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Originally Posted by kittyboy
Now you are talking. Is there room for one more at your table.
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Originally Posted by kittyboy
Now you are talking. Is there room for one more at your table.
I get it now. A bunch of sex addicts here with no understanding of food.
Yes, I will agree on this one...... To score a restaurant on their alcoholic drinks?? And I also, sorry to say, am full heartedly in agreeance that Tequilla Reefs is SECOND WORST, in my humble opinion, surpassed only by the food that they call Mexican at Blue Parrot!
Both in my opinion are really horrible.
When I tried someones ribs to see how they were, you would have to sit there and KNAW at it to get the meat off the bone. I have never gone back to either and Blue Parrot is across the street from me.
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Originally Posted by Narakmak
Well,
It is Pattaya, and you know what they say about when in Rome.............................
I owned a restaurant for nearly 8 years and have had my share of food experts and reviews in that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Narakmak
I remember the "big name" reviewer who sent his secretary in to borrow a menu. We had our new season menu available but had not started to beginning to prep.
The writeup for our pigs cheek done to perfection had me rolling on the floor for weeks. Our supplier had told us he could not supply for some weeks due to demand, so we removed it.
His comments on our stickydate pudding with home made icecream, plus our passionfruit souflee, were similar to our advertising brochure and his review could well have been written from a radio interview my chef had given earlier that month.
But the crowning glory was his comment he deplored undressed tables, which we use at breakfast and lunch only. We double cloth tables for evening service.
The only reviewers that we had we had respect for, were those that introduced themselves after paying the bill.
This was when they got details of the chef, extra feedback on specials and comments on our winelist.
I am afraid I have no respect for those who set themselves up as experts on food , and insist on telling everyone how good they are.
Total BS! The best reviewers ALWAYS remain anonymous as much as they can. Of course a restauranteur would hate food critics. Duh.
In major cities, there are many thousands of eateries. What do you expect, food lovers to personally try all of them, wasting their money at most of them? Of course you would. Consumers shouldn't rely on one reviewer. They should read different ones and also food blogs like this --
Then they can make better decisions where to try, based on their own tastes, and track record of agreement with specific reviewers.
http://blissfulglutton.com/peter-chengs-smyrna/
Duh!
Very difficult to remain anonymous when you want to take photographs of the dishes for the review.Quote:
Originally Posted by Narakmak
Duh!!!
Actually the discussions were always interesting as the best reviewers have a lot to offer and are always interested in anything different in food preparation or presentation.
Duh2!!
Sounds like a hick town.
The most famous reviewers have a tradition of anonymity (not easy to pull off). Bloggers may be different. Many foodies take pictures of food anyway and pictures aren't always an element of reviews. Pattaya has no serious reviewers. It's all PUFFERY.
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Originally Posted by Narakmak
City of 5 milion people!!!!!!! Cannot remember anybody other than a reviewer taking pics in the restaurant. often for functions.
Pray tell me were all your reviews without pics or were they all puffery.
You're silly. Maybe from a hick country.
http://eater.com/archives/2010/04/19/an ... -guide.php
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Critics anonymity is paramount to them being treated like regular folks are treated