BCM 241 – Blog 1

As the most ordinary people, we spend at least one-third of our day on eating or cooking. So, food is enjoyable for us? Or to survive? Is it still for hungry?

For me, I love food very much, so I will spend a lot of time to find restaurants or delicacies around the world, every food that appears on the earth is meaningful, I hope to try it out. (Hailey Eber, Linda Immediato, & Michael Walker,2020) Ordinary food can no longer satisfy my love for food. I even want to know how each dish is prepared, how the ingredients are chosen, and learn about their history and stories. Different restaurants or creative food, let me have the pursuit of novelty. I wonder how these chefs and restaurateurs do it!

So, I went through Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, and I found an interesting channel called Eater. This is going to be my media niche at BCM214. It’s going to be a lot of fun.

Eater is the go-to resource for food and restaurants obsessives with hundreds of episodes and new series, featuring exclusive access to dining around the world, rich culture, immersive experiences, and authoritative experts.

According to my observations, Eater has nearly 4.7 million subscribers across the network, making it a very popular channel. In addition, the channel covers the world through the lens of their food. From recommendations and what to eat in your hometown to reports on the most pressing issues in the national restaurant industry, eat local experts and national team editors to introduce you to new talent, delve into food trends, and, more importantly, help you eat better no matter where you are. In this era, people’s pursuit of food and aesthetics are undergoing an earth-shaking evolution.

Only taste is not enough, we also need to open the sense of sight, touch and even hearing and smell. Curious restaurant presents a synesthetic dining experience. After allowing guests to enter it, they can forget the disturbing world outside, as if they are in the ocean and mountains, while tasting healthy delicacies, wandering comfortably, and gaining complete relaxation. (Holly Petre,2018) In psychology, the feeling that the individual’s spirit is completely invested in a certain activity is defined as flow. When flow occurs, there is a high degree of excitement and fulfillment, forgetting the real world. Perhaps this is the highest state of food to heal people’s hearts.

It’s hard to imagine how enthusiastic a person who doesn’t like eating will have in life. Human beings have come from ancient times, from the original to survive, to drink blood, to invent and create various cooking and production methods, and then to the different food cultures developed around the world. It can be said that in the word “eating”, The time and wisdom spent by human beings is no less than that of any kind of science. As the most ordinary people, 24 hours a day, at least one-third of the time is spent on eating, so it is hard to imagine that if a person does not even have the most basic desire to eat, then don’t Count on his passion for life. (What to Expect from Belly Restaurant’s New “Bacon Omakase”,2017)

Reference:

1.Hailey Eber, Linda Immediato, & Michael Walker. (2020). Omakase. Los Angeles Magazine, 65(8), 38–.

2.Holly Petre. (2018). 2018 RH 25: Omakase Restaurant Group. Restaurant Hospitality.

3.What to Expect From Belly Restaurant’s New “Bacon Omakase.” (2017). Grub Street.