Comments on: Blogger Demographics

By: Follow Me Foodie

Follow Me Foodie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:53:49 +0000

Great post Kim! Very like you to write this and it shows your personality.

I agree with a lot of stuff that has already been said…I think Cantonese people eat out a lot more than a lot of other Asian cultures do too..especially in Vancouver. This is what my Taiwanese friends told me actually.

Food is just a huge part of our culture…even at 11pm my relatives will ask if I’ve had dinner. Unlike Western cultures a family night would never consist of going out for a movie or have a bowling night…the “activity” is always eating.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:18:02 +0000

you know, it’s just that Chinese people like to eat all type of cuisine, we are adventurous. Try finding another nationality that would eat weird food, such as Monkey’ brain. Because we eat interesting things, that’s why we want to share, hence it lead to blogging..

haha, at least that’s my theory!!

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:21:37 +0000

I’d been meaning to ask fellow bloggers this exact question. I agree with Jessica that Asians have all those qualities she lists. But so do many other cultures. The thing that separates “Far East Asians” is that they have all that AND a 5000-year old food culture. Combine that with a great history of story-telling you’ve got yourself a lot of exceptional food-bloggers.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:24:32 +0000

@Jessica Whao that is bangon.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:57:38 +0000

I believe in the beginning, Vancouver bloggers / journallers (the writers before “blog” became a word!!!) were more mixed. I think as time went on, however, factors like lifestyle, personal preferance and the community fashioned a more “foodie-centric” blogger.

The culture plays a definite role – traditions and celebrations are marked with food and feasts in Asian culture (engagements, weddings, births, birthdays, holidays, deaths even!), but also the prevalance of technology amongst “Far East Asians”. We have the best phones, the best cameras, and the best computers – and our bred-in “thriftiness” depicts that we must use these tools to our advantage! :p

Another thing would be the work ethic that is bred into us as well. I think it would be safe to say that the “top 15″ of Urbanspoon are perfectionists and are extremely prolific to their own ends. It takes a special person to be that dedicated to their craft, and thats where your “Far East Asians” excel.

By: KimHo

KimHo — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:15:36 +0000

H.Peter, you can be a honourary Chinese!

Tia, while that is probably true, notice that does not occur necessarily in other cities in the world… Oh, btw, the other day I dropped you an email. Can you, please, tell me if you received it? Thanks!

By: tia

tia — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:09:20 +0000

^ because Asians rock maybe because our appreciation or devotion to food is just a but higher then others? maybe we’re more obsessed or passionate about it. \\interesting observation!

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:44:44 +0000

I’ve wondered why most Vancouver bloggers are Asian.

By: H.Peter

H.Peter — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:54:53 +0000

Well then. I must be Chinese.

Blogging in a food niche(GF) can be challenging for a couple of reasons. Whe really wants to read about gluten free food, othert han those inflicted by the disease.
In my Blog’s case, Facebook has been a good driver of traffic. Celiacs are a loyal bunch, so I am happy that my scribble are read by a few.