To eat Indian at hotel room or AirBnB?

[WonderingWoo]

Inspired by (and not a TAAT!!!) the babysitting thread,

Would you order Indian to eat in your hotel room or AirBnB?

YABU: No smelly take aways at all whatsoever

YANBU: All takeaways are fine

If you think it depends then please comment which cuisine is fine and why.

FWIW I eat whatever I fancy when I have paid for a room or a property. I have checked into a new place that smelt of the previous guests' cooking or takeaways (Kebab, bacon, beef burgers, soy and spring onion/ginger, curry) and admittedly that annoyed me but more so that it felt like it wasn't aired or cleaned enough between guests. Specially as often you can't open up the windows fully or sometimes at all to air the room.

I would order anything I wanted to eat in an Airbnb.

I wouldn't in a hotel because I can't figure out how I'd eat a curry with no plate or cutlery and not make a horrendous mess.

was thinking the same thing!!

I don't eat takeaways in hotel rooms, but I would in an Air BnB no bother.

And I most definitely wouldn't. But in that thread about not cooking fish in an AirBnB, the client was presented with a long list of ludicrous rules AFTER she booked. If you have these sorts of precious 'rules' - you need to add them to the listing. So people could make an informed decision.

As per OP, YANBU of course. I booked it, paid for it, it's my room for the duration, and I'll eat, drink and cook whatever the hell I please. I'd dispose of the rubbish afterwards. I don't make a mess/stain furniture, etc. But I'll eat what I want.

Even after my response? Or maybe you didn't see it.

Out of all the takeaway foods the one I find lingers is fish and chips. I remember when I was a child sitting in the cold and rain on trips because Dad wouldn't let us eat it inside the new car!

Having worked in hotels, eating an Indian is very low on the list of heinous things people do in hotels lmao

If you're eating your Indian off the provided desk or table, people have deffo shagged on it, and at some point it's probably had jizz, piss, shit, blood or all of the above on it. So a bit of Jalfrezi is hardly a real worry.

They do say housekeepers have little time to clean rooms between guests.. I guess they just spray loads of air-freshener if it smells of food.

Trust me when you've cleaned projectile shite off the walls, a lingering smell of curry is absolutely fuck all.

Also pizza is the worst offender for leaving a lasting stink. Don't know why, but especially dominos lingers like mad and is hard to shift.

I wouldn't eat a takeaway in a hotel because it seems disrespectful to the hotel, like bringing your own food to a restaurant. I'd either eat in their restaurant or eat out. But in an Airbnb or other self-catering place? Yes, of course.

Yes, me too. Especially the way Indian cuisine is described as "smelly" (a word with negative connotations) in a casual way that presumes that this is an absolute truth, and that everyone is of this opinion.

I think Indian food smells divine, I don't regard it as "smelly" and will eat it wherever I like if I've paid to be there and food is not provided.

In my OP all takeaways were described as smelly which is not a negative word of itself, some people even call perfumes 'smellies'. I have explained on this thread why I opened with Indian food inspired by another thread and because curry is especially known for its strong smell. I paid for it and ate it, of course I don't dislike it, of course its smelliness isn't negative otherwise I wouldn't have paid for it and ate it. Denying it has a strong lingering smell otherwise we're being racist is a ridiculous position.

What’s everyone’s stance on room service then? If the rooms allow room service then it’s surely allowed? If the air bnb has a kitchen then it’s allowed?

The issue on the Airbnb thread the other day was that the owners didn't make their odd rules clear at booking- they only revealed them once the poster had arrived at the property.

Yeah I hadn't seen that thread, maybe this is why some people are twitchy at yet another Indian food thread. hmm
Certainly nothing sinister or racist was intended here. I love a curry but I do think of what I'm doing/going before I cook or order it.

I'm willing to accept there was no malice in your post, but suggesting "smelly" doesn't have negative connotations is just stretching credulity. Have you ever caught a waft of someone's lovely perfume and told them they were "smelly"? Is the scent of your baby's head "smelly". No, they smell nice, lovely, delicious, heavenly, but not "smelly".

Referring to food from other cultures as "smelly" is a clear and obvious microaggression we should all be wary of slipping into unintentionally.

@SnappyOchre "Referring to food from other cultures as "smelly" is a clear and obvious microaggression we should all be wary of slipping into unintentionally."

But I wouldn't want to walk into a hotel room smelling of second hand curry, fish and chips or lamb kebab, so where does that place me on the racist index?

Yes I do and I have. But I am Indian and think Indian food smells fabulous.

If AirBNBs have an issue they should say so upfront in their rules.

I would, I'd just be careful not to spill it and open windows.

We tend to pick up a curry en route to the Airbnb, eat it again for lunch. I made and took a curry with us last time. Never really considered the smell.

OK, I accept you're not being racist, but come on, as per a PP, the word "smelly" IS a negative word.

If someone describes another person as smelly, I'm pretty sure you'd assume they had BO rather than an expensive/attractive perfume or aftershave.

I can't imagine anyone using "smelly" in a complimentary way; and I doubt you'd like to be described as smelly yourself.

I find meat has a strong lingering unpleasant smell myself..That may be because I don't eat it

Yes I would.

I am allergic to perfume, plug-ins and washing powders but I don't expect other people not to use them to accommodate me. I deal with my allergies myself and one can very easily deal with an unwanted smell by opening some windows or spraying the room with Febreze.

Are people really so ridiculously selfish and precious?

I would eat Indian food anywhere !