I have reviewed the article called “Dining out: more than just eating.” My instructor posted a link to this article in the class blog. The article, written by Jennifer Fischer, was originally posted in a Subaru website. It contained many visual aids to keep me focused and provided an overview of the history of eating out. The article also presented an interesting viewpoint on what it really means to dine out.
Dining out has been a long tradition in the course of world history. The historians state that the tradition of dining out began in 18th century France, where it served a practical purpose of providing for the hungry travelers. However, after the French Industrial revolution, dining out became more of a display of one’s social status. The noble class made dining out a great public show. The restaurants were extremely luxurious to suit the nobles at the time; they had multicourse feasts and live performances that lasted for hours. Then, as time surpassed, the bourgeoisies (wealthy people who are not born noble) and the middle class started to imitate this practice. The imitation was largely due to the their belief in “egalitarianism,” the belief in human equality. Now, eating in restaurants was not just for the wealthy people, but also for anyone who could afford to do so.
The popularity of restaurants soon spread throughout the world. As a result, numerous cultural restaurants began to form in order to satisfy various tastes. Today, dining out has become more than just satisfying the basic human needs. People dine out to celebrate, to explore different tastes, to network, and to take a break from the real world. Dining out developed into a social event.
The outside source linked below advocates the statements made in the article. Like the article, it states that people eat to enjoy a good meal with their family, friend or a business associate. The source also suggests another positive aspect of eating out: eating the best food without having to worry about any other things. Lastly, they say that eating out is an experience.
I read this article, thinking that it would talk about the negative aspects of dining out to convince me to eat at home. However, I realized that I was wrong as I scrolled down the pages. I was surprised at the approach the writer took on the issue of dining out. It was odd reading about the positive aspects of eating out, because I was always told that eating out was an unhealthy practice. The article opened my eyes to a new perspective on the issue and I was able to conclude that eating out can be quite delightful. To put this into action, I arranged a time this weekend to eat out with some of my close friends.
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