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Rick Stein's Long Weekends
Friday 9pm BBC2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078dj4l Quote:
Rick Stein embarks on a series of culinary long weekends in search of food excellence and brilliant recipes, heading to markets, restaurants, wineries, cafes and bars.
Haven't watched it yet but it sounds similar to The Layover with Anthony Bourdain, yet should be more releaxed if in Stein's usual style. Episode 1 is in Bordeaux http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078djcl |
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Friday 9pm BBC2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078dj4l Haven't watched it yet but it sounds similar to The Layover with Anthony Bourdain, yet should be more releaxed if in Stein's usual style. Episode 1 is in Bordeaux http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078djcl |
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He'll be eating the likes of puffin and rotted shark meat in Iceland. That's a tough gig.
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Good idea for a new series. When I do long weekends around Europe, food and drink are always top of my list of priorities.
However, I thought this did drag a little. An hour is a long time to show him eating endless meals so it could have done with a little more information about things to see and do that didn't just involve eating and drinking. |
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I enjoyed it, I always enjoy Rick's travel/cooking programmes. It made me want to take the car to France and just drive around. I have driven that part of France many years ago.
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Yeah, I'd be relaxed too, if I were rich, touring France in a series of "long weekends", eating at the best restaurants and drinking the best wines and getting paid for it courtesy of the license fee payers.
He should do it for free. And we should watch it for free. Paying for stuff, so bourgeois. |
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Good idea for a new series. When I do long weekends around Europe, food and drink are always top of my list of priorities.
However, I thought this did drag a little. An hour is a long time to show him eating endless meals so it could have done with a little more information about things to see and do that didn't just involve eating and drinking. He usually does comment on the history and architecture of places he visits in his series. I was salivating at that cote de boeuf with the bonemarrow. I also remember that restaurant he first visited from his French series. Would love to visit it. Me thinks i'll be getting a steak in for boeuf bordelaise and frites for tomorrow night. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795rt5
Reykjavik Rick Stein's Long Weekends Episode 2 of 10 Rick Stein enjoys a winter break in Reykjavik in search of the perfect cod and samples succulent fjord-reared roast lamb. |
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There is no doubt that Stein thinks he is a gifted cook and restaraunteur, and he may well be right. However, I get a little irritated that every place or restaraunt or cook he visits is 'wonderful', 'marvellous', or 'the best in the world' etc. Does he really mean it, I wonder? Perhaps we shouldn't take him too seriously. At least the scenery is usually good.
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There is no doubt that Stein thinks he is a gifted cook and restaraunteur, and he may well be right. However, I get a little irritated that every place or restaraunt or cook he visits is 'wonderful', 'marvellous', or 'the best in the world' etc. Does he really mean it, I wonder? Perhaps we shouldn't take him too seriously. At least the scenery is usually good.
I do like his programmes and presenting style though (will also give the producer credit and for his Floyd stuff as well). I'm not really a seafood fan but I still watch those programmes when they're on. I've seen probably every show he's done apart from the Opera one. |
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There is no doubt that Stein thinks he is a gifted cook and restaraunteur, and he may well be right. However, I get a little irritated that every place or restaraunt or cook he visits is 'wonderful', 'marvellous', or 'the best in the world' etc. Does he really mean it, I wonder? Perhaps we shouldn't take him too seriously. At least the scenery is usually good.
That said I have seen several of his shows where he's moaned about the food he's got in restaurants whilst filming the show. |
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I would love to visit Iceland but I hope they have some proper restaurants or even McDonalds there, because I couldn't eat any of that awful food I didn't fancy any of it, Even Rick said that it was the worst thing he had ever eaten and the crew all ran off.
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I would love to visit Iceland but I hope they have some proper restaurants or even McDonalds there, because I couldn't eat any of that awful food I didn't fancy any of it, Even Rick said that it was the worst thing he had ever eaten and the crew all ran off.
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Ive been to that restaurant they do fantastic lobster soup. A few places offer the traditional "quirky" food but they also offer tasty stuff. Contentious maybe but I would say Icelandic fish n chips beats ours; spelt batter and tartare sauce made with skyr. Delicious!
It would be great if someone cooked that in Masterchef! |
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He's not going to go to an awful restaurant and say it's horrible though.
That said I have seen several of his shows where he's moaned about the food he's got in restaurants whilst filming the show. Quote:
I would love to visit Iceland but I hope they have some proper restaurants or even McDonalds there, because I couldn't eat any of that awful food I didn't fancy any of it, Even Rick said that it was the worst thing he had ever eaten and the crew all ran off.
There are plenty of decent 'normal' restaurants or food stalls. |
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What about our tripe, jellied eels, black pudding, and haggis?
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What about our tripe, jellied eels, black pudding, and haggis?
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Watched ep2 last night and as I'm a fan of food programmes it just recovered what they all do when visiting Iceland.
So it was a slightly disappointing episode personally. Anyone else notice flickering, especially on drone sequences? |
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Berlin tonight Quote:
Rick enjoys a long weekend in Berlin, where history and the avant garde dwell enticingly side by side. A city that once made history with its divisive wall teems today with an overwhelming array of innovative chefs offering delicious seasonal creations like pureed sunflower seeds, Jerusalem artichoke flans and crushed frozen pine nuts. Loved by the likes of Garbo, Charlie Chaplin and Escoffier there's still a cornucopia of choice for those with a more traditional temperament, with Eisbein, meatballs and sausages topping every menu in town.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079w1jx
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I love Berlin. It's a brilliant place for a long weekend.
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I don't think he got the best out of the Berlin episode.
It seemed to be mostly ponsy food for young hip trendy people or for people or top chefs who are in the know to be personally invited to. I thought he would have spent more time on the bog standard traditional food. He complains on his UK shows about not being able to get down to earth gold old British grub. I wonder if him saying it's noir and very Berlin was an injoke because he knew he was coming across as a tit. |
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Vienna tonight Quote:
This week, Rick Stein visits Vienna - the city that once ran the Austro-Hungarian Empire and continues to be home to comfort dishes like tafelspitz and goulash and which gave its name to one of Europe's most popular dishes - the wiener schnitzel. It even produces its own unique white wine produced in vineyards overlooking the city's imperial architecture.
Whilst enjoying the sights and sounds of the hometown to Klimt and Freud and the rather eccentric architecture of Hundertwasser, Rick also learns the essential etiquette to its coffee house culture and indulges in the city's sweet tooth by enjoying a plate or two of apple strudel and sacher torte. And no visit to Vienna would be complete without a concert of Mozart or Strauss, whose music was undeniably inspired by this unforgettable city. |
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Viennese food looked much more appetising than last week's Berlin food, although I don't like Veal, because of the cruelty in rearing the calves.
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Viennese food looked much more appetising than last week's Berlin food, although I don't like Veal, because of the cruelty in rearing the calves.
Not too long Vienna was a pretty dull city for non-Austrian food but there has been a big explosion of new places in recent years, helped in part by the fact that it was one of the few places where there's been positive growth through most of the euro crisis. A lot of boutique hotels have also opened recently and it seems to have become a more popular weekend break destination. I'm not sure locals really appreciate the resulting rocketing house prices.. If anyone wants to see a different take on the city Anthony Bourdain made quite a good show. You can find easily by googling or maybe even by following this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiOGa7rzCQY
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I don't think he got the best out of the Berlin episode.
It seemed to be mostly ponsy food for young hip trendy people or for people or top chefs who are in the know to be personally invited to. I thought he would have spent more time on the bog standard traditional food. He complains on his UK shows about not being able to get down to earth gold old British grub. I wonder if him saying it's noir and very Berlin was an injoke because he knew he was coming across as a tit. The city is vibrant and so interesting and varied and it seems to have gone whooosh over his head |
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