The BR Advocate's Terrible Restaurant Reviews

[Andouille]

You would hope that the major newspaper in Louisiana's capital city, a city that aspires to be "a tourist magnet in its own right", would have some semblance of a real restaurant review column, check this out:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainme ... 37759.html

Notice anything unusual? The "food" writer goes to what is primarily a sushi restaurant and won't eat sushi. This is not the 1st time this has happened, I don't actually think I have ever read a review of a sushi bar in the Advocate where the writer actually ate raw fish.


If you are a serious foodie you should read this column every week, for laughs. One of the reviewers, George Morris, occasionally writes a serious column, but it doesn't happen often. It is always a Chamber of Commerce review, written for the benefit of the restaurant, not the person trying to find a good place to eat.


Richard Collins made New Orleans grow up by publishing "The Underground Gourmet", and its seriously critical reviews. Baton Rouge will be stuck in the culinary backwater with more chains to come, with few chef owned restaurants, until that happens.

[Oyster]

I thought they had one that was a vegatarian!

[Low-N-Slow]

I didn't get from the review, nor from the restaurant's own website, that it's primarily anything but a $15.95 all-you-can-eat buffet. I do agree, however, that a lengthy review of a buffet is pretty yuk-worthy-- or they're like listening to a forensic pathologist recording autopsy notes into a tape machine:

"The imitation crab salad in a mayonnaise base was mild, with bits of celery and carrots adding color and texture."