My most recent Lebanese take-out order.
I only do take-out or dining on patios.
I’ve eaten inside a restaurant, pub or banquet space 9 times in the past 27 months (6 times in 2020, 3 times in 2021, 0 times in 2022), and I don’t enjoy it anymore.
I get take-out around once a week, and order enough so I have leftovers for lunch the next day.
A lot of places keep sauces or garnishes separate if the takeout burger or sandwich won’t be eaten immediately.
My pub even packages the sticky pudding sauce separately, to add at home. Same with the Hollandaise being packed separately when I get Eggs Benedict to go. Takeout packaging has gotten much better where I live.
Tonight’s Chinese takeout was:
Tai Dop Voy
General Tso’s chicken
Seafood Lo Mein
Mixed vegetables with garlic sauce
First take-out of the New Year:
Sweet & Sour Manchurian Chicken
Hakka deluxe noodles with chicken, shrimp and beef
Mixed vegetables with black bean sauce
Steamed vegetable dumplings
I’m trying to be good and cook more and less take out (even before becoming PT caretaker for parent).
Cantonese: dim sum (I don’t like the crowds of regular dim sum, so if I crave something I like take out)
Most other Chinese/Taiwanese: usually noodles or dumplings (not soup)
Japanese: Sushi
Korean: fried chicken 
Vietnamese: pho and roasted quail, and bahn mis when I’m actually near a store
Mexican: real Mexican-style tacos, but fancy
Indian: naan and usually saag paneer or maybe chicken tikka masala
African: sadly no African restaurants near me, so takeout is the only option (I’m not educated enough to know culinary regions of Africa but I do think most of what I’ve had is more Nigerian-ish). Jollof rice!
Mostly just pizza: Basil, sliced tomatoes, artichokes.
Pho: one chicken, one rare beef + brisket.
Poke: ahi only w/ almost every topping.
Chinese: orange shrimp, Moo-Shu (usually chicken), Mongolian beef. dumplings, string beans in garlic sauce, gai lan in sauce.
We have very few choices - mostly Italian. Pizza, lasagna, Caesar salads…that’s about it. No edible Asian food on outer Cape Cod. The closest place is 1/2 hour each way. Our local Mexican restaurant didn’t survive Covid. We live in the land of fish and chips - can’t eat them every day and they don’t travel well. So we cook for ourselves.
My Thai order tonight, which worked for us:
Tom Yum soup
Appetizer platter with chicken satay, fresh rolls, spring rolls, shrimp rolls, fried beggar’s purses, rangoon
Mango salad
Seafood panang
Vegetarian red curry
Coconut rice
There’s only one thing I takeout regularly:
Peruvian rotisserie chicken, with plantains, yucca, rice, and beans.
My current fish & chips order, for 3 or 4:
Captain’s Platter (fish, scallops, oysters and shrimp, with fries and coleslaw)
An extra piece of fish (Halibut or Haddock)
A chowder, an extra order of coleslaw
Mary Brown’s Fried Chicken (or Popeye’s) for 3.
A 4 piece dinner combo, all dark meat. An extra 4 pieces of fried chicken, dark meat, and an extra coleslaw.
Eataly: from the refrigerated section, gnocchi and the lemon - shaved Brussels sprout -Parmesan-hazelnut salad.
We take out from Bulbap (Korean street food) usually the spicy chicken bowl & a galbi burger.
Also Taste Of Europe - usually pork chops, fish, pierogies & miseria.
We also fo chinese or pizza/sandwiches from a couple local places but nothing exceptional.
My most recent takeout excursion.
SHAKE SHACK
Shake Shack near Times Square is my go-to quick meal before a Broadway show. I love their cheeseburgers, haven’t tried the custard yet. I’m more of a chocolate or strawberry custard/ ice cream/ milkshake person! Will have to try one next time.
If you’re lucky enough to be in SoCal or Athens, GA, there’s a wall chain called Bruce. They specialize in waffle sandwiches but have the absolute best frozen custard.
They make their milkshakes with their custard (which is made in-house) … ask me how I know. 
Not big on take out, but maybe…
•Crab Rangoons from one of the many Asian food restaurants (this one has the best), others not so much
• Sometimes a pizza, but only if they really make it the way I ordered it. I have refused a pizza upon
inspection at the counter (wrong ingredients, crust, size). I don’tknow what they’re trying to get away
with, especially at the drive through where you pay first and it is yours whether you like it or not.
Costco Pizza, if they had the full fledged combo and if they still made it. Round Table KA supreme or
Zac’s are my time favorites, but the closest one is like 250 or 1100 miles away, respectfully.
A little variation today.
Double smoked shack, with cheese and tomatoes.
Just one today.
Watching my svelte blue cheeks.
I’m sorry but we almost never do take-out. But since I gave a Forks-Up! to ipsedixit’s Double Smoked Shack with Cheese and Tomatoes (which looks super edible, by the way), I figured I should say something.
I’m trying to remember why we never do take-out anymore. We used to, quite a bit.
Just fell out of the habit, I guess? Not sure.
Probably better for your overall health.
https://twitter.com/Taraballs/status/1680679761377628160?s=20
My latest Thai take-out order has usually been holy basil stir fry and mango salad.
I’ve been switching back to more salads and veg lately.
