tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765672768720454651.post6019991461818225562..comments2011-04-11T08:16:43.779-07:00Comments on Fire Sam Sifton: Reviewing the Review of VandaagAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389057348791868078noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765672768720454651.post-82209079687069809482011-04-11T08:16:43.779-07:002011-04-11T08:16:43.779-07:00Dear asdf:
Surly: –adjective, -li·er, -li·est.
...Dear asdf:<br /><br />Surly: –adjective, -li·er, -li·est. <br />1. churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. <br /><br />Competent: –adjective <br />1. having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch. <br /><br />Now some things that you seem to have missed:<br /><br />1. I never claimed to be an authority on anything.<br />2. I also liked Vandaag, "Vandaag is a totally acceptable, even pretty good restaurant"<br />3. The purpose of this blog, as set forth in the initial post entitled "Why fire Sam Sifton?," is to discuss what I see as shortcomings in Sam Sifton's reviewing style. Indeed, I believe this site is necessary because I love restaurants and believe that the NYC restaurant world deserves a critic that is knowledgeable about food.<br /><br />AliceAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389057348791868078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765672768720454651.post-42532704093581438192011-04-06T17:22:23.258-07:002011-04-06T17:22:23.258-07:00So what does this say about the person who would s...So what does this say about the person who would spend the time to comment about the "type of person who would run a website whose sole purpose is to vituperate restaurants?" Yeah you made me look up "vituperate" you pompous ass.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436481748777314856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765672768720454651.post-33213926693423059842011-04-06T13:50:22.697-07:002011-04-06T13:50:22.697-07:00your server was "surly but competent." ...your server was "surly but competent." care to qualify that? <br /><br />after reading your stuff, it would seem that your desire to trash Sam Sifton undermines your objectivity, and therefore your credibility. and going through some of other reviews made by peers of Mr. Sifton, it looks like he's far from the only person who liked the place. whatver, though; at the end of the day, the type of person who would run a website whose sole purpose is to vituperate restaurants, can't have a healthy worldview, and can't be relied on as an authority on much of anything.asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966103094028073450noreply@blogger.com