I compared two types of restaurant reviews for my class assignment.
First, I analyzed a written review;
In the review, I learned a lot about the restaurant.
It is on the pavement outside a firmly closed, discreet door and the restaurant is “reservations only”.
Atmosphere of the restaurant;
Once downstairs she felt a bit more bonhomie - the low-ceilinged rooms are a good combination of icy chic and cozy.
Marble paneling and accessories, mid-century chairs and cabinets and 1960s art all tick the cool box, while comfortable sofas and supremely flattering lightning welcome her in.
The ladies bathroom is lit is not like lit.
The cubicle has one bulb and perhaps it is part of a theme.
Those alcoves at Old Tom are named after famous prostitutes and madams; an “homage to the old Soho”.
Dishes;
The first dish (small plates, natch), Nibbles include popcorn cockles and there's crispy fish skin, and kale.
Triple-cooked chips with a pot of heavy mayonnaise might be the best she’s had anywhere, any year.
Pan-fried king scalps with black pudding and a courgette purée seizes back a dish from MasterChef shame, and crispy pig cheek with cider apple and fennel is a joyous cylinder of crunch with very melty meat inside. The sauce is piquant and lovely.
Smoked wood pigeon with beetroot, pine nuts and samphire is her least favorite, as the plate has a watery pool of blood-like liquid and the flavors don’t marry.
Egg and mushroom on Melba oats is fabulous. It comes with an earthy Jerusalem artichoke purée and a hefty blob of butter spiked with Marmite.
The puddings are wonderful.
A flourless salted-chocolate cake is neither too fudgy nor crumbly, just potent; and two little lemon-and-thyme doughnuts with chocolate sauce and a frill of fluffy cream float down the gullet with ease.
Dishes range from 4 pound for chips to 11 pound for lamb rump and it’s recommended to have six between two, plus puddings.
You could get away with four and a cocktail if you’re alighting as part of a night out.
Video review;
https://youtu.be/r6cXJf3aVUQ?si=EjRBc0o63G7gRKyj
The video was focused on turning negative review into positive one.
Written review focused on more dishes themselves, but in the video review, it focused on the restaurant.
The review was neutral, but the reporter was on the restaurant side, so it is a kind of partisan, I guess.
In the video, the owners were featured and I think it is not useful to get proper information about the restaurant, because I think what is important for a restaurant is how good the dishes are.
So, the situation which the restaurant faced on or the character of owners are not necessary for restaurant reviews.
I was surprised that the reporter didn’t have any bite.
As long as it is a restaurant review, the reporter should have some bites and she has to tell the tastes of food.
After watching the video, a phrase of “Top 5 on the planet” stayed in my mind.
I think when you have to film a video review, it is a good way to use the exaggerated expression so that the audience might want to try the restaurant.
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