Sunday, March 18, 2007

My Food Rating Scale - Porthos

I'm looking to make things easier to read and so when I do a quick review or blurb of a restaurant, I will simply give it "0" to "3" stars next to the dish.

Grading Scale with hypothetical remark :
* Good - "I would like to have it again"
** Great - "I want you to try this"
*** Excellent - "I'd come back tomorrow for this"

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Aramis makes a great point. Each of us places a different level of importance to each element and this is what makes our flog (food blog) so unique. So here's my $0.02.

Dish Rating -
Taste/Texture 40% - How one marries or offsets the other.
Presentation 20% - Visual satisfaction.
Aroma 10% - Bouquet.
Price 20% - Critiquing ingredients and fiscal justification.
X-Factor 10% - Every dish has it's unique/unusual characteristic,
and an X-Factor rating will address this particular element.

Overall Restaurant Experience -
Food 50%
Service 30%
Atmosphere 10%
Price 10%
***still tweaking***

e.g.
Sidewalk vendor : NY City Sabretts Hot Dog
Nothing beats a hot dog like when you are on the run. Due to some meeting that ran late and your lunch break just went from 30 minutes to 3 minutes.
DISH
Taste/Texture - 30/40
Presentation - 5/20
Aroma - 10/10 (Let's face it, you only contemplate eating one of these things when you are going from A to B and time is of the essence. you're hungry and a single wiff of these dogs stops you like brick wall)
Price - 20/20 (What ever it is, what else can you buy in NY for $1.25)
X-Factor - 10/10 (Something about that "snap")

Total - 75/100

RESTAURANT
Food - 37.5/50
Service - 30/30 (Instantaneous)
Atmosphere - 0/10 (NYC sidewalk)
Price - 10/10 ($1.25 for a Hot Dog)
Total - 77.5/100

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