Restaurant Reviews

WHAT DO WE GET FROM RESTAURANT REVIEWS?
Usually it’s a deconstruction of the menu, a mentions the chef’s name and background, and approximate cost of a meal with a glass of wine. It’s as if the experience was ONLY about the food.

Most people today are pretty good home cooks or know where to get ready foods to take home. Going out to a restaurant is for an experience involving more than food. It’s about spending time in an enjoyable atmosphere with someone caring for you, introducing you to new drinks and generally making you glad you went out. The restaurants that we return to are the ones where we had the most memorable experiences and those tend to happen when a whole bunch of things go well. Good food just being one component. Servers with a good attitude, an interesting space and a buzz of excitement draw me back faster than the food.

Toronto’s most senior restaurant reviewer, Joanne Kates, must have known I was writing this blog. Her report on the Hoof Café in Saturday’s Globe covered all the bases I mentioned. An excellent account of the whole experience. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-review-the-hoof-caf/article1498703/

Kato Wake is an entrepreneur – a creative thinker and a visual maker with over twenty years experience in the design business. She possesses strong communication skills and has managed teams and groups of many sizes. Creative, resourceful and curious by nature – Kato is an ideas person and a problem solver. She sees the big picture, the practical steps needed to achieve it and the means to do so. Experienced with both print and web, she is motivated by serving the client and communicating ‘their story’ – however it needs to be told. She has been involved in the restaurant and hospitality industry for almost as long as Billy – but hasn't drunk quite so much. Over the years, Kato has instructed hundreds of hospitality workers in 'the art of service' and has implemented training programs for several restaurants. Presently, Kato manages both the print and web for Billy’s Best Bottles (www.billysbestbottles.com) and has designed 10 editions of Billy’s Best Bottles annual wine book – which has been a Canadian best seller each year. She also designed Kathy Guidi’s book on Canadian Cheese (published by McArthur and Company) and is currently designing a breakfast cookbook for County resident Elizabeth Pulker. As Billy's 'right hand woman', she helps him conduct seminars is is the 'operations manager' behind the Wine with Life Tours. :)

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