There’s got to be a story behind this… Someone (j) definitely needs to take a chill pill.

Mate, I dug your report. You have style and panache. Don’t let the turkeys get you down!!

high horse? i don’t think so. i am one of hundreds of food bloggers/reviewers in LA. everyone has his own style of writing and different focus. if you haven’t figured out, there is something called a weblog, aka blog. a blog is an open opportunity for anyone, including your angry self, to express your opinions. some may agree, some may disagree - but you’re entitled to write whatever you want. if you don’t like someone’s opinion, then you can gladly close the browser and resume your day. but i thank you for reading my review. as long as there are readers like you, i will continue to write as i please, whether or not you think it’s stereotypical or condescending.

While you may trick yourself into thinking that you are writing with style, any educated reader can see that you are merely finding it convenient to stereotype Asian-American culture in this tone. There is no travel agency in that plaza. Neither is there a hair salon or a karaoke store. Is it necessary to make fun of, by logic of evidence, the typically successful Asian entrepreneurships in Socal in order to produce a proper and entertaining review? No. Keep your pseudo-shrewd observations to yourself.

While you pretend like you had everything at Sinbala just by glancing at the menu, I guarantee your impression is miles from accurate. There’s a reason that place is packed TO THE BRIM every night. Did you try the Mala Beef Noodle that most customers swear by? No. Did you try the oyster omelette? Nope. The 8 Treasure Shaved Ice? Nope. You had no idea, and you still don’t. Maybe you should have picked something that WASNT the specialty to see just how good the alternatives were? Or perhaps you just judge every restaurant by what they’re known for? How superficial.

Next time, before you create a mediocre review in such a bombastic tone, perhaps you should realize that for a tiny restaurant like Sinbala to have the massive business it does, SOMETHING is being done right. And before you alienate your readers by writing something so stupidly as “people who would rather tend to their cell phone than drive,” ask yourself as a writer, what the HELL are you implying? Because in my experience, the majority of Californians do that, whether or not they eat Taiwanese food.

I’d say you’re one of those writers who sits on her high horse thinking every little worldly kink you detect is so selfishly unique that it deserves its own paragraph. Sorry, sister. I’m here to tell you to rethink and edit your prose before you post, because in the nonfiction and food-journalism perspective, your words ring pathetically hollow and wholly unrealistic.

If writing is your goal in life, I feel sorry for your imminent failure..because I’ll tell you now. The tone in which you write is summated by a common moniker in the writing world: unappreciative bitch.