So last weekend Mr X and I watched a Food TV show...at least I think that was the network it was one. We don't get any television channels (by choice) so we just order them from Netflix. Last weekend we tried out Bizarre Foods. We selected this program because we've seen that other show with Anthony Bourdain where he travels around to exotic places and tries unusual (for us at least) foods - but I have a hard time focusing while watching it because Anthony's scrawny little arms and his 'too-cool' attitude command all my attention and annoyance. So I thought someone a little more down-to-earth might be more appealing to me - like the guy in Bizarre Foods. However, after seeing this show, I'm not so sure that he's more down to earth. But there's something about his rotund belly (as it should be for a food critic, right?) and his obvious I'm-an-American-tourist look that sits well with me, so I find him a bit more believable. Which is not to say that he doens't have plenty of goofy quirks himself...
This guy can eat like nothing I've seen before. Somehow that's always interesting to me. Another amusing thing about Bizarre Foods Man is that he'll eat the most disgusting looking things I've seen (larva and rotten meat and bugs, etc) and then he'll try some good old horchata and exclaim how vile and disgusting it is. ? I would imagine that the rotted meat preserved (I use this term loosely) in some sort of grainy fat goop would taste infinitely worse than Spanish horchata. But that's just me... He also seems to be obsessed with meat dishes in general, I guess the guy likes to get his protein. Oh and he really loves to describe foods as 'nutty' ...
All in all, this show was highly enjoyable and I would recommend it to anyone that finds unusual foods and exotic places fascinating. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
7 comments:
jeff told me all about it... we have it on our queque for next time. i'm just glad that i'm not prego anymore or i'd throw up watching him.
You totally would have thrown up watching it. There were a few that I definitely had to turn away from. This man is disgusting but I'm oh so awed by him. I wish he'd try more desserts and such but I guess desserts really aren't as bizzarre as other foods in most cultures. Oh well.
Mindy - I'm not sure what you mean...let me know please.
I have never seen this Bizzare Foods guy, but I have watched Bear Grylls! He is a survivalist and he has eaten the craziest "stuff" you will ever behold. One of my favorites was the eyeball from a caribo carcass which he "cooked" by dipping it in a boiling hot spring for a few minutes holding on to the dangling optic nerve. Delicious!
Oooh..I love watching that Bear Grylls show (though his name kills me....seriously, Bear?). I haven't seen the eyeball episode though now I'm looking forward to it.
I will say that in this Bizzarre Food show, the guy eats a goats eye. Or maybe a lamb's eye. And the tongue and some brains. But he certainly didn't boil it in a hot spring...i wish he would have now.
oh-just that you usually refer to him as mr x. dumb, i know.
Thanks for pointing that out Mindy - I fixed it!
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