Ah, food and drink reviews. These are the cause of much wrangling here on Dooyoo, in my view rather unnecessarily. I can only state right up here my own experience, which is this: yes, I have used this site, and not only on isolated occasions, to research food products. I have bought some of them at least in part *because* I've read consistently positive reviews here. In other words, exactly what I might have done with any other product. Some of you may think this is strange, but in my turn I find it distinctly odd that anyone would want to write about Celebrity Big Brother, or indeed even to watch it in the first place. Strange creatures, humans. While I'm on ...  Read the complete review

NB: Though this section is about food AND drink reviews, what I say below concentrates mostly on the food aspect. Much of what I say though, can equally be applied to drink reviews. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love writing food reviews for DooYoo, and I also enjoy reading them, particularly if it's about a food that I haven't tried, yet it seems appealing. It must be borne in mind though, that a good review isn't necessarily about making a food item sound appealing; it's about whether you enjoyed it or not, and your whole experience with the product, from shop shelf to stomach. We all depend on food, it being (along with other ...  Read the complete review

I've written a lot of food and drink reviews, and whilst I haven't yet had any national holidays dedicated to my food-review-writing talents, I also haven't had too many complaints. So I thought I was probably in a reasonable position to write a 'how to write a good food review' article. Firstly, a word about length. Most people who are considering buying an item of food probably do not consider it so deeply that they are willing to read 1500 words on the subject. This might be an acceptable length for a hotel review or a review of certain electronic products, but for me it is far too much for a food review. The best food reviews, or at least the ones I find ...  Read the complete review

Well, well, well. My 900th review. I thought I would use the milestone to perhaps give a few pointers on how to write a good food and/or drinks review, not to be condescending at all but as I am the Community Guide for the food and drink category I tend to read most of what is posted there and much of it unfortunately is below standard. Newbies seem to target food and drink as how hard can it be to write 150 words about every chocolate bar available? Describe each individual tin of Heinz soup and *whoosh* there's 500 Dooyoo Miles in your account and you haven't even mentioned the taste! Gosh, there is so much more to a food and drink review than telling ...  Read the complete review

I have noticed there are many food products reviewed on Dooyoo and since eating is something that we all need to do to survive it is easy to see why. What I find interesting is the contrast in the quality of food reviews. They range from those barely scraping 150 words (most of which include lots of small and useless words that adds absolutely nothing to the review) to those consisting of hundreds of words that not only describe the product but also give an opinion. Some of these reviews I barely gloss over before clicking the back button to return to the new review list (there are times when I just can't be bothered to rate since I believe that if someone can't be ...  Read the complete review