Cook Up's Adam Liaw shows off his magic oven

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4 days ago

One of the impressive things about this show is how Liaw and the guests can carry on a conversation while cooking.
Well, it's impressive to me, anyway. If I'm putting a meal together, I have to focus on that and any potential discussion goes by the wayside.
But the guests here - chef Mark Olive and Food Safari's Maeve O'Meara don't seem to have any problems with that at all.
As a tie-in with it being SBS's 50th this year, they're making Special Broadcasting Suppers. Because the initials are SBS, geddit?
For me, the winner is Liaw's Portugeuse roast chicken rice. Though it is a little jarring to see him put the chicken in the oven and seemingly pull it back out seconds later completely cooked.
There's not even a hint of "here's one I prepared earlier". The only explanation is that Liaw has a magic oven.
What has happened to this show?
It used to be an oasis of wholesomeness in the oft-sleazy world of dating shows (yeah, MAFS, I'm talking about you).
But in this season, things have gone really pear-shaped.
Two farmers were allegedly axed before the show went to air for hooking up with other women during the production.
So, more Farmer Wants a Booty Call than anything else.
Now, Farmer Thomas appears to have been texting one of the women who had already left the farm, while the remaining ladies were trying to woo him.
That saw him leave his own farm at the end of the last episode. And probably had the producers rubbing their hands with glee about all the plotlines this delivered.
In tonight's episode, the farmers and the ladies are all going to a "Country Ball", which sounds like a rural tradition but is really a staged event where they are the only attendees.
The big mystery is whether or not Farmer Thomas will come back to the farm or if the ladies will have to bring in the wheat themselves during harvest time.
The title of this series about mixed martial arts definitely suggests some nefarious dealings.
But that's not the case, at least not in this first episode.
The episode deals with a fighter named Kimbo Slice, who became famous on the internet for his videos of illegal bare-knuckle backyard fights.
That fame led him to look at becoming an MMA fighter - well, the fame and the fact he could make a lot more money that way compared to punching on with people in a suburban backyard.
Once he developed some wrestling skills rather than just relying on his fists, Slice did pretty well in the cage.
He did pretty well out of it as well, becoming one of the sport's recognised faces and appearing on plenty of talk shows.
But he was facing some serious health problems. It was known that he suffered high blood pressure but what wasn't known is that it was linked to an enlarged heart.
At the age of 42, when he was on the list for a heart transplant, Slice was feeling unwell and was admitted to hospital.
Three days later he died from congestive heart failure.
So this episode is more about the Sad Side of The Cage, rather than the Dark Side.
One of the impressive things about this show is how Liaw and the guests can carry on a conversation while cooking.
Well, it's impressive to me, anyway. If I'm putting a meal together, I have to focus on that and any potential discussion goes by the wayside.
But the guests here - chef Mark Olive and Food Safari's Maeve O'Meara don't seem to have any problems with that at all.
As a tie-in with it being SBS's 50th this year, they're making Special Broadcasting Suppers. Because the initials are SBS, geddit?
For me, the winner is Liaw's Portugeuse roast chicken rice. Though it is a little jarring to see him put the chicken in the oven and seemingly pull it back out seconds later completely cooked.
There's not even a hint of "here's one I prepared earlier". The only explanation is that Liaw has a magic oven.
What has happened to this show?
It used to be an oasis of wholesomeness in the oft-sleazy world of dating shows (yeah, MAFS, I'm talking about you).
But in this season, things have gone really pear-shaped.
Two farmers were allegedly axed before the show went to air for hooking up with other women during the production.
So, more Farmer Wants a Booty Call than anything else.
Now, Farmer Thomas appears to have been texting one of the women who had already left the farm, while the remaining ladies were trying to woo him.
That saw him leave his own farm at the end of the last episode. And probably had the producers rubbing their hands with glee about all the plotlines this delivered.
In tonight's episode, the farmers and the ladies are all going to a "Country Ball", which sounds like a rural tradition but is really a staged event where they are the only attendees.
The big mystery is whether or not Farmer Thomas will come back to the farm or if the ladies will have to bring in the wheat themselves during harvest time.
The title of this series about mixed martial arts definitely suggests some nefarious dealings.
But that's not the case, at least not in this first episode.
The episode deals with a fighter named Kimbo Slice, who became famous on the internet for his videos of illegal bare-knuckle backyard fights.
That fame led him to look at becoming an MMA fighter - well, the fame and the fact he could make a lot more money that way compared to punching on with people in a suburban backyard.
Once he developed some wrestling skills rather than just relying on his fists, Slice did pretty well in the cage.
He did pretty well out of it as well, becoming one of the sport's recognised faces and appearing on plenty of talk shows.
But he was facing some serious health problems. It was known that he suffered high blood pressure but what wasn't known is that it was linked to an enlarged heart.
At the age of 42, when he was on the list for a heart transplant, Slice was feeling unwell and was admitted to hospital.
Three days later he died from congestive heart failure.
So this episode is more about the Sad Side of The Cage, rather than the Dark Side.
One of the impressive things about this show is how Liaw and the guests can carry on a conversation while cooking.
Well, it's impressive to me, anyway. If I'm putting a meal together, I have to focus on that and any potential discussion goes by the wayside.
But the guests here - chef Mark Olive and Food Safari's Maeve O'Meara don't seem to have any problems with that at all.
As a tie-in with it being SBS's 50th this year, they're making Special Broadcasting Suppers. Because the initials are SBS, geddit?
For me, the winner is Liaw's Portugeuse roast chicken rice. Though it is a little jarring to see him put the chicken in the oven and seemingly pull it back out seconds later completely cooked.
There's not even a hint of "here's one I prepared earlier". The only explanation is that Liaw has a magic oven.
What has happened to this show?
It used to be an oasis of wholesomeness in the oft-sleazy world of dating shows (yeah, MAFS, I'm talking about you).
But in this season, things have gone really pear-shaped.
Two farmers were allegedly axed before the show went to air for hooking up with other women during the production.
So, more Farmer Wants a Booty Call than anything else.
Now, Farmer Thomas appears to have been texting one of the women who had already left the farm, while the remaining ladies were trying to woo him.
That saw him leave his own farm at the end of the last episode. And probably had the producers rubbing their hands with glee about all the plotlines this delivered.
In tonight's episode, the farmers and the ladies are all going to a "Country Ball", which sounds like a rural tradition but is really a staged event where they are the only attendees.
The big mystery is whether or not Farmer Thomas will come back to the farm or if the ladies will have to bring in the wheat themselves during harvest time.
The title of this series about mixed martial arts definitely suggests some nefarious dealings.
But that's not the case, at least not in this first episode.
The episode deals with a fighter named Kimbo Slice, who became famous on the internet for his videos of illegal bare-knuckle backyard fights.
That fame led him to look at becoming an MMA fighter - well, the fame and the fact he could make a lot more money that way compared to punching on with people in a suburban backyard.
Once he developed some wrestling skills rather than just relying on his fists, Slice did pretty well in the cage.
He did pretty well out of it as well, becoming one of the sport's recognised faces and appearing on plenty of talk shows.
But he was facing some serious health problems. It was known that he suffered high blood pressure but what wasn't known is that it was linked to an enlarged heart.
At the age of 42, when he was on the list for a heart transplant, Slice was feeling unwell and was admitted to hospital.
Three days later he died from congestive heart failure.
So this episode is more about the Sad Side of The Cage, rather than the Dark Side.
One of the impressive things about this show is how Liaw and the guests can carry on a conversation while cooking.
Well, it's impressive to me, anyway. If I'm putting a meal together, I have to focus on that and any potential discussion goes by the wayside.
But the guests here - chef Mark Olive and Food Safari's Maeve O'Meara don't seem to have any problems with that at all.
As a tie-in with it being SBS's 50th this year, they're making Special Broadcasting Suppers. Because the initials are SBS, geddit?
For me, the winner is Liaw's Portugeuse roast chicken rice. Though it is a little jarring to see him put the chicken in the oven and seemingly pull it back out seconds later completely cooked.
There's not even a hint of "here's one I prepared earlier". The only explanation is that Liaw has a magic oven.
What has happened to this show?
It used to be an oasis of wholesomeness in the oft-sleazy world of dating shows (yeah, MAFS, I'm talking about you).
But in this season, things have gone really pear-shaped.
Two farmers were allegedly axed before the show went to air for hooking up with other women during the production.
So, more Farmer Wants a Booty Call than anything else.
Now, Farmer Thomas appears to have been texting one of the women who had already left the farm, while the remaining ladies were trying to woo him.
That saw him leave his own farm at the end of the last episode. And probably had the producers rubbing their hands with glee about all the plotlines this delivered.
In tonight's episode, the farmers and the ladies are all going to a "Country Ball", which sounds like a rural tradition but is really a staged event where they are the only attendees.
The big mystery is whether or not Farmer Thomas will come back to the farm or if the ladies will have to bring in the wheat themselves during harvest time.
The title of this series about mixed martial arts definitely suggests some nefarious dealings.
But that's not the case, at least not in this first episode.
The episode deals with a fighter named Kimbo Slice, who became famous on the internet for his videos of illegal bare-knuckle backyard fights.
That fame led him to look at becoming an MMA fighter - well, the fame and the fact he could make a lot more money that way compared to punching on with people in a suburban backyard.
Once he developed some wrestling skills rather than just relying on his fists, Slice did pretty well in the cage.
He did pretty well out of it as well, becoming one of the sport's recognised faces and appearing on plenty of talk shows.
But he was facing some serious health problems. It was known that he suffered high blood pressure but what wasn't known is that it was linked to an enlarged heart.
At the age of 42, when he was on the list for a heart transplant, Slice was feeling unwell and was admitted to hospital.
Three days later he died from congestive heart failure.
So this episode is more about the Sad Side of The Cage, rather than the Dark Side.