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My brother sent me this today. I think I agree with all of it.
What do you think?
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10 Worst Dining Trends of the Decade
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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I'll take exception to the fried onion. Lots of family memories there.
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hungrywoolf
Victorian Village
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I'm on board with most of 'em being undesirable, but I'm probably atypically comfortable with menus as reading material.
Also think communal tables can be OK in the right setting, but there are plenty of restaurants whose use of them is not ideal.
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lifeontwowheels
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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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For the most part, those things are the same kinds of passing fads that have come and gone in food (remember when vertical presentation was the new black?).
Foam is a bad bad idea... except a bit of milk foam on espresso.
An onion blossum is just a quick way to make onion rings. If you use a press cutter it's push-dip-fry. In situations where onion rings are appropriate, so is one of those suckers. I like 'em sometimes.
media whores are annoying no matter their profession
food bloggers are out of control. There are some good ones, but every idiot with an iPhoon thinks they're a damned food blogger now.
Mol-gast appeals to those of us who enjoy science. Most people arn't interested in how stuff works, they just want to eat. It's not for those people. I admit I've enjoyed some experiments and their results. It's just not for everyone. *shrug*
obnoxiously large fast food items are just marketting. Whatever. Those items are no worse than some of the things that are served without fanfare. Such as the 1800 calorie 'coffee' at Tom-Snortins (blah). If the marketting bothers you, just ignore it. You're better off ignoring any and all marketting anyway.
Large Menus... I enjoy reading about the food. Sometimes if I am not done I will keep the menu and finish reading it even after I have ordered.
Communal tables. Bad idea. Seriously. I hate talking to strangers or feeling like they're near enough to listen to what I'm talking about. It's not like I'm plotting world domination or anything, but really. (No... really... I'm not and ignore all rumors to the contrary kthnx).
I don't think I've ever ordered a $40 entree.
Deconstruction can be pretty cool or it can be deeply annoying. I suspect this trend is already on the way out. Big *shrug* from me.
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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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lizless wrote >>
They also missed this trend:
Cosmos!
Or any martinis that are not clear.
Pink, orange, green and red martinis are awful. Cosmos, Appletinis, Lemon Drops, etc.indeed.
most of those things are not martinis anyway. Putting something in a cocktail glass (commonly used for martinis) does NOT make it a martini. Most of those are just bad "girly drinks" for amateurs who don't yet know the joys of actual cocktails.Posted 2 years ago # -
groundrules
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Does the fact that I don't even know what molecular gastronomy is imply that i don't eat out enough?
I mean, either way I don't think i give a shit about it.
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groundrules
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Tigertree wrote >>
I have never eaten anything that had foam on it. I must be going to unrefined places.+1. can't remember the last time I had a $40 entree either. but i do know when I sat at a group table: benihana. and good god was that food bad. Also, it now reminds me of that discussion about offending your restaurant neighbors that's happening in the sushi rock thread.
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CheeseFoodie
Harrison West
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I agree with all, I think I've suffered through most of those trends in cities like Montreal, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, etc. Some do work, I think K-Paul's in New Orleans was much better and much more fun when the did have the communal tables, but it should never be a "forced" thing. Experimenting and ideas like molecular gastronomy can actually work well as long as the chef nor the menu point out the terminology!
Unfortunately, not sure we'll ever see the end of the $40 entree at SOME restaurants, and I don't mind if it's actually worth $40!
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