tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post2108296075577554849..comments2023-07-09T01:27:46.016+10:00Comments on get real!: when I grow up...grocerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13860154539429230909noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post-67312516361388880422007-12-05T16:34:00.000+11:002007-12-05T16:34:00.000+11:00Then there's my other favourite: praise with faint...Then there's my other favourite: praise with faint damning.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224016506003573608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post-34299959851205818502007-12-05T09:09:00.000+11:002007-12-05T09:09:00.000+11:00revisiting this, as I am about to write my first m...revisiting this, as I am about to write my first mediocre (at best!) "review"<BR/><BR/>"Crushingly mediocre".. going to use that.<BR/><BR/>*sigh**purple goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205284829507903435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post-28565235255289119102007-12-02T15:04:00.000+11:002007-12-02T15:04:00.000+11:00I guess there are down sides to every job. Trying ...I guess there are down sides to every job. Trying to write a "good" review for a really bad restaurant would be hard. However, I think the pros would outweigh the cons. I too would love to be a paid restaurant reviewer. But until that happens, I'll just happily continue reviewing places for free and post on my blog.thanh7580https://www.blogger.com/profile/12101572834580539226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post-11623852458670626272007-11-30T16:18:00.000+11:002007-11-30T16:18:00.000+11:00moderately priced or not, there is no excuse for t...moderately priced or not, there is no excuse for turning out garbage.<BR/><BR/>Sorry.<BR/><BR/>If you can't serve a simple dinner of pasta and prawns without a heat lamp, then you shouldn't be running an **ahem** restaurant.purple goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205284829507903435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post-31685251039260404472007-11-30T15:16:00.000+11:002007-11-30T15:16:00.000+11:00Nice one Gorgeous!The other downside to mediocrity...Nice one Gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>The other downside to mediocrity and losing your palate in reviewing - as I found working for Stephanie and John - is managing the waistline, especially when you have 20 places to review in a very short time for one of the guides....thankfully we were poisoned occasionally which helped a little - LOL!!stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117734381027236855.post-10835711761644741512007-11-30T12:13:00.000+11:002007-11-30T12:13:00.000+11:00You've hit the nail on the head there - the proble...You've hit the nail on the head there - the problem with eating out for a living isn't so much the defamation suits, the arteriosclerosis or the barely contained urges to scream when you see people writing 'crispy' in place of 'crisp', but the crushing mediocrity of most of the food.<BR/><BR/>It's almost an improvement when you find somewhere genuinely, creatively awful just because it breaks up the tedium. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, it is an excellent job for anyone genuinely obsessed by restaurants (this is a slightly different mania from the straight-out obsessive love of food), but I've seen a great many interested people tire of it very quickly when they get down to the business of back-to-back restaurant meals far from home for weeks on end.<BR/><BR/>There's something to be said for eating what you want, when you want to eat it, crisp, crispy or otherwise.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224016506003573608noreply@blogger.com