Happy New Year!
And long time no see. I'm sorry about that.
As to my winter vacation, I went to Kyoto with my family and I really enjoyed the trip!
I recommend you to visit there in winter. The snow is sometimes too heavy to make us bother, but it's also very romantic, I think.
Then today, I'll tell you about my analysis of restaurant review.
First one is written report which source is here.
"The pleasures of pasta at cozy Corretto"
‘Does the reviewer shoe any special “insider”
knowledge of the chefs or the restaurant’s plans for the future?’
The reviewer told us that executive chef
fashions the
ravioli and gnocchi by herself.
This information may not be known by so many people, and if we know that, we’ll
become to want to eat them. However the restaurant’s plan wasn’t written in the
review.
‘From
the type of restaurant being reviewed and from the style of writing, what would
you guess about the readers of this newspaper (their socioeconomic level; their
level of education; their tastes)?’
I
think the readers and customers who will go to the restaurant are
knowledgeable, and rich people. This is because in the review, there are so many
technical terms like materials, ways to cook, and names of dishes. Especially
there are a lot of names of pasta, so if we don’t know them, we have to search
each. Then I think readers’ socioeconomic level may be high. They may like to
eat good dishes and don’t mind so much paying money to enjoy them. Moreover
they can be familiar with materials and dishes, so I think their level of
education is high as well. However from the menu of this restaurant, we guess
the dishes aren’t so expensive; for example we can enjoy Lasagna at $17. So the
customer may be diverse.
Next one is video report.
The source is here.
"Babu Indian and Sri Lankan Cuisine Restaurant Review"
‘What is focused on in the review?’
The reviewer tends to focus on how dishes are
novel and delicious, I think. The kind of dishes is Indian and Sri Lankan, so
many people who watch the video may not experience. Then he emphasizes it was
first time for him to eat their dishes. Moreover though the dishes aren’t so popular,
their taste is so nice, he said. He cooks some dishes by himself to report the
recipes. And he also asks a worker that why the shop started and what the good
points of them is, because he want many people to know the interesting food
restaurant.
‘Is the review neutral or partisan?’
I think the review is partisan. This is because
certainly the reviewer said some dishes are a little spicy, but almost all of
the time, he told us how delicious, novel, and absorbing the dishes are. Except
the comment that the dishes are kind of spicy, he emphasized the price is
cheap, and we can enjoy dishes every day because we can combine any menus. I
think he said their advantages too much. I want to know the points which the
store is worse than other restaurants and which we have to pay attention to.
Nicely written reviews! I like the way you speculated about the socioeconomic level of the customers at Corretto. It showed good analytical skills.
返信削除I have had both Indian and Sri Lankan food and I like both of them. My feeling is that Sri Lankan food has a more diverse and sophisticated variety and use of spices. The Sri Lankan food that I've eaten has had the cardamon, curry leaves and other spices visible in the curry. You could see the ingredients clearly.