While the idea of cooking while traveling is hardly ever an appetizing one, it is sometimes necessary to reheat your own food in a hotel room. Particularly on business trips, which can sometimes mean staying in a hotel room for days or weeks at a time. Investments in travel-size appliances are one option for reheating food, though, you can also utilize the appliances found in hotel closets for reheating food quickly and easily.
Things You'll Need
- Travel microwave
- Foil
- Ironing board
- Iron
Tips For You
- Book a hotel room that features a microwave for easy re-heating options. Hotels generally list amenities on their websites by type of room, allowing you to browse for the best room option for you that also features this appliance. While a room with a microwave may cost more than a standard hotel room, it is worth the investment if you are on an extended business trip or other vacation in which will be doing a fair amount of cooking and reheating in your room.
- Invest in a travel-size microwave, particularly if you go on frequent business trips and do not want to have to rely on take-out and restaurant food. Such models are portable and save you money in the long run as you will not have to constantly book rooms that feature microwaves or other cooking appliances. Travel-size microwaves allow you to cook as well as reheat food.
- Use an iron to reheat your food. Wrap items such as vegetables, chicken, fish and even fried foods in one to three layers of foil and place the wrapped food on the hotel ironing board. Turn the iron to its highest setting and place the iron over the foil-wrapped food for three to five minutes depending on what you are reheating. Be careful not to let any juices from the food seep out of the foil and onto the iron, which can stain and damage the appliance.
