“飯友”的英文是“meal pal”。我們來看下面這段話：

This term, meal pal, refers to office workers who lunch together during work days. Many white-collar workers are seeking lunch pals via the Internet to share high prices as well as the delicious dishes in nearby restaurants.

“飯友”指上班的時候一起吃午飯的公司職員?，F在，很多白領都通過互聯網尋找飯友，這樣不但可以分擔高額的午餐消費，而且還可以共享公司周邊的美食。比如：

That Thailand restaurant is great, it’s my meal pals’ favorite。

那家泰國餐館很棒，是我那些飯友們最喜歡的一家餐館。

上個世紀特別流行的一種交友方式“筆友”在英文里是pen pal，這里的“meal pal”估計就是由此類推出來的吧。