The two articles: the “Soup” and “I’m not leaving until I eat this thing” were so vastly different that their mere resemblance was that they both talk about food. First the author of the “Soup” was an observer who never mentioned himself not even when publishing it. In contrast John Edge the author of the second article puts himself at the center of the topic. Culturally the two environments were so different; the restaurant of Mr. Yeganeh seems fast growing business in a largely populated urban area. The juke of Louisiana on the other hand sounds more of small family business that hasn’t changed much in generations.
We can see these differences as when Mr. Yeganeh made his customers to, have their money ready, waste no time in line and even kick them out if they behave in some way that he doesn’t approve. The Juke at Jesse’s place on the other hand serves kind of laid back customers from all kind of rural farms and related works who come to eat the unusual pickled lips and drink as it is a bar too. Moreover it looks like people at Jesse’s place know each other since they have closely related country neighborhood. When people got shocked by Mr. Yeganeh’s rudeness at the lines, it shows that they don’t know him well, but they came because they know that he makes best soup as one of the customers witnessed.
Both the places serve fresh farm products but they have different processing and ingredients. Mr. Yeganeh’s restaurant is known for its tasty & ever changing soups that were prepared based on his experience, books he read and things that he thought were good for health. He doesn’t even have drinks; still people rush in to his restaurant. In the case of Jesse’s place it looks like every type of food has something to do with pigs. The author Edge tells his story that it was hard for him to eat the colorful pickled pig lips, in fact the title implies that he betted himself that he won’t leave the place before eating the food.
Mr. Yeganeh is kind of neat freak who refers himself as perfectionist. Making his employees wash the parsley eight times and firing a guy who left a mushroom on the floor just proves that. At Jesse’s place however, employees are family members, people come with dirt thick shoe soles from the farms and you can sense the hard working livelihood of the country. Overall both the articles read food places with different story telling, different environment, and culture and business ethics.
Reference:
http://www.dailymotion.com/PigLips
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