Hold on, going to a Domino’s Pizza qualifies as eating out? In my book it’s “I’m too drunk to even think what I’m doing, would be better of hounding a couple sandwiches and an ibuprofen for the morning hangover...”
Yes. In my country we don't have any of the american fast food. I guarantee you if Mcdonalds opens shop there same thing would happen. HN readers seem to be very unaware of how different lifestyle/culture is across the developing world.
I remember when McDonalds opened its first venue in Piazza di Spagna, cries of wonder and sighs of sacrilege. That was Italy 20-something years ago... its not the stage of economic development that matters, but the amount of subjection to US lifestyle
Pizza cost as much as it in US but people earn 1/10th of US income. So in India unless you are in top 1% of economic pyramid even a chain pizza has high aspirational value. Think of it as <1% people in India earn more than $25K per year. And 25K in salaries are at places where $200K apartment is normal thing.