denfromoakvillemilton
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We can but I personally want to give a full, fair shake. Basically I want to wait couple of years.It is largely complete. We can't judge what is extant?
We can but I personally want to give a full, fair shake. Basically I want to wait couple of years.It is largely complete. We can't judge what is extant?
Who's the arbiter of good taste?
We can but I personally want to give a full, fair shake. Basically I want to wait couple of years.
I am
It's all starting to make sense now isn't it
Not really
I'm not sure Anthony Bourdain is a competent food expert, let alone a travel expert. He is the food world's equivalent of Paris Hilton....She gets paid to show up at parties and he gets paid to show up at eateries.
It's purely entertainment parading as "information" (kinda like the American "news").
It isn't academia...it's a joke. (sorta like my posts in this thread..and most my other ones too)
These kinds of statements make no sense to me. Parts of Toronto are indeed ugly, and parts of Toronto are, in fact, very pretty. Given how eclectic the city's built form is, it's not possible to make a sweeping judgement the way Bourdain did, having just gotten off the Gardiner from the airport.
Yep, it is the difference between "nyewz" and "nooz."No, I don't suppose you'd think so. Well then, you'd better get comfortable with the idea that "that" just might have something to do with you.
I'm not sure Anthony Bourdain is a competent food expert, let alone a travel expert. He is the food world's equivalent of Paris Hilton....She gets paid to show up at parties and he gets paid to show up at eateries.
It's purely entertainment parading as "information" (kinda like the American "news").
It isn't academia...it's a joke. (sorta like my posts in this thread..and most my other ones too)
I guess everybody missed the 99% of the show that said Toronto was awesome and well worth the visit. He had a blast and the food was excellent and it was a great promo piece. But boo-hoo, he didn't wike our beeyodings.![]()
ON SPECIALIZATION
I like the niche mentality here, that you’d have a place dedicated to porchetta [Mr. Bourdain hit Dundas Street’s Porchetta & Co. while in town] or hipster poutine or a truly great tostada, I always like to see that. The general sense that anything is possible, the attitude of do it yourself that seems new to me from the first time I came here.
ON DIVERSIFICATION
It is a city of surprises. The fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for food especially. That is easily a city’s biggest strength and it is Toronto’s unique strength.
ON OUR UGLY CITY
I’m intrigued by the fact that this is not a good-looking city … your English-Presbyterian past has not served you well architecturally. Like Sao Paulo, another city I really love, it’s not a place that looks anywhere near as cool as it really is.
ON GOOD TASTE
Celine Dion is not popular here, which I think speaks well of the city. I’ve met many people here who are proud to say they are not fans – I couldn’t find anyone who would say that in Montreal.
Hmmmm, let's see... Bourdain was an executive chef at a beloved New York restaurant, a published writer, and a television host... who exactly is the joke again?
Again, missing the point. The show is about simple sensations and experiences, it's not supposed to be the Fifth Estate. BTW, Bourdain fully admits to milking the celebrity chef thing for all it's worth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S90Rq3yV9dYAnd as for Bourdain, he is solidly in the cash-in phase of his celebrity cycle; churning out as much as much media product as he can to make money before he's replaced by someone else. He is not doing in depth research, analysis, and high-minded evaluations. His shows are infotainment. It's just more noise.
Toronto is not ugly. But the condo's are all the same. Which makes it boring.