Exciting New Ratings System
After an excellent lunch at goodburger last weekend (review forthcoming!), my boyfriend and I left talking about the rating I’d give it, and we ran into a problem. Up to this point, I’ve been using the same ratings scale for everything from super-fine dining to interesting supermarket finds, which is of course this:
When we started talking about goodburger’s rating, though, we realized that comparing a burger to a nine-course tasting menu with wine pairings is a little ridiculous. So I made up a lovely little donut hole graphic to be used in rating cheaper restaurants.
I thought it was sooooooo clever. But most of my friends agreed it looked like a turd. So I took my boyfriend’s suggestion and decided to use the fancy pink donut for the expensive restaurants and a plain glazed donut for the cheap eats:
And so the new donuts4dinner ratings system was realized. Look for it in new reviews coming soon! (And maybe some old ones, if I’m not too lazy.)
9 Comments
Dishy
Love it!! Although, personally, I would have used the pink jimmies doughnuts for the “cheap eats” and the brown donuts for the “classy places” – but that’s just me. I love the donut differentiation though – BRILLIANT and YUMMY!
plumpdumpling
I did think about how the pink ones actually look cheaper, but I came at it from a fancy versus plain perspective. Now that one of my friends commented below and called it a bagel, though, I can’t stop thinking of it as a bagel, dammit.
Cristy
Very smart. I like it. :)
plumpdumpling
Thank you, ma’am. Now update your own blog! I’m missing it.
Cristy
Dood, I know. I feel like I chopped my arm off, I’ve been so out of touch. Job search sucks! I’ll get there soon, I promise. Thx for the request. :)
thickcrust
It looks like a bagel. Are you going to start issuing separate judgments for sweet and savory items at the same restaurant?
plumpdumpling
Dammit, that is a classic glazed donut right there. That happens to look exactly like a bagel. I do like your idea, though, actually, because I would give most of the restaurants in town 1 donut for their desserts.
The more food shows I watch, though, the more I realize how many chefs don’t think dessert is important at all. Meanwhile, you can regularly find me ordering an extra bowl of whipped cream at every steakhouse in town.
Ryan
You should use a Maple Bacon Bar for the reeeeeally nice restaurants.
(http://voodoodoughnut.com/menu.php)
Mrs. Bachelor Girl
I didn’t think the holes looked like turds, but I like this better anyway.
So WIN!