foie gras" were often used to describe foods served in expensive restaurants. On the other hand, metaphors of drugs or addiction such as "the wings are addicting" were used to describe the food in cheap restaurants.

A similar study was conducted to study the food reviews in Turkey. Its findings revealed that Turkish food reviewers do not use sexual or drug metaphors in their reviews, possibly due to their culture. Generally, they used expressions related to "to faint" to express delight in all their reviews.