Why not eat(eating) Japanese food tonight?

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Is only "eat" possible here? Not "eating", a gerund form?

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"Why not eat?"
 
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Not really, though you could dream up a context, with a bit of ellipsis, where it would work. As a suggestion, use eat.
 
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