My random thoughts on food blogging.

It has come to my attention recently that some food bloggers have brought other food bloggers into disrepute concerning the practices of our secret profession. For those not living in Singapore or unaware of the current situation, there has been much public fury concerning the actions of a certain food blogger who demanded a free meal for itself and 3 of it's mates after declaring that it is a food blogger

I have raised this issue since 2006 where food bloggers have become notoriously popular with advertisers and have been writing stuff like " Oh I know this chef," or "I was invited to x place by the owner." This is Singapore. This is not New York where the food critics wield a large influence and DARE to criticize restaurants about the bad food and bad service. In Singapore, when someone invites you to anything, you tend to say good things about it because honestly, you don't have a choice. And asking for a free meal, my question is how does it make a review impartial?

I pay for ALL my food I order like everyone else and I try to think of the customer who sits in the restaurant like me. The truth is not many places will stand out or deserve a good review, thats my opinion, and I guess thats why I have a day job and don't do this for a living. I trash most places and while reading through my reviews 4 years ago, I would declare that I have evolved in my food taste and writing as I have matured.

Enough about myself, while I like to say that I despise those food bloggers, and I still do, all I can think of is why didn't i think of that myself!?! Damn it. I should have walked into Guy Savoy at Marina Bay Sands yesterday and declared that " I am a food critic, now give me my free food!" But unfortunately, I neither have the stones or the time to go to that restaurant.

In the age of internet, I have always thought that there is such a thing as too much information and most of us are suffering from information overload. I take hungrygowhere for example, I always disagree with the comments they make but I also take it into consideration of what other people say about the restaurant. So in the future, my advice is take whatever anyone says about food and restaurant with a pinch, wait, a bag full of salt. Anyone can write anything on the internet, just see wikipedia for that.

But just as a gauge, if you start seeing food ads on my blog. You should stop reading it.