Criticism can lead to changes in the speed and direction of consumer culture, but food criticism is only a part of what is needed to raise the restaurant culture here.
理想上，食評家是偵查者、也是美學家，評鑑則能引導消費文化轉型的速度與方向，然而評鑑終究只是提升餐飲文化的一環，有意義的評鑑必須根植於整體社會的美食文化意識。