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I'm with Ed. Let's eat pie.

The National Palace Museum is amazing. I really want to visit again.

I find it interesting that they were confident that they would find the right coloring of the stone after they carved away to reveal it. I mean...they don't know for sure how deep the vein of mineral runs.

I felt like Jen and Bryan did admirable enough jobs to be safe, so it was between Eli and Michael for elimination. I kind of thought it might have been Michael, which would have ruined my guess for who the final four would be.

Given that they had nowhere close to enough time to make something that would really meet Bocuse D'or standards, I think Kevin's strategy of doing something a little simpler and doing it all right was the right one. Also, it wasn't that much playing it safe...as he used a technique he'd never done before in making it. Not that the judges really knew that or not.

Where did that cute pumpkin pie slice image come from?

Yes, I know exactly what you mean with the honey and peanut butter sandwiches. I love that slight crunch that develops and I'm sad when I'm in a hurry and don't have time to wait for it to happen.

It's pretty easy to see how people can dislike Guy. I don't really mind. He's at least much less boring than some of the other Next Food Network Star people. He's more exciting than the other "host" FN seems to use a lot, Marc Summers.

Some people thought the recent fake funeral prank during April Fools was not in good taste. I thought it was awesome.

And so is this.

Yes, my two favorite cuisines combined. That is awesome. Too bad they are in LA and not Boston.

I can only think that Marshall's family from How I Met Your Mother eats mayo with everything. I mean...they eat that crazy salad that is like half mayo and half random junk food.

Yeah, but in my opinion Diet Coke tastes closer to Pepsi than Coca-Cola Classic. And Diet Pepsi tastes closer to Pepsi too (that's why they don't need to be making a "Pepsi Zero" since their original diet already tastes similar). So I wouldn't agree with posephus that she's trying to kill you, but people have their preferences and the placebo effect (if I can use it in this context) probably has a fair amount to do with tastes.

@DCLSweetspot: Well, by that logic, why do we do a percentage for different dishes as well? It takes the same effort to bring out a plate that costs $20 as a plate that costs $8. We still do a percentage in those cases. Perhaps we should just give tips of a set fee rather than a variable percentage.

@sheba0915: a little strange that they didn't drink any vodka though.

McD may be less than reputable in the burger eating community here, but in Taiwan, it's actually very acceptable. Prices last time I went (which is quite a few years ago now) were pretty good.

I only went because some friends with me really like McD. Otherwise, I stick with the local food.

@jkdrummer: Asian perception of what a burger is probably makes these places successful even if they don't seem like good burgers to our palates. A real burger place may end up being popular with Western tourists, but not necessarily successful. Still, probably worth a try. Or maybe it has already been tried.

@queenbleu: A pound is 3500 calories actually. Shortchanging that 500 cal is a big difference.

@redfish: That's a lot of exercise to fit into a day. I don't know how much Ed is already doing and he may somehow be able to fit that in, but most people probably cannot do that much.