I watched by far the best Jamie Oliver show this afternoon. To me, it's THE best because, I swear, there were moments when I wanted to tumble off my couch or melt into a puddle.

Today's episode is Barbecue. It's not anything like what we do here. There was a whole damn chicken, ribs, a leg of lamb and salmon. *faints*

The marinate... Ohh my goodness... The damn marinate... There were tons of different herbs and garlic and olive oil and vinegar (if I'm not wrong) and paprika and orange zest and juice and tons of other things. All I was thinking about was 'It's going to be so tasty, I'm going to die! And I really really want to eat that!'. The way he barbecued the meat... Everything looked so tender and so juicy. The ribs didn't even look like ribs anymore! It was so perfectly cooked, the meat could slide off the bone. *gasps* The lamb.. I'm not a huge lamb fan because it can be pretty tough and hard to chew. But that was, again, cooked to perfection. I would have stolen the entire leg and eat it for myself! And they were all slightly charred on the outside... Mmmm.. I have a weakness for charred bits... And a weakness for meat that slide off bones...

He also had lots of veggie, dumped in aluminum foil, seasoned with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon juice and dumped into the barbecue. There were whole onions too, prepared the same way as the veg.

My sisters and I were all dying in our seats. Jamie Oliver's just sick la! And he's got a garden. A garden full of veg and herbs and whatever you can grow on your own. I want a garden like that too. :(

I've always wanted to have a barbecue like that. I don't want the usual stuff that people have. Crab sticks (YUCK!), sausages, chicken wings and the occasional potato? I can't remember if there ever was potato. Or was it sweet potato? Anyways, the best part of a barbecue to me are the marshmallows. I've always disliked everything else and I always remember feeling hungry at barbecues because I don't eat anything else other than the marshmallows. Maybe a couple of chicken wings and sausages, but I'm never satisfied. I strongly believe that proper and delicious food can be cooked over a barbecue. I should have one huh?

Ohh my goodness.. Bad idea to talk about this now... I'm hungry... *slouches from depression*


I have to get all of his books, especially the latest one called Jamie At Home. That's the series with the barbecue episode! I just love the stuff that he comes up with. Very simple to make and always looks damn good... I want to be his friend!