Foamcrest wrote
You know how to live Balifrog, well eat anyway. I know this is a bit of a rude question but how much would that have cost you? Two Bombay gin and tonic, two glasses of red ( I hope you weren’t driving) plus the pizza. Maybe the drinks and food were for two? Anyway good on you, enjoy it while you can.
I have a decent pension, after a 49 year career. And yep, socialist France takes care of it's pensioners.
Food is after rent my biggest expense. There used to be a time it was alcohol, party and women....good old days.
And no, I don't drive... Always use Grab or GoCar.
In fact your question surprises me...
It's not like we're speaking about a 1 million lunch in a nice hotel.
If one can't afford a simple pizza and 2 glasses of wine... my goodness...
And I was alone.
I didn't retire overseas to live / lodge / eat worse than in my country and eat local stuff. Nothing wrong with people "going local", simply not my style.
FYI, as it isn't a secret my "food at home" budget is 5M / month (and I nearly always exceed it). Restaurant budget 3,3 M.
The Missus is half of the time with me in Bali, and is included in that budget.