tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post3273125027063574257..comments2024-03-22T00:35:19.082-07:00Comments on Casual Kitchen: Seven Rules On the Value of an ExperienceDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-9499724784122170312009-09-17T09:16:51.311-07:002009-09-17T09:16:51.311-07:00Hey Dan,
Just wanted to say thanks to your commen...Hey Dan,<br /><br />Just wanted to say thanks to your comment. It just hit me that we've been doing this for over a year! Anniversary post will be up soon. Thanks for reminding us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-59464455892383576962009-09-16T16:20:24.917-07:002009-09-16T16:20:24.917-07:00Christie, thanks for stopping by--and I think you ...Christie, thanks for stopping by--and I think you are onto something with the element of surprise. If we could just know in advance if the surprise is going to be good or, as you say, "comically bad." :)<br /><br />Kelly, I like your ideas about restaurant choice, especially after reading The End of Overeating and learning what goes into some of the food at chain restaurants.<br /><br />Mike, good thinking. I would say that's good reason to try as many new cuisines as you can over the course of your life. <br /><br />Hi Nicole, thanks for your comment. I think one clear conclusion you can make is an 80/20 conclusion: most of your restaurant experiences will be utterly forgettable. Thus you can probably bias your meals towards cooking at home without missing any meaningful salient experiences.<br /><br />Eleonora, thank you for your thoughts! I like your way of thinking--save it for something really special. Plus, if I could cook as well as even the average Italian, I would never see a reason to go out to eat. I'd only be disappointed. :)<br /><br />Bethany, thanks for stopping by, and I am happy to give you and your staff something to talk about. Let me know the conclusions! And yep, I'm available for hire... :)<br /><br />DKDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-90672464699056875502009-09-15T18:06:48.184-07:002009-09-15T18:06:48.184-07:00Interesting, we had this same conversation today a...Interesting, we had this same conversation today about eye care providers... your blog post will be fodder for tomorrow's staff meeting. Are you SURE you don't want to come out of retirement???Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992410067826563581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-63441826078916629562009-09-15T12:05:41.297-07:002009-09-15T12:05:41.297-07:00Hi Daniel (and a big hug to you both from Italy!),...Hi Daniel (and a big hug to you both from Italy!), I've been reflecting a while over your last posts, and thinking how differently the whole restaurant thing works here. Eating at home in Italy is a sort of institution. In my experience, people normally cook for lunch and for dinner, and you go out for few reason: to celebrate something/for a change in your routine (that happens rarely), or because you haven't got the time to go back home, prepare your meal, eat it and go back to work. In the latter case, a lot of people prepare a "lunch box" and eat the food they've brought from home instead of going out. (offices are almost always equipped with a microwave oven!). I am still wondering if it's more because of traditions or because restaurant meals are expensive, even in the cheapest places. The consequence is, I remember most of my restaurant meals. Nonetheless, there are thousands of restaurants, so I suspect my family/friends and i are not a representative sample!Or maybe they thrive on tourists?Eleonoranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-15982888264164201332009-09-15T08:42:18.055-07:002009-09-15T08:42:18.055-07:00I'm stuck in the middle on this one. I'm c...I'm stuck in the middle on this one. I'm constantly trying out new restaurants. Some are memorable for the right reasons, memorable for the wrong reasons, and some are forgettable. But I won't know until I try those places out, which doesn't help to solve the money spending issue! Especially since I've been disappointed at some expensive, rare, experiences, and am constantly surprised by some frequent neighborhood restaurants.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094435487772243100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-76209904781846135762009-09-15T06:59:16.122-07:002009-09-15T06:59:16.122-07:00Great set of posts, Daniel.
One other thing I wo...Great set of posts, Daniel. <br /><br />One other thing I would add to the list is "Uniqueness Counts." <br /><br />If it's the first time you've ever had Ethiopian food, or ate Osso Bucco, or dined at a bistro in Paris, then it's probably going to be memorable, regardless of the other factors.<br /><br />You kind of touch on this in #2, but it feels like a different topic to me, since I can remember meals for three basic reasons: Uniqueness, quality (this is the best XXX I've ever had!), or the people I had it with.*<br /><i>*And the last one is why I wholeheartedly agree with your "dinner party" suggestion in the previous post.</i><br /><br />MikeV @ <a href="http://dadcooksdinner.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">DadCooksDinner</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625626893154331830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-77361338695722723382009-09-15T06:54:38.121-07:002009-09-15T06:54:38.121-07:00I totally agree with your list. My husband and I ...I totally agree with your list. My husband and I rarely go out to eat with just the two of us, and when we do, we carefully select a restaurant, almost always locally owned, and it is almost always a memorable experience. We do end up paying for lots of forgettable meals when we go out with friends. It can be frustrating...I definitely prefer the dinner party. But when noone else really cooks, I don't want to host all the time. And if we said no to every invitation to meet someone at TGI Friday's etc, we wouldn't have any friends left!Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-43925911430508047892009-09-15T05:30:04.850-07:002009-09-15T05:30:04.850-07:00Can't say I disagree with your list at all. I...Can't say I disagree with your list at all. I rarely eat at restaurants and when I do the company is just as important than the meal.<br /><br />Some of my strongest restaurant memories come from comically bad experiences or unassuming restaurants that provided outstanding food and/or service. Perhaps the element of surprise helps embed the memory?The Messy Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231485575194758530noreply@blogger.com