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Ubiquitous

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>On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:

>> How is this show, anyway? It looks vaguely interesting, but since it's
>> on Food Network...
>
>It's on the Travel Channel.

Oops! Followups set.

>The show is okay, but I have some complaints about it. The pilot,
>Bizarre Foods of Asia, was more interesting than any of the subsequent
>episodes -- although a good deal of what he ate in that show (e.g.,
>sushi, curry) wasn't bizarre at all; and he shied away from the really
>unusual stuff. That's been a problem with the show in general. You
>get glimpses of odd foods,but Zimmern tends to stick to the more
>ordinary stuff. Worse yet,you'll often see him put his fork in
>something unusual -- but then he doesn't eat it! (Watch carefully.)

In other words, it's a "light" version of Bourdain's show?

>Also, Zimmern sometimes claims to be full after just a few bites, which
>doesn't gibe with his girth.

Kinda sounds like the Googily-Eyed Skeletor (AKA Robin Miller), who takes
an infinitestimal nibble of food, raves about all the flavors it has,
but never _ever_ swallows any of it.