If you think it's weird to linger over food, take a meal as an event, rather than just a quick supercharger pit stop for the body - did you encounter the kind o

If you think it's weird to linger over food, take a meal as an event, rather than just a quick supercharger pit stop for the body - did you encounter the kind of restaurant where you're expected to sit at a table with random strangers? Party of three, there's room for three more, what's the problem? I've been to one where the side dishes were simply put in bowls on the center of the table and you helped yourself as needed. I'd lived in North America for a long time by then (left Germany when I was 13) and initially this seemed a bit strange, but you get used to it. Eating as a social occasion where you might even meet interesting people. All before COVID of course.