Sammy's Cafe In-Restaurant Review

This video is about a café, “Sammy’s”. It is located in America, and two men appear on the video, the reviewer and Sammy. Sammy is the owner of the café. This café offers burgers, fries and pie shakes. Although the written review (please check Miki’s food blog) criticized the restaurant severely on the blog, the reviewer introduced this café positively on this video. He seemed to be a partisan. First the video showed the outward appearance, and then the interior decoration. In this café, there are a lot of portraits of Sammy and his customers on the wall. The reviewer praised the originality and Sammy’s community. And next, he tried a burger and potato fries. Before he ate them, he spoke highly of the smell and the appearance. After he tried them, he told how delicious they are excessively. In the same way, he praised a pie shake. The interview style is rough, and the reviewer talked to Sammy like a friend. He performed too much, for example he pretended to cry or sweat. His English is too fast for me, and his intonatin was difficult to understand. However I could feel like he exaggrated his words. Also I felt the quality of the interview was bad, because he said only positive words and not neutral. Therefore, though the review was biased I think, I enjoyed his funny report. If I film my own video review, I would like to make it attractive with a homey atmosphere like this video, but I want to review a restaurant from the neutral position and tell the only truth.

Apple pie

I searched the apple pies. The apple itself is originally from Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Pies have been made throughout history all over the world. The apple pies in America are deeply related to American history. They were brought to America for the first time by the first English Puritan colonists in the early 17^th century. So, the first apple pie arrived in America was British style one. After the colonists came to America, they began to colonize the state. The local people rebelled against their rule, and American Revolutionary War was occurred. At the same time, the Pennsylvanian Dutch made the apple pies. They were from Germany, and the pies took to the hearts of the American people. By 1775, the Pennsylvanian Dutch accounted for about half of the total population in the state.

There are two significant points why American people get so much familiar with the apple pies. The one point is industrialising. America was changing into an industrial and urban country in the period of the first three presidents. The industrialization was proceeded, leaving rural and small towns. Since then, the apple pie had become a symble of the heritage of what was being left over. Another point is immigration. The immigrants from European countries brought their cultures, so the apple pie became popular as a cuisine which identifies American culture.

Apple pie is popular all over the world. For example, in France, the tarte Tatin, which is similar to apple pie, is very famous. This is a dessert of caramelized upside-down apple tart.

Also, in Sweden, breadcrumbs are used instead of flour, and sometimes rolled oats. It is usually flavored with cinnamon and served with vanilla custard or ice cream.

In Japan, apple pie is also very popular. There are restaurants specializing in apple pies. In Omotesando, there is my favorite apple pie store, called Granny Smith. I’ve been to there twice. The restaurant serves about six kinds of apple pie, and all of them are attractive. Why don’t you visit??

Americanized Chinese Food vs. Authentic Chinese Food

My food-related book

My food-related book's title is "The globalization of Chinese food". This is edited by David Y.H. Wu and Sidney C.H. Cheung. This book is divided into several parts, and each part is written by different authors. From putting them together, the editor makes clear how Chinese food relates to its culture and other country, and how internationally that cuisine was created. The first chapter is about "food culture and overseas trade". The history of food trading by China is described in very detail in this part. Some graphs are shown in this part. The second chapter is written about "sacred food from the ancestors". There was a conflict among Chinese tribes. One group earn money by taking specific bird's nest for food, however another group objected the act, because destroying it was regarded as a bad behave in their creed. It shows religious food conflict.