Kristen Baumlier

In the news today were reports about a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House where 54 young chefs ate 8-12 came to eat lunch with Michelle Obama.  Each guest was a winner in a healthy recipe contest  that was done as part of a healthy lunch challenge  of letsmove.gov.

I learned about a young food critique (or as he calls himself, “a 12 year old foodie that loves to cook and go to different restaurants) whose name is Michael Prados and lives in Baton Rouge Louisiana.  I checked out his blog called Jr. Food Critic, where he writes about restaurants and posts recipes. I found it refreshing to year a young person’s point of view about food and the restaurant experience.

A recent post is about his visit to a restaurant called The Londoner.

Here is what he had to say about his visit:

“Hey Everybody! Yesterday, my family and I went to a place called the The Londoner! It is a English style pub/restaurant. It is not necessarily a fancy restaurant, but it has great atmosphere. Our waitress’s name was Amber. She was really nice and kind.

For an appetizer we had some chips and roasted salsa. I also had a taste of my mom’s crab and brie soup, which I highly recommend. The crab and brie soup was a creamy type of soup with crab in it. For my main course I had Steak Royale. It was steak on top of a pile of gravy and mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes were a little bit dry to me by themselves… but when you soaked them in the gravy they were delicious and creamy. I had my steak cooked medium rare, but that’s how I like my steak cooked. The way the steak is cooked is up to you. Anyway, the steak was three filet medallions served with a mushroom sauce.”

I enjoyed reading some of his reviews and posts, and am amazed that a 12 year old has a blog and Facebook presence!

Image Source:
http://jrfoodcritic.com/main.php

Links:

http://jrfoodcritic.com/main.php

http://www.letsmove.gov/kids-state-dinner