Hōʻikeʻike'Āina Pūnaewele i kēia manawa ma ka Net
No ka aneane he 20 mau makahiki, ua hoʻopukaʻo Tim a me Nina Zagat ('ōleloʻo Za-GAT, me nā "cat") i nā palapala kuhikuhi hale hoʻokipa e like me nā hōʻike i hāʻawiʻia e nā mea hoʻokele. ʻO nā puke kūikawā, a me nā momona eʻai ana i nā puke no ka hapanui o nā meaʻai nui i hoʻomaikaʻi nui i nā kūlanakauhaleʻo US a me kekahi mau wahi kaiāulu'ē aʻe. Heʻokoʻa nā huli ZAGAT i ka hoʻokaʻawaleʻana i nāʻano kūikawā o kahi haleʻaina - meaʻai, mea kanu a me ka lawelawe - e kū ana i ka hoʻokomoʻana o nā mea kūʻai.
Ua hoʻonuiʻia nā Zagats i nā makahiki i hala aku nei e nānā i ka poʻe malihini ma nā mokupuni o US, nā hōkele, nā mokuahi, nāʻaina a me nā hui ukali kaʻa.
Ke kūʻai nei i $ 9.95 a me ka piʻiʻana, ua lilo nā mīkini lima liʻiliʻi i kahi hui miliona miliona. No ke aha ka makemake o nā Zagats e lilo $ 1 miliona no ka kūkuluʻana i kahi pūnaewele e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻoikaika i kā lākou hana maʻamau?
ʻO ka moʻoleloʻo "Wall Street Journal" i'ōleloʻiaʻo Tim Zagat e'ōlelo ana, "Ināʻaʻole mākou e hana ... he mea'ē aʻe paha e hoʻomaopopo heʻano maikaʻi loa ia e komo ai i nā poʻe lehulehu a lawe iā lākou i loko o ka hana like. i. " ʻAʻole makemakeʻoe e lilo i kekahi Barnes & Noble a Borders ... e kū ana ma kahi o ka mea iʻikeʻoleʻia e like me Amazon.com i paʻi iā lākou i ka punch, ua kau ka Zagats i ke ao pūnaewele, a he hopena maikaʻi ka hopena no nā malihini ki New England .
ʻOʻelua o nā mea nānā mua o ka hale hōʻailona hale hoʻokipa no ka holo maʻamau ākea e no Boston a me Connecticut.
No ka meaʻo New England e'ānai iʻelua o nā māhele 20 mua loa ma kahi pūnaewele,ʻaʻole ia he mea kānalua no ka piliʻana i nā kāina Zagats i kēia māhele. ʻO lāuaʻelua nā kānaka'emelika hou. Ua pukaʻo Nina mai ke kulanuiʻo Vassar ma Poughkeepsie, New York, a me Tim mai Harvard ma Cambridge, Massachusetts. He mau haumāna hoʻi lāua ma New Haven, Connecticutʻo ke Kulaʻo Yale Law.
ʻO nā wahi'ē aʻe e hōʻikeʻia ana nā hualoaʻa a me nā hōʻike ma ka pūnaewele: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Hawaii, Lādana, Long Island, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Paris, Philadelphia, San Diego, San ʻO Francisco, Moku'āinaʻo New York, Toronto a me Washington, DC Nā mea e hele koke mai ana.
He mea maʻalahi ke keleʻana o ka pūnaewele puni honua, aʻo nā hōʻike pākeke he mau mākahi wale nō. Ke nānā pono aku nei i ke alakaʻi o Boston, ua maʻalahi ka huliʻana i nā haleʻai ma nāʻano papa helu hōʻike Zagat, e like me kaʻai, ka uku, kahi a me nāʻano kūikawā. E hiki nō iāʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu wikiwiki i nā loulou ma ka'āpana'ākau i nā'ōleka topena o ka poʻe loiloi e ka meaʻai, mea kanu, lawelawe aiʻole meaʻai; i nā papa inoa ma kaʻai; i ka papa kuhikuhi pī'āpā; aiʻole i kahi lālā ma kaʻaoʻao. Hiki keʻike 'ia nā punaeʻe nui piha.
Eia nā hualoaʻa o kahi hulina maʻamau: Ma koʻu komoʻana i kaʻu mau hulina, ua kohoʻia kahi poho kikokikona ma ka'ākau e pili ana i kaʻu mau koho, me ka ikaika e hana i ka hōʻoiaʻana o kaʻu noi: "Keʻimi nei au i kahi haleʻaina e loaʻa i kaʻaiʻai 20 aʻoi aku paha , he 15 ka maikaʻi aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi,ʻoi ka uku o kaʻoihana 19 aʻoi paha,ʻo ke kolaʻana he $ 45 a iʻole ke emi, aia ma Harvard Square. " ʻO ka hopena i ka pāʻana "loaʻa iā ia noʻu":ʻeono halekai e koho mai, me Cafe Celador ka meaʻoi loa.
I koʻu pākaʻiʻana i ka loulou no Cafe Celador e aʻo hou e pili ana i kēia haleʻaina, ua hoʻokomoʻia au e kākau inoa no ka huiʻana me ke kuhiʻole. Lilo ka lālā a hiki i ka mahina 1. Penei ka hopena ma hope o ka mahinaʻo Kepakemapa 1? E hoʻolimalimaʻia ka uku no ka uku e ukuʻia, ae hoʻolahaʻia nā lālā ma o ka leka uila a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi.ʻO ka hoʻomohalaʻana i nā pono kūpono i kēia manawa,ʻaʻole ia e koi aku i ka malihini. ʻO ka hoʻolālāʻana i nā papahana, nāʻoihana huli, nā kūʻai a me nāʻano'ē aʻe'ē aʻe o ka pūnaewele. He aha nā mea maikaʻi o ka nohoʻana?
Ua hoʻokuʻu kokeʻia wau i kaʻaoʻao Cafe Celador, kahi i hiki ai iaʻu ke heluhelu i kēlā "Hānana ma kahiʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao,ʻo kēia 'romantic' French bistro me ka 'base base in Cambridge' e hele mai me 'ka nani a me keʻano' a me ke ' hoʻololi i ka menu 'e komo pū ana me nā' mea 'a me nā'ʻenehana 'nā ipu Italia a me Mediterranean .... "He meaʻoluʻolu!
Ua hiki iaʻu ke kaomi i ka pākuhi "Palapala" eʻike i ka wahi e loaʻa ai ka haleʻaina a loaʻa nā kuhikuhi. Hoʻokomo pūʻia nāʻike i nā mea e like me kā kaʻaeʻana i nā kāleka kāleka, a me ka pāʻani pume.
Ināʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i nā Zagatsʻaʻole e hoʻonui mai i kēia "hāʻawi a nele" i ka waiwai, mai makaʻu! Ua hōʻike ka moʻolelo "Wall Street Journal" i ka loaʻaʻana o 80 mau puke ma kahi pūnaewele pūnaewele i ka wā o ka pō mua ma ka pūnaewele.