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The Blind Orderer
You order the thing you can't identify.
The unfamiliar dish is the interesting one, and letting the kitchen decide is a feature, not a risk. You've eaten some disasters. You'd do it again tomorrow.
What being The Blind Orderer actually means
The dish you cannot identify is the one you order. You will let a kitchen choose for you, you have eaten some genuine mistakes, and you would do it again this week — because the ceiling on something unfamiliar is higher than the ceiling on the thing you already know is fine.
How you find out
The Savor Scout taste quiz runs over seven days — five questions a day, about a minute each. Every day reads a different part of how you eat: heat, sweet, value, adventure, late nights and discovery. On the last day you get your type.
It is not a personality test for its own sake. Your answers weight what the app recommends, starting from day one, so a The Blind Orderer and a The Firewalker searching the same words in the same town get different restaurants back.
The other types
- The Firewalker — You chase the burn, and you finish the plate.
- The Purist — You want to taste the food, not the fire.
- The Sweet Tooth — There is always room. You've checked.
- The Bargain Hunter — Plastic chairs, perfect food, half the price.
- The Occasion Maker — You're paying for the evening, not just the food.
- The Night Owl — The best food happens after dark.
- The Gem Finder — Thirty reviews beats three thousand.
Guides
- What to eat when… — picking a restaurant by situation rather than by cuisine.
- Food guides — what separates a good version of a dish from an average one.
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