A day for eating out

Today, and November 23rd annually, is Eating Out Day. The anniversary was created by the Japan Food Service Association (JF), in 1984,  to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its establishment. The purpose is to encourage people who usually cook at home to treat themselves to a meal at a restaurant, or equivalent, on Labor Thanksgiving Day.

The idea is to give the main cook in a home, a day off from cooking. Getting a take away may give the cook a break, but there is clean up after it. The beauty of eating out is that there is no clean up afterward. You thoroughly enjoy a meal without worrying about preparing and cleaning up. It is also a chance to eat food that you like but never prepare at home and / or try new dishes that you wouldn't normally be able to taste.

Do you eat out often? Prices have gone up so much in the last two years that eating out is becoming more expensive. But it is still much cheaper to eat out in Japan than my home country. We tend to get takeaways to get a break from cooking, but every now and then we like to go out to dinner.