February 02, 2006

Two Amusing, Related Quotes About Culinary Expectation

I'd meant to post the second one as a fantastic example of the concept of meeting expectation, yet hadn't gotten around to that until now.

Just how good is the food in Hermosillo? After I showed up in the much-inferior Chihuahua, I had what was probably the best goat I have eaten in my life. I was, in relative terms, disappointed by my meal.--economist Tyler Cowen

This reminds me of when I went to an Italian restaurant recently. This is not a fantastic restaurant, but it's just a couple of blocks from my apartment, it has some good wine specials, and the food is passable.

Anyway, the waiter came by and asked us: "is everything up to your expectations?". Well, my expectations were pretty damn low, so the answer was a resounding YES!--baseball analyst Nate Silver

Posted by Matt Bruce at February 2, 2006 05:26 PM
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