When creating a menu, there were several factors one had to consider. From the location to the ingredients. A single mistake could cause a mishap in the future.
People all had different and specific criteria when trying to determine what would be on the menu, but it all boiled down to a few core things in the end.
Ease of preparation, availability of ingredients, amount of items, price, and most importantly, the flavour of items.
No matter how well prepared a menu was if the food tasted trash, it would still be a trash menu in the end.
Emery was sure his food didn't taste trash. All the reactions he had gotten, as well as his own discretion, told him that he didn't make trash food.
So all it came down to, was the other stuff.