Some people like to eat in restaurants and at foodstands, others like to eat at home. Which do you prefer? Give reasons and examples to support your choice.

Eating out can be a very pleasurable experience. Having dinner with a friend, eating a romantic meal

while

on a date or celebrating some special event with a party at a

restaurant

are all things we enjoy doing. Even so, there are few people who eat out all the time and eating at

home

has many points in its

favor

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. It is cheaper to eat at

home

. It is healthier to eat at

home

and it is usually much more comfortable. For me, there is no doubt that I prefer eating at

home

.

Firstly

, eating at

home

is much less expensive than eating in a

restaurant

. Obviously, when we eat at

home

we do the preparation, cooking and serving of the food ourselves and,

therefore

, do not need to pay the

labor

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costs of

cook

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, waiter and other

restaurant

staff.

Similarly

, we have no other overheads to pay for

such

as

restaurant

rent and high utility bills. A

further

cost saving is that we shop for the ingredients of our

home

-cooked meals ourselves and can choose those which are cheaper in price.

Secondly

, eating at

home

is much better for our health and general

wellbeing

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than dining outside. At

home

, when cooking for ourselves, we can ensure that what goes into our meals is not bad for us. We can control the amount of oil we use. We can control the amount of salt we use and we can balance our diet to suit our own individual needs. When we eat at a

restaurant

, none of these things are possible. At

home

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we can

also

cook just enough food to satisfy us. In a

restaurant

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we are often given too much or too little food on our plate.

Finally

, eating at

home

is much more comfortable than having dinner or lunch in a public place. At

home

, we can be more relaxed than in a

restaurant

. We can wear comfortable, casual clothes; even pyjamas. We can sit in a comfortable position on our

favorite

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chair, on the sofa or on the floor. If we wish, we can watch TV or a video, or listen to a radio program. None of these can be done at a

restaurant

.

Furthermore

, at

home

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we do not have to worry about disturbing other diners and can talk and laugh as loudly as we want without fear of upsetting people sitting nearby us. In conclusion, it is my opinion that for reasons of comfort, cost and health, eating at

home

is preferable to eating in a

restaurant

or at a

foodstand

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food stand

.

Although

I enjoy eating out now and again and usually do so about once a week, it is not something I

could

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do every day. Sitting in my comfortable clothes, in front of the TV and with a good,

home

-cooked meal in front of me, I am happy and

that is

why I like eating at

home

more than eating at a

foodstand

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food stand

or in

restaurant

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the restaurant

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