I Love To Eat

Have you ever wondered why that 5-star temple of good-food you love has a one page menu while the menu at Fridays is longer then War and Peace? I've concluded you can often tell the quality of the restaraunt by the length of the menu. Now this is not always the case, I've been to places with huge menus that were pretty damn good, and others with tiny menus that sucked; though they definatly were going for the upscale crowd.
I guess when you only do a few dishes, you do them really well. How many chefs out there can make a good steak, Thai noodles, Tacos, and Fish & Chips at the same time. Assuming Fridays doesn't have a world-class Chef in the back of every restaraunt, one can conclude they are all going to be pretty mediocre.
Now, go to a nice sit down restaraunt with a good chef and you will usually see a very limited menu focusing on their specilties. Some will almost have no set menu other than steak; the rest of the menu being dishes of the day.