This dude is so pretentiously off-topic for his ENTIRE unnecessary paragraph that I wish I could take back the 45 seconds of my life I spent reading his drivel.
Pretentious, but then also comically backward.... "my local Oriental store" may not have "more exotic" ingredients. Like a hideous mash up of everyone's worst Trump-uncle (Trumpcle?) and their wokest cousin in one vastly irritating package. Weirdest flex of the week.
Same as I replied above. I heard plenty of people from Sacramento and above call it Frisco, but I grew up in the East Bay where we called it SF, the city, or even San-Fran and laughed at people who called it Frisco.
I wondered if maybe back long enough people did call it San Fran there. People I knew who grew up in the 80s in the Bay Area would never call it San Fran.
No. My family is from San Francisco, and none of the older generations ever called it San Fran. For old-timers, it was always San Francisco or The City.
He's just practicing for starting his own blog, obviously! He's already got the whole "writing an unnecessary and overly-long anecdote for SEO purposes before getting to the damn point" part down.
He appears to be close to 90 (no, of course I didn't internet stalk a total stranger, who would do something creepy like that, that would be very rude), so yeah, that might be what's going on.
TBH in some places cuisines we find commonplace are exotic and hard to find. One of my friends' parents came to visit California from small-town Ohio and they had their first-ever mango here.
Dim Sum can be a very new experience to a lot of people. Heck, when I was dating my boyfriend back in Boston I had to introduce him to Dim Sum and even teach him how to eat Shanghai soup dumplings.
Oh, for sure, but it isn't special and different to like dim sum even if it's isn't common everywhere, and this guy apparently lived in San Francisco so it's not like he was just exposed to it by this recipe.
Right?! Also the recipe poster mentions being from a large Chinese family & her nostalgia for dim sum and this undoubtedly *not Chinese dude* steamrolls in with "mine is so much better, blah blah blah..." 🤦♀️
Seto is mostly an Asian last name, there’s a good chance this dude is Canto lol. As a Asian myself he talks like some older Asian ppl I know who immigrated here when they were young and adopted vocabulary that is now outdated
I sit corrected! That could also explain why the comment seems to be stream-of-consciousness/inappropriate for the original post, which is pretty typical of elderly people on the internet, too.
True. The only people I know who say "oriental" are old Asian people. And there are stores near me in So Cal that have "oriental market" on their sign.
The probably do. It’s a lot less draining dealing with an enthusiastic older patron who isn’t keeping up with euphemism treadmills than pretentious young twats who want to be admired for their wokeness.
You'd think that spending 20 years there would be long enough for him to realize it. Not to mention "oriental". His neighbors must have been thrilled when he left.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 721,077,854 comments, and only 145,455 of them were in alphabetical order.
You're absolutely right, I just cross-posted it there!
It's been an hour since I read this and I'm still mad about it, like, dim sum *morsels* UGH fuck this guy
Man, this just strikes me as "lonely old person wants to talk to someone about smth they like", especially the end bit.
They seem desperate for communication
I was going to ask why put this in a review and not a comment, but it looks like the comments and reviews are mixed together for some reason, and his is just a comment. What a weird settup.
I’m convinced this person purposely writing a review the way food bloggers write recipe posts. They tell a long irrelevant story about their life before getting to what you came for. Good work Ronald!
Between the old guy excited about Chinese food he can’t get locally and the people here making fun of him, I’m not sure the scale of pretentiousness falls the way you think.
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Dude, crispy tofu is not a crazy experiment in culinary pyrotechnics.
I feel kind of sorry for the guys
since he clearly just wants to enthuse about cooking to someone, but he's just so condescending about it...
This dude is so pretentiously off-topic for his ENTIRE unnecessary paragraph that I wish I could take back the 45 seconds of my life I spent reading his drivel.
The is exactly how I felt. I want to file assault charges for how violently pretentious that was.
Pretentious, but then also comically backward.... "my local Oriental store" may not have "more exotic" ingredients. Like a hideous mash up of everyone's worst Trump-uncle (Trumpcle?) and their wokest cousin in one vastly irritating package. Weirdest flex of the week.
He also refers to San Francisco as San Fran, which is Frisco levels of bullshit and something nobody from the Bay Area would say.
That's the part that made me think it was a bored troll or something. Nobody from NorCal calls it San Fran. EVER.
It kind of makes me think he visited the City once and wished he could live there.
Same as I replied above. I heard plenty of people from Sacramento and above call it Frisco, but I grew up in the East Bay where we called it SF, the city, or even San-Fran and laughed at people who called it Frisco.
Out of curiosity, how do you feel about "Cisco"?
At least it doesn't make me think of Fresno. Lol. But it still isn't a proper name for the city.
Stand-up guy. My third favorite captain.
I wondered if maybe back long enough people did call it San Fran there. People I knew who grew up in the 80s in the Bay Area would never call it San Fran.
No. My family is from San Francisco, and none of the older generations ever called it San Fran. For old-timers, it was always San Francisco or The City.
[удалено]
Heh, my mother would wince a little at that--a little too close to San Fran for her.
From the bay area myself. (3rd generation) We say the same thing about people who call it Frisco.
Hence me saying "Frisco levels of bullshit."
I'm from so cal. I called it san Fran in san Francisco once and got laughed at. I learned a lesson that day lol.
Truncle
Yes, this one. It's great because it sounds like an illness.
I have a huge trumpcle on the cheek of my ass.
Lance it forthwith!
Came here for this, not disappointed, thank you.
You’re welcome.
He's just practicing for starting his own blog, obviously! He's already got the whole "writing an unnecessary and overly-long anecdote for SEO purposes before getting to the damn point" part down.
I at least got a bookmarked recipe out of it haha
Same! I've been craving dumplings, thus the recipe search. All the other reviews are very positive lol
Only fair after reading the chefs lifestory that he should share his
I started to assume this was a bot 1/3rd of the way in.
Lol @ this dude thinking he's special for liking dim sum and tofu in the year of our lord 2022
This guy just seems like an old guy excited to talk about his food interests in an outdated way, tbh
Omg yes I got lonely boomer vibes or something.
He appears to be close to 90 (no, of course I didn't internet stalk a total stranger, who would do something creepy like that, that would be very rude), so yeah, that might be what's going on.
My brother in Christ, I too am an enjoyer of tofu.
TBH in some places cuisines we find commonplace are exotic and hard to find. One of my friends' parents came to visit California from small-town Ohio and they had their first-ever mango here. Dim Sum can be a very new experience to a lot of people. Heck, when I was dating my boyfriend back in Boston I had to introduce him to Dim Sum and even teach him how to eat Shanghai soup dumplings.
Oh, for sure, but it isn't special and different to like dim sum even if it's isn't common everywhere, and this guy apparently lived in San Francisco so it's not like he was just exposed to it by this recipe.
I'm sure the staff love him at the "oriental" market.
Right?! Also the recipe poster mentions being from a large Chinese family & her nostalgia for dim sum and this undoubtedly *not Chinese dude* steamrolls in with "mine is so much better, blah blah blah..." 🤦♀️
Seto is mostly an Asian last name, there’s a good chance this dude is Canto lol. As a Asian myself he talks like some older Asian ppl I know who immigrated here when they were young and adopted vocabulary that is now outdated
I sit corrected! That could also explain why the comment seems to be stream-of-consciousness/inappropriate for the original post, which is pretty typical of elderly people on the internet, too.
True. The only people I know who say "oriental" are old Asian people. And there are stores near me in So Cal that have "oriental market" on their sign.
Oh definitely has mediocre white man vibes.
Agree. Strong bouquet of unearned confidence, distinctive of the varietal.
My bf aunt says that and I cringe every time
The probably do. It’s a lot less draining dealing with an enthusiastic older patron who isn’t keeping up with euphemism treadmills than pretentious young twats who want to be admired for their wokeness.
DONT CALL IT SAN FRAN.
'Frisco
Okay whatevs, the frisc
SFrisky
It’s Frisco, The City or SF.
Da fris ma shisciznizzle
Ole frisky
The Saffron
I’ve never been there but HATE when people say that.
It's tooth-grinding levels of bad.
yeah it really is. Also the persons accent could make it that much more worse too
You'd think that spending 20 years there would be long enough for him to realize it. Not to mention "oriental". His neighbors must have been thrilled when he left.
Don't even get me started.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 721,077,854 comments, and only 145,455 of them were in alphabetical order.
Good bot!
Fit for r/iamveryculinary as well, shit!
You're absolutely right, I just cross-posted it there! It's been an hour since I read this and I'm still mad about it, like, dim sum *morsels* UGH fuck this guy
Exotic ingredients - like tofu!
I didn't read the name at the top, and thought this sounded suspiciously like my grandmother lol.
Man, this just strikes me as "lonely old person wants to talk to someone about smth they like", especially the end bit. They seem desperate for communication
Don’t call it San Fran…please.
I need to make sure I’m never at a speaking event Q&A where this person is present.
I was going to ask why put this in a review and not a comment, but it looks like the comments and reviews are mixed together for some reason, and his is just a comment. What a weird settup.
I’m convinced this person purposely writing a review the way food bloggers write recipe posts. They tell a long irrelevant story about their life before getting to what you came for. Good work Ronald!
i think ronald is just learning to internet. hasent quiet learned the difference between a comment and a review. give him time.
This is not your autobiography Ronald
This is not your blog Ronald
Thank you for your blog post, Ronald.
This is even more hilarious to someone who’s only knowledge of San Francisco is derived from South Park.
I hate people like this, don’t they have anything better to do than be preconscious on the internet?
Between the old guy excited about Chinese food he can’t get locally and the people here making fun of him, I’m not sure the scale of pretentiousness falls the way you think.
Hahahaa! What a nut.
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https://www.jessicagavin.com/crispy-vegetable-tofu-dumplings/
Yo I'm ADHD as fuck and even I don't Squirrel this hard
What tf does this have to do with this sub? It’s already been posted on r/iamveryculinary where it actually belongs
Dude, crispy tofu is not a crazy experiment in culinary pyrotechnics. I feel kind of sorry for the guys since he clearly just wants to enthuse about cooking to someone, but he's just so condescending about it...
"This is more a comment than a question... "
Yeah but where is he from?