowed now, maybe 50% capacity, but I'm just not comfortable with that. Besides sitting outside is so much nicer! </p> <p>BC-19 DH and I didn't go to restaurants or get takeaway that much anyway. Maybe a few times a month, and mainly if we were out all day or with friends/family. Generally I'd rather spend $ on clothes and hobby supplies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127838 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:32:48 +0000 Echo 2127838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live in state where citizens sued for freedom to be stupid, so there have been no restrictions here for a month. Still, we haven't dined in anywhere. </p> <p>We have carried out from two new (to us) places - a Thai place and an Asian place. They are both amazing, but so small that we'll probably never dine in them anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127837 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:08:45 +0000 Bonnie 2127837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We ate lunch out once or twice a week until lockdown but have not eaten in a restaurant or gotten take out for 13 weeks. We did order locally caught wild salmon filets which were delivered to our door and cooked them ourselves. They were delicious. We also get a box of locally grown fruits and vegetables delivered once a week and have expanded our home menu to include them. Lately, we've been making ratatouille and a risotto made with asparagus and fresh peas. DH has even discovered he loves beets sliced into our salads. Restaurants in our county have opened with capacity restrictions but it's tourist season so they are keeping busy. We're not ready to venture out yet and as a bonus (silver linings) have gotten a lot more creative with our home meals and have saved a good bit of money, too. Our area's active cases have been increasing the last week, probably due to lifting of some restrictions in our state. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127819 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:44:16 +0000 RobinF 2127819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pre-covid hubby and I ate out once or twice a week. When everything shut down we did takeout maybe once a week, usually pizza or Chinese. Restaurants here opened a week ago at 50% capacity and we haven’t been yet. I’d be interested in sitting outside but we aren’t in a hurry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127807 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:49:13 +0000 rebekahphoto 2127807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>we are like Angie, big foodies. so that usually means I am cooking 3 times a day, and the Mr has been baking bread/ etc quite a bit.&nbsp; My dad has also been cooking (venison roasts, grilled halibut, etc) and inviting us over to share! its nice to have a night off&nbsp;</p> <p>Usually we eat out maybe once every other week, staying budget conscious, with an occasionally amazing splurge--we have so many great restaurants in the NW.... We have foodie friends too, and we alternate hosting which is super fun, often on a theme.</p> <p>Since lockdown we have ordered some take out, my folks will grab Italian pizzas from a place just a few blocks away and bring them over to share--which is awesome when we dont feeling like making our own.&nbsp;<br />My work treated all employees to a dinner "out" &amp; we ordered thai from our neighborhood fav-it was super!!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>we are not really interested in dining out at the moment, the joy is a bit out with all the precautions.....Might go to an outside beer garden, but even that, it's just as easy to pick up a growler to bring home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127797 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:21:40 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2127797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Indoor dining is open here; I think that's ill-advised and I'm not planning to do that (even outside on a patio) anytime soon as our case numbers are actually higher than they've ever been.</p> <p>I think the first time post-lockdown we got takeout was Mother's Day weekend - I live with my parents and they are by habit and inclination eat at home people, even if they weren't in a high-risk group now. A local conservation area with hiking trails etc. has a cafe, and for a while they were closed but doing heat-and-eat meals each weekday available for pre-order. Now the cafe is open again but they've kept doing the meals a couple times a week. We've gotten one of those meals several times now, and Mexican from a local mini-chain. My brother and his family get takeout once a week and are making a point to patronize local businesses rather than nationwide chains. A lot of restaurants that didn't have carryout options before now do, which I think is great.&nbsp;</p> <p>Now that I've been back at work I've done quite a few drive-through meals. It's a relief to have the option even if it's not terribly healthy.&nbsp;</p> <p>I miss going to coffee shops or to someplace fast-casual for lunch and hanging out, working on the computer or reading for a while. That'll be nice to do again someday. I admit it, I miss Panera. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127793 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:13:59 +0000 Sal 2127793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our lockdown was extreme with no shops open except for supermarkets and pharmacies- no cooked food delivery or available in store. At the end of that five weeks takeaway opened and we had Indian one night. At the next level once we could move around cafe and restaurants opened up with distancing and now everything is open as pre Covid although there have been some closures.</p> <p>We mostly eat home cooked food - and we enjoyed the food and cooking during lockdown. As it was autumn fruit and vegetables were great and local. And my teens did a lot of baking!! Now we are back to our normal routine but we are being more deliberate with shopping and menu planning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127768 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:38:49 +0000 Barbara Diane 2127768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our first takeout was Mother’s Day, DS2 picked up pizza for us. Delicious. Second time we had a heat wave and his apartment was very hot so he came over to sit in the shade. He picked up Thai because I didn’t have enough food defrosted to feed him. Both times we ate outside socially distanced. Pizza was excellent, Thai was good but not great. The other meal I didn’t cook came from my SIL. The woman who caters for her occasionally pivoted to take out and SIL had significant leftovers so we got them. </p> <p>Unlike Angie I only occasionally cook breakfast or lunch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127747 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:46:10 +0000 Angie 2127747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The city of Seattle - I live downtown - &nbsp;is still in Modified Phase 1. But Phase 2 is imminent. I don't know if this is good or bad news, quite frankly.&nbsp;</p> <p>Lots of restaurants are still VERY boarded up around here because of the protests. Some restaurants and cafes are opening their outside patios with 30% capacity on Friday to Sunday. Very few offering indoor dining at 25% capacity. Take-aways are getting more common. Some restaurants are never opening again. Very sad.&nbsp;</p> <p>We have only just started doing take-aways - (and only cooked food) - so that I get a bit of a break. I've been cooking three meals a day from scratch for almost four months, and the meals are a production because we are foodies! We are used to eating out a few times a week, and never order take-aways. This is a new thing for us! &nbsp;</p> <p>As for dining indoors - I am not ready to do that for a while, and I don't like sitting outside to eat or drink that much either. Onward take-aways! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127744 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:24:29 +0000 Laurie 2127744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I held out until about a month or 5 weeks ago when our son convinced us to try take out from the sushi place that is the closest to our house (we live in a town that has every type of Asian food, and several choices of each type - we are lucky). Turns out to be excellent sushi, and no problems ensued, so we have ordered at least 3 more times from there.&nbsp;</p> <p>This weekend on our trip to Boston we had a bit of a fraught dining experience. Restaurants have just opened for outdoor-only. Same son, who has recently moved there, made a reservation which was nice of him but it was not a good choice - a Brazilian steak place where they bring the meat around. Our other son promptly refused to eat in this environment, but we didn't want to hurt #2's feelings (plus, where else were we going to go?) so 3 of us gave it a go. We were over-serviced - someone was constantly checking on us. And, unfortunately, a huge wind kicked up making it so uncomfortable to be outside. UGH!! I didn't enjoy any of it. What a waste of money. Not being able to go to coffee shops and restaurants at will was really stressful, and neither son offered to cook. That's a story for a different day.</p> <p>I'm not anxious to get out to more places around home in Maryland any time soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127740 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:04:05 +0000 nemosmom 2127740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>We didn't go out to eat very often before lockdown (about once a month, usually for brunch with the kids). Taking the kids out to eat is always stressful... but we did take out maybe every two-three weeks.&nbsp; Most of our local places closed when this all started and have slowly been opening up. We could get fast food earlier, but don't really care for it. Our little downtown area sectioned off a street to accommodate patio dining, but we haven't been brave enough to go. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am itching to have any food other than my own at this point. I am soooooo sick of my own cooking!</div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127739 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:40:43 +0000 rachylou 2127739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ironically, my ‘eating out’ has increased. First because I want to support my neighbourhood shops and second because... the way everyone set up was, you order at the door and then they bring you the meal packaged up. Which means essentially, I can go more places with Lilypup, even places without outdoor dining. Lololol! I have finally tried this weird place close by, that does American food in the day and Indian food at night. Pretty good! We’ve eaten there twice now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127728 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:14:54 +0000 JAileen 2127728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have had take out. &nbsp;Our favorite burrito place was open for drive thru, and our usual Chinese place was open for take out, too. &nbsp;I don’t know if restaurants are open inside, yet. &nbsp;Our governor had a press conference last night, and we’re not doing that well. &nbsp;Covid cases have been increasing. &nbsp;<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127722 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:39:39 +0000 Carla 2127722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Sisi - I can understand there might have been no food service at all, zero, where you live, however in some places restaurants closed to inside dining but were permitted to move&nbsp;to a take-away model. &nbsp;For some it was new, and an adaptation, while others already had a take-away business. &nbsp;</p> <p><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, a small cafe one town over (10 km) that moved to a take-away model, had it’s best day of sales&nbsp;<i>ever </i>during Covid. &nbsp;While other small coffee shops in the downtown closed completely it stayed open for in and out service, and added home delivery. &nbsp;Soups, sandwiches, and really good pastries, coffees and tea. &nbsp;<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127718 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:17:02 +0000 Janet 2127718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and I meant to add, that even though our state has opened up some restrictions and outdoor dining is now permitted, we are keeping our habits and not jumping on the opportunity to be out and around people in numbers yet. This virus is not finished, and we are still feeling quite risk-averse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/take-away-food#post-2127717 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:14:54 +0000 Janet 2127717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We ate out a lot pre-COVID. Not always fancy or expensive or anything, just quick and easy go-downtown-for-fish&amp;chips-at-the-pub jaunts, or of course, to satisfy our sushi cravings. </p> <p>We are now cooking at home every day with some exceptions. Breakfast and lunch are always made at home. For dinner we have been either cooking Blue Apron meals, cooking our own concoctions, or grilling. Twice we have ordered savory pies from a friend of ours who has a fantastic chain of pie shops in cities around the country (check out Dangerously Delicious Pies) — not exactly diet-friendly but filling and lots of leftovers so not a bad bargain.</p> <p>A handful of times — probably averaging once a week — we have either ordered carry-out from a local restaurant (Indian is our favorite, but we also discovered our new favorite Mexican place), or ordered pizza delivery. All of those are good because we end up with leftovers, which saves us a little cooking the next day. </p> <p>The good thing is that since we control what goes into the meals when we cook, I think my weight has either stayed steady or maybe dropped a couple of pounds in recent months. And I’m more comfortable cooking now than I used to be. Even though it’s not my favorite thing in the world to do — I don’t find it relaxing — I’ve gotten used to it, and I find it satisfying to have done it. </p> <p>Right now we are looking forward to harvesting home grown tomatoes, peppers, and lettuce from our container garden on the deck. Nothing like a Maryland home grown tomato. There is already a slab of bacon in the freezer, ready to make BLTs when the tomatoes are ready (still a ways off!). </p>