Just watched the programme with Sue Perkins and Giles Coren called Edwardian Supersize Me on BBC . These two people just ate loads. Typically it was over 5000 calories per day compare to what we know as a sensible level of 1800 per day.

Just watching them scoff down all that food during breakfast, lunch and dinner made me feel sick. There was never just one of two dishes, it was always a full on banquet going on even for breakfast which could include pork chops thrown in.

The amount of money that was spent by the upper classes on their excesses were amazing. Having a melon each would have cost the equivalent of £80 per person although in Japan some things still do cost just as much!

That Sue Perkins was supposedly a semi-vegetarian as well. Their burps must have stunk.

Curry

Check this story out BBC news article on a special curry recipe.

If you haven't been to Oriental City in Colindale, North London then you need to hurry as there are plans by the owner to demolish it and redevelop. Obviously the current tenants are a bit up in arms about the whole deal and raises concerns over what is a central focal point for the East Asian community.

crispy aromatic duck

I saw this article on dimsum.co.uk about food invented for the British market where it talks about crispy aromatic duck being just an invention for this market here. This is news to me but on reflection I can see why.

Roast duck for me, is about the juicy whole duck that has been literally hacked to small pieces with a big cleaver. When you eat the duck you get a in part the crispy dark red skin, the juicy dark meat that could be a bit medium but definitely not dry and well done, plus you get the internal bones.

The image of Chinese eating, is of chewing on food to extract the meat and then spitting out the bones. Sometimes literally and sometimes a bit more Western in approach.