Interesting Aside about the Honolulu Advertiser - General Tiki

TC Tiki Chris Member London Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1542	TC Tiki Chris Posted posted on Sun, Aug 11, 2002 1:32 AM On 2002-08-10 22:45, kahukini wrote: Just look at the guy's record . . . If you're going to take your time (and your target's time) to criticize someone, at least have a worthwhile point. Needlessly criticizing people isn't aloha in my book. Looking at the guy's record I see that, in the past month, Chef Matt has reviewed two chain restaurants (T.G.I. Friday's & Roy's). Considering that I usually read Chef Matt's articles within a day of being posted on the website, I feel as though I am quite familiar with his style, choice of establishments, and to a lesser extent the reasoning behind why he reviews as he does. Based upon my observation of Chef Matt's record, I wouldn't go so far as to say that "he generally focuses on the local homegrown stuff," at least not the "homegrown stuff." However, please feel free to read through his articles and come to your own conclusions. In my humble opinion, Chef Matt has in the near past done a decent job of picking establishments. However, I wouldn't say he's done that great of a job actually reviewing them. I just wonder why he chose to review T.G.I. Friday's. It seems like a lack of inspiration to me, which surprised me because there seems to be a lot of great eating establishments around Honolulu. So you see, Kahukini, as a regular reader of Chef Matt's articles, I did look at the guy's record and think it was time I drop him a line of constructive critism. In closing, although I am a bit distressed by the tone of your post, I wholeheartedly agree with your statement that "needlessly criticizing people" isn't "aloha." How true! Tiki Chris [ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2002-08-11 01:35 ]

On 2002-08-10 22:45, kahukini wrote:
Just look at the guy's record . . . If you're going to take your time (and your target's time) to criticize someone, at least have a worthwhile point.
Needlessly criticizing people isn't aloha in my book.

Looking at the guy's record I see that, in the past month, Chef Matt has reviewed two chain restaurants (T.G.I. Friday's & Roy's).

Considering that I usually read Chef Matt's articles within a day of being posted on the website, I feel as though I am quite familiar with his style, choice of establishments, and to a lesser extent the reasoning behind why he reviews as he does.

Based upon my observation of Chef Matt's record, I wouldn't go so far as to say that "he generally focuses on the local homegrown stuff," at least not the "homegrown stuff." However, please feel free to read through his articles and come to your own conclusions.

In my humble opinion, Chef Matt has in the near past done a decent job of picking establishments. However, I wouldn't say he's done that great of a job actually reviewing them. I just wonder why he chose to review T.G.I. Friday's. It seems like a lack of inspiration to me, which surprised me because there seems to be a lot of great eating establishments around Honolulu.

So you see, Kahukini, as a regular reader of Chef Matt's articles, I did look at the guy's record and think it was time I drop him a line of constructive critism.

In closing, although I am a bit distressed by the tone of your post, I wholeheartedly agree with your statement that "needlessly criticizing people" isn't "aloha." How true!

Tiki Chris

[ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2002-08-11 01:35 ]

Post #5567 by Tiki Chris on Sun, Aug 11, 2002 1:32 AM