Not Worth Eat: November 2012

There are quite a lot of food blogs coming out nowadays. I myself read them to know about new places I could try out during the weekends, confirm how I feel about a certain restaurant or sometimes just to let time pass in an entertaining way. Food blogs usually speak of how awesome restaurants are, how certain dishes of this place are far better than their competition’s or how they would raise their “two thumbs” for this and that new discovery.

What I don’t like about such food blogs though is that they usually only talk about how gastronomically delightful restaurants’ dishes are. Are those blogs realistic? I doubt it. Are there really that many "good-blog-review" worthy restaurants here? It’s practically common knowledge that many (if not most) bloggers are getting paid in cash or in coupons to deliver good reviews for eateries. That’s terrible! Why are these bloggers even blogging!

Bloggers like these should instead try landing jobs in ad agencies where they can gain materially from their writing. Blogging shouldn’t be a business; it’s a medium through which people can respect and share opinions, not a way to get free meals for your friends and family.

I offer my blog as an alternative. Obviously, it’s not for money-making. No one would actually pay not to be on my blog, and besides, they wouldn't know who I am. I’ve chosen to keep this blog anonymous mainly because I think the harassment I’ll attract for writing negative stuff about certain restaurants won’t be worth it. So why write a blog like this at all?

One, I LOVE to eat! Over the years, I think I’ve developed a palate capable of distinguishing good food from bad. Two, I love to try new places. I like the fact that restaurant concepts from abroad are making their way here be it through international franchises or similar-themed eateries opening at the Fort, Greenbelt or wherever. Three, I hate it when restaurants serve subpar food at par prices, which is better known to me as a “highway robbery”. It really sucks to see profit-driven fake restaurateurs who are easily blinded by the fame and fortune of the business and forget the true key factors to opening a good restaurant: food, environment, service and cost.

Everyone in the food business should know that a good bang for their customer’s buck means more return customers, which in turn means more profit. Entrepreneurs who do not believe in this are, ironically, now my primary source of strength for writing this blog. Because of them, I’m now excited not only to be awed by a restaurant but also to be disappointed by it.

So I present to you Not Worth Eat: A guide on which restaurants NOT to try. Happy reading, and prepare to be de-appetized! Don't tell me I didn't warn you…

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

PINOnterya

Saturday night brought us to Pino, a new Filipino restaurant along Jupiter St. The place gave me a vibe similar to that of Café Romulo, one of my favorite "new" Filipino restaurants around.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

An Impostor of the Other: An NWE Special

Sizzlin' Pepper Steak and Pepper Lunch, here in Manila, have almost entirely the same restaurant concept. It’s not hard to assume that these two are just sides of the same coin, just like I did. But after getting to try both, I was convinced otherwise. I really enjoyed only one of these two. And the other? Not Worth Eat. Which one of them? Read to find out.

I present to you my thoughts on these two restaurants and which of the two, I believe, is Not Worth Eat in my very first
NWE Versus Feature... Enjoy!

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Monday, November 12, 2012

North Park Goes South

Price, almost every time, dictates taste and quantity. It is unfair to expect 5-star-quality food from a medium-priced restaurant. However, the dishes from North Park, while affordable, are just unimaginably bad. My family used to be regulars at the place, and for some reason I forgot, we stopped eating there. Well, the night my friends and I decided to get something to eat there served as my disastrous reminder.

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