All human beings, animals alike, develop habits based on their natural habitats, social experiences, preferences, needs, likes and dislikes, etc. It’s vital to our psychological and emotional stability to have familiarity with our surroundings. There’s stability or consistency. We live with the same people, we sleep in the same room, we live in the same house, etc.This makes us feel at home, relax, at ease, comfortable.
We go to places that we are familiar with, we feel good about. We eat the same food most of the time that’s why they are called favorite food.
We are creatures of habit and our family is no exception. If you have noticed, we like to eat. We always eat out. But the restaurants that we visit are not too many. We always go the same places again and again. We do not like to explore new areas, only when my daughter highly recommended one. We are lazy to check out new kids on the block. We just go to where we are familiar with, where convenient, where it’s fairly easy.
My husband and I ate at Balay Dako 4 times this past month. We ordered the same stuff and preferred to sit at the same table or at least in the same dining section.
Last night was no exception.
We went to the same church muna syempre bago kain.
We arrived two minutes before the mass started.
Edmund
Yen
Even before the mass started, Edmund was already complaining that he’s hungry. We asked Oyen to choose where to eat. She said Japanese, Akira in Shang or Haru in Kapitolyo. I couldn’t remember a bit about Akira. Yen said we’ve been there before. After a few minutes of trying to refresh my memory, she conceded. Let’s go to Haru na lang. When Edmund heard Haru, agreed agad sya. So Haru for the nth time.
The restaurant was supposed to be a 10 minute drive pero quarter to nine na we’re still on the road. I was becoming claustrophobic. Nakakapikon na talaga mag-ikot sa Metro Manila. Ang lapit lang pero ang tagal ng byahe. Tumanda na tayong lahat sa kauupo sa loob ng sasakyan. Wala pang gaanong traffic last night kasi takot lumabas ang mga tao at na trauma nung byernes sa tagal na byahe pauwi. It took Edmund 3.5 hours.
Buti naman, hindi gaanong maingay sa restaurant.
Same orders of sushi
Edmund never fails to order chawanmushi whether he’s in Kimpura, Haru or in any other Japanese resto. Sya lang nag-o-order except for last night. I decided to forgo my favorite teppanyaki oysters and instead maki gaya ako, I ordered chawanmushi too.
Edmund asked how come I didn’t order agedashi tofu. Kasi wala akong ka-share. I wouldn’t be able to finish a whole order. Usually ka-share ko anak ko.
Flash card. Oyen was asking us to choose our dessert.
Cassava cake and coffee for Edmund
Crepe Samurai for Oyen
My usual dessert, halo-halo. I forgot to tell them not to put ice cream on top. I love ice cream but I hate it when mixed with J lo. Gusto ko kasi yung halo-halo na lasang probinsya. Pinipig, munggo, gulaman, sago, okay na yan, masarap na at maraming gatas.
I gave husband the scoop of vanilla ice cream
Halo-halo always. Hala, sugar spikes and bilbil pa more.
