When Time Out New York’s latest 100 Best issue was released in October, I was both excited and slightly dismayed. The food choices look pretty good and it’s always fun to read an issue full of such lascivious food porn. But I noticed that this year more than ever they’re, encouraging readers to push their way through the entire list. They’ve even started a big promotion on Twitter with the hastag #100Best – a hashtag I’ve been all too familiar with for more than a year now.
And while the idea of eating and drinking my way through the list is something that’s hard to resist, it just doesn’t feel as special anymore. If everybody’s doing it, I’m just not as interested. That’s why I was never the cool kid at school.
I’ve been checking the Twitter feeds and searched for other blogs chronicling this expedition and aside from a few early persistance on Twitter, it doesn’t seem like many people are taking the challenge too seriously. And you know what? I’m not going to either.
But I’m still hungry and Time Out’s list is a great starting off point for finding specific dishes at many different types of restaurants across town. It definitely helps expand my restaurant and food knowledge, not to mention relieve the difficulty of deciding where to get dinner.
So for the third year in a row (and most likely the final), I will document my adventures eating every last dish on Time Out’s list. But if some place has closed or stopped serving the dish, I won’t feel like a complete failure. I’m not looking for fortune or fame this time, just some good food and I’m ready once again to shut up and… Eat This!