Cooking It

this is a programme by channel 4, UK – Cooking It…
sometimes, I watch, sometimes, I don’t as it clashes with some other dramas that I’ve been following in weekday’s afternoon…
however, I actually like this show, it’s just that, for the drama that I’ve been following, it’s better if I follow through (^_^)

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/C/cookingit/biog.html
http://www.pearl-restaurant.com/aboutpearl/meetjun/

actually, I first came across this show…
one fine day… (ie. I can’t remember which day, just happened to see it while I switched to “travel & living”)
it kinda caught my attention, as it’s showing how a damn bad cook, finally win a competition against other professional cook…
and when I first saw Jun Tanaka, I was thinking, what stupid Chinese wandering around in this show… (didn’t know actually it’s HIS show, thought he’s just some ‘keh leh feh’ running around in the show)
but then, at the end of the show, when the very-bad-cook (just a commoner) finally won the competition (just a small daily competition, but the judges won’t know he/she actually doesn’t know how to cook at all) I actually smiled…
it’s kinda heart-warming, when you see those ‘idiots’ could actually win the competition…
ya, idiot… cos, they really have this idiotic look… well, I suppose, not because of the physical look, just their expression, as… they’re not confident in themselves.. and that shows up in their face, make them look like an idiot in the kitchen…

and therefore, I finished the show… and saw the crediting, oh!! it’s a Japanese (oops, since I’ve this thing about Japanese guy)
and I was thinking… no wonder… hahahahahaha!!!
since then, whenever I see this show (ok, normally after my drama, I’ve still got a few minutes to watch “Cooking It” – just at the right time, when the “idiot” finish up his/her dishes and judges give verdict)

in fact… come to think of it… this show is quite “Japanese”
as I’ve grown up to read Japanese comic, to Japanese anime, and Japanese drama,
for ‘idiot’ to win at the end of something is a very common style of those stories…
the thing is, I’ve been seeing them on books, and dramas…
and maybe that’s why, when I watch Cooking It, the real life show… I smiled…
I smiled for the success of the idiotic commoners, who actually will win the competition, it doesn’t have to be the first, Jun’s target is, as long as they’re not the last…
and I smiled to finally see these idiots, actually gain some confident in cooking, and that, they start to cook for the loved ones…
it’s kinda sweet and nice if you ask me…
very Japanese.. indeed…
and of course, if you watch any Japanese shows, or read any Japanese stories…
they’ll tell you, cook with your love!!