Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Reflection on Focused Research Session (No Class Day)

After spending a couple hours researching, it looks like it'll be harder than I imagined. I'll have to create a scale from 1-10 in rating sushi quality. I will then have to do some more research on trends showing that grocery store sushi is lower quality and less desirable than sushi made in a restaurant. Interviewing the expert sushi makers from each venue will help with my cause by unmasking the individual preparation routines and precautions taken on a daily basis. The theory of quality is highly opinionated but can be fairly monitored by setting strict guidelines for each quality rating. Thus, it should be clear the difference between sushi quality of 1 and 10 as well as the difference between a rating of 7 and 8.

1 comment:

Leo C said...

There are some set qualities to food - texture, taste, presentation etc, that's very well documented across a wide base of sources, sushi is probably pretty popular. That'd be a good direction to go for the baseline metrics development, then looking for the connection between what's known by the experts vs. whats out in every day life, of sushi.