This local Bay Area chain was pricey, but pretty good. Their signature Super Burger above was extra juicy with its double patties and sauce, even if it was smaller than I had expected. Actually, I didn't really care for the fries (not potato-ey enough for me), and the self-service homemade pickles weren't as good as I had hoped (I prefer my pickles to be more salty than sour), but the ketchup was decently impressive. Next time I should consider adding jalapenos and washing it all down with one of the many beers that they have on tap.
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I have to ask, as a long time reader of your blog, if you ever wonder how a cook or chef would possibly take an ingredient and make it more so as to what it is? For example, how would you make a french fry, made out of potato, more potato-ey exactly?
While I'm at it, have you also considered the amount of effort that goes into making the food that is served to you? I was in your position a long time ago. Naive and ignorant really. I would eat food and judge it for what it is but never really considered the people in the BOH (back of house) and the amount of effort it really took to make the end product. Oh course, anyone could slap together a shitty bowl of noodles, sandwich, salad etc with minimal effort and have it not taste good or up to our standards but I ask that you take into consideration that maybe your expectations for food might come down to a reasonable level.
I have recommended you places that, to me, have really good food. You take those places and wave it off like it's just subpar. However, the real issue is that I don't understand why.
I went from a good paying tech job and now currently work as a prep cook for a sub contractor for a food company. The amount of appreciation I now feel towards FOH & BOH people are night and day. You should, maybe show some more appreciation towards these people. Without them, we would get to try the variety of food and smorgasbord around the world.
I don't know why I'm writing this now but given your opportunity to travel and eat around the world and how you seemingly close your lifestyle is to, the late, Anthony Bourdain, I think you owe it yourself and the people who serve you a little appreciation. (run on sentence I know)
I went back and listened to Anthony Bourdain's books and it really struck me how out of tuned people are to eating at restaurants. Whether it be a shack to fine dining, you really cannot fathom the effort that goes into making your breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert unless you're in or have been in the trenches.
I suppose what I'm asking is for you to think about it before you post your honest opinions of what you're eating. Your blog has been around a while and maybe you don't think there are a lot of readers or that people don't care what you write, but I do.
Sorry if I've offended you. It wasn't the intention, and you have indeed given me tips in the past that I've appreciated, even if my experiences ended up different from yours. I know that the industry is difficult and requires tremendous effort; I'm a horrible cook myself and could never conjure up the wonders that kitchens (and street corners!) around the world create.
My opinions are worthless; it's just an individual consumer's preference, like how some people prefer Mercedes over BMW and vice versa, but would never be able to go through the immense challenges of designing/building the cars themselves. In many ways, I use my posts to help me remember what to order next time. I did like their burgers after all and intend to return, but wanted to remind myself of what to prioritize on.
Obviously I don't have the cooking skills to know how to improve the fries (presumably it's a difference in potato quality, grease type, and cooking techniques?), but Dyer's and Le Relais de l'Entrecôte are two places whose fries I really liked. Thanks for reading over all of these years nonetheless, and I understand if you decide not to read any more.
Thanks for the response and I totally understand that your blog is your own opinions about the food. By no means, am I asking you to change those opinions but maybe offer what's good and what's bad about your experiences. It sounds like there are more negative things to say about a place than positive. Everyone's a critic nowadays and while it's easy to criticize a place, it seems harder to include the positives. Just my 2 cents.
There's no way I could ever stop reading your blog. You have way more eating experiences than I could have in a lifetime. I enjoy reading and will continue to do so :)
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