Comments on: Soulless food: My Kitchen Rules

By: Gaby

Gaby — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:08:37 +0000

Dear Syrupandtang, your opinion of the show My Kitchen Rules is awesome! You had me laughing at what you said about each of the contestants. Love reading your posts and what you have to say! By the way your rigatoni looked so good!!! This site was such a pleasure to visit. Well presented, clean, clear and beautiful photos. I shall be returning for another delicious bite. Thank you for sharing,
Cheers, Gaby
You can visit me at http://ptsaldari.posterous.com

By: Kitchen Butterfly

Kitchen Butterfly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:28:33 +0000

I love the look of the pasta….and am laughing about the show! Hmmmmm

By: Thanh

Thanh — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:35:24 +0000

I've watched all the episodes so far and I hate it. It is slow, tedious, cold and worse of all, I'm not really learning much about food.

But I'm going to give it a chance, since I didn't particularly like the Masterchef auditions last season but was completely hooked to Masterchef by the end.

By: Manggy

Manggy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:59:38 +0000

Oh crap, you guys, now I feel terrible for even considering seeing this through to the end!

By: Coby

Coby — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:12:45 +0000

Kathryn, here in Vic I haven't seen any buses (yet) but the ads on 7 are certainly looking to find a supporter base for the Victorian guys. Maybe that's the type of follower the programmers are hoping for – not fans of food and cooking but reality TV junkies – only those addicted to the worst of the 'unreality' (as Duncan puts it) shows could be into this show surely.

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:15:31 +0000

I actually missed the airing time for MKR—which is a good thing, judging from what's being said here. Oh gosh if anyone that bitchy ever came to over for dinner they'd be leaving the house wearing slices of smooth, velvety cheesecake.

But I thought about it, and decided that they don't really deserve such good cheesecake. Maybe one of those frozen Sara Lee ones.

Thanks for the heads up, folks. I'll be spending my time watching something else.

By: kathryn

kathryn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:08:38 +0000

I am so with you Duncan. I watched out of curiosity, but spent most of the time harrumping loudly and exclaiming at the TV. People telling me over and over and over again how much they love food, and what knowledgeable foodies they are is *not* very interesting.

I did think Manu and Peter's comments were interesting, thoughtful and very kind.

I find the whole state vs state competition a tedious, has-been idea. Surely it would have been a good idea to get the *best* people? I've noticed adverts on local buses for MKR, promoting "Mossy and Gabe" and entreating us to support NSW.

Nah, not interested.

PS your rigatoni looks wonderful – exactly my kind of food.

By: Coby

Coby — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:54:29 +0000

I couldn't watch more than about half an hour of the first episode. I thought they contestants might be encouraging of each other – the closest anyone got to that was the sisters from QLD. I agree the 'not-a-couple' flatmates from SA were astonishingly cruel and snaky in their comments.

Would have liked to have heard the comments from the contestants on the food *before* the Judges gave their views rather than after.

I would never enter such a competition, hardly any of my food qualifies as something other than 'rustic', and *I* don't mind a big heaping of mash now and again!

Manggy – I'd rather have slightly under than slightly over-cooked cheesecake any day but maybe the flatmates were looking for a rubbery rather than a silky cheesecake – mmmm;)

Not going to be tuning in again.

By: Manggy

Manggy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:14:32 +0000

Huh, just last week I was talking to you about what a perfect DUH moment it was when Anthony Bourdain said that rustic, homely cooking is what chefs love the most. Apparently that sentiment does not hold true in some very wankery homes in Australia. Your pasta looks perfect but the teams would probably slaughter it for not being presented in a ring mold. I was shocked when the teams gave their scores for the lovely (and nervous) NSW couple. Your cheesecake is not f*cking raw. If it doesn't spill over the plate, it is cooked. Haven't you ever had good creamy cheesecake before, Adelaide non-couple? Sheesh.

Have yet to watch the second episode, but for the love of Manu, I can make better pasta that doesn't filigree as I'm rolling it out through the machine.