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Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn
crimeandpunishment writes "Call it the invasion of the pasta paparazzi. Food bloggers are so excited about sharing their experiences, especially at trendy, popular restaurants, that they're too busy taking pictures and video to enjoy the food when it's at its best. Many signature dishes come out at the perfect temperature ... take a few minutes to capture what it looks like, and your palate won't be nearly as pleased. Some restaurants have taken the step of banning cameras, or at least have established a 'no flash' rule. Others just want to make sure enthusiastic reviewers are still enthused after eating their food."
This story looks magnificent, I love the arrangement of the words and the punctuation! Hang on while I read it... ... meh...
Many signature dishes come out at the perfect temperature
No they don't. Get over yourselves.
You sir, obviously haven't experienced the finer art of cooking. Last week I made a lasagna that needed to be served at the perfect temperature in order to be optimally satisfying. It needed to be so hot that it would scorch the taste buds right off of your tongue, or else you would be unable to stand the taste.
DE-LI-CIOUS! Hmmm. Nothing beats homemade cooking.
Dude. High dynamic range entrées take time.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Anxiously awaiting food.slashdot.org.
And the incessant whining from RMS about restaurants that don't publish their recipes.
If taking a minute at the beginning of the meal to take pictures degrades the taste, then the taste will be degraded horribly by the time the diner finishes the plate.
The thing is, in restaurants expensive enough to be visited by people who review food, you barely get more than a few bites worth of food on your plate to start with.
So, nothing looks good to the blind... how sad.
And, to add insult to injury, it is not "polite" to use the braille method to "see" your food.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Many signature dishes come out at the perfect temperature
No they don't. Get over yourselves.
It's the whole idea behind the McDLT.
You're not supposed to do any cooking when you have open sores.
I think food is intrinsically uninteresting
I'm assuming you're Dutch...
Going to McDonalds for a salad is like going to a prostitute for a hug.
You've read the article! That's completely uncool. You're ruining it for the rest of us. Next time, please include a ***SPOILER*** alert in your comment.
I have no sense of smell, you insensitive clod! *
*That's not a joke.
Why is this modded "Troll"? I know someone with no sense of smell, and it seems to be a minor handicap.
I've also met far too many people with no sense of taste!
Don't go hating on Applebee's, they're an amazing resource. If anyone says you're a bad cook, take them out to Applebee's and they'll never think poorly of your cooking again.
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Parent is modded funny (and I think that was discord5's intention), but some people like myself have a low threshold of heat pain. I've taken crotch shots, broken bones, and blinding headaches, and come away mostly none the worse for wear.
Are you sure you're following instructions properly when cooking?
It is what it is.