outside food
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- food consumed in an establishment from which it was not purchased, which is usually disallowed and frowned upon in most Singaporean restaurants and eateries
... it'll just be an issue like that of cinema operators not allowing outside food into their halls.
— 1998 November 28, Jaime Ee. The Business Times, "Isn't it time for the customer to be king once more?". p.19
... recent incidents of diners being thrown out of a restaurant — one for bringing in "outside" food ... — have raised the issue of customer's rights ... If the restaurant has a stated policy of no "outside" food, then this has to be respected if the customer chooses to patronise it.
— 2006 October 5, Liang Dingzi. Today, "serveusright WTTHIN REASON". p.21