My Experience With Expensive and Cheap Foods

My Experience With Expensive and Cheap Foods

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Usually I prefer cooking my food at home, ever since I found out that I spend so much when I eat from outside. I didn't know how to cook then, but I had to learn so that I could minimize expenses, we all know how tough things are across the world right now.

Well, the cheapest food I ate was last month, a friend of mine came down to my place hungry, unfortunately, I didn't cook anything, not that there was nothing to cook but what was available was not what I wanted to eat. You know that situation where you are hungry yet there is a particular kind of food you want to eat right? Yeah that was it.

So, my friend suggested that we just go to a nearby restaurant and eat, at first I kicked against it making suggestions of noodles but he insisted. In my heart, I was like, "This guy doesn't know I don't have money". I am not ready to spend anything tonight. I later agreed and we went down to the local restaurant.

He ordered food and asked me to make my order too. I said they should give me what they gave him. We both collected Tuwo rice with egusi soup and a piece of meat. When we were done eating. I asked the woman how much was our bill, she said "1000 Naira."

LoL! I had to ask again, one thousand for one person or for both, she said for both, including the sachet of water you gave us. She said yes. I couldn't believe my eyes. That food was well garnished. The soup was wow and I ate to my satisfaction. Well, maybe it's because it is in a local area.

The expensive one.

There is nothing as sweet as having good friends around, every Sunday there is this good friend of mine who always likes taking me out. There was a Sunday he took me to an eatery and we ordered two plates of fried rice with salad and meat. They brought the rice, with two pieces of meat. When we asked for our bill it was 3,200 Naira. I was like what? The food was not even much, was it the tiny meat that made the price like that or what? though it was sweet I won't lie. But to me the price was much, 1,600 Naira for a plate is huge.

I am not the one paying lol, because if it was up to me, we would have used that money to get enough ingredients and plenty of meat to prepare something good at home, that might even last us days. LoL, don't mind me, once in a while, it's not bad to go out there and eat something nice. But it shouldn't be a habit

How often do I eat them?

Well, after those days, I didn't visit any restaurant to eat again, I can cook, whenever I am hungry, my kitchen isn't far. There are days I feel so lazy to cook and there are days, the money you will have on you won't be enough to cook the kind of meal you want.

I am already thinking of visiting that woman who sells her food for five hundred naira for a plate. Since that day, I have been eyeing the place. Her price is fair and encouraging heheh. But that would be only when I don't have enough cash on me to cook or when I want to eat Tuwo rice.

For the expensive one honestly, I missed that rice, forget that I complained about the price, each night I closed my eyes, after our visit, I kept seeing the rice on the table. But That one would be for special days, maybe once in a while, if I have enough cash, I can visit the place with my friend, I mean just a friend lol, and have a nice time. It's good to experience a good life once in a while. The requirement to have that kind of food is just enough money and that's all.