I have been a restaurant critic for over a decade, written reviews
of well over 700 establishments, and if there is one thing I have
learnt it is that people like reviews of bad restaurants. No,
scratch that. They adore them, feast upon them like starving
vultures who have spotted fly-blown carrion out in the bush. They
claim otherwise, of course. Readers like to present themselves as
private arbiters of taste; as people interested in the good stuff.
I'm sure they are. I'm sure they really do care whether the steak
was served au point as requested or whether the souffle had
achieved a certain ineffable lightness. And yet, when I compare
dinner to bodily fluids, the room to an S & M chamber in
Neasden (only without the glamour or class), and the bill to an act
of grand larceny, why, then the baying crowd is truly happy. Don't
believe me? Then why, presented with the chance to buy this ebook
filled with accounts of twenty restaurants - their chefs, their
owners, their poor benighted front of house staff - getting a
complete stiffing courtesy of the sort of vitriolic bloody-curdling
review which would make the victims call for their mummies, did you
seize it with both hands?
General
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Penguin Specials |
| Release date: |
February 2015 |
| Authors: |
Jay Rayner
|
| Dimensions: |
180 x 111 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
96 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-97347-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-241-97347-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780241973479 |
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