Journalism or mental torture?
Bacoa/Rafael N. Ruíz Mederos
Writing for BBC World's Table—another entry into the BBC's pantheon of WTF? subcategories—Richard Morgan asks: Is America's best restaurant in Puerto Rico? It's one of those unanswerable questions, no doubt about that.
But it led me to thinking of a less subjective question: what does it take to become a travel/food writer? And, more to the point, make a living out of it? Because it sounds like a dream job.
The food presented at Bacoa, the restaurant in question, looks and sounds incredible. Much like the food presented in other articles for BBC Travel and BBC Food. And it made me want to try it.
Then reality set in: I'm unlikely to ever visit Puerto Rico, at least not in the foreseeable future. The food is not available anywhere else, nor should it be. So, this is the gastronomic equivalent of watching three old tossers on Top Gear telling you how bloody marvellous it is to drive a supercar.
It's nothing less than flaunting privilege.
And, as I realised that, I stopped reading.