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A review by girlnextshore
Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eatlist by Lonely Planet Food
3.0
Quite a delightful guidebook made for traveling foodies, particularly those who spend time fixing itineraries based on what they plan to eat (points to self).
It presents a decent list of 500 local and traditional delicacies across the globe, peppered with must try experiences, restaurants, and insights from well-known chefs and food personalities. Most descriptions are short and sweet, sometimes leaving you wanting to know more about the dish/experience, but the narrative is casual enough that it works for this kind of book.
Some items on the list felt a bit lost to me by bringing out the obvious, however. For example I would’ve preferred to be suggested a good yum cha place in Taiwan instead of… bubble tea. There are also some cop out suggestions, like “find a stall with the most number of people” or “find the servers who look most tired as they would’ve been working since crack of dawn”.
Not quite sure the organisation of chapters was well thought of, though. It doesn’t really have any categories other than “1-99” and “200-299”, so it jumps from one country to the other and back. Not a big deal, but personally would’ve liked a route that was a bit more connecting.
That said, I quite enjoyed reading this. Fuels your appetite and wanderlust. Personally, this fuelled my competitive / tick the checklist side (I’ve eaten/tried 303 out of 500 on the list).
It presents a decent list of 500 local and traditional delicacies across the globe, peppered with must try experiences, restaurants, and insights from well-known chefs and food personalities. Most descriptions are short and sweet, sometimes leaving you wanting to know more about the dish/experience, but the narrative is casual enough that it works for this kind of book.
Some items on the list felt a bit lost to me by bringing out the obvious, however. For example I would’ve preferred to be suggested a good yum cha place in Taiwan instead of… bubble tea. There are also some cop out suggestions, like “find a stall with the most number of people” or “find the servers who look most tired as they would’ve been working since crack of dawn”.
Not quite sure the organisation of chapters was well thought of, though. It doesn’t really have any categories other than “1-99” and “200-299”, so it jumps from one country to the other and back. Not a big deal, but personally would’ve liked a route that was a bit more connecting.
That said, I quite enjoyed reading this. Fuels your appetite and wanderlust. Personally, this fuelled my competitive / tick the checklist side (I’ve eaten/tried 303 out of 500 on the list).