Dating : How do you talk to people about FOOD?
Srs question, how do you even talk to people about food? I see lots of girls especially list being a ‘foodie’ as one of their hobbies on dating apps so I think, great let’s go with that as a topic of convo.
Usually I start off by asking on their favourite foods. They tell me theirs, maybe I tell them mine. But after that…THEN what??
After this I tried branching out…by talking about places that have these kind of foods or special versions of the food.
I can ask « Have you tried this (food) at ____? »
Then what if they answer « No. »? The convo ends pretty abruptly.
Even if we share the same food preferences, there isn’t much else to talk about.
> »Oh yeah, I’ve been here too! »
> »The food is great »
> »Yes! »
Then what…? nothing. If I try to talk about cooking methods, they dont cook so it wont relate. If I try to ask something like ‘what is it about (food) you like?’, they wont know what to say either or find it too hard to reply.
I usually just get ghosted halfway through in trying to find out on their food interests. It seems like even though they’re ‘foodies’ ,they’re hardly actually interested in talking about food
Being a foodie mostly means enjoying *tasting* food, not debating it with semi-strangers. I get it that you want to demonstrate interest toward their passion, but in this case doing it rather than talking about doing it is usually the better move. Ask them out.
Depends on what they mean by foodie. For some it means that they only eat locally grown, sustainable, organic produce or ethically raised meat (or no meat). For others it means they exclusively eat yuppy chow at the hippest bistros in their city.
I think you can use the food thing as an ice breaker, which could lead to talking about restaurants in the area you like. From there maybe you talk about places you’ve traveled where the food was particularly great- or you ate something you never thought you would! From there you both share traveling experiences. Doesn’t have to be food related.
OR let the conversation about food lead you to cooking. Tell her what you like cooking. Are you a good cook? A good baker? Are you bad but you’ve always wanted to take a class? Is anyone in your family a particularly great cook? From there you are able to start talking about other hobbies, other goals, and some light family stuff.
Lol, that kills everything once cooking methods are not mentioned. To me, I only talk about food I like briefly and then want to eat it pretty soon. Can’t talk about that all day without making someone feel hungry. Defintely bring up another topic though to see what else you have in common with others.
Its not even a personality trait, we need food to survive. We are wired to enjoy eating food. We are all, biologically, foodies. I honestly wouldnt try engaging that as a whole subject