I bought the book before watching the series but I have to say now, that I enjoy both. In search of perfection, is Heston Blumenthal’s show on the telly where he looks at a classic, commonly loved dish and shoots for the perfect rendition of it. Obviously, he would be biased towards his tastes but I’d probably not argue too much with a celebrated 3 Michelin star chef whose restaurant, The Fat Duck is rated at #2 in the world. (Ferran Adria pips him to #1.)
Anyway, the guy fits the mad scientist role pretty well. He’s big and a touch gruff looking but he’s also got these signature glasses custom made by Michel Guillon. His thought processes and style of presentation also makes the show quite enjoyable to watch. Instead of being a recipe show like how most cooking shows are, Blumenthal looks at cooking much like an architect or a designer. He looks at the core problem, researches past information and then tries to solve everything, looking at every detail possible.
You can check out some of his recipes on the beeb.
Last week, I was watching this movie where the main character has a sort of tank he called a “batcar”. I was also able to see this same car in the metal when I went on a trip to the Gold Coast recently. Now I can’t tell you where to buy a tank, but I can tell you that you could get something cooler.
Bertone doesn’t make tanks. They just make really awesome cars. Cars much like the one you see below. This small, family run Italian company has been designing cars for close to a century now for the likes of Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini and Ferrari amongst many other carmakers. They’re soon to be sold due to financial difficulties but hopefully, they’ll keep on keepin’ on.
The BAT 11 is a new concept released recently that Bertone designed for Alfa Romeo. Its a revision of 3 older models made in the 50s, hence the distinct retrolicious streamlining.
The back end of the new BAT also looks pretty good as you can see. Apparently, they also ship with a free female as well.
