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"I asked my friends who where there that night -- there memories, usually reliable, were fuzzy, too."

What did you where their?

Typo alerts: marinaTing, not a D. THEIR memories also. Oopsie.

ugh!

Richard, I am rooting for you, but what you just confessed to is inexcusable. You can go in the men's room and jot down a few notes if you have to. Alcohol with dinner will not aid in recall, either.

You will lose all credibility as a reviewer if you continue to struggle with recall but go ahead and write a negative review anyway.

I have been a restaurant reviewer, so I know whereof I speak.

The last comment works better if you read it like Daffy Duck and really spit out "inexcusable".

Is it just me or do you not want to read restaurant reviews written in the toilet?

Sorry, "good eating" but a review, based on memory and an overall impression, is every bit as valid as one based on copious notes. No need to be anal and rush to the men's room, pen and foolscap in hand. Or to sneak in a few jottings under the table. If anything, that interrupts the flow of the meal -- and detracts from the review. As for avoiding alchohol with meals, imagine telling a French reviewer to skip wine with dinner. Sacre bleu!

What MAG said

What MAG said

Marinading: it is a word.

So did you enjoy the overall experience or not? I'm a bit lost. The food was to your liking, drinks and service? But your friends didn't agree? Stick to your opinion, man! And check the spelling. Moreover, I wouldn't think notes were necessary; you either enjoyed it.....or you didn't.

I am really sad about this blog. It used to be such fun with lots of posts and good information. Not any more.

If you have a blog, especially at one at a major daily newspaper, I would think you'd blog on a fairly regular schedule. Days go by without a new post. Sometimes posts appear and then disappear. There are numerous spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and other issues that someone writing for a newspaper should not be making.

I'd love to keep reading D@L, but it's becoming a chore rather than a pleasure.

Sir Richard Gorelick,

I ****** love you. Don't listen to the nay-sayers, they can eat a bag of ****. After all, half of them are restaurant critics.

Sincerely,

Yours

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Okay, read this again with your brains:

I knew how I felt about the meal, but particulars became elusive when I wanted them to write about. That's sloppy on my part, but it told me something about the food, too. I asked my friends who where there that night -- their memories, usually reliable, were fuzzy, too.
The hardest thing, over the years, for me to write about has been the indistinct.

If you and your friends don't remember details of an event, that's not a memorable event. Get it now?

I can give you details about meals I've had through my whole life without having written anything down.

Richard, you are being too subtle for people here. Keep up the good work.

What is the matter with people around here? Why are you so grumpy? All Richard was trying to do was provide some incite into his experience and struggle writing about BistroRx. The gist I get from it is that he really wanted to like it, but unfortunately didn't, but it wasn't bad enough to warrant a memorable experience. He was offering an apology of sorts (not the modern definition of "apology" but the Socrates definition).

The thing is, experiencing food, particularly food in a restaurant, is not a scientific event. It is an artistic event that is governed by impressions, emotion, taste, and other things that are completely subjective and sometimes indescribable. I applaud Richard for being honest about the nature of being a food critic rather than trying to make something cut and dry. Maybe it's not the way most critics do their job, but it is the more honest and refreshing way. I wish more people understood that. Richard, unlike other critics, doesn't act like a God dolling out objective truths from on high. I personally find his writing interesting, thought-provoking, and completely unpredictable (in a good way).

Correction: insight vs. incite.

You had me at Socrates

Thanks for making such good sense, Liz. When I read a restaurant review, I just wanna' know whether or not I will like the restaurant, its food and its ambiance -- and why. I don't need a chemical breakdown of truffle oil or a parade of obscure culinary terms. When it comes to what counts, Richard is doing a first-rate job.

I thought he did a fine job describing what is wrong at Bistro RX It doesnt suck- but its not good either. 'nuff said

On "foodies":
You can lead a bore to culture but you can't make them think.

I read the review in Sunday's paper and found it to be quite inaccurate based on my experience. I have eaten at Bistro Rx many times and have had the dishes you mentioned in the article. I have always found the food to be consistently GOOD. Frankly, what prompted me to post was your comment regarding the Bison Tartare that tasted heavily of mayonnaise. This happens to be one of my favorite dishes at the restaurant and I personally asked the chef for a list of ingredients so I could try to duplicate it at home. The surprising thing about your comment, there is absolutely NO MAYONNAISE in this dish!! How can a "professional restaurant reviewer" claim a dish tastes HEAVILY of mayonnaise when there is ABSOLUTELY NO mayonnaise in the dish? If I might suggest, if the "reviewer" can not correctly identify mayonnaise as an ingredient, he should perhaps look for another line of work!!! The Sun Papers, who prints his comments, should also encourage him to do so, as well.

The "Sun Papers?" Lordy, I thought I was the only one alive still in the habit of using that out-of-date term.

lpenn1220 do you also go by springs1?

flashback - LOL the randomly capitalized words did it for me!

I ate at Rx a week ago and I do not remember what I had to eat. However, I do like the bar and the wine choices.

I had dinner at the Bistro RX Saturday night despite the horrible review. As far as the "apology", I expected to see a paragraph stating Richard would go back to review the restaurant again when he's less "fuzzy". Was the bar tab higher than the meal tab? Hence the review?
Wayne, the owner, was oustanding. The service was fantastic. The food delicious. Nothing "fuzzy" there.

I wasn't "fuzzy" when I ate there.....I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Tell us more.

How can anyone turn down Heavy Seas "Thank You, Thank You Very Much." Or 4 of them for that matter.