{"id":888,"date":"2011-05-04T07:58:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T21:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=888"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:56:18","slug":"dining-and-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/dining-and-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Dining and driving"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a lot of us, the desire to travel is stacked up heavily in our genes.\u00a0 Then there are those of us who would much rather stay at home.\u00a0 Some of us may be partial to eating rather well.\u00a0 And then there are those who are happy with cold chicken noodles and the odd flaccid carrot.\u00a0 So what happens for those people where much travel and eating heartily go hand in hand?\u00a0 First of all, count yourselves rather lucky and see yourself as one of a very special breed. \u00a0The pleasure of both seeing the sights and eating out go together like a duck takes to water.\u00a0 So what are the favourite food outlets for the serious traveller?\u00a0 And what\u2019s easy to eat while driving?<\/p>\n

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Googling for my answer found me arriving at inverts.com.au<\/a>.\u00a0 I was very pleased to see that nearly 23% of voters were of the \u2018Don\u2019t be lazy\u2019 category.\u00a0 These were the people that made their meals at home.\u00a0 How easy is that to do on a journey, though?\u00a0 Do many of you go to lengths to carry fresh ingredients on any trip of great length?\u00a0 Are you prepared to put some forethought into your meals and prepare your food before setting out?\u00a0 It makes a lot of sense, and definitely saves on cash, if you can take some sandwiches, fresh fruit, water and slices that you have prepared before setting out from home, the motel room or the tent.\u00a0 I guess those of us who have a campervan will carry all the ingredients to make a first-class meal at any time of the day.\u00a0 If you are travelling by car and are, perhaps, on your own, you can still purchase a lot of good food from a supermarket and store it in the boot \u2013 obviously the things that need to be kept cool can be placed in an eskie.\u00a0 Sure, preparing your own food means that you have to be a little more organised; however, you may well eat healthier and save yourself a few dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sandwiches and filled rolls are also convenient to eat while driving, as they are perfectly designed to fit in the hand. \u00a0The same goes for many other home-made bits and pieces, as most of them stay together and don\u2019t need tricky wrappers to be removed with one hand while at the wheel.<\/p>\n

Pizza and Subway\u00a9 were similarly the next favourite takeaway, mentioned.\u00a0 Subway is definitely one of the healthier takeaway options, and would have to rate highly on my favourites.\u00a0 The beauty of a takeaway is that they are so convenient while on the move.\u00a0 The problem is if we ate nothing but takeaways for each meal while taking in the sights, our girth measurement is going to enlarge itself rather quickly.\u00a0 If you like drive-through meals, though, you\u2019ll have to look elsewhere, as pizza outlets and Subway can\u2019t do drive-throughs.\u00a0 Those long submarine sandwiches can be tricky to eat at the wheel, but it is possible.<\/p>\n

Indian and Chinese takeaways are the next favourite dishes.\u00a0 Very tasty! \u00a0However, if you eat them in great quantities, you are going to be a rather fat little hobbit before too long!\u00a0 It can also be rather tricky to eat this sort of food inside your car. Chopsticks and gear sticks don\u2019t mix very easily.<\/p>\n

Then there is the rest of the takeaway variety.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure you can fill in the popular contenders. \u00a0For one of the more interesting dishes: I\u2019ve heard that Adelaide does a great pie floater dish.\u00a0 This is where your favourite pie is served floating in pea soup and then is quickly sunk with lashings of tomato sauce poured on top.\u00a0 Put a few of the pie floaters away and you\u2019ll be sinking a few ships! \u00a0If you\u2019re going to eat this in your car, stop first.\u00a0 Pea soup is not all that nice to clear off the upholstery. Plain pies are a bit easier, but beware of gravy welling out of the pie and getting all over the wheel and your clothes. Take small bites.<\/p>\n

Fish and chips are easy enough to eat at the wheel \u2013 tear a hole in the newspaper wrapper (if your local chippie still serves them this way) and pull the chips out one by one.\u00a0 If the chips are too hot, then hold them to the air vents rather than out the window.<\/p>\n

If cash isn\u2019t a big deal, then a restaurant meal is definitely a great place to go for a classy meal, good food, and atmosphere.\u00a0 You have to incorporate a few of these meals on your travel, especially if romance is on your agenda.\u00a0 If you can afford it, one restaurant meal a day would sit nicely.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget the pubs.\u00a0 There are some great pubs tucked away that provide value for money meals, nice food and great company. \u00a0Obviously, you can\u2019t eat restaurant or pub meals behind the wheel, and remember to be sensible when it comes to drinking and driving. http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/kreditnye-karty.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a lot of us, the desire to travel is stacked up heavily in our genes.\u00a0 Then there are those of us who would much rather stay at home.\u00a0 Some of us may be partial to eating rather well.\u00a0 And then there are those who are happy with cold chicken noodles and the odd flaccid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12478,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions\/12478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}