Tommy And Lisa's Best Of Ten

A Brief Introduction to Tommy and Lisa's Best of Ten

I'm Tommy and I write Rough Chop.  My good friend Lisa is a pretty solid match in terms of gluttony, so we thought it would be a good idea to team up on a project that could facilitate our relative grossness.

After some discussing, we figured let's try ten different restaurants with a focus on one item.  On her request we are going to start with pho, but it could go in any direction after that.  Wings, hot dogs, pizza, whatever.  I love elegance and high end dining but it's important to recognize the linchpins of intemperance.  We are here to do the recognizing and to rank it while we're at it.  Here's how it will work.

We will dine at place one and then pit it against place two. We will rank the results as they develop, maintaining our own separate opinions as they form.  We think this is beneficial for a number of reasons.  The most important reason is that we are both as cynical as we are enthusiastic when it comes to the world of food.  If there's one thing I've noticed in the realm of the food blog, it's the overabundance of enthusiasm.  Everything tastes totally fucking awesome all the time, and is always the best version of whatever it is that's ever existed.  Even Rough Chop is guilty of that tawdry ebullience here and there.  By having dueling reviews we will give you, the reader, something deeper to consider.  If something is great or awful, the gradient of our enthusiasm or disdain will deliver an averaged-out answer that will hopefully give better insight into how our overall experience went.  I will archive past experiences on this link as they occur.