Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond.
The hard questions: Took us a couple of days, but we finally digested Hot Food Porn's thoughts about a four-way we had on Twitter: Porn, Chez Pim, SFoodie, and -- showing up for the money tweets -- Daniel Patterson. Just like, you know, a non-Twitter four-way, SFoodie peaked kinda early and fell asleep, but here's the gist: Is it wrong, subtly racist even, to complain about "ethnic" restaurants being pricey? The restaurant in question: Yank Sing, where dim sum for two without totally going unbutton-the-Dockers crazy can easily cost upwards of $60. As usual, Porn is thoughtful and nuanced. Among his questions:
Is there a ridiculous expectation that ethnic food has to be cheap to be good?
Should it mean that when ethnic food is expensive, there should be an expectation that it is better?
Is it ethnic food that is underpriced or is it non-ethnic food that is overpriced? Who or what defines a proper price?
You should read it. Really. Choice tips on where to score dim sum, too.
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