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Eating Out Alone
I'm happy enough to eat alone in a pub, café or hotel restaurant but would be reluctant to do so in a high end restaurant.
I'm fine with my own company but wouldn't know where to look if I were not next to a window nor how to occupy myself waiting to be served.
I don't think twice about reading a paper or book, doing a crossword or looking at my phone in a pub or café - but not in a posh restaurant.
Do you enjoy eating alone in those circumstances?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I often eat out alone both in the UK and abroad on Holiday. I used to be concerned about asking for a Table for 1 but it doesn't bother me now. Once you accept that other diners have absolutely no interest in you or the fact that you are eating alone, it makes it more comfortable and relaxing.
Also in my experience it is becoming more common now to see people eating alone.
"I'm quite partial to steak tartare if it's cooked right. 😊"
I'm very partial to that, barry.
I ordered it in France once, in a restaurant in St Omer. The waiter called another member of staff over to ask if I was sure that's what I wanted. I said I was. A few minutes later the manager appeared:
"Monsieur, do you know what "steak tartare" is?"
To be polite, I replied in my best French that I was aware it was raw beef.
He apologised for his intrusion but explained they had so many English customers ordering it and then being appaled when a plate of raw mince was put in front of them.
My niece (aged about fourteen at the time) was appalled and made out it would put her off her dinner. She was even more appalled when it arrived - as it often does in France - with a raw egg in an open eggshell seated in the middle. 🤣