Time Out's Restaurant Awards

admin

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: admin on Mar 26, 2010 3:12pm

let's compare the categories where both Beijinger readers and Time Out experts voted:

Restaurant of the Year

Beijinger readers:
Best: Maison Boulud
Outstanding: SALT, Mosto

Time Out experts:
Best: Maison Boulud
Outstanding: Bei, Tiandi

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Business Lunch

Beijinger readers:
Best: Alameda
Outstanding: SALT, Mosto

Time Out experts:
Best: Mosto
Outstanding: SALT, W Dine & Wine

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Wine List

Beijinger readers:
Best: Maison Boulud
Outstanding: Enoteca, Mosto

Time Out experts:
Best: Maison Boulud
Outstanding: Enoteca, China Grill

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Service

Beijinger readers:
Best: Maison Boulud
Outstanding: Haidilao, SALT

Time Out experts:
Best: Maison Boulud
Outstanding: Capital M, Village Cafe

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Decor

Beijinger readers:
Best: LAN
Outstanding: Hatsune (Village), Maison Boulud

Time Out experts:
Best: Duck de Chine
Outstanding: Capital M, Domus

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Chef

Beijinger readers:
Best: Ana Esteves, SALT
Outstanding: Daniel Urdaneta, Mosto; William Bolton, Chef Too

Time Out experts:
Best: Max Levy, Bei
Outstanding: Ana Esteves, SALT; Zhang Shougang, Tiandi

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: admin on Mar 26, 2010 3:13pm

^ What's interesting about these results is how similar they are to one another -- this despite the beijinger awards being selected by a poll of all readers and Time Out's being selected by a panel of a few foodies.

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Monkey King

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: Monkey King on Mar 26, 2010 3:17pm

I think I need to go to Maison Boulud sometime soon.

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wefrucar

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: wefrucar on Mar 26, 2010 3:21pm

You lie, admin!!
We all know the real reason for the similarities is TBJ's voting process.

Quote:

How TBJ determines the winners for restaurant awards:
Step 1. Spend a lot of money and effort to get thousands of users to vote on their favorite restaurants in Beijing.
Step 2. Throw out all that useless data and just steal Time Out's win selections instead.
Step 3. Actually, probably should have mentioned this earlier: you're supposed do that last part of step 2 a week BEFORE Time Out releases their wins... to avoid it looking like you are just copying them.
Step 4. Modify a few selections based on admin's preferences.
Step 5. f*** it. Just give all the awards to Annie's.

Now we know...

Sometimes I feel it is maybe unbearable always be traditional Chinese girl.

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admin

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: admin on Mar 26, 2010 3:27pm

OK, so how to explain: Beijinger readers' picks seem to parallel a panel of hand-picked food trendsetters for the most part ... then collectively lose their taste when voting for Italian?

Let's start naming names here -- who should have won Best Italian?

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wefrucar

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: wefrucar on Mar 26, 2010 3:30pm

Well, TO doesn't seem to have a "best italian" category that I can find.
So who knows how the "expert panel" would have voted?
(I'm pretty sure they would have felt unable to select annie's on principle, though.)

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Monkey King

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Re: Time Out's Restaurant Awards

Posted by: Monkey King on Mar 26, 2010 3:30pm

admin wrote:

OK, so how to explain: Beijinger readers' picks seem to parallel a panel of hand-picked food trendsetters for the most part ... then collectively lose their taste when voting for Italian?

Let's start naming names here -- who should have won Best Italian?

I mentioned before how my home town always picks Olive Garden as best Italian...

Hey, it could've been worse, they could have gone with Pizza Hut.

I'd definitely put L'Isola before Annies.

But guess which one I probably go to more often?

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