Every blogger in Japan prattles on endlessly about the food here. A large proportion of TV schedules are devoted to food shows. Visitors here rave incessantly about the food. I don’t get what all the fuss is about. The food here is mostly weird slimy sea creatures dished up with some strange veggie type objects and some mashed up kind of bean things. Some of it is good; some of it is utter rubbish, just like anywhere else. Preparing and eating food seems to have been elevated to an art form and mere chefs have become celebrities. That Ramsey idiot in England is a classic example, ranting and raving and carrying on like he’s god. You’re just a cook you tosser! You work in a kitchen. Get over yourself. I am not a food snob. I don’t care who the chef is and where he came from. I can’t tell the difference between fresh and frozen and have no interest in whether it’s organic or not. I think it’s a crime that people idolise these clowns when really deserving occupations like engineer, doctor or scientist get next to no credit or acclaim. Eating is not a higher form of behaviour. You eat so you don’t die. That’s it. It’s just food.
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