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> SF does a lot of spins on food. If I were to describe food here, I'd have to say it's generally "gimmicky". We need a word for the disappointment experienced

by cirgue 8y ago

> SF does a lot of spins on food. If I were to describe food here, I'd have to say it's generally "gimmicky". We need a word for the disappointment experienced upon realizing that the food in front of you has been optimized for Instagram and not for you.

dustinmoris 8y ago
Let's call it #Facefood. It rhymes with some other shit coming from the Bay area!
dexwiz 8y ago
Stop going to restaurants based on pictures and yelp reviews then. Also Michelen Stars are horrible unless you want over priced small plates that try to be art first and food second. If you do want to go to those places, get a reservation. Either OpenTable or just call them like it’s the 90s. It takes a while, but exploring neighborhoods can be really rewarding. I rarely wait for a table, and if you do have to wait there is usually another place right next door. Not every place is spectacular, but the overall food quality here is decent. Finally, avoid anywhere with more than 20-30 items on a menu (Thank you Gordon Ramsey). There is another (realer imo) Asian area on Clement and Geary over in the Richmond that has authentic food all over. Japan town is good, but stay away from most of the tourist trap that is the Grant street Chinatown. But this city does suck for Mediterranean.
- amyjess 8y ago
  It has nothing to do with waiting for tables and everything to do with the food being both more expensive and less tasty than the kind of food you get from holes in the wall. Honestly, I'd even take an everyday American Chinese restaurant over one of those yuppie restaurants that sell overpriced Chinese-ish food aimed at white yuppies (the Americanization bothers me less than the catering to the yuppie community... regular old working-class American Chinese food is actually pretty tasty, even if it's not my favorite, which is more than I can say for Yuppie Chinese).
nimos 8y ago
I think we need one that applies generically. My hotel in SF fit this to a T. Trendy concrete walls and industrial design that photographed well. But also shitty single pane windows that didn't close properly over a loud street, two-ply toilet paper thinner than a single ply on decent TP and no where to properly sit and do work.
trobertson 8y ago
Instacrap?

by cirgue 8y ago

dustinmoris 8y ago

Let's call it #Facefood. It rhymes with some other shit coming from the Bay area!

dexwiz 8y ago

Stop going to restaurants based on pictures and yelp reviews then. Also Michelen Stars are horrible unless you want over priced small plates that try to be art first and food second. If you do want to go to those places, get a reservation. Either OpenTable or just call them like it’s the 90s. It takes a while, but exploring neighborhoods can be really rewarding. I rarely wait for a table, and if you do have to wait there is usually another place right next door. Not every place is spectacular, but the overall food quality here is decent. Finally, avoid anywhere with more than 20-30 items on a menu (Thank you Gordon Ramsey). There is another (realer imo) Asian area on Clement and Geary over in the Richmond that has authentic food all over. Japan town is good, but stay away from most of the tourist trap that is the Grant street Chinatown. But this city does suck for Mediterranean.

amyjess 8y ago
It has nothing to do with waiting for tables and everything to do with the food being both more expensive and less tasty than the kind of food you get from holes in the wall. Honestly, I'd even take an everyday American Chinese restaurant over one of those yuppie restaurants that sell overpriced Chinese-ish food aimed at white yuppies (the Americanization bothers me less than the catering to the yuppie community... regular old working-class American Chinese food is actually pretty tasty, even if it's not my favorite, which is more than I can say for Yuppie Chinese).

nimos 8y ago

I think we need one that applies generically. My hotel in SF fit this to a T. Trendy concrete walls and industrial design that photographed well. But also shitty single pane windows that didn't close properly over a loud street, two-ply toilet paper thinner than a single ply on decent TP and no where to properly sit and do work.

trobertson 8y ago

Instacrap?