Tonight my family and I went out to eat at a super nice restaurant. It is so out of character for us because we never go out to eat. Well the call for this special occasion was to celebrate my brother's graduation, which is definitely worth celebrating.
Don't get me wrong I was glad that we could celebrate Will, but I am just so turned off by the whole "Fine Dining" atmosphere. I felt like I couldn't act like myself. You had to know exactly what to order and how to order it and you feel dumb otherwise...that's why I went for the fish, no special requests with that!
My parents went on to ask me what I wanted to do six months down the road for my graduation. I said not go to eat especially not at a nice restaurant and they seemed to be offended by my response. Seriously give me something we can do and experience together as opposed to spending a ton of money on food. I guess I just can't justify spending $30 on one course for one person as opposed to spending a night together doing something fun and active. My parents tried to tell me that it was nice to treat yourself to something nice, but I personally don't consider spending money on food treating myself to something nice. Sure it's satisfying when you eat it and the few hours that it subdues your hunger, but what do you have after that...an empty belly.
I am sure that a lot of other people disagree with me and that is completely fine. I'm just curious what others think about fine dining? What does fine dining mean to you?
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Hmm, I think it is the people and the atmosphere that make it a fine dining experience. It's the classic eating at McDonald's in your prom attire scenerio. Really, does it matter? With that being said, a sterotypical fine dining outing does have it's time and place and a budget limit.
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