Normally, I cook my meals or am involved in the food prep in some way. So, knowing when the food will be ready, I inject my insulin 5-10 mins in advance to help smooth things out.
I NEVER inject before seeing the food if I'm not involved because that always leaves the possibility of you sitting in a restaurant, quickly going lower, while being told the chef forgot your meal or something similar. That's my big rule: never inject when you're trusting other people to produce food.
Today, I was round my sister's for a garden get together thing (all 2m apart). Sister knows I'm T1 and all that entails. I ask her when she thinks we'll eat and get told 5-10 mins max. I figured, as the cook, she knew what she was doing and knew not to mess me about with this so I broke my rule and pre-loaded my body with insulin.
Food hit plate almost 40 minutes later than planned by which point I'd already had to stuff myself with a fair few gluco-tabs which I would then have to do another injection later to correct for.
Moral of the story: Don't break your own rules.
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