Is this an Asian thing?

[jennlin]

A friend of mine (non-asian) posted this link on my fbook. picsofaznstakingpicsoffood.tumblr.com

I never really thought about it--but now I'm thinking that everytime my fbook friends post food pictures, they're usually asian. So-- is this an asian thing? Or do non-asians do it too?

[madDawg228]

May 30, 2012 11:44:00 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

Non-Asians, particularly in Seattle, do it too.

This, I think it's a Generation Y and whatever-the-next-generation-label-is thing. It's more popular among the "foodie" crowd.

[Deleted]

I see more Asian people doing it than non-Asian people.

[sarack]

i agree that more asian people do it.. but all people do it.

[Deleted]

in my super duper scientific study, I just looked through the last 24 hours of posts and these are my counts:

5 Asians
1 Non-Asian, but I'm not sure if this one should count because it was just a picture of empty wine bottles

[emyinpink]

I do it too. And I'm not Asian . More of my non-Asian friends post food pictures than Asian friends.

[Deleted]

In my extensively bloated FB friends list, I would say it doesn't divide along race lines, just foodie lines and generation lines.

[emyinpink]

omg, sfgal, I can't believe you got to go to the french laundry. I'm SO JEALOUS. DH and I are trying to work it out with some friends to make it there this year.

[niq]

I thought food blogs/twitters/tumblrs/instagram were way up there on "Stuff White People Like".

When I was a kid there was a joke about someone in NYC taking a "picture of japanese tourists taking pictures of japanese tourists taking pictures", but that was 20 years ago.

EDIT: ofc the "Stuff White People Like" blog should really be called "Stuff Young White Urban Well-Educated White People Like"

[amandasw]

I think the thing in that blog that's asian is "asian people taking picture of asian people taking pictures". in greece we saw a lot of asian tourists taking pictures of their friends taking pictures of something. this, I do not get.

[emyinpink]

yea, I love Thomas Keller too, because he's one of the big name chefs that isn't a pain in the ass about food allergies. so many of the top 10 restaurants aren't accommodating .

[libbride]

I think this is more common in Asian/younger people. My super unscientific reasons: I use the Foodspotting app on my iphone to find restaurants close to where I am. It seems like the asian restaurants always have tons of photo submissions, were other close-by equally busy places do not. I know that non-asian folks eat at asian restaurants, too, so there's really weak science behind my observations!

I love it when people take photos of food. How many times have you ordered something different off a menu because you saw a photo or you saw the dish go by in a restaurant?

[mkate710]

I take pics of my food all the time, both stuff I make and stuff I order when we eat out. If this is an Asian thing, can I be an honorary Asian?

[MrsH2010]

I post pictures of food and I'm not Asian.

[Deleted]

With my friends more non-Asian people do it.

[jennlin]

May 30, 2012 22:56:22 GMT -5 mkate710 said:

I take pics of my food all the time, both stuff I make and stuff I order when we eat out. If this is an Asian thing, can I be an honorary Asian?

yes, you can be honorary asian. but you have to hold up a peace sign every time you take a picture from now on.

thanks for all the scientific research!