Orange, California Restaurant Reviews

How Do You Judge A Restaurant?

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Over on Serious Eats today they have an article about “How to Judge a Mexican Restaurant“.  They spoke of the “Chile relleno test”.  I’ve actually heard of a test like this from others, but it was more specifically the chile relleno burrito that I was told helps one judge restaurant.  I’m sure we’ve all heard the how “many people of the ethnic origin of the restaurant you are eating at are eating there, test”, which is the one I typically use.  Honestly I don’t really know if any of these work, but it leads to a great conversation.

How do you judge an ethnic restaurant?  Is it one of the aforementioned ways or do you have your own special formula you’d like to share?