The beef’s overcooked, the potatoes mushy and the chocolate cake’s a hot mess with serious density issues. Not to mention the uninspired plating. But hey, you’ll give the kitchen two stars cause poor mom’s already had a hard enough day.
Think you’re the next great restaurant critic? Or just a foodie with serious sass? Why not take your shot at playing a on-air game of thumbs up or down on KQED’s Bay Area Check, Please! The SF-produced show is currently taking applications from locals willing to visit restaurants within a 50-mile radius of San Francisco (which basically knocks out anything north of Rohnert Park) and dish about their plusses and minuses in front of the camera.
The show is hosted by local wine diva Leslie Sbrocco and airs Fridays at 8:30pm and Thursdays at 7:30pm on KQED. If you haven’t seen it, imagine a group of Yelpers sitting around a table without the benefit of optimistically sexy avatars and fake names to hide behind. With a slickly-produced advertisement for the restaurant running in the background.
The amusement factor are the mismatched, cringingly awkward, overly chatty, embarrassingly gushy, narcolepcy-inducing, yet oddly insightful “real people” reviewers who simply rap about their favorite restaurants. Saying stuff like, “Every bite is a little orgasm in your mouth.”
Uh, I’ll have what she’s having.
If you’re up for the challenge, know that you’ll have to pay for the meal on your own, you must at least 21 and the taping will take place on a weekday. There are lots more details, including an online application at kqed.org/checkplease
as bad as yelp.
I won’t touch that orgasm thing you said, but remember that if you are passionate about food, the television does add pounds to your appearance. What could go wrong?