Originally Posted by
shaggy_mutt
Anything pretentious. Molecular gastronomy, foams, etc seem to be the worst offenders but at the other end of the price spectrum, the coffee world certainly has its own share of pretense too. I want to eat my dinner, not interpret it.
I like food that tastes good, and it doesn't really matter to me whether a food critic approves of it. Do I like the food at the Waldorf Astoria? Sure do - and I like a burger at Wendy's, too!
Same here.
There are few restaurants where I have problems finding something on the menu to eat. In the last six months, I've only been to one restaurant where I had major problems and ended up settling for something off the appetizer menu that was halfway appealing.
It's not that I'm picky...I'm just not into pretentious food (okay, so I'm a little picky being that I don't like mushrooms, beets and a few other things that I can't think of right now...). I don't care about the Zagat survey ranking, food critics opinions, yadda yadda yadda. I just want good, non-pretentious food.
And if I can't get the good, non-pretentious food, well...there's almost always a McDonald's, Burger King or convenience store where I can get SOMETHING to eat and drink to satiate my need for food (or food-like substances).
