Mar 29, 2012 at 4:00 am

Polished Peruvian

Fresh, Focused Peruvian at Las Primas

Chris Onstad
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OH BROTHER, BIG WORDS!!! GIMME A BREAK!
on March 28, 2012 at 10:10 PM Report this
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"LOOK EVERYONE!!! I KNOW BIG WORDS AND HOW TO VAGUELY, MAYBE USE THEM CORRECTLY" - CHRIS ONSTAD
Graham on March 29, 2012 at 9:55 AM Report this
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Can someone translate this sentence into English for me: "It is an approachable encapsulation of a playful cuisine, true to itself while highly accessible to an unfamiliar palate."
Ovidius on March 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM Report this
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I enjoyed this review and it was far more focused. It may bore you to do these reviews in this manner Chris but many of us appreciate it. Thank you.
on March 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM Report this
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@3: The menu gives a representative overview of what the cuisine is all about in a way that's authentic yet also easy to appreciate for the uninitiated?

I understood what people were criticizing with the earlier "he strode with weary portent" kind of writing, but I don't really see many big words or egregious thesaurus use here.
geyser on March 29, 2012 at 4:17 PM Report this
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@5: I'm glad that there are fewer purple patches, but I still find many of the sentences impenetrable and difficult to unpack. I'm not sure I understand why "approachable" has to be reinforced by "accessible," and then further strengthened by "unfamiliar palate." Doesn't approachable in this context already mean accessible to an unfamiliar palate? I'm only suggesting that the style of these reviews could be pared down even further. I understand the impulse to write with Ciceronian flourish, but that probably needs to be reeled in for a restaurant review.
Ovidius on March 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM Report this
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Preferances for how you might like your food reviews to read aside... I have eaten at this establishment and found the dishes to be rather bland and all together underwhelming while generally overpriced. But hey, it's in this trendy new stretch of Williams so maybe they'll do alright.
on March 29, 2012 at 5:46 PM Report this
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trex provides the only useful comment so far.

Publius Ovidius Naso, if you're not sure you understand "why ' approachable' has to be reinforced by 'accessible'"-- you're no Ovid.
sagging flint on March 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM Report this
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Ovid wrote a lot of mundane poems, but none of them about Las Primas.
Ovidius on March 30, 2012 at 8:30 AM Report this
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Look everybody! I'm that dude who has nothing better to do than criticize possibly overwritten restaurant reviews. Wait, I'm actually the dude who has nothing better to do then criticize other people's comments about mildly overwritten restaurant reviews. No need to point out the circular firing squad nature of this post - that was the point. Actually, I forgot the point, was there one? Insert snarky comment about pathetic Portlandlers [here]. Please just don't use 'douche' or 'tard' in any form, because someone might murder you for offending a theoretical person's sensibilities.
on March 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM Report this
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At Onstad's funeral, half of the people will be skewering his nonsensical rhetoric, half will be defending it, and the other half will be pointing out that he managed to tone it down a bit after too many of the first half erupted in indignation over it... And therein will lie his legacy: That he managed to drive more people crazy than the rest of us combined. He's laughing at us from the grave, and he's not even dead yet...
Tommy on April 1, 2012 at 5:40 AM Report this
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Great review and overview! Thanks for this.
on April 2, 2012 at 1:16 AM Report this
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Do not dissipate your competence by hebetudinous prodigality lest you subsequently lament an exiguous inadequacy.
disastronaut on April 2, 2012 at 7:11 PM Report this

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