Danny Meyer

Originally Posted by iammatt

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I'm unclear as to what exactly is a foodie.

The couple that sat next to us at Dovetail. Their only conversation the entire night was talking about the food, the composition, the flavor profiles, the texture, the plating, so and so Chef this, so and so restaurant that. UGH stfu and enjoy the damn food you ******* foodies.

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

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The couple that sat next to us at Dovetail. Their only conversation the entire night was talking about the food, the composition, the flavor profiles, the texture, the plating, so and so Chef this, so and so restaurant that. UGH stfu and enjoy the damn food you ******* foodies.

I'd rather listen to her talk about the food than hear her ***** about some contractor she has to deal with once a week.

Originally Posted by iammatt

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I'm unclear as to what exactly is a foodie.
One who does not subsist on Cheetos and Red Bull.

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

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The couple that sat next to us at Dovetail. Their only conversation the entire night was talking about the food, the composition, the flavor profiles, the texture, the plating, so and so Chef this, so and so restaurant that. UGH stfu and enjoy the damn food you ******* foodies.
I hate people like this. I won't eat with them.

I guess my honest answer would be a foodie is someone who has taken knowledge and enjoyment of food to a beyond-pretentious level.

It is usually a combination of (not any one by itself):

- Obsessing over food television shows
- Obsessing over the latest restaurant industry names and gossip, and trying out "new restaurants" from "Pierre Fuckenstein" or whoever the latest big TV hit personality is, as if his new restaurant will open up previously unexplored crevices of their pretentious palates.
- Making stupid orgasmic faces while trying their food and then talking incessantly about the flavor profiles.
- Proclaiming themselves foodies.
- Using really superlative words to describe basic dishes like mashed potatoes and french toast. Or saying things like "Those cupcakes are literally the best cupcakes in the world." Really *****? How the **** do you know?
- Attempting to (and failing to) make normal people feel inadequate for not obsessing over every single piece of food they use to feed themselves.
- Knowing all the restaurants that some famous chef bro has started, and having very defined opinions on what the best is.
- Idolizing cooks and chefs (cue kwilk bonar).

Probably missed a few but that's off the top of my head.

Originally Posted by iammatt

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I hate people like this. I won't eat with them.

Oh we didn't dine with them, they just happened to be on the other side of the low partition and we could hear every single word they said about their food, wine, service etc. If they started using flash photography I would have flipped out.

Originally Posted by iammatt

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I hate people like this. I won't eat with them.
This isn't actually true. I enjoy this when dining with kwilk.

Originally Posted by iammatt

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I'm unclear as to what exactly is a foodie.
Oh please. You've never had to listen to some twat recite a soliloqy on why he will only drink coffee from some monkey's ass, heard a middle class idiot talk about how he had a discount meal during restaurant week at an otherwise pricey restaurant, had a co-worker insist on leaving in the middle of the fricking day to go buy a vietnamese sandwich from the back of a video store, or perhaps run into someone who sexualizes the thought of adding korean peasant food to low brow american street food? With the advent of blogging, digital photography, and review websites, now everyone is a Frank Bruni.

Originally Posted by haganah

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You've never had to listen to some twat recite a soliloqy on why he will only drink coffee from some monkey's ass
I thought it was from some type of cat's ass, no? They're selling the poop coffee at Stumptown now.

Originally Posted by haganah

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heard a middle class idiot talk about how he had a discount meal during restaurant week at an otherwise pricey restaurant
This is what annoys me. Not eating there, but when people get the discount menu then judge the restaurant as if it was full service and offer their unsolicited opinion to you. Wisely, Danny Meyer does not let his establishments do "restaurant week".

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

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I guess my honest answer would be a foodie is someone who has taken knowledge and enjoyment of food to a beyond-pretentious level.

It is usually a combination of (not any one by itself):
yadda yadda yadda
so it's not so much people who like food you hate, it's people who are pretentious about it. i'm assuming that extends to people who twaddle on about their favorite indy bands, about their rubinacci suits, or about their amazing online sex life.

Originally Posted by gomestar

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This is what annoys me. Not eating there, but when people get the discount menu then judge the restaurant as if it was full service and offer their unsolicited opinion to you. Wisely, Danny Meyer does not let his establishments do "restaurant week".
Are you sure that it still the case? I know that in the past they have offered restaurant week menus, and it screws up their normal reservations. I can't say I've ever heard anyone say bad things about Meyer's restaurants. And I've never had a bad meal at one, either. Union Square Cafe can be a little underwhelming, but it's good food.

Originally Posted by foodguy

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so it's not so much people who like food you hate, it's people who are pretentious about it. i'm assuming that extends to people who twaddle on about their favorite indy bands, about their rubinacci suits, or about their amazing online sex life.

Lol, I clearly hit a nerve because you are making it personal. And if banging one chick from online in three weeks counts as "amazing online sex life", then I suppose I am the modern day Casanova.

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

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Lol, I clearly hit a nerve because you are making it personal.
what's my name?

And if banging one chick from online in three weeks counts as "amazing online sex life", then I suppose I am the modern day Casanova.

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i assumed from the 90 pages there must have been more.

I love food, a lot, but I tend not to discuss it much while I'm eating.

I go to enjoy company. Food is a personal experience and not something you really need to talk about much.

I hate people who close their eyes then make a great effort to show their satisfaction within seconds of putting it in their mouth. I hate it when it happens on TV and I hate it even more in real life.

Originally Posted by foodguy

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what's my name?

i assumed from the 90 pages there must have been more.

Well I do discuss my prolific and amazing sechs life outside of online dating in those 90 pages, but if we are going to keep it purely online-focused, only one in 3 weeks has been bagged. I am teh loozer.