Recipe for a successful first date

'When you're hungry, you're thinking about food,' communications specialist Alisha Golden says.

'When you're hungry, you're thinking about food,' communications specialist Alisha Golden says.

Published Aug 26, 2015

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London - Men may think choosing a nice restaurant is the way to impress on a date. But the real work, it seems, starts when you sit down at the table.

Women will only be swayed if the meal costs £50 (about R900), with the man picking up the tab – and as long as he doesn’t order salad.

And girls, turning up looking your best may not be enough to win over your date. He will also expect you to tuck in to your food with gusto, and engage in banter with waiting staff.

More than half of dating adults (57 percent) judge their date based on the food they choose during a first meal out, research found. And far from coming across as health-conscious types, men who order salad are dismissed as boring wimps.

Meanwhile, 27 percent of men find it attractive when women get “hands-on” and “stuck in” to their food by ordering messy dishes such as burgers or pork ribs.

The research found food significantly impacts how we feel about our date. It seems salad is a poor choice for men, with a fifth of women thinking it means they are “boring” and one in ten considering them to be a “wimp”.

A third of men insist they find women “attractive” if they have a large appetite, the study of 2 004 adults found. Food selection also helps us instantly decide if we fancy somebody or not, with a quarter saying they have been put off someone by their menu choice. And when it comes to impressing a potential lover, the study shows that flashing the cash isn’t necessarily the way to go.

A restaurant costing around £25 a head was revealed to be a better way to someone’s heart than a meal costing twice as much, according to the research by restaurant chain TGI Friday.

While 12 percent of men expect their date to engage in banter with waiting staff, more than half of women want men to have good manners and a quarter expect them to pay the whole bill.

Daily Mail

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