A film best avoided if you're irritated by pretentious people, or not that keen on food.
I quite enjoyed it. It was often amusing - I'm not sure that always was the intent.
It was a pity that the 'foodies' weren't that articulate - but, had they been, they'd probably have not ended up that way.
What was saddest, to me, was how they all seemed, mainly, to eat at these expensive restaurants on their own. One essential component to a good meal is the company, and the discussion - without that, it can be the best place on the planet, but only second rate.
I was amused by one of the chaps who wants, rather as Curnonski did, all those years ago, to establish an eater's hierarchy of taste, not a chef's - but, despite this, he, and the others, accepted the Michelin star rating without question. It'd have been much more interesting if they'd thought that one had been graded to high, or too low.
I quite enjoyed it. It was often amusing - I'm not sure that always was the intent.
It was a pity that the 'foodies' weren't that articulate - but, had they been, they'd probably have not ended up that way.
What was saddest, to me, was how they all seemed, mainly, to eat at these expensive restaurants on their own. One essential component to a good meal is the company, and the discussion - without that, it can be the best place on the planet, but only second rate.
I was amused by one of the chaps who wants, rather as Curnonski did, all those years ago, to establish an eater's hierarchy of taste, not a chef's - but, despite this, he, and the others, accepted the Michelin star rating without question. It'd have been much more interesting if they'd thought that one had been graded to high, or too low.