Quote: (07-03-2013 06:01 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:
As an addendum to my post...
I wouldn't be caught dead in that line. I agree with all the assertions and generalizations about the people waiting in that line. Even though they've been nothing but good for business, I'm fucking sick of self-proclaimed "foodies". The one key difference between foreign food cultures and American food culture is hype. In other countries you can go out to a nice meal, grab a pastry, a bottle of wine, a bowl of noodles, whatever it is you're eating, and understand that it's either "good", or "not good". I've never seen or heard of people deliberating for hours talking about food, where to get the next meal, where they've eaten as if it's a badge of honor or a rite of passage, hyping things up and saying things like "that meal was life-changing" or "these cupcakes are amaze-balls" or "I need more Nueske's bacon in my life". I talked to quite a few people in Paris about this and they agreed and found it odd that anyone would act that way about food. Maybe Prosal can weigh in.
American food culture is young, so that might have something to do with it, but the fact that social media is so intertwined with the food culture is what pisses me off. Going to a new restaurant is now on the same level as seeing an awesome band play when they're still unheard of.
I just hashtag searched #cronut on instagram and there are over 5,000 posts. 5,000 morons that found it necessary to post a picture of a pastry to their instagram.
You touched on another annoying social media trend...taking pictures of everything you're about to eat when you're eating out, like it's art or something.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."