Why eat at Ethnic Restaurants through Los Angeles?

My boyfriend Tyler and I want to travel and experience more than our jobs/budgets currently allow. Thus, we have haphazardly constructed an odyssey to ethnauthentically eat our way through Los Angeles.

In an effort to "hash" each experience over in an organized fashion, we have also designed a rating method which I like to call, The Fork System. Under this system there are 5 categories that we have deemed - all important - to our overall "worldy" experience. And finally for a sense of accomplishment, we have also nailed a map to my wall with pins telling us which countries have been successfully eaten from.

The Fork Rating System:

1 to 5 forks will be given in the following areas: Accessibility (an important one here in LA), Ambiance, Authenticity, Service, and the all Important Taste Factor. I realize that two judges from Portland, OR and San Luis Obispo, CA have no business rating the "authenticity" of our experiences with food and ambiance of proceeding ethnic restaurants. However, the best we can do is acknowledge our limitations/self righteousness as judges and explain our scores within reviews.

Fork Scale:

1 Fork = Bad Experience

2 Forks = Moderately Unpleasant

3 Forks = Run of the Mill

4 Forks = Pretty Excellent

5 Forks = Euphorically Awesome