I love when blogs have very obvious names to them. Food Mayhem is one such blog. It is going to be a foodie blog and since this is the first foodie blog, I decided to create a new category of “Food” since “Entertainment” doesn’t quiet fit the picture enough.
Being that this blog is about food, I expect a lot. I read a lot of food blogs and I own more cookbooks than any of my friends. Ok that’s not saying a lot, but I still own a good share. I also go out to eat at least two times a week if not more. I worked in the restaurant industry for about four years and at one time was going to go into management before I found a job in IT. With that said, lets get onto this review.
The blog is written by two authors (as far as I could tell, Lon and Jessica). Both of whom live in NY and the site focuses on meals in NY city. Sometimes they post a recipe (as was the case in older posts) other times just a review of a restaurant and other times just stating opinions on all things food.
My favorite part of this website has to be the reviews of restaurants. While living in NY does provide with more outlets of restaurant reviews, most places in the US do not have very many. Each review of a restaurant either made me want to eat there, or never eat there. I know that if/when I travel to NY I will definitely be searching this blog to find out if the restaurant is worth going to.
The design of the site is very crisp and clean (like a kitchen should be) and functions very well for the site. The site uses some Web 2.0 stuff for expanding a couple of the sections which is a nice touch. The archives leave a little something to be desired. I have never been a fan of linking each and every post. Instead I would recommend having the archives be similar to the main page where they are listed in order – full text and all.
My only other complaint would be the lack of addresses for the restaurants reviewed. Sometimes the authors link to the restaurant’s website, but in doing a review, I would expect to see an address and/or phone number for each place. I am sure they could even find a little widget to auto link in google maps to give people directions.
Overall this is a great food blog. It doesn’t strive at all from its goal and it does what it is supposed to do very well. The information is laid out nicely and it doesn’t hurt that the blog is well written. This is a definite must read if you live in NY, and a should read for everyone else.
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