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Ten foods not to eat on a first date
The first date is full of pitfalls, and it’s not enough to spend hours racking your brain about what to wear and how to do your makeup and hair, you also have to watch what you eat for more than one reason.
If the date consists of going out to dinner, in fact, choosing what to order is crucial to avoid uncomfortable situations and reduce the risk of gaffes.
Here are the ten foods to stay away from.
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Sushi is a great first date classic, but it hides pitfalls that are not insignificant.
First among them: the rolls can be too big to put in your mouth whole and impossible to bite into or break with chopsticks.
Added to this is the fact that the rice, which in the immediate moment gives no particular feeling of satiety, swells in the stomach once you have finished eating, with the risk of making you feel bloated after dinner, at the highlight of the evening.
To get around both problems, you could order sashimi and tartare or some dishes with rice that you are sure to be able to down in one bite, such as hosomaki.
Noodles
Noodles are not to be trifled with. Unless you’re a sex appeal freak, it’s best to avoid having spilled noodles in your mouth, with the dilemma of breaking it up with your teeth or sucking it up. Definitely unsexy.
Also not to be underestimated is the risk of staining, due to splashes that 9 times out of 10 will end up on your dress, and in that last one on hers.
If you really crave carbs, dive into short pasta.
Ribs, chicken wings, cockerel, skewers or anything else grilled that involves bones or obstacles to the passage of cutlery is best put off.
These are foods that must be eaten with the hands, there’s little you can do about it, and that’s anything but sexy.
Not to mention the smell or the dirt that is likely to get under the nails. Horror.
Better a simple steak or a cut with some vegetables on the side.
Again, the biggest problem is the heaviness of these foods (both because of the presence of gluten and because the oil is not always fresh), which would make it difficult to digest, with the risk of feeling bloated, weighed down and tired when the evening should be turning on.
The problem with Mexican cuisine is the extensive use of beans it contemplates, which are not exactly the most romantic food par excellence. The bloated feeling they entail is not worth the candle.
Another drawback is the abundance of cheese, which is difficult to digest in a population increasingly intolerant to lactose, the effect of which could be quite similar to that of beans.
Better to postpone the tex-mex later, when you have already been together for a while and have broken all taboos. Or scour the menu thoroughly for something less complex.
Spicy foods
There are spices that are good for the body but not exactly ideal during a date, such as chili peppers, ginger, and wasabi.
Maybe they prevent digestive problems and inflammation, but they turn on everything else, causing glazed eyes, heat stroke, and open airways (a euphemism for starting your nose to run).
So beware of Mexican, Thai and Indian restaurants: always better to ask for a nonspicy version.
Indian food
As mentioned, Indian food is ill-advised because of the high possibility of running into spicy foods that set your mouth on fire. But not only that.
Some dishes contain large amounts of creams or butter, as well as an inordinate number of spices and stir-fries of various kinds.
The combination can be explosive, for your breath and your stomach.
If you just can’t avoid it, opt for tandoori chicken, usually marinated in yogurt, and accompany it with rblank iso.
Salads and leafy greens
First of all, it must be said that ordering a salad as a main dish on a first date risks making you come across as a perpetually diet-obsessed pain in the ass.
Secondly, leafy greens can rightfully be put on the list of enemy number one of teeth, for that treacherous ability of theirs to get stuck in the middle of the smile area.
If you really want to stay light, order a dish of glirgliate vegetables, which you can cut up and eat with more ease and less risk.
It doesn’t take an eagle to see that this dish can provoke more than a moment’s embarrassment because of the obvious mental associations involved (for the same reason that the banana is banned, to wit).
And given the raging fad, chances are high that you may find yourself in an establishment that specializes in burgers, which are less equivocal but still not easy to handle, especially if you prefer the super-seasoned ones.
Rather, order it by the plate, then broken down. Or avoid the ones with ten ingredients and sauces that would drip everywhere.
Fondue or bourguignonne
In this case, rather than the food itself, it is the type of preparation that is likely to ruin your evening.
It’s okay to ignite passion, but avoid fire at least at the table.
The risk is that you may inadvertently burn or scald yourself with cheese and meat from eighteen thousand degrees Fahrenheit (a bit like the cherry tomatoes of Fantozzian memory).
