The travels of Tim Lee
While it is true that YouTube now charges for some of its best content there is still a lot of good stuff that is free. I'd say that I watch more YouTube than anything else on TV. There are a few podcasts that I am a big fan of and I would like to tell our members about one of them.
There is a man who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He is Asian and about a decade ago he decided to do reviews of restaurants and buffets. He tells everyone how easy it was to set up a little show of his own. There was a company that helps people to do that on the internet and thus he began the Tim Lee show. I know that there are other individuals who go around sampling food in various places, but the difference is Tim Lee himself. It is authenticity. He is a very gentle man. He respects other people and is sometimes very funny when you get accustomed to his ways. I think others have seen what I have because he now has sponsors and he travels the world filming himself in restaurants big and small, from the famous to the locally known.
His show has what I call a calming effect, so I usually watch an episode before bed at night. I'll post one of my favorite episodes right here. It is the one where he tells his viewers that he is going on a five-hour trip to visit relatives on the west coast and that he will make a stop in a US location that has what people in the US consider one of the nation's top steak houses: "Texas Roadhouse."
There is another thing I should mention about Tim Lee: He listens to people. In the episode I posted you will note that he considers certain recommendations of the waitress and the episode also drives a stake through the heart of the one restauranter Tim didn't like so much (and he likes just about everybody.) That would be Canada's own Gordon Ramsay. Early on there was a story about Ramsay berating the staff in one of his steak houses publicly. Tim vowed that he would never eat in one of Ramsay's steak houses. However, Tim's followers kept messaging him to bury the hatchet and give it a try. There is an episode where he does. It was a unique episode, but it is the episode that I posted where Tim gives Ramsay the ultimate knock. You have to look for it after the Texas Roadhouse meal.
I've watched Tim go to Hong Kong during a Typhoon, Taipei on a beautiful day and quite a few trips into New York City. I've had many laughs. I think he can be very funny without realizing it. He is a one of a kind and I bet people will enjoy it as much I do.
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The epitome of enthusiasm.
Sorry I can't see his episodes.
I'm sorry too. Many of the episodes involved real Asian food, which I found interesting. There are many things I've learned along the way.
For instance, Tim once did an episode on Caesar's Palace Bacchanal Buffett. While doing that he met a guy off camera who described himself as a professional gambler. The guy asked Tim where he was going after Vegas. Tim told him that his next stop would be the legendary "Peter Lugar's Steak House" in NYC. The guy gives him a bit of advice about steak houses. He told Tim to always sample the burgers that a steak house might offer on the menu. Tim asked why? The man told him that those burgers are made with better cuts of meat and they were reasonably priced. I noticed that Tim always put it to the test whenever he visits a steak house.
;What does Tim say about Burger King burgers? Those are the only burgers that I eat now and then.
The Whopper is still my favorite burger.
I don't recall him ever reviewing fast food chains, but I agree with you and JR on Burger King. They make it bigger & better.
Canada?
Not like I'm surprised that your seeds contain spurious content.
Is the 'Ultimate knock' calling him Canadian?
He is the ultimate Canadian steak chain owner.
I suppose ill have to work on my many faults.
In the words of Joe E Brown at the end of Some Like it Hot, "Well, nobody's perfect."
Surely that can't be.
I think I have seen Tim Lee but frankly there are countless restaurant review shows on You Tube.
There are many. The point is that authenticity is what sets Lee apart from the crowd.
A restaurant reviewer is an important protagonist in the movie 'Chef'.