Comments on: Check, Please! Bay Area: Episode 3 (#101) http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2005/11/17/check-please-bay-area-episode-3-101/ Restaurant Reviews by Bay Area Foodies Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sergé http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2005/11/17/check-please-bay-area-episode-3-101/#comment-89 Sergé Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:34:19 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2005/11/17/check-please-bay-area-episode-3-101/#comment-89 I prefer people who can relate the taste, texture, temperature, and depth of a dish in terms that help me conjure up the experience for myself. Contrasting the sensory components of a dish with things that are commonly known is one good way. Simple and direct descriptions are also welcome. Was something crispy? Salty? Was a dish sweet or sour? Did a forkful deliver the elusive umami? Saying that such-and-such dish "exploded in my mouth" doesn't tell me anything. When you say it over and over again about everything your tried, well, how is that helping me understand the food? I prefer the unpretentious reviewers. One note: Fanci didn't really let the other two diners say very much about the Afghan restaurant without quickly cutting them off. I would have liked to have heard more from them since they were going there for the first time. "The kabobs just exploded in my mouth!" Well, maybe not THIS episode, but generally, I would like to hear more from the 1st timers. I am hooked on this show! More episodes, please! I prefer people who can relate the taste, texture, temperature, and depth of a dish in terms that help me conjure up the experience for myself. Contrasting the sensory components of a dish with things that are commonly known is one good way. Simple and direct descriptions are also welcome. Was something crispy? Salty? Was a dish sweet or sour? Did a forkful deliver the elusive umami?

Saying that such-and-such dish “exploded in my mouth” doesn’t tell me anything. When you say it over and over again about everything your tried, well, how is that helping me understand the food? I prefer the unpretentious reviewers.

One note: Fanci didn’t really let the other two diners say very much about the Afghan restaurant without quickly cutting them off. I would have liked to have heard more from them since they were going there for the first time. “The kabobs just exploded in my mouth!” Well, maybe not THIS episode, but generally, I would like to hear more from the 1st timers.

I am hooked on this show! More episodes, please!

]]> By: david r http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2005/11/17/check-please-bay-area-episode-3-101/#comment-88 david r Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:19:05 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2005/11/17/check-please-bay-area-episode-3-101/#comment-88 Come on guys, get some interesting people on this show with REAL opinions. I don't want to watch my mother on this show, i want to watch interesting and exciting people that represent this city. I am bored to tears!!! Come on guys, get some interesting people on this show with REAL opinions. I don’t want to watch my mother on this show, i want to watch interesting and exciting people that represent this city. I am bored to tears!!!

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