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Average Easy Comforts of La Playa Bistro
Naomi, I agree with the comment written previously to mine. I have a wide variety of food preferences - everywhere from Pomegranate to Ritual Tavern to Muzita to Q'ero. When I read this review, my knee jerk reaction was that the review was far from fair. I have been to wine tasting dinners and every day dinners at La Playa and the food is far from unmemorable. Mind you, the place must take in to consideration the community around it. You do mention this in one of your closing paragraphs but no where is that truly reflected in the review. Reflected in the review instead is a generally biased attitude. Within the first few paragraphs, you state, "Split pea that night — no way. Even if it’s good, it’s bound to be bad." The inability to elaborate or articulate why their version may fail displays to me as a reader that you are not a source of balanced criticism. I am not asking you to provide me with a "happy sandwich" critique. What I do expect is an educated and fair review and not a childish comment that all split pea soup is "bound to be bad." All in all, your opinion seems rather unfair and uneducated. Did you speak with the chef? Did you ask questions? Did you inquire what the ingredients were in some of dishes? (I assure you some of your guesses were incorrect.) If you cannot say yes to all of these questions, this critique is not a critique but an everyday biased opinion. And you know what they say about opinions..... VC— January 25, 2011 7:23 p.m.