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Those types are so condescending, and they make remarks such as 'wouldn't touch that, I can't eat that, ooh, the spices are off, non-existent, texture is just so off, etc. etc.'
It's as if their taste buds are the only ones that matter, and the rest of us peons can only imagine the joy of one of their own home cooked meals, but certainly not have any developed tastes of our own, and certainly not from the restaurant we are now trapped in with so-and-so.
They always know a better way, a better technique, have to correct and add to each and every statement. The poor Chef must not know what he/she was thinking, lol!
OP, I agree with every post made here. Avoid her like the plaque. She will only embarrass you, and make you feel bad about your own choices, if you let her.
Last edited by TerraDown; 07-06-2016 at 04:49 PM..
I only comment when a restaurant has obviously missed the mark - like using canned potatoes for their "roasted new potatoes," or simmering a pot of stew so long that the bones are chalky and falling apart, or serving BBQ ribs that have been steaming all day and you don't notice that you are biting right through the bone, or pouring BBQ sauce on your plate of pulled-pork, only to discover the cook just loves Five-Spice powder.
Some flaws are so egregious they just have to be called-out.
I can sympathize with chefs who are proud of their food. If I cooked something that I felt was perfect, but someone didn't like it. I would feel as if I knew better. This is one reason why I would never open a restaurant.
I like to watch the restaurant impossible-type shows in which the owners are wrong when they think their food is good. But if I were a competent chef, with a good establishment, I would have no patience for the customer who just didn't know bad food from good food.
We have friends who, thankfully, live too far away to go out with much anymore. The wife was never happy with anything she got, ever. It was embarrassing. It was not as though she had a sophisticated palate, more like she had the palate of a 5 year old.
My mother is like this.
Thing is, she really can make everything better.
Frankly, I don't have any other friends like this, but I don't like to be around anyone who is chronically negative about anything.
Honestly it really doesn't matter if they can make it better or not. In general, going out to eat is as much about the company as the food. By focusing the conversation on the deficiencies of the food and how YOU could improve it, it becomes about YOU. It's a self centered behavior.
Don't get me wrong, though. I am grateful if anyone cooks for me, and home cooking is usually good. I might make something a different way, but if someone cooks for me, I would never criticize.
I have friends that are so unbelievably fussy about their food that they're a PITA to the servers, but none that are actual food snobs or who are openly critical of the food or service to the server unless there's a damn good reason.
The only time I've gone off at a restaurant was when my entree was served cold, taken back to the kitchen, and served cold again, and a third time. What I ate - the hot part - was good. The manager got an earful - a polite earful, of course.
People who think they can cook everything better, and criticize everyone's cooking should cook their own food and eat at home. When they decide to go out and eat food cooked by others, they should accept the "inferiority" without overly analyzing it.
That's just what I did..and now she's upset with me...told me I hurt her feelings. I tried to be gentle, but guess it didn't work. Oh well, I'd suffered long enough. Felt abused with the negativity. And her critique happens whether or not she picked the restaurant..I think it's a form of entertainment or personal elevation for her is all I can figure out.
Oh for Christs sake. I think this would annoy me more than the annoying food comments. It really is all about her, isn't it?
I stopped eating with a friend who constantly made proclamations about what is "healthy" and what isn't. It took all the pleasure out of dining.
such behavior can be so annoying. However I've never met someone that complains about EVERY kind of food.
I had a friend who complained every time we ate italian. He was very good at cooking italian dishes. So we ended up eating asian, mostly.
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