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Hateful Harriet on the Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub
Wow. I totally agree that the "foodie" world is saturated with band wagon foodies who are far too apt to fall in love with the newest, shiniest, overpriced place in town at the first sign of a 4 star Yelp review. As a middle aged person who was a foodie before there was really even a food scene, I often find myself smirking inwardly when listening to foodie wannabes talking about the great bacon and blueberry pancake they had at Sunday brunch. With that said, after reading your review and your responses, I find myself smirking openly at the shallow content proffered by someone who is more in love with the words he writes than the subject about which he writes. It occurs to me that your issue is clearly not with the food you were served but with the chumminess of the patrons to the hard-working owners. Did you bother to lift your head from peering between the rice and the fish in your quest for wasabi to notice that the W&R Seabasstropub was filled with patrons from all generations, locals and tourists alike? Did you take the time to ask for a few minutes of the owner's time for a more in depth description of what the place is all about? The operative part of the Seabasstropub moniker is "pub". This place was conceived to be a local gathering house - a pub at which not just sushi, but great company is served in abundance. You are, after all, a journalist, aren't you? Isn't this the type of information that a journalist is paid to uncover in the interest of writing a well-rounded article? I cannot help but think that you either did not have the courage or the not so original thought of ordering omakase, where you would have been served items such as swordfish bone marrow, house cured swordfish bacon and pastrami, sculpin carcass, Uni custard, perfectly prepared blood clams and other myriad other items that may not appeal to the common palate and as a result are not and will never be on the menu. Pity, because those items should not be missed and cannot be found anywhere else. Let us not overlook the block you are carrying on your over-burdened shoulders regarding the food scene in general. Your comment above is so appropriate "Too often, people mistake the food equivalent of purple prose for pushing the culinary envelope". I couldn't agree more. And, as with every cultural revolution in history, our current foodie revolution is overwrought with the 95% of people riding the wave and the coat-tails of those that are the trend setters. No, I don't believe your article was a personal attack. As with every trend, there will always be those that work just as hard at swimming against the tide as those that work at swimming with it. So, since you speak of Purple Prose, I would say that is the flavor of the day when it comes to this review and your responses. As you have said, "You set the bar high for {yourself}, and the takedown is gonna be harder when it comes." Cheers!— September 17, 2014 3:16 p.m.