To think my home cooking is better than a lot of restaurants?

I'm vegetarian, (& hungry!!)

spring rolls
few small surprises

Thai Green Curry
Pad Thai

let me know what time!!
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Yes I agree to an extent...there are some cuisines and dishes I know will be better in a restaurant than I can do...so Thai food, Indian food, good pizza...the restaurants will definitely be better than my efforts. Also a very high end restaurant doing any cuisine will probably be better. But your average high street restaurant I can make things just as well, usually better.

I think you are the only one who can answer that question.
My dad does all the cooking for him & my mum. They are both absolutely adamant that his cooking far outshines any they get in a restaurant. However, DH & I definitely disagree and would much rather eat in a restaurant than the creations my dad serves.

I totally agree. I think now, as eating out is so much more expensive than it used to be, that my standards and expectations are much higher. We're a family of good cooks, and I have found the same. I'm always satisfied by Asian food in decent Asian restaurants (all sorts of cuisine), but so often disappointed with other types.

When I eat out, I can eat exactly what I fancy, without taking the likes and dislikes of the rest of the family into account.

I don’t have to worry that dd doesn’t like mushrooms or that DH doesn’t eat dairy, or DS hates food that is too spicy.

I don’t have to think about planning, shopping, clearing up, I can just turn up and choose what I want at that precise moment.

But I wouldn’t go to a restaurant where the food was mediocre - or at least, I wouldn’t go back!

I have felt the same before although not always. I think sometimes it's to do the tight margins restaurants have to work to so sometimes what the serve ends up feeling not as generous and fully-flavoured as what you might make at home.

I think my cooking is better than most restaurants and my family agree.
Some times I have a really good meal I enjoy but most of the time I think that I could have made a better meal much more cheaply. There is usually too much oil or salt
Its why we don't go out a lot or get takeaways

I do enjoy the food when I go out but it's often not enough extra enjoyment to justify how much more it costs. Especially something when it's something simple. I try to choose things that I would find more challenging to cook at home. I agree things like roasts are usually not as good as homemade.

Mine can be better. I found outside food got worse since covid. Or maybe covid changed my sense of taste.

I feel the same. I think especially because I'm a vegetarian and the state of vegetarian options in a lot of restaurants is dire. I enjoy what I make more than what I have in restaurants a lot of the time.

totally agree - we tend to only go out for food we just can't match, so usually Indian takeaway (we do rice as it's £10.00 for the 5 of us) or sushi

I tend to feel the same. Especially about chains who microwave their dishes and add a little garnish to make it look fresh. I can buy a microwave meal from M&S and do that - or microwave what I’ve previously cooked and frozen.
I’m very resentful of paying good money for poor restaurant meals when I know that my own is better.

I'm afraid I will have to be the decider of that OP 😁what time shall I come over to conduct my research?

I do know what you mean. Eating out is a luxury - particularly these days - so I never choose stuff off the menu which I think I could do reasonably at home. I had lunch today at my local Asian fusion place and it was amazing - I just can’t do whatever magic it is that they do to make their stuff so lush. Also tends to be why I avoid chains these days - you can buy what they do, under their own brand, in supermarkets. But I agree with the washing up angle - also it’s nice to have someone else bring me wine!

No one can possibly say if you’re being unreasonable unless you’re going to cook for us all!