January
      2009
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      8
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There’s
      no
      room
      for
      two
      restaurant
      reviewers
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Are
      you
      so
      bereft
      of
      ideas
      that
      you
      must
      resort
      to
      aping
     
     
      my
      bread
      and
      butter,
      as
      it
      were?
      I
      will
      not
      be
      so
      obtuse
     
    
   
   
    
     
      difference.
      Please
      acknowledge
      the
      ripoff
      and
      admit
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      this
      campus
      is
      only
      big
      enough
      for
      one
      gourmand.
     
     
      Should
      you
      not,
      we
      can
      only
      settle
      this
      one
      way:
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      arrogant
      as
      to
      stake
      claim
      to
      the
      invention
      of
      the
      food
      A
      double
      cheeseburger
      eating
      contest
      between
      myself
     
    
   
   
    
     
      review,
      but
      those
      of
      us
      with
      our
      eyes
      and
      ears
      open
      know
     
     
      that
      I
      wrote
      two
      rather
      unique
      articles
      of
      the
      sort
      for
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Semantic
      this
      fall.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      imitation
      is
      the
      most
      sincere
      form
      of
      flattery,
      then
      I
     
     
      thank
      you
      for
      your
      adulation,
      but
      let
      me
      remind
      that
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      budget.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thank
      you,
     
     
      Craig
      St.
      Jean
     
    
   
   
    
     
      adding
      water
      only
      dilutes
      the
      flavour.
      Send
      my
      compli-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ments
      to
      Paige
      for
      a
      well-written
      article,
      but
      please
      ask
     
     
      yourselves
      if
      UPEI
      readers
      are
      really
      going
      to
      prefer
      her
     
     
      pablum
      to
      my
      Original
      Recipe.
      I
      think
      they
      can
      taste
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      Paige
      at
      McDonald’s,
      funded
      from
      the
      Panther
      Post's
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Editor’s
      note:
      Mr.
      St.
      Jean,
      are
      you
      so
      bereft
      of
      ideas
     
     
      you
      must
      resort
      to
      copying
      and
      pasting
      your
      LttE
      and
     
     
      placing
      it
      into
      your
      most
      recent
      Semantic
      submission?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Post,
      Semantic
      reader
      miffed
     
     
      by
      ‘putz’
      St.Jean’s
      latest
      critique
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Editor:
     
    

    
     
      I
      was
      pleasantly
      surprised
      the
      other
     
     
      day
      when
      on
      a
      break
      for
      a
      class
      I
     
     
      stopped
      by
      the
      Student
      Union
      build-
     
     
      ing
      and
      found
      the
      latest
      edition
      of
     
     
      the
      Semantic,
      in
      my
      opinion
      always
     
     
      a
      good
      read.
      I
      was
      however
      miffed
     
     
      by
      what
      I
      found
      on
      the
      second
      to
      last
     
     
      page,
      Craig
      St-Jean’s
      latest
      install-
     
     
      ment
      of
      “What
      Craig
      St-Jean
      is
      Eat-
     
     
      ing.”
     
    

    
     
      Craig
      opened
      his
      article
      by
      taking
     
     
      a
      jab
      at
      Panther
      Post
      contributor
      and
     
     
      rival
      food
      critic
      Paige
      Matthie.
     
    

    
     
      I
      know
      Paige
      Matthie
      well,
      and
     
     
      know
      that
      aside
      from
      holding
      the
     
     
      position
      of
      Residence
      Academic
      Ad-
     
     
      visor,
      a
      role
      that
      involves
      arranging
     
     
      academic
      assistance
      for
      all
      students
     
     
      living
      in
      residence,
      and
      aside
      from
     
     
      being
      a
      full
      time
      student
      applying
     
     
      for
      grad
      school,
      she
      gets
      her
      kicks
     
     
      reviewing
      local
      restaurants
      for
      the
     
     
      benefit
      of
      informing
      the
      UPEI
      student
     
     
      body
      what
      is
      good,
      and
      what
      is
      af-
     
     
      fordable.
     
    

    
     
      It
      really
      irked
      me
      when
      St-Jean
      felt
     
     
      the
      need
      to
      imply
      that
      Matthie
      was
     
     
      nothing
      more
      than
      a
      mere
      impostor.
     
    

    
     
      Now
      I
      know
      Paige
      is
      way
      to
      classy
     
     
      to
      ever
      let
      a
      putz
      like
      St-Jean
      rattle
     
     
      her
      but
      I
      took
      it
      upon
      myself
      to
      make
     
    
   
   
    
     
      note
      and
      comment
      on
      St-Jean’s
      ar-
     
     
      rogance.
     
    

    
     
      St-Jean
      clearly
      takes
      himself
      way
     
     
      too
      seriously,
      anybody
      that
      appears
      on
     
     
      the
      second
      to
      last
      page
      of
      a
      paper
      that
     
     
      is
      printed
      on
      discounted
      Future
      Shop
     
     
      printer
      and
      distributed
      on
      a
      bench
     
     
      shouldn’t
      be
      mocking
      other
      writers.
     
    

    
     
      I
      don’t
      want
      to
      knock
      the
      Semantic
     
     
      because
      as
      I
      mentioned
      I
      enjoy
      the
     
     
      paper
      and
      I
      think
      it
      is
      great
      for
      UPEI
     
     
      students
      to
      have
      multiple
      points
      of
     
     
      view
      and
      varying
      opinions
      but
      let’s
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      honest,
      the
      Panther
      Post
      and
      Semantic
     
    
   
   
    
     
      rank
      in
      the
      realm
      of
      print
      papers
      one
     
     
      wrong
      above
      the
      Coffee
      News
      and
     
     
      just
      slightly
      below
      the
      Summerside
     
     
      Journal
      Pioneer.
      coe
     
    

    
     
      I
      don’t
      get
      why
      a
      guy
      that
      reviews
     
     
      deep-fried
      pizzas
      would
      feel
      threat-
     
     
      ened
      by
      a
      writer
      that
      reviews
      smoked
     
     
      Atlantic
      salmon.
     
    

    
     
      Both
      writers
      are
      clearly
      targeting
     
     
      completely
      different
      audiences
      but
      to
     
     
      be
      frank
      neither
      is
      having
      the
      slightest
     
     
      impact
      on
      my
      palette.
     
    

    
     
      I
      think
      it
      is
      great
      that
      both
      these
      writ-
     
     
      ers
      think
      it
      is
      so
      important
      to
      report
     
     
      on
      the
      diverse
      eateries
      that
      Char-
     
     
      lottetown
      offers,
      especially
      to
      those
     
     
      students
      like
      myself
      that
      are
      not
      from
     
     
      the
      Island
      and
      may
      be
      unaware
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      culinary
      hotbed
      that
      we
      live
      in.
     
     
      This
      article
      has
      the
      feel
      of
      an
      old
     
     
      western
      movie
      showdown,
      where
     
    
   
   
    
     
      two
      rival
      cowboys
      square
      off
      and
      one
     
    
   
   
    
     
      grumbles
      that
      “This
      town
      ain’t
      big
     
    
   
   
    
     
      enough
      for
      the
      both
      of
      us”,
      but
      truth
     
     
      be
      told
      there
      is
      plenty
      of
      room
      for
      two
     
    
   
   
    
     
      food
      critics
      to
      tell
      us
      what
      to
      eat.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now
      that
      I
      have
      settled
      that,
      I
      am
      off
     
     
      to
      the
      Wanda
      Wyatt
      Cafeteria
      to
      enjoy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cold
      eggs,
      stale
      bacon,
      and
      lifeless
     
     
      coffee.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Patrick
      Greco
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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