Although I've been referred to as a food or restaurant critic by friends and acquaintances (usually with a smirk), I shy away from the term and would never use it to describe myself. After all, someone with the word "critic" in their description usually gets paid for their output. I consider myself a food enthusiast, and as such I try to focus more on the positive. If I find a restaurant's food to be mediocre or otherwise not suiting my particular tastes, but not really bad, I usually won't bother writing them up at all. If I think the prices are a wee bit high, I usually keep my mouth shut. Atrocious customer service is more likely to get a public mention from me, if only on Urbanspoon or my Facebook page. But if you stack up two or three of these kinds of issues, I'm probably going to be tempted to let people know that their money would be better spent elsewhere. You can probably tell where I'm going with this, but if you're the kind of person who likes details, click the link and allow me to elaborate...
