You’d think he would consider Zesty’s hoof system to be a ranking of a restaurant’s lack of quality considering her definition of quality is the inverse of everyone else’s

@Firebrand96  
Well, I suppose it’s a not-so-fun fact,

@TexasUberAlles  
Right now, I feel like I’m a zero out of… any amount… because of how little I really know. And just because.

@MezzoDragon  
I don’t understand why the max rating is three  
Ratings like “Four Stars out of Five! ★★★★☆” are based on a format where no stars = GARBAGE and ★★★★★ = PERFECT, because they start at zero and work up from there; the Michelin ratings are based on a format where no stars (but still listed in the Michelin Guide) = WORTHY OF RECOGNITION and ★★★ = EXCELLENT CUISINE, WORTH A SPECIAL JOURNEY, because they start at “good” and don’t even bother listing restaurants they don’t consider worth your time.
 
The presumption with most star-based ratings is that they’re telling you whether something sucked or was awesome, but the presumption with the Michelin Guide is that they only list good restaurants– no bad ones– and they’re telling you how good.

@Firebrand96  
Wow. That’s unfortunate.

@MezzoDragon  
Fun fact: Gordon Ramsay actually cried when his New York restaurant lost it’s two-star rating.

@Arrkhal  
I honestly didn’t know about the Michelin star system. It makes the 3 hooves system make a lot more sense to me. Thanks for the info.

@MezzoDragon  
Probably because the real life Michelin star system (which is the only star rating anyone in the restaurant industry gives a shit about, ESPECIALLY the real life Gordon Ramsay) only goes up to 3. Even having 1 Michelin star is a HUGE deal.
 
Every other rating system out there, even one from a major newspaper or something, you might as well be bragging about how much your dog likes your food. “Fido gave it 5 stars! My cousin Jed who writes for the Podunk Press gave it 5 stars! The hobo living in the dumpster down the street gave it 5 stars!” That’s what non-Michelin stars are worth.
 
So the episode was pretty accurate about that.

@Mildgyth  
Honestly, still a crappy rating system due to being so small (Should at least have “half hoof” ratings for each).  
but, given zesty, its not surprising. How the heck did she not get laughed out of town by other food critics? competition exists after all.

@Mildgyth  
Oh. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

@MezzoDragon
 
Decor, Cuisine and Presentation. one hoof for each.

I don’t understand why the max rating is three. Shouldn’t it be four or five hooves? To match the four/five star rating?