i've got to admit, when i first heard of "jamie's america", my first reaction was - jamie has sold out! he is onto the american market, pre x'mas!i did not have high hopes for the show, as i was i thinking along the lines of "ramsay's kitchen nightmares (USA)" vs "ramsay's kitchen nightmares (UK)"
i thought jamie would also be americanised...
i was sooooo wrong! and i am v glad that i was! cos now i have a new show to watch (after the demise of "the cook and the chef")
curiously the australian episode 1 began with "new york" - as i searched online after the aussie show, apparently "LA" and "wyoming" was supposed to preceed the "NY" one... well that was the official episode line up on jamieoliver.com
may be downunder, we do things the otherway around or something... but all i know is that louisiana will be next...
true to jamie's grassroots form, he went off the beaten track to look for the essence of NYC food - not in the 3 michelin star restaurants serving microgastronomy, but in the kitchens (mostly illegal ones) of ordinary new yorkers, mostly of immigrants, who served rustic, down to earth good food reflecting the culture they have brought with them to america in pursuit of their american dream...
there were weepy moments when jamie met mr george and mum feeding the homeless illegal immigrants off the streets everynight... homesick peruvians getting abit of comfort food from a home restaurant in the middle of a residental suburb...
they way they shot the series was real and had a homevideo feel to it...
no scripts... done in a way i (the audience) didn't think it did anyway...
10/10! can't wait for the next episodes
now i am fired up to try my hand at making the peruvian ceviche & xiao bing...
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