YOU SAID:
I met with friends and ate food at a restaurant.
INTO JAPANESE
私は友達と会い、レストランで食べ物を食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I met my friend and ate food at the restaurant.
INTO JAPANESE
私は友達に会い、レストランで食べ物を食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I met my friend and ate food at the restaurant.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.