At our current state, all of us are extremely reliable to the thing called data. Everything we do, we live, we go, we are a part of the big data. Personally, I love data since it is one thing that I can rely on to encourage my decision which is favorable for me and the world, cause without the data, we can merely depend on our belief, our guts, and our guessing.
Google Maps, one of the most essential and desired apps for most people, remains to be an advanced platform for us as a community to review places, restaurants, and other things. As the result, People will look and consider the review first, either using their computer or mobile phone, to convince and make sure their hypothesis before they ultimately decide to step forward or change their plan.
As a part of the significant change in this world, culinary has been my own major preference in sharing my review in Google Maps. In reviewing the culinary industry, I separate my core critical points into two parts which are food review and restaurant review since those things have a different impact on the customer’s preferences. In the food review, I analyze the quality of the dish’s ingredients, the size of the menu portion compared to the menu in the picture, general and personal flavor experience, processing time, quotation price and the ultimate decision whether to order the dish in the future. While in the restaurant review, I put in detail for the place whether it is easy to reach and easy to park the vehicles, the interior design, the restaurant facilities like Wi-Fi, Instagram spot, or even toilet; also, the staff service attitude and the continuity recommendation to visit the restaurant.
The trigger is there are only a few specific ratings and reviews from other local guides based on scorecards on each mentioned critical points for every menu in every restaurant in Indonesia, making it hard for people to have clearer images and perceptions in expecting the recommended food and service facility before coming to the restaurant.
Without an authentic review, many people may get deceived by the food plating and chef’s recommendation, and the risk to make leftover in the plate is high, as the result, they waste the food. I expect everyone to experience what I have tasted about the foods at the restaurant and as the bigger picture, reducing Indonesian food waste level from the leftover and rejected food in the perspective of customers and chefs has been my purpose.
Due to that, I focus to start from the specific preference that I have known even the slight difference in the taste is the Chinese Food since it possesses a volatile and unique taste in each restaurant that bears substantial risk in the food waste level cause you could either eat them all or create leftover in your plates. Since according to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) in 2016, Indonesian food waste is the 2nd highest in the world and one of the food waste causes is the consumer behavior and the quality standards to reject the foods. In Indonesia, annually the wasted food is around 13 million tonnes which can feed for around 28 million undernourished people (10% of Indonesia Population).
I always refer to the one grain of rice principle. Imagine if all Indonesian people with around 250 million people leave one grain of rice in every meal, they already wasted 5,000 kg rice on every meal while sadly the fact is Indonesian poverty level is high and many people are undernourished.
With my authentic and details review, I expect people would have expected what is coming about the food taste, ingredients, and also the restaurant facilities before they determine to come to the restaurant, besides it would be helpful also for the restaurant owner to evaluate in serving the dish or modifying the dish to be better. However, the primary purpose is to reduce the food waste level not only in Indonesia but also in the world.
As the local guide, our job is a simple thing but matter to the world since we are in one big community. Let’s make our world better by doing or review something that you believe you are at your best to help other people decide and to change other people life even better.
Cause every big change always starts from us, together.
My Google Connect Live 2019 Video Application: https://youtu.be/DiS6nfdZPy8