Genesis's Food Review

On our third unit of food for thought, we were asked to be in the mindset of a reviewer, more importantly, a food reviewer of our chosen dish. I chose to analyze ceviche as it is a versatile dish that is easy to make and enjoy any time of the day.

Welcome to Genesis's Food Second Thought

Hello, fellow food eaters, today we will be reviewing the inquisitive flavor of ceviche. We will take on the fight of a home cooked ceviche made by the one and only (me) and ceviche from a Mexican restaurant called the "El Burrito Jr."

DS "Bomb.com  Ceviche" 2017

My ingredients:

• Tilapia: .5 pound
• Tomatoes: 1
• Onions: half of 1
• Cilantro: 3
• Lime Juice: 1 1/4 cups

Presentation rate: 3/5
The presentation was not appealing to the eye from the drenched juice that was balled up in the boring container. As they say, don't judge the book by it's the cover.

Taste rate: 5/5

The mouthwatering acting up quenched my thirst with a mix of lime juice and tilapia juice melting in my mouth with a soft crunch of white onions including an earthy kick of cilantro with a small hint of sweetness of the tomatoes. 

Texture rate: 4.5/5

The texture was really spongy with the lightweight chew of every ingredient. The longer it sit on the container the more infused it got making it the same consistency. Overall I rated it a 4.5 considering to my liking I like ceviche to fall in mouth making it easy to chew to be able to savor and enjoy most of the flavor.

GA "amazing ceviche" 2017

El Burrito Jr." ingredients:

• Tilapia
• Lime: 2
• Cucumbers
• Tomatoes
• Tostada: 1
• Cilantro

Presentation rate: 5/5
The presentation was aesthetically pleasing to the eye. This gave a more clean look to the dish adding a tostada. Overall the presentation was good quality.

Taste rate: 4/5
I was very disappointed knowing I set high bars from the presentation. The saying don't judge a book by it's cover definitely followed into this category too. The ceviche had the lime optional making the cucumber the ingredient that makes the dish sour. The tilapia was also cut in bigger pieces from the tomatoes, onions, and cilantro making it a overpowered by other ingredients. I personally like a balanced variety of ingredients to be able to savor each flavor and sadly I was not able to say that for this dish. Even though it was not to might liking I will still recommend you purchasing  just to have an idea of what you might or might not prefer to add in your ceviche.

Texture rate: 4/5

The texture was dense with the chunks of cucumber and fish. It wasn't a sharp of a taste knowing they used lime instead of processed lime juice. Once it hit your mouth it was a smooth feel from it being watery.

Both of these dishes were made from fresh ingredients knowing it only consist of fish and vegtables but they were definitely not organic. Knowing making ceviche is really versatile to the persons liking rather it be the acidic, sweet, or an earthy feel it really does not matter rather it is organic or non. I personally think non organic vegetables are more convenient and cheaper for me which is why I choose it but there should be no reason why you cant use organic products. 

The relation i would reflect my dish with 5 food transformation would be quantity over quality. Restaurants like "El BurritoJr." may not cater to the individual liking of a dish like ceviche knowing they care more about efficiency which follows into the category of quantity. Versus making the ceviche yourself you really get a wide variety of ingredients of your choice. Many consumer may enjoy the fact they know where their products came from.

In conclusion ceviche is very versatile to the consumers liking. I would recommend you to make it at home knowing you get a bigger portion and satisfaction knowing you know it will be good and a light weight dish to eat at any time of the day.