There are thousands of ingredients in the world, and the taste varies from person to person, and if you love the most, you will have the most hated food. Hosted by Li Xinyu, the new variety show "Fearful Mouth" is looking for celebrity chefs from all walks of life to get creative and cook the 10 ingredients that guests fear the most, such as pork liver, coriander and bitter melon, into new dishes that make people eat their fingers. Invited guests include Wang Yuqing, Bai Weixiu, Sunshine Coke, Chen Jianbin, Wang Weiliang, and a rare guest of the variety show, former Congressman Li Meihua.
Li Xinyu (left) tries Thai coriander at a local farm
When talking about the inspiration for the program, producer Zhou Weitang said in an interview that all kinds of food programs have always been very popular and emerge endlessly, and it is not easy to be novel and unconventional.
He said: "At that time, our interns proposed that everyone has been looking at and introducing the food that everyone loves to eat, so why don't we do a food about everyone being afraid of and fearing?" I think this idea is very interesting, there is a bit of reverse thinking, from the perspective of diners 'fear' to introduce a few people's favorite, or even disgusting and resistant food, is a very attractive concept. ”
Executive producer Hong Yixing said there was no shortage of challenges in producing shows during the pandemic: "Not all restaurants and filming locations will be as enthusiastic as before the epidemic. Especially restaurants and kitchens, because considering social distancing and hygiene regulations, some restaurants refuse to shoot to save trouble. ”
In addition, MediaCorp divided the artists into two groups of AB, and the film crew could only choose any group of artists to appear on the show, and it took a lot of time and energy to find suitable artists.
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The ingredient on the night of the premiere was pork liver, which was also the one that Li Xinyu couldn't stand the most, and she and the guests Wang Yuqing and Bai Weixiu not only ate but also touched it in the show.
Li Xinyu (from left) tastes nasty pork liver with Wang Yuqing and Bai Weixiu on the show
Li Xinyu said: "I really resisted pork liver, and I didn't expect it to change after tasting the creative cuisine of pork liver in the show! In particular, after tasting Master Zhang Yaoxiang's French pork liver patte, he himself does not like to eat pork liver, but accepts this difficult challenge and cooks a pork liver dish that he can accept. ”
Li Xinyu has 20 years of hosting experience, and this is the first time to single-handedly host a variety show. She said that she was inevitably nervous and afraid, because the show had variety elements, "I always felt that I was not funny and humorous enough, and my reaction was not faster than others." ”
Due to the less use of Mandarin after marriage, Li Xinyu took over the program, every day on the Internet to do homework, bad Chinese vocabulary, try to learn all the food-related materials and adjectives in the shortest possible time, the result in the camera to appear comfortable, won the program director praise.
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Lee Mei-hwa will appear in Episode 7, where the ingredients are cheese. Director Liu Ziqing said that Li Meihua almost does not eat cheese in her daily life, but she does not reject knowing and tasting cheese dishes more. "Just like the flower sister that everyone knows, she treats people very sincerely, not only made sufficient preparations before shooting, carefully understood the shooting content, and the on-site shooting and guest Chen Jianbin also had a tacit understanding, talking to each other and creating program effects."
Former MP Lee Mei-hwa tastes cheese.
In the last episode, the guest group of Wang Weiliang and Xue Sushan rubbed the spark, which impressed Li Xinyu the most. She said: "The two performed very professionally, full of laughter, singing and harmonizing, and felt very comfortable. No matter how they play, even when they encounter situations, they still stick to the theme of fermented food tempeh, and do not forget to focus on the ingredients and chefs. ”
Li Xinyu finally said that hosting the show made her realize that many people have ignored the value of the ingredients around her, "(No matter how intimidating the ingredients are), they have their precious places." When you are willing to let go of stereotypes, you will find a new taste of the hole! ”