It’s not entirely clear to me when I decided I wouldn’t write any more restaurant reviews. I was at Tickets in Barcelona this summer and got seated beside the same girl  who had sat beside me the night before at Tapac 24. She explained with much enthusiasm what “everybody was saying we had to try”, took notes and pictures of her meal and generally showered me with her culinary knowledge. I won’t say I had an epiphany then but, in retrospect, the fear that people might not be able to distinguish between the two of us definitely helped me decide to stop writing. I started this site almost five years ago partly as a writing project, partly because at the time there wasn’t much in the way of independent restaurant reviews online, partly because I like to eat and partly because of potential tax advantages which have long since been proven illusory. All good things (and most average ones) must come to an end, but before I go, a few thoughts on this whole restaurant reviewing thing.

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