I'm excited about a clever new community site called Dishola - launched today by my dear friend Paula and her friend and business partner Lindsey. Dishola is a food review site but for individual dishes rather than full restaurants. Thank goodness for that, because they certainly wouldn't want to compete with the 100s of resto reviews and recommendation sites already out there. I showed the site to a few friends at work today who are pretty tapped into the social media phenomenon and they loved it..."that's a great idea." And Pierre said the same thing. I think social sites that work do so because they appeal to an authentic way people think or interact. My food mood is more often driven by a desire for a certain dish than a certain restaurant or cuisine. Mmmm, pad thai; mmmm, bolognese; mmmm, enchiladas. So, hopefully Dishola will take off.
Paula and Lindsey are based in Austin; and Lindsey is moving to San Francisco in a month or two (I'm excited about helping him figure out where in the city he and his wife will live and converting another person to this city). But even on its first day, Dishola already covers a few dozen major cities. One of the top rated dishes on the site is the Spaghetti & Meatballs from Emmy's here in SF; Pierre and I were there for dinner last night and had just that! (My suggestion is to split it, it's massive). And I've thought of 3 reviews I want to write right away: the house specialty at Yank Sing; the green enchiladas and Panchillo's, and the gnocchi at bar Tartine.
Check it out and spread the word. Next up will be Paula's new book Cow Girl Cuisine...and look at
this priceless photo of Paula and her man David at their wedding a few months ago. This was taken at the Sunday morning Julep Brunch following the wedding day. Scrumptious!
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