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Karen[_3_]

wrote:

> I liked the China episode of "No Reservations" a lot too. Did you
> notice that, when he was getting his ear canal "cleaned," by that guy
> with the long, sharp metal implement, he said, "Watch - a Rachel Ray
> fan is gonna walk by and jab that thing into my head!"
>
> I think Bourdain is the anti-Rachel Ray in that he's genuinely
> opinionated; lets the viewer know if he really likes or dislikes
> something he eats -- although he seemed to like pretty much everything
> he ate in the China episode. His reaction to the Chinese liquor was
> pretty funny; "That's pretty much paint thinner," etc.

Not that he doesn't mind a wee dram of a little paint thinner now and
then, either....

Karen