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Abbey J.
April 20, 2017
I think a lot of things are missing here, including a bit of generosity. "Had I been a London native or even a London dweller, I might not have noticed this seismic shift in the culinary landscape". Either you are unqualified then to write about food trends, being unable to see them directly under your nose, or you are thinly and poorly generalizing about the population of 8.6 million Londoners as if we are. Your positioning as an "insider who dips in and out and notices change" comes across merely as blind spots, indeed, mostly to everything south of the river that isn't located by the already well described London Bridge. I get what you were trying to do, but none of the thrilling aspects of the London food scene come through here. Instead we're invited to lap up your insights, and I'm sure there are many with that much research, as a New Yorker abroad spending time with the Soho film set. I don't believe you couldn't afford to eat in London if you lived in New York. Indeed some of what's amazing about London's food scene is how inexpensive it can be when you know what you're doing. Excellent small plate dishes, shared between friends, covering the breadth of seasonal produce cooked and served in interesting and simple ways. Indeed in the era in which you did your research, or even in during the granola bar years where you somehow managed to obtain plane tickets here you could have obtained meals from Pret, now so common in NYC, where the food is, as so much here was, tasteless.
Aleksandra
October 12, 2016
It was meant as simply a catchy headline. So sorry you felt it was boasting or inaccurate. More tongue and cheek. I did in fact spend hours with each chef, but of course I didn't go to every single restaurant in all of London and its surrounding suburbs!
Victoria S.
October 12, 2016
The absurdity of the headline ("Aleksandra Crapanzano Has Eaten at Every Restaurant in London") might be dismissed as being the fault of a copy-editor, but the author herself makes the ridiculous boast of having "spent hours with each and every chef." That's absolutely crazy.
Gwen
October 12, 2016
"Aleksandra Crapanzano Has Eaten at Every Restaurant in London" Really? How is that possible? Do you know how big London is? I would like to know how many restaurant meals Aleksandra Crapanzano had every day... Trip Advisor currently lists 17, 154 restaurants in London, and I pretty sure that is not all of the restaurants... Please be informative not boastful.
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