tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post5366624906238154510..comments2023-09-19T00:45:36.561+08:00Comments on Paranoid Android: Are Floggers Qualified To Comment On Food? Part 2, A Reply To CommentsParanoid Androidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10783707466113456374noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post-5895767947754980752009-08-10T10:21:34.284+08:002009-08-10T10:21:34.284+08:00@rokh How kind of you. I think yu hit the nail rig...@rokh How kind of you. I think yu hit the nail right on the head. The keyword is sharing! Sharing our experiences is the the most important thing in blogging, whether about food or life or travel. Genius!Paranoid Androidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783707466113456374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post-67203413042684492712009-08-08T20:35:18.886+08:002009-08-08T20:35:18.886+08:00great wrap up! as for me, 'critic' may not...great wrap up! as for me, 'critic' may not be the right word, as i mainly only share those food that i enjoyed, i never take the effort to write to criticize. i also tried my best to research or if not state 'disclaimer' in lack of information/experience. the best is to ask the reader to try it out for themselves! btw, love your writing, will be following ;)rokhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032837057892493743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post-29614625290489222402009-08-06T16:05:26.379+08:002009-08-06T16:05:26.379+08:00@ Thule: Yeah. Masak masak has everything thought ...@ Thule: Yeah. Masak masak has everything thought out. Bright kid, she is.<br /><br />@ ITS: Yes.But what struck me in the Michelin rating system is it is actually what we ordinary foodies seek while eating to. Value for money, quality and inventiveness. Yes, local tastes vary. I have never gotten over the shock of the smell of "Chao Tau Foo". Ha ha ha!<br /><br />@FBB: Taukeh. Not deep la. Just reflecting on what I am doing, Sian Tau style.Paranoid Androidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783707466113456374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post-48716872349959489622009-08-05T23:34:17.153+08:002009-08-05T23:34:17.153+08:00phwah, very deep lehhhh, and no pikchers either. ...phwah, very deep lehhhh, and no pikchers either. aiyoooo. snigger, i think my WIP post was prob one of the rare ones where i actually criticised the food blatantly. i hope they not gonna come after me.fbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post-55333239184073288812009-08-05T23:03:11.521+08:002009-08-05T23:03:11.521+08:00Android, I somehow don't often follow those AB...Android, I somehow don't often follow those ABC standard things like Michelin. Doesn't mean I don't respect them, but when they came to Hong Kong and made their star rating. It really made all the local chefs and even myself doubt "what", "why" or "how"?<br /><br />My US friends prefer sweet and sour pork with heavy sauce. When I told them sweet and sour pork shouldn't be like that. There shouldn't be any sauce left on the plate, even oil. In Chinese sweet and sour pork is a stir-fried dish. Cantonese stir-fried dishes shouldn't have any sauce left. If someone want a dish with sauce, they should go for those stew dishes or casserole.<br /><br />When I went to Tokyo visiting my business friend, he brought me to a very local restaurant and ordered a fish head. That fish head was cooked in sweet soy sauce only and was quite smelly. I couldn't take it as it's much too smelly. However, he told me that one was the most expensive dish in the shop.<br /><br />When I was in Italy, I got brought to a local restaurant, I was given a big bowl of raw veggie (quite chewy) - no dressing. I then asked "can I get some blue cheese dressing?". My friend simply told me "we take salad only with little olive oil and balsamic vinegar". I admit that at that time (13 years ago) I didn't appreciate eating salad with olive oil and vinegar. However, now I like balsamic vinegar so much. <br /><br />A third example - it's som tam (papaya salad in Thailand). They sometimes use the salty crab. Sorry I really can't take it, but some of my local friends treat that as a treasure.<br /><br />The Europeans eat the salty anchovy and the Chinese eat salty fish.<br /><br />So taste is really subjective and sometimes our taste would change, like how I adapt to take balsamic vinegar.<br /><br />Then back to your point about going stray. Don't worry. Feel free to write anything your feeling is with as long as your comments are not defamatory.in the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685358330526357082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024444139091950430.post-30858990883727210142009-08-05T15:46:31.723+08:002009-08-05T15:46:31.723+08:00I don't think that EVERY food blogger will wan...I don't think that EVERY food blogger will want to turn into food critic when they grow up la.. lol! At least, I'm not... my objective is simple! To try out all the places of interest and give my honest opinion about the food in the end, so my friends can read my blog and then decide whether they want to go or not. I never point a gun to their head... there's a Chinese phrase "You can't push a cow's head down if the cow doesn't want to drink water"... the decision is ultimately in their hand. After all, different people have different taste buds... what nice for me doesn't necessarily nice for them.<br /><br />I agree with you... giving a bad review on the food is harder than good ones. I often see people on the good side rather than bad ones... <br /><br />If I am a culinary expert, I would certainly give my fair review on the food based on the several criteria that you have listed out in your post. But then, I am only a regular bloke who like to eat... hmm, maybe I should put a disclaimer like masak-masak did in her every posts...thule a.k.a leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920097229544734220noreply@blogger.com