Our new samsung LCD TV is tuned in to the asian food channel some 15 hrs a day.

It's not such a bad thing though. At the very least, it liberated my dad from his "chinese are the smartest, chinese are the best, chinese are the thriftiest, and chinese have the best cuisine" obstinate way of thinking. after a month of daily 'hokkaido journey' viewing, he is now thoroughly convinced that hokkaido is the best place to visit for tasty seafood treats. and if all goes well, we may be headed there for a ramen cum hotpot cum sashimi cum retreat next summer. ahh so looking forward.

the other programme that seemed particularly fascinating was 'escape to river cottage' or something to that effect. in the show, the cook whops up a dish using whatever he has hunted during the day.

in one of the episodes, he actually made bunny burgers. needless to say, the burger patties were made from the rabbits he hunted. *sobz* rabbits are so cute can!

also in that same episode, he brought home a GIANT mushroom (i think it was puffball) that weighed some 6.5 pounds. the mushroom was so huge you'd think that they existed only in alice in the wonderland. seriously! they dugged up the flesh so that the mushroom became a 'pot' for them to dump in other stuffs like pigeons and fungi and veggies blah blah. and they baked the entire 'mushroom pot'. it was amazing...

watching too much of these food programmes really brings out the 'chef' in you and makes you wanna cook up a storm as well.. too bad dok's cancelling on us this sunday and we cant seem to find a replacement day.. so... what a bummer! ok, gotta watch ratatouille soon... like seriously. 've got damn cravings to eat now.