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- scootscr15, on 12/29/2007, -4/+39Worst trend of 2007: Annoying lists.
- morningmatters, on 12/29/2007, -0/+21I am a little put off by fusion foods. Sure they are great when done right, but most of the time they are not. I also dislike restaurants offering dishes (sushi and tex-mex come to mind often) which they are not specialized in, it only reinforces mediocrity.
- inactive, on 12/29/2007, -7/+27The macho breakfeast is hundreds of years old. That one won't go away.
I hate the creativity fad. If I order a lasagna, and you made some pile of ***** that you call "lasagna", please write in the menu that you can't make a lasagna and decided to get "creative" by adding all kinds of stupid ***** like pepperoni and bell peppers in the damn dish. That's not a lasagna, it's some stupid crap you invented.
I mean it's ok if that's what you want to sell, just tell me in advance that it's not a ***** lasagna so I won't order it and have to insult you afterwards for not being able to make a damn lasagna.
Also, when he says 40$ entrée, does he mean the real entrée or what Americans like to call a main dish?
I really like lasagna. - ChaosProfessor, on 12/29/2007, -3/+18Garfield?
- cptl, on 12/29/2007, -0/+14Chipotle refers to a smoked jalapeño pepper. So what's wrong with that?
- wierdaaron, on 12/29/2007, -0/+13It's a type of pepper, a very common one used in latin/southwestern cooking. They didn't invent it.
Kind of like Staples. They didn't invent those either, they just named themselves after them. - wierdaaron, on 12/29/2007, -1/+13What would you rather they be called? "Fish Surprise?" "Combo Meal #6?"
Why the hell can't a dish be named after what IT IS? Would you rather we go back a few trends when every dish had some pointless name like Rissoto Machiavelli or Caribbean Sunrise in October After A Few Drinks Pasta? - crapmatic, on 12/29/2007, -1/+12I hate the onward march of iceberg lettuce. It's everywhere. There's even an fine-dining Italian restaurant here that uses shards of these pale leaves as the base ingredient in their salads. Grrr.
- jon02129, on 12/29/2007, -0/+8"Restaurants 'In Preview:' They charge the same prices, but aren't accountable for the food because they're in "preview" mode. Restaurateurs need to own up to what they're putting out and the level of service."
Haha, Restaurants in Beta? - sonnybobiche, on 12/29/2007, -5/+13I have to say that the "many small plates" meals are the height of cuisine. Nobody should want huge portions of something they like, because the first bite will be great, the second bite will be nice, the third bite will be mediocre, and so forth. Rather, people should have a bite of their favorite dish, a bite of their second favorite dish, a bite of their third favorite dish, and so forth. Variety is the spice of life.
Frankly, the only people that I know who seek out huge portions of food are fat uncouth slobs who have no appreciation of the quality of what's going into their mouths. - thetanbark, on 12/29/2007, -1/+8I think being Dugg down for using the trendy term "jumped the shark" is more deserving.
- toxicityj, on 12/29/2007, -4/+11if you use a trend to decide what you eat...you should probably seek help.
- johnpaul191, on 12/29/2007, -1/+7efficient my ass. there is no way it is all you will eat that day. it has calories from crap ingredients, and enough fat for two days.
- spudnic, on 12/29/2007, -0/+6There's absolutely nothing wrong with the way they used them.
If you're going to correct someone, make sure you're right first; or you'll end up looking like even more of a dick. - wierdaaron, on 12/29/2007, -1/+7You've opened my eyes. Thanks for the suggestion, anonymous internet stranger!
- threemagic, on 12/29/2007, -1/+7"jumped the shark" has been around since the 80's. It's neither trendy nor new. After that Happy Days episode it became fairly common to say that phrase when something overstayed it's welcome.
- noreturn, on 12/29/2007, -0/+6What the ***** is your pesto doing on the stove?
- arbulus, on 12/29/2007, -0/+5a reduction can be a sauce and a sauce can be a reduction.
- inactive, on 12/29/2007, -0/+5I think Garfield's not as picky when it comes to lasagna.
- krazykor, on 12/29/2007, -0/+5Hamburger! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast!
- Klarth, on 12/29/2007, -1/+6leave
- arbulus, on 12/29/2007, -0/+5places that try to do too many things never do any one of the them well.
- TheAkolyte, on 12/29/2007, -1/+6fail
- maexus, on 12/29/2007, -1/+6God forbid someone writes an opinion piece. Some random idiot may mistake the fact they aren't presenting this as fact.
- arbulus, on 12/29/2007, -0/+4*than
- arbulus, on 12/29/2007, -1/+5hardee's is trying to kill us.
that, and they're sexist *****. - rsd212, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3Thats a gross overgeneralization if I ever heard one
- arobar, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3Maybe you should "learn proper grammar" before commenting on someone else's. Also, you should probably just "shut up".
- captainwtf, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3The worst food trend is fast food. I would go into a big rant about it but I'm eating Subway right now.
- elnerdo, on 12/29/2007, -6/+9"Macho Fast Food: There's no reason to consume an entire day's calories in one breakfast burrito from Hardee's."
No. This is efficient. I, for one, like having the option of consuming an entire day's caloric intake in one breakfast burrito.
Besides that one, I have not noticed the others at all. - futureisours, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3they're learning something from the gaming industry, huh? won't be too surprised if some restaurant takes at least 10 years+ to get up and running. duke nukem forever anyone?
- noreturn, on 12/29/2007, -2/+5a) Taiwan is not thousands of years old
b) It's not China's fault that Americans don't know how to properly cook their food. - Mr.Gone, on 12/29/2007, -1/+4When did everyone's concept of sarcasm die? Sweet Zombie Jesus who doesn't exist
- fuzzynyanko, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2But the monster biscuit is damned tasty
- Falldog, on 12/29/2007, -2/+4What about organic food?
- vikki77, on 12/30/2007, -0/+2I like bleach reductions.
- Urusai, on 12/30/2007, -0/+2I think I'll have the "Grilled Boeuf Haché with Cheddar, Iceberg Lettuce, Pickled Cucumber Slices, and Tomato Ketchup in a Sesame-Topped French Roll".
- rsd212, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2No, because as mentioned huge portions have diminishing returns. I would much rather have 5 things I like in decent portions than a huge old helping of one thing. Plus, small plates allow you to enjoy foods you normally wouldnt want a lot of. I love my bacon-wrapped scallops, but not for an entire meal...
- Tarl, on 12/29/2007, -1/+3Have you ever had Chinese food? No I'm not talking about the Americanized Chinese take out or a buffet.
I bet you think Japanese food is only sushi based. - Peko, on 12/29/2007, -1/+2Maybe I'll try a little mind reading, morning. I'll assume when you say fusion you mean restaurants putting on a "gimmick" of combining 2 (or more) cuisines in an unnatural way. Yeah, that I do not like.
But I am fortunate to live in a very very multi cultural city and I am very happy to stumble upon "fusion" that isn't even called fusion. Different cuisines and different restaurants - people are combining food in a more natural organic way, taking different notes/techniques/ingredients and creating wonderful combos. Maybe my point is that if it's not marketed as fusion and is not trying so hard to be "fusion" combining great foods/cuisines is nod a bad thing at all. Actually, it's quite tasty! - byleth, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1Bleach is an oxidizer, duh!
- jsmu, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1Exactly.
- Causemos, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1Why would anyone waste their time/money on anything in that list?
- arobar, on 12/29/2007, -1/+2They can name the dish and still describe it. The name of the dish will never fully describe all that is in the dish, so you either get a long name that half-assedly describes the dish, or you can have a creative name with a full description below so one actually knows what they're ordering.
- nicko68, on 12/29/2007, -1/+2I sure could go for a quad stacker from Burger King right about now. :)
- marx2k, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1Is your mom home from work yet?
- arobar, on 12/29/2007, -0/+1Just because something has been around since the 80's doesn't mean it was trendy for that entire time. Most things that are trendy have deep roots, but just took on a recent explosion in popularity.
- Versh, on 12/29/2007, -2/+3Haha, true, but on Radiolab, they said that in multiple taste-tests, people believe the food or type of wine tasted better simply because it was described to them as having more exotic/expensive ingredients-- yet all samples were basic, average quality.
I guess you can't blame them for using psychology to market that $27 canned Tuna dish... - marx2k, on 12/30/2007, -0/+0NO.....WAY!!!
- jsmu, on 12/30/2007, -0/+0'jumped the shark' is perfect jargonspeak for anything having to do with Trump
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