Blog to Slog!

[*Deborah*]

Consider me a willing volunteer for comparative duck studies in contemporary Vancouver restaurants. It seems to be all I ever eat, anyway.

[Andrew Morrison]

This whole thing should be fascinating to experience. Andrew reviews the restaurants in the paper ... we review his reviews on-line.

Any thought Andrew?

Yeah, here's a thought Arne....

An idea for a panel review format has been suggested to me, and that might be fun to go in small eGull groups from time to time. I'm open to just about anything, including:

Trying out for "Team Heineken"

I'm so down for playing in net.

Whatever happens, I just want it to be fun. I love eating out and I love the culture that surrounds it. If it wasn't for eGullet - and I mean this very sincerely - I wouldn't have gotten the call.

Thanks all for your kindnesses.

Edited May 24, 2005 by editor@waiterblog (log)

[James Kendal]

Andrew is an excellent writer and a great addition to the media world.

Good job!

[janevm]

did you hear the one about the Australian food critic who wrote a bad review about a Sydney restuarant and was sued by said restaurant?

apparently the restaurant won!

[Harry Sturhahn]

Way to go Andrew! I look forward to reading your reviews. Will your reviews be of local westend venues only?

[PlanitV]

That's great! Glad to hear that there is another crazy person trying to get the word out about our town's eateries. We seriously need more regular voices out there.

Congratulations, look forward to it!

[Mooshmouse]

That's great! Glad to hear that there is another crazy person trying to get the word out about our town's eateries. We seriously need more regular voices out there.

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Remember: in Andrew's case, "regular" is all relative.

[peppyre]

it's amazing what you miss when you're out of town. congratulations andrew!!! I look dforward to reading your rev iews.

[Ducky]

Excellent!

This means the last two pages will no longer be the only reason to pick up the West Ender!

[nwyles]

I understand that Jamie Maw has a 20 point system for reviewing restaurants. Do you have something similar or will you be developing a scale on how establishments are scored. I would be interested in how you would go about that and what steps you take to get to the point where you are grading a restaurant.

[Andrew Morrison]

Though I'd prefer a shoot from the hip kind of approach I'm no stranger to the fact that every restaurant has good days and bad days. Still, I don't think I'm going to add up percentage points and calculate on a grading scale based on set criteria. I'm still considering how to go about it, but thanks for the question - it puts another bee in my toque that wasn't there two minutes ago.

Bzzz.