When it’s just me and my husband eating we always have that common,
familiar conversation. You know, the
one that goes something like this:
Me: “How is your food?”
Him: “Good, how is yours?”Me: “It’s okay. Do you want a bite?”
Him: “No, do you want a bite of mine?”
Me: “No, I’m good”
There are, however, some nights when I might have a bit more
to say about my meal. When this happens,
it’s because I’m eating something that is really, really good or something that
leaves me thinking that I’ll never go to that restaurant again. Last Friday night fell into the “I’ll never go
to that restaurant again” category. At
this point I’m not going to mention which restaurant I went to but my husband
made the comment that I should go to their website to write a review. This conversation led me to a comment that I
say to my husband at least annually “when I retire, I would love to write a
restaurant review column for the newspaper”.
Since we eat out often, and are often looking for new places to try, I
always say this would be a great idea.
I’m not sure why it never occurred to me (or him) before,
but this time, he said “why don’t you start a restaurant review blog”? Hence, Linda’s
List is born!!!
After thinking through what my blog would include, I decided
that since I visit a variety of different local
restaurants*, I would write about my personal thoughts and experience at
each one. Food, service, ambiance and value for the money would all be great to
write about since these are all of the factors that I consider when deciding if
a restaurant is worth going to a second (or even third) time. To me, these are all equally important during
the dining experience and I can only assume everyone would be interested in
knowing what the full dining experience is like at a particular restaurant.
Since I’m an avid user of coupons, I will also mention if
I’ve used a coupon, a Groupon, a Restaurant.com gift certificate or had somehow
obtained another “deal” or “discount” for my meal. This will give my followers a heads up to
look for a similar deal before they visit.
Being realistic, unless I do have a coupon or other “deal”, I
have a tendency to eat at the same old tried and true favorites (which I’ll
blog about as well) but I’m committed to at least trying different items on the
menu. This will ensure that I have
something new and (hopefully) exciting to write about.
*Local
restaurants? For me, that would
be Massachusetts - more specifically the
New Bedford, Freetown, Fall River and Dartmouth area. This is certainly not an all-inclusive list
of towns but it gives a general idea of where I’ll be.
I’m hoping that if you’re in the area and are looking for a
place to dine, you’ll read Linda’s List first!
My blogging adventure
will begin with my Friday, August 3rd review. I’m open for suggestions and plan to attend a
movie at Showcase Cinema in Seekonk later that evening – so I’ll need to find a
restaurant in that area!
