This way to the stars

Pinoy exotic food fear factor

Let me just say that I did not expect baboy damo and ostrich salpicao to be sooo damn delicious. Tapang usa was okay; the frog legs were too except that the meat was hard to get off the small frog bones. Believe me, after the frog dissection I automatically saw the frog legs anatomically; as I was eating them I automatically thought about the terms femur, triceps femoris, tibio-fibula, tibialis anticus, and gastrocnemius. Well done, Zoology lab.

Surprisingly, kuhol sa gata beat them all. :) I honestly thought that snails would taste slimy and disgusting, but they actually tasted like oysters and clams. Cool. Let's add Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Pulmonata to my list of favorite food then! Hahaha!

I didn't get to eat isaw though. Maybe next time!

I love my groupmates. They're creative and lots of fun (yes, that means you! :D). Doing projects is less of a chore with them, since the boys make it into one big laughtrip. Though it is slightly freaky to see the boys mock-cuddling, we the girls (the minority) actually feel comfortable with them.

Exo, Erwin, JA, Mia, Ralph - you guys are so great, baby talk and all! Ooooh you touched my tra-la-la!!.

I think we did a freaky job filming the fear factor segment. The food wasn't at all disgusting, as we had to pretend it would be; in fact, as I said it was actually quite delicious despite its exotic-ness (is there such a word?). Also, we acted in lots of verbal abuse to pretend to insult and discourage our opponents in the challenges, so we had one hell of a fun time filming that part!

I just hope that the finished film will have as much content as comedy. :)

It really was a shame that Krocodile Grill didn't allow us to film inside their restaurant. That was a serious setback, since we were hoping to interview the manager and film the food as it was being cooked. Oh well, we should have expected that since Krocodile Grill is a high-end commercial establishment. I really really hope that we'd be allowed to film in the exotic food restaurant in Kapitolyo, or else we'd have to search for restaurants outside Metro Manila (which would be a huge hassle!). I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

And by the way Mia, I only acted like a teenybopper. It wasn't me. The day I really become a teenybopper is the day I have Multiple Personality Disorder. :P

"Oooooh you touched my tra-la-la! Mmmm, making ding-dong!".

Sheer hilarity!

posted by steph @ 10:15 PM