Comments on: Rickshaw Nomination Generates Outrage; Vendys Respond

By: win

win — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:42:32 +0000

Anita Lo is a judge one year and finalist the next – come on Zach I definitely smell something putrid and rotten ..

If RD wins then I will eat as many Walgreen’s sammies as ML readers want to buy for me :P

By: Dan L

Dan L — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:17:37 +0000

@Alcibiades, I agree with you. (Not surprising since you repeated the same points I already made. Try reading comments before posting.)

@masto, if you are over 30 years old, and when your mom cooks for you, she insists on making lima beans, which she knows you hate, and then scolds you like child for not eating what’s good for you, then yeah, that’s kind of an asshole thing to do. Not that you should fight with your mom over it, but just saying. (And yes, this discussion has absolutely nothing to do with Rickshaw or the Vendys or anything else.)

By: Jason Lam

Jason Lam — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:38:35 +0000

It doesn’t seem unreasonable that Rickshaw’s a nominee if they take into account audience votes. I don’t think it’s too hard to round up your friends and family (not saying they did, but it’s not that hard). Besides, how many regular (non-affiliated) people took the time to vote?

I remember winning Best Dressed Band or something in some audience vote-in back in college. I don’t think regular people cared enough to take the time to vote. So it was probably just me and my mom.

By: WizardlyLou

WizardlyLou — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:55:35 +0000

The fact that a former judge is now a finalist is most certainly questionable.

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:20:16 +0000

CheeeeEEEEse

- That may be correct for most readers of ML, and it’s the same for me as well. The point is it may not be correct for New York customers at large.

By: CheeeeEEEEse

CheeeeEEEEse — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:07:02 +0000

Alcibiades, we frequent carts and cleanliness and quality rank below cost and taste for most of us ML’s.

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:59:37 +0000

I’m a new poster, but it’s pretty easy to explain the appeal of the Rickshaw Cart.

1. The cart appears “clean.” The food may not be any cleaner than any other cart, but there is a large number of people who will always be skeptical of carts because of perceived cleanliness issues. Rickshaw has an advantage there.

2. It’s an offshoot of a restaurant. Rickshaw’s restaurants have been popular enough for several years ago. If you want to look at the popularity of the truck, look to the restaurant. The restaurant provides decent dumplings with perceived high quality ingredients and is backed by a famous chef. In New York, those go a long way; value, while important to cart eaters and the Midtown Lunch ethos, is just one of the critera.

3. The cart travels to a lot of different locations and can build fans across the city.

So while the cart doesn’t score on value and maybe not taste, people rate it high on cleanliness and quality.

By: adamprato

adamprato — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:37:04 +0000

Whats wrong with homophones? Are you homophonebic?

By: steveroller

steveroller — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:09:44 +0000

Won. Damn homophones.

By: steveroller

steveroller — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:08:59 +0000

Flatrock, read it plenty. Will be attending the awards actually. But when Atonement gets nominated for best picture I did’t gnash my teeth and claim conspiracy, I just said “what were they thinking?” and hoped some one else one. Same with dumpling cart.