Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Biased Bistro Menu (Parish)

To prepare for the upcoming project--after having becoming increasingly disenchanted with other campus cuisine--I decided to treat myself to lunch at the Meliora Resturant. This on-campus dining gem went undiscovered by my fellow freshmen and I until later in the second semester, but provided a respite from the fried, homologous food of Danforth, The Pit, and Douglass. 

Last week, I went in opened the menu, gave it a quick perusal, and instantly ordered the Meliora Burger. I came to the conclusion that the menu hadn't influenced my ordering at all. I had known a priori what I wanted to order before I even entered the resturant. An important personal bias (and possibly a general trend to investigate) to reconcile when conducting further study into the design of an ordering system. 

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