Comments on: Food awards; temporarily abandoned through blindness

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:34:35 +0000

Matthew, thank for digging.
Stickyfingers – don’t worry I’m well used to being edited although do still get annoyed when it is to the opposite meaning. I think I’ve abandoned guides for blogs anyway.
Jack, I’ve actually been using my injury to my advantage impressing people by claiming I was punched by a chef.
Tim, all those colons and he’s not even talking about offal.
Interesting to hear all the diverse opinions. The eye is healing and the offending tree has been neutralised.

By: Y

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:25:06 +0000

Hope your eye gets better soon!

I too have been keen to know what other people thought about VDM. When I went there (mind you it was a while ago), I thought it was truly fantastic, and didn’t really get what everyone else had been saying about the service being arrogant. The sommelier at the time (I don’t think he works there anymore though) could not have been more friendly and informative.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:24:25 +0000

Yeouch!! Sorry to hear about the eye and pain, hopefully it’ll heal up real quick and you’ll be back to your busy schedule! Can’t wait to hear more about this herb garden, though!

By: neil

neil — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:43:44 +0000

It might have been worse – you could have been gardening in Sydney and have a funnel-web latch on your finger…oops, I can see from your comments, one did.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:25:02 +0000

An eyepatch would have completed that Blofeld look just nicely.

By: Jimmy Larousse

Jimmy Larousse — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:41:06 +0000

I read all the comments re: Vue and I ponder. Tall poppy syndrome, the darling of last year is no more.
C’mon, let’s give Shannon and team a bit of a break.
I haven’t been to Paris and have not had the opportunity to eat at any “Michellin” restaurants, so for me Vue I feel is the closest I feel that I have got.
The same as Tim stated, the wait staff were proffessional and polished yet quite relaxed with us yet we also had a couple of old diamonds sitting next to us and were very formal.
For me, Vue was all about taking my palette on a journey, and for me Shannon Bennett may not be Marco Pierre White or Joel Rubichon but he is world class and he’s ours.
At least he has the balls to experiment and try different things.
Hope the eye gets better Ed.

By: ilva

ilva — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:55:57 +0000

Sorry to hear about your eye, gardening is dangerous!

By: Miss Eagle

Miss Eagle — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:43:29 +0000

I would have thought getting your eye better would have been top of the to do list. Makes my death by influenza pale into insignificance. Could some of you clever boulevardiers give us the benefit of your opinions on marketing, spin and food? I have spent most of my life outside capital cities but in the last decade have lived in Sydney and now Melbourne. I recall one night at Moran’s place in Potts Point before he moved down to Circular Quay where I had a most forgettable meal. And I thought of marvellous food in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory and a wonderful place in an old shop front in South Townsville. But no Good Food Guides for them and no hats except to protect them from the blazing summer sun. So please, oh wise one’s, tell us about spin – and how many percentage points should be deducted for same?

Blessings and bliss – and praying that Ed is not one-eyed!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:22:24 +0000

Oops…

It must be tough for writers when they see their work twisted by the time it gets to print. I mean, look what they do to Lethlean’s work. Take his latest review: http://www.theage.com.au/news/restaurant-reviews/sarti/2007/08/27/1188067011910.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

The guy writes like an angel, but some pesky nameless editor has added six colons and 8 semicolons. To a 1,000 word document! At least they went easy on the unneccesary brackets this time. There are only five instances this week, but they often make his work almost unreadable. I think they even photoshopped his picture to make him look smug.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:18:02 +0000

It’s a shame about Vue. I haven’t eaten there for a wee while, but when I have I’ve found the service to be nothing short of perfect. Our waiter was relaxed and easy going with us, but starched and formal with a nearby table of old fossils. A good sign I reckon.

As for the GFG, we buy it every year as a reference, and tend to ignore the opinions. It’s also good for a sweep – how many times will the word “might” pop up this year?

It must be tough for writers when they see their work twisted by the time it gets to print. I mean, look what they do to Lethlean’s work. Take his latest review