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Default Restaurant critic peeves
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> It seems to have become a cliche for restaurant reviewers to use the
> phrase "a well-aged steak" when the steak hasn't been aged at all.
> I know the difference between a dry-aged steak and an un-aged steak,
> and sometimes the chef himself doesn't seem to know.
>
> Another time, a reviewer described an undercooked potato as being
> overcooked. I've gone to these places and found the opposite of the
> food critic's opinion to be true.
>
> Do these people know what they're talking about?
>
> Do you have any other glaring errors in food writing?
> Thanks for letting me vent.


Proof positive that anyone can be a critic!

Andy
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