Except for mine.
The more "foodie" blogs i read the more frustrated i get. These simple sons (and daughters) of bitches and their self righteous "reviews" of restaurants that are nothing more than yet another form of hipsterism that is spreading like shoulder pads all over my fair city. These jagoffs just want to be noticed...and have their meals comped in exchange for a good "review" as if the skinny leather tie and vest with no shirt weren't enough to make people say "hey, did you notice that dipshit with the w.a.s.p. painter's cap?". For the most part (and there are a couple of exceptional folks with foodie cred...please keep doing your thing), but overall you are not even remotely qualified enough to call yourself a critic (i take it all back if you agree to refer to yourselves as "assholes with opinions"), your regurgitated "knowledge" is insulting, your palates suck, you know virtually nothing about the business and it seems as though you are attempting to pull the rug out from under a burgeoning food scene with your ineptitude.
I am the only idiot dork blogger allowed to be self righteous and self aggrandizing, what the fuck?
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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It's an incredible exercise in tolerance to smile in some of these faces. There are many great things about the internet, and (with great freedom comes great... blah blah blah) you know the story. 2 sides of the same coin.
I seriously think that a lot of this comes from people watching too much Iron Chef and Top Chef and etc. and thinking that all chefs just want any jerk to tell them what's wrong with their food. If you paid for it, then you're entitled to an opinion on it. Otherwise, it doesn't matter.
Maybe after Chez Pim's release of "The Foodie Handbook" these guys will be able to pick up many more tips on how to be a first rate asshole.
... and no, Kevin. No one has the wonderful gift that you possess for telling it like it is. Keep on doing it and we'll just agree.
Be careful who you call a hipster man, especially if they ride a moped, the hipster moped gang is all over me for a post from over a month ago, to quote the Blair Witch Project, I'm scared. or maybe amazed at the level of douchebag to be found on the web.
Wow, I'm really wondering whose food blogs pissed you off! Hopefully not mine... although I'm way too dorky to be a hipster.
I'm your target demographic East Ender. I like your food, I came to one of your BBQ's. You'd be better served keeping your personal feelings on your customers out of your blog. You know, biting the hand that feeds you thing. People look to food blogs because they want more than China Millman's review of food - and rightfully so. Everyone is tightening their belts, and people want to make sure they're gonna like what they're paying for. As a former Big Burrito chef, I'm surprised you don't realize how much branding and putting on a happy face is part of it. Frankly, I see you as Tom Cruise - a gifted actor, who happens to be crazy. At the end of the day, I can overlook his (and your) craziness to see his movies, and to eat your food. But War of the Worlds tanked after his shenanigans, and Salt of the Earth isn't even open yet, so if I were you, I'd take a hard look at my public image, keep putting up good food, and learn keeping my mouth shut about my customers.
well, it seems as though i have hurt some feelings.
just for a moment imagine if my shitty and sometimes ridiculous opinions could affect your whole career...what you have devoted your professional life to...imagine that my inane bullshit opinion spouting could actually have an effect on your income and the livelihood of your family. while you imagine what it would be like to have your life's work be scrutinized and trivialized by some anonymous parasite, i will simply thank you for cementing my point about self involved and self righteous food bloggers that simply think that their opinions should be valued over anyone else's. oh yeah, and thanks for comparing me to tom cruise, i thought that it would never happen and now all of my wildest dreams are coming true.
the things that i write that people hate are the things that most, if not all chefs think and would simply like to have put out there.
I agree with you Kevin, and I'm one of those bloggers. The difference is that I recogonize that I really don't have the expertise to critique a great chef's preformance. That's why I keep my negative opinions to myself. Nobodys writing a blog about the way I do my shitty job, and I wouldn't want them to. Keep up the good work...And the fantastic tacos!
Just sign me:
Asshole with an Opinion
Kevin,
Word.
Thanks for all the great food!
Sam
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