Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:37 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

I have a similar ambition with Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.

Likewise.

I can remember the Triple D episode with the old couple who had done I think it was 300 locations from the series. That's the life.

Have to disagree with Minty on MvF as well. While the challenge part of the show is more about gluttony than quality, the first half is normally Richman going to well known local eateries and sampling the best an area has to offer.

It may not be high end cuisine, but it's primarily about good food and has as much of a home on a food based channel as something done by a Michelin starred chef.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:57 pm  

Mintball wrote:

tb used to do all the cooking in our household – until I decided that I wanted to learn to cook and took over the kitchen.

Quite. Women are genetically disposed to cooking and it was inevitable that you would find your way in there and spend many a happy hour therein to provide for the man in your life.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:58 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

I'm better at it than my wife and I'm not a misogynistic shitstain.

A gift for self-delusion?

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:14 pm  

Dally wrote:

Quite. Women are genetically disposed to cooking ...

That's dipstickery even by your standards.

Besides, tell it to Gordon, the Rouxs, Raymond and many, many more.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:56 pm  

Dally wrote:

Quite. Women are genetically disposed to cooking and it was inevitable that you would find your way in there and spend many a happy hour therein to provide for the man in your life.

you're not even joking, are you?

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:20 pm  

Mintball wrote:

That's dipstickery even by your standards.

Besides, tell it to Gordon, the Rouxs, Raymond and many, many more.

They do it to earn a living.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:52 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Likewise.

I can remember the Triple D episode with the old couple who had done I think it was 300 locations from the series. That's the life.

Have to disagree with Minty on MvF as well. While the challenge part of the show is more about gluttony than quality, the first half is normally Richman going to well known local eateries and sampling the best an area has to offer.

It may not be high end cuisine, but it's primarily about good food and has as much of a home on a food based channel as something done by a Michelin starred chef.

Its pretty hard to get the quality of food in the UK shown on those two TV shows, I don't know that many cafes or greasy spoons that still scratch cook anything never mind make their own burgers and slaw and a great many "Fast Casual" eateries buy in everything (see Frankie and Bennys, TGIF, and Beefeater) and microwave the crap out of it.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:22 pm  

Dally wrote:

They do it to earn a living.

I can tell you've not spent any time in the company of any chefs, then.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:23 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

... It may not be high end cuisine, but it's primarily about good food and has as much of a home on a food based channel as something done by a Michelin starred chef.

I've only just seen this – and would like to point out that I don't just want to watch "something done by a Michelin starred chef", Andy.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:45 pm  

One thing I never quite understood is why an establishment wanting to seduce punters into eating with them, would want to use a fat fookinbarsteward Michelin Man.
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