Avenue Odd

All I want for Christmas is a little peace and quiet from the commercialised chaos.

Picture taken from Flickr.com. Originally Uploaded on October 19, 2007 by DrgnMastr

*Stretches arms* Alright, Time for an update after something like a month of inactivity. Been.. well.. busy.

Been surfing around blogs a bit lately, and I have to say, Singaporeans love being food critics. They would head into a restaurant armed with their handy digital cameras, order a dish, take something like ten pictures of the same dish, and finally dig in. When they are done, pictures of empty plates littered with crumbs and food deemed not edible will be taken as a sort of closing ceremony (correct me if I'm wrong, I truly do not understand the entire ritual).

When they get home, the pictures are uploaded into their computers, and subsequently onto their blogs or food critique community sites.

When people read these blogs or sites, they form an image of what the food, service (if mentioned) ambience, and other details of the entire experience, which, effectively, ruins all the fun in going to a restaurant in the first place! If we only visit places that are “highly recommended” how then are our gastronomical horizons going to expand?

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against people blogging about their meals and such, but seriously, if you don’t have anything nice to say about a restaurant, I'd much rather the post not exist, it only serves to damage reputations and spoil potentially enjoyable dining experiences.

Head into an interesting restaurant with good company, and more often than not, the food would be delicious :)

oh and, cute picture huh?

Picture taken off Flickr.com. Originally Uploaded on May 14, 2006 by doc18