The other thing I am thinking is that maybe restaurants should also be judged in light of its environment and price point.
Let’s take sushi for example. Maybe you are a very knowledge person in sushi and have eaten at some of the finest sushi restaurants in Japan. In which case, your knowledge base is so high compared to most people here in US. I won’t be surprised that 95% of the sushi restaurants in US suck in comparison.
Yet, is it fair to hold a sushi restaurant in Arkansas against the good sushi restaurants in Japan? You also will come across as very arrogant if you start to shoot down 95% of the sushi restaurants here too. Your friends will be “What is wrong with her?”
Everytime I came back from SF or Toronto eating their Dim Sum, I tried to avoid Dim Sum in the east coast for awhile because they just don’t taste as good – in my humble opinion. At the same time, I try not to criticize them too much because they are kind of the best there are in this area.
I think there is just this very large gray area.
