If the topic of food is by worth discussing in depth then why have a discussion forum for food at all?
It seems you’ve read everything backwards.
Is I not a form of Orientalism to value a place only because of the ethnicity of the chef and the cuisine, not the quality of the food? This is what people are engaging in by claiming N/Naka is good just because it has a Japanese chef and ethos to it. I am personally opposed to this practice and think that a the chefs ethnicity shouldn’t matter.
Provincial pride = LA pride; and we are the LA board; why is it not ok to presume most people here live in LA?
I spectate your post. I agree that talking about the subjective is difficult but does that mean we shouldn’t try? I thought that’s what an open forum was all about?
I am just trying to expand my own understanding.
Additionally this all started by me saying there are many other restaurants one could go spend the same amount of money at and eat just as well which is the primary mode of challenge.
Finally, people are free to ignore any post made here… Right? You don’t have to reply right?
If no one wants to justify or explain their enjoyment of a place, I can’t force them to as far as I know, and I have no desire to; I just seek to understand why people like certain places.
Weirdly enough, from this thread, my rating of N/Naka was decreased as it has highlighted significant failures in the meal I didn’t even catch.
But still I search. Just from the words spoken it seems like people are acting in racist ways to me… But it’s ignored because it’s positive racism.
Is racism ok if it’s positive?