Restaurant Reviews: Written and Visual

Hi. Today I will analyze a review of the restaurant called Old Tom & English.


Written review

Here is the link: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/reviews/old-tom--english-restaurant-review-sohos-latest-whitehot-spot-bucks-the-noreservations-trend-in-exclusive-style-9890810.html




*The opinion of the reviewer might be reflected in the title of the review
The title of this review is "Old Tom & English, restaurant review: Soho's latest white-hot spot bucks the no-reservations trend in exclusive style ". "White-hot" means very strong and intense, so reviewer thinks this restaurant is really hot spot.

*Description of the physical surroundings ( in the restaurant itself and, perhaps, surrounding neighborhood)
There is a pavement around the restaurant and the door was firmly closed and discreet style.

*How the waiters and waitresses are dressed and comport themselves
It was not written in this review.

*Explanation of the variety of foods and beverages that are on the menu
Triple-cooked chips with a pot of heavy mayonnaise, first dish (small plates, natch), Pan-fried king scallops with black pudding, crispy pig cheek with cider apple and fennel,  Smoked wood pigeon with beetroot, pine nuts and samphire, Egg and mushroom on Melba toast ,A flourless salted-chocolate cake and cocktails.

*Does the reviewer show any special"insider" knowledge of the chefs or the restaurant's plans for the future?
He wrote that this restaurant is open at night only, this place makes us all feel welcome and so it is with few reservations.

*What is the writing style of the review?
It is written in symple style.

*Does the review include a convenient grid so that the reader can see, at a glance, such facts as the restaurant's location, the price range of menu items, wheelchair accessibility, etc.?
At the end of the review, he wrote the price range of menu items.







A Video Review



Our video review is about the best Ohio restaurant called Galaxy.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOmxufO-mWs



*What is focused on in the review?
The preparation for steak beef is focused on in the review.

*How does it differ from the written review in presentation and content?What features does it have in common with them?
We can easily understand the atmosphere of the restaurant because we can see the video and we can listen the information at the same time.

*Is the review neutral or partisan?
I think this review was neutral. This review has good impression on many people, I think.

*Are chefs, owners, managers, or restaurnt staff featured in the video? Do you think this was helpful in providing useful information about the restaurant or did it make the review too biased?
Augus O'Hara, who is the executive chef and sommelier featured in the video. I think this was helpful to provide information about the restaurant. His information is easy to understand and real. The real voice is needed in review.

Thai Garden

 

 

Best hopes and wishes for the New Year!!

 

 

 

 

On January 4^th, I went to the restaurant which is called “Thai Garden” with Shiori. We choose this restaurant to review because we both love Thai food. This restaurant is located in Shibuya. It takes less than 5 minutes from Shibuya station to Thai garden.

 

 

 

 

 

The sign of this restaurant is like this:

 Thanks to this sign, we could easily find the restaurant. Good first impression!

 

 

 

 

 

After we went down the staires, this beautiful statue welcomed us.

 

 

This statue has a big impact. I heard that this statue is famous landmark of this restaurant. The flowers around him are beautiful, too.

 

 

 

 

 

Hostess greeted us with a great smile and showed us to the table smoothly. Hostess wears the traditional thai dress and it is really beautiful.

 

 

The menu was already setted on the table.

 

 

 

The menu was written in Japanese and English, so foreigners can easily understand the menu. And we found that we can choose the level of spiciness! I'm not very good at eating too spicy food, so this system is really good for me.

We could not decide the dishes we eat, so we asked that which is the popular menu. Then, Hostess told us that Green curry and pattai are popular menu. And we ordered them with the lunch sets. And we use guruvavi coupon which can get jasmin tera free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green curry set was served after 5 minutes.

 

The contents of the lunch set was green curry, Tom yum goong soup, salad and dessert.

Green curry includes chicken, eggplant and bamboo shoot. It has a little bit coconuts taste and it was really delicious!! Tom yum goong soup contains noodles, welsh onion and mushroom. It had a slightly sour taste. And the salad concludes bean starch, onion, prawn, welsh onion, carrot and cabbage. It was flavored with a sweet chili sauce. It was very good:)

 

And after 5 minutes, pattai set was served.

 

Set menu was the same with green curry.

 Pattai has sweet and spicy taste. I ate pattai for the first time and pattai became my favorite food. It contains bean sprouts, prawn, thick deep-fried tofu, garlic chive and peenats.

 

 

 

1.    Hostess:

Greeted in a pleasing manner? 5/5

Convey feeling of a valued customer? 5/5

Quoted wait within 10 min or less? 4/5

Was host or hostess properly attired? 5/5

 

We feel a little bit uneasy because the two dishes served in different timing. If they served two dishes in same time, we do not need to wait to eat. So we checked 4.

 

 

 

2. Restaurant:
      Floors clean & litter free?  5/5
      Table and chairs set; orderly? 5/5
      Noise level acceptable? 5/5
      Music volume & type appropriate? 5/5
      Chairs and booths comfortable? 5/5
      Restaurant clean & orderly? 5/5
     
      The music choice and volume was very good. We can talk comfortably.

3.Building & Surroundings:
      Restroom clean, litter free floors? 5/5
      Paper towels & toilet paper stocked? 5/5
      Toilets, sinks clean - good condition? 3/5
      Soap dispensers stocked, functional? 5/5
      Signs visible, attractive, maintained? 5/5

4. Food
     Taste 5/5
     Quality 5/5
     Temperature 4/5
     Perceived Value 5/5

Total Service: 91/95




Restaurant Information:

Address	B1, 24-10, Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0042Map
Access	JR Shibuya Station 3-minute walk Subway Hanzomon Line Shibuya Station 2-minute walk Subway Ginza Line Shibuya Station 3-minute walk Keio Inokashira Line Shibuya Station 3-minute walk
OPEN	Monday - Friday Lunch: 11:00 - 15:00 , Dinner: 17:00 - 24:00 Saturday & Sunday & Holiday 11:00 - 24:00
CLOSE	Open everyday
Phone	03-5428-4122English speaking staff

 

North African cuisine

Hi, how are you doing?
 It is already December and I can't believe it... I feel it's really first to time went by.
I took a cold last week and I could not attend this IE Seminar class;(((
These days It became colder and colder so please be careful for yourself not to take a cold like me!









Today, I will introduce one short video related to the book I choose on YouTube.
Here is the URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKlJGZN79A





In this video, a woman is introducing North African cuisine in Paris.
As I wrote on last posts, I'm reading a book related to the food culture in the Near East, Middle East, and North Africa. So this video is good for me to know about North African food culture.
North African influences can be seen all around Paris. She was in a restaurant called "Comptoir" located in a central of Paris. Mr.Philippe says North African cuisine is very flavorful , strong spices all around and we really have to appriciate a style of food that's very sweet and salty because there 's strong tendency towards such flavors.
Tajine looks very tasty and the inside of the restraunt has  really good atmosphere. I would like to  visit this restaurant some day!









Thank you for reading.

Hi! How are you?


Some days ago, I enjoyed eating cheeze fondue with my friends and it was really delisious:) We ate potatos, sausages, broccolies and pumpkins with cheeze. My favorite one was pumpkin with cheeze :)))




Anyway, I'm going to analyzing a blog "NeverSeconds" today.
You can see the blog from here→http://neverseconds.blogspot.jp/


Quality
I felt the quality of this blog is high. The writer analyzing foods well and she keeps posting. And she writes a lot of things in one article so it worth reading.


Usefullness
This blog is usefull because this blog offers many information about foods of all over the world. I think there are lots of people who are interested in foods of other countries, so I think this blog is useful for those people.


Visual attractiveness
The visual of this blog is attractive. The background of this blog is colorful foods. It's cute and matching with the tytle of this blog. She posts lots of pictures and even she posts videos. The picture is beautiful and we can understand what is there clearly. Moreover, the video is interesting. It worth watching.



Accessibility of the language
Her english is clear so it is easy to understand. She use other countrie's language. For example, when she writes about Korean foods, she uses Korean in her blog. It's really good.



How interesting is it to you personally?
She visits many countries like Japan, Britain, Brazill, Spain and Korea. I'm interested in the food culture in other countries, so I enjoyed reading this blog. In recent posting, she writes about school meals in Japan. She writes some details reviews about school meals in Japan. It is very interesting post.







Thank you for reading! Bye.

Analyzing a food blog

Hello! How are you doing?
Last night, I ate boiled pumpkin in my home. Pumpkin is a seasonal food so it was really good taste:)
In Japan, we can enjoy a lot of autumnal foods like pumpkins, sweet potatos and chestnuts. I like all of them:))))




Today, I'm going to introduce one nice blog. You can access the blog from here→http://www.gluten-free-vegan-girl.com/
This blog is written by Solveig Berg Vollan who was born in Norway and she is now 19-years-old.



REVIEW


*Quality
This blog's quality is high, I think. She introduces many kind of foods' recipes. She writes detailes about the recipe so we can understand easily how to cook that.  As a visual, this blog's design is unified in white and light brown color. It's good. And also the picture's quality is high.

*Usefullness
I think this blog is really usefulness. She writes lots of details about the recipe but they are not too many. So we can resd this blog firstly.

*Visual attractiveness
As I wrote, this blog's design is unified in about three colors. That makes this blog very attractive. She posts lots of pictures of the foods and the image's quality is high. It seems really delicious!

*Accessibility of the language
She uses English and it's easy to understand. In addition, she uses English in so friendly style so we can enjoy reading.

*How interesting is it to you personally?
I like this blog very much. I'm 19-years-old too, so I respect for her because she has high quality blog like this. I would like to read this blog occasionaly from now on.



I'm glad to introduce about this blog today. Thank you for reading:)

Welcome to my food blog!

Hi, I'm Maho. I will write my food blog for the first time. Today, I'm going to write about the book I choose for this class. The book is "Food Culture in the Near East, Middle East, and North Africa". I choose this book because I'm interested in Middle East and North Africa's food and religious culture. we can learn how religious strictures on food and drink continue to play an important role in eating habits there today for Muslims, Jews, and Christians. This is relevant to my interests. I hope I can learn lots of things through this book.