Comments on: Offal: Chinchulines, Mollejas, Corazon and Other Delights… http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: dan http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-244 dan Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:41:09 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-244 In a totally politically incorrect era, I used to work for a chef, who shall remain nameless, other than to say he's one of the judges on a new "reality" show that is suddenly popular, who used to say "vegetables in the kitchen, fruits in the dining room" in reference to his aggregated staff... I guess that explains why I didn't last long in his kitchen - I was in the wrong plant category... In a totally politically incorrect era, I used to work for a chef, who shall remain nameless, other than to say he’s one of the judges on a new “reality” show that is suddenly popular, who used to say “vegetables in the kitchen, fruits in the dining room” in reference to his aggregated staff… I guess that explains why I didn’t last long in his kitchen - I was in the wrong plant category…

]]> By: ksternberg http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-242 ksternberg Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:30:32 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-242 I enjoyed how Gareth referred to the wait staff as the "morons." I enjoyed how Gareth referred to the wait staff as the “morons.”

]]> By: dan http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-241 dan Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:52:53 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-241 I thought I did like it. It even looks to me like I said so. I do think the third season was where it really faltered, because the storyline switched from the intereractions in the kitchen and the restaurant, and the "adventures" entailed in all that - procuring odd ingredients, visiting health inspectors, crayfish escapes, stoned cooks, media attention, etc. that were the core of what was funny in the first and second seasons - and switched to following around a blow-by-blow account of his failing marriage, attempts at dating, and the love lives of the other cast members. Even the setting changed - in the first two seasons almost everything took place in the restaurant kitchen, dining room, or his own home talking about those things; in the third, a large percentage takes place in the owner's office or out of the restaurant setting entirely. There's also very little attention paid to the food in that final season - one of the things I particularly enjoyed in the first and second was the search for the perfect recipe for one dish or another, much of which engendered the comedy that followed. I thought I did like it. It even looks to me like I said so. I do think the third season was where it really faltered, because the storyline switched from the intereractions in the kitchen and the restaurant, and the “adventures” entailed in all that - procuring odd ingredients, visiting health inspectors, crayfish escapes, stoned cooks, media attention, etc. that were the core of what was funny in the first and second seasons - and switched to following around a blow-by-blow account of his failing marriage, attempts at dating, and the love lives of the other cast members. Even the setting changed - in the first two seasons almost everything took place in the restaurant kitchen, dining room, or his own home talking about those things; in the third, a large percentage takes place in the owner’s office or out of the restaurant setting entirely. There’s also very little attention paid to the food in that final season - one of the things I particularly enjoyed in the first and second was the search for the perfect recipe for one dish or another, much of which engendered the comedy that followed.

]]> By: ksternberg http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-240 ksternberg Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:23:02 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060310/offal-chinchulines-mollejas-corazon-and-other-delights#comment-240 I think you're much too judgmental and dismissive of "Chef." The first season was definitely the best, it's true. I found the plots pretty inventive and I liked Henry's style of humor. Yes, the program did fall apart in later seasons. Overall, not perfect, ok. But quite funny. In a smilar, yet much more dramatic vein (similar because it's from England), I just bought the DVD set of "Reilly: Ace of Spies," with Sam Neil. If you want to see some really sensational acting and writing, watch this. I think you’re much too judgmental and dismissive of “Chef.” The first season was definitely the best, it’s true. I found the plots pretty inventive and I liked Henry’s style of humor. Yes, the program did fall apart in later seasons. Overall, not perfect, ok. But quite funny.

In a smilar, yet much more dramatic vein (similar because it’s from England), I just bought the DVD set of “Reilly: Ace of Spies,” with Sam Neil. If you want to see some really sensational acting and writing, watch this.

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