Comments on: The Critic | A night at the Mockingbird http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/ Independent news source for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro, Va. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Critic http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-83146 The Critic Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:32:33 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=14255#comment-83146 Absolutely I would go again. My rendering of this restaurant was as I experienced it. The intent for success is presented at every turn of this restaurant. I feel the Chef is qualified, and the food was properly prepared. My critique angles from how to make the expected a little more interesting. I will offer more culinary insider like comments when it comes to preparation, but I only offer this review from a culinary educated and experienced professional point of view. Management and creation of a restaurant is extremely difficult and entirely life consuming. I applaud the endeavor and I am hopeful the restaurant will appeal to many local people while attracting tourists. Absolutely I would go again. My rendering of this restaurant was as I experienced it. The intent for success is presented at every turn of this restaurant. I feel the Chef is qualified, and the food was properly prepared. My critique angles from how to make the expected a little more interesting. I will offer more culinary insider like comments when it comes to preparation, but I only offer this review from a culinary educated and experienced professional point of view. Management and creation of a restaurant is extremely difficult and entirely life consuming. I applaud the endeavor and I am hopeful the restaurant will appeal to many local people while attracting tourists.

]]> By: Sean McGowan http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-83099 Sean McGowan Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:55:51 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=14255#comment-83099 So, I'm wonderin'....would you visit again? So, I’m wonderin’….would you visit again?

]]> By: SH0WALTER http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-82868 SH0WALTER Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:11:23 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=14255#comment-82868 Next time order coffee. Does it come in a petite cup that won't stay full or warm. Next time order potatoes. When I was a kid I had a baked potato at the Hotel Roanoke. The waiter did everything but eat it for me. It was the Japanese Stake house of the baked potato. Back to the point, the potato can be anything, real or fake, sliced or diced, smothered in gravy, or floating in au jus or something best un-named. It is what you do with the common that makes you stand out from the rest. To much exotic comes out of a portion controlled vacuum sealed bag these days. And you can keep any bread that is hard fresh out of the oven. I would have liked to have read about their salad. Like the potato, the salad can be an expression of freshness and detail. It can also be the source of MSG overload from lettuce that has been submerged in a chemical bath to get an extra days play out of it. What I have read here is they have great service, a limited menu and lots of bread. I probably won't eat there because I don't know what to wear. If my shirt has a collar I feel I am dressed appropriately for anything I can afford. Enjoyed your review as I can't remember the last time I read a local review that wasn't published by the health department. Well that is my rant and I am sticking to it. Next time order coffee. Does it come in a petite cup that won’t stay full or warm.

Next time order potatoes. When I was a kid I had a baked potato at the Hotel Roanoke. The waiter did everything but eat it for me. It was the Japanese Stake house of the baked potato. Back to the point, the potato can be anything, real or fake, sliced or diced, smothered in gravy, or floating in au jus or something best un-named.

It is what you do with the common that makes you stand out from the rest. To much exotic comes out of a portion controlled vacuum sealed bag these days. And you can keep any bread that is hard fresh out of the oven. I would have liked to have read about their salad. Like the potato, the salad can be an expression of freshness and detail. It can also be the source of MSG overload from lettuce that has been submerged in a chemical bath to get an extra days play out of it.

What I have read here is they have great service, a limited menu and lots of bread. I probably won’t eat there because I don’t know what to wear. If my shirt has a collar I feel I am dressed appropriately for anything I can afford.

Enjoyed your review as I can’t remember the last time I read a local review that wasn’t published by the health department.

Well that is my rant and I am sticking to it.

]]> By: Chris DeWald http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-82796 Chris DeWald Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:00:51 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=14255#comment-82796 I'll have a peanut butter and jelly with a glass of water w/lemon please I’ll have a peanut butter and jelly with a glass of water w/lemon please

]]> By: chrisgraham http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-82778 chrisgraham Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:56:55 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=14255#comment-82778 Not tongue in cheek. "The Critic" is an industry professional who is making a go at writing reviews. This is a first effort, and for a first effort I think a good go at it. Not tongue in cheek. “The Critic” is an industry professional who is making a go at writing reviews. This is a first effort, and for a first effort I think a good go at it.

]]> By: douglas day http://augustafreepress.com/2009/10/22/the-critic-a-night-at-the-mockingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-82776 douglas day Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:53:41 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=14255#comment-82776 Chris: I assume this review was written "tongue in cheek," but it was practically unreadable. Another edit would have helped (several grammatical and stylistic errors), but the florid and overly-wordy style (again, I assumed an intentional parody) made the slog to the end difficult. I say that the Mockingbird gets points for having baked their own bread. Most valley restaurants persist in using bland white store-bought "Italian" bread or rolls. D. Chris:

I assume this review was written “tongue in cheek,” but it was practically unreadable. Another edit would have helped (several grammatical and stylistic errors), but the florid and overly-wordy style (again, I assumed an intentional parody) made the slog to the end difficult.

I say that the Mockingbird gets points for having baked their own bread. Most valley restaurants persist in using bland white store-bought “Italian” bread or rolls.

D.

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