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Off the Grid with Colin and Manu (2025) Season 2 Episode 3
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00:00Ta-da!
00:01Oh, wow!
00:02Look at her, mate.
00:03Precious!
00:05Stunning.
00:06There's no better way to travel.
00:12Oh, look, it's straight ahead, bro!
00:17Bullseye!
00:18I have a little question.
00:20Emerson's, who stocked up the caravan with beers,
00:22can we make our own beer?
00:25Eh?
00:25That would be awesome.
00:28What a beautiful little spot for lunch, eh?
00:30I reckon that's one of our best.
00:32We'd love to make our own beer.
00:34Why don't you come to the van, eh?
00:35And then that gives a...
00:37You haven't had a pounce at my mother, have you?
00:39No.
00:41Oh, you're such a pig.
00:43You should try it, it broke in my mouth.
00:45We're about to meet the infamous floor.
00:48Hello, hello.
00:49I've been expecting you.
00:51Every signature is someone who's eaten here.
00:53In the present company, we don't want to trick it up too much.
00:56We're feeling under the pressure.
00:57Yeah.
01:13What a glorious day, look at that, man.
01:15It's picture postcard, isn't it?
01:17Look, white peaks, the sun is out, it's hot.
01:21Stunning day, though.
01:22What are we up to now?
01:24We're heading to middle match to meet Richard Emerson.
01:27It would be great, no?
01:28Yeah.
01:29Are we going to, hopefully, make some beers?
01:33You know, we get the chance to talk to Richard about what we can make.
01:37Maybe a Betty Pale Ale.
01:38Oh, yeah, I like that.
01:40Yeah?
01:40I like the easy and parallel, yeah.
01:43When do you ever get to make your own beer?
01:54When do you ever get to make your own beer?
02:01Howdy.
02:04Hey, let's stop here and get a snack.
02:09Got your little, uh, present.
02:11Cap of the ice cream.
02:13Ooh, ice cream.
02:14I want to melt some boysenberry, our passion fruit, and kamahi honey.
02:18Uh, berry, please.
02:18I've had those before, they're delicious.
02:21They're good, huh?
02:21Mmm.
02:24Oh, yeah.
02:25Mmm.
02:28Oh, yeah.
02:29Mmm.
02:30Oh.
02:33Oh, try it out.
02:37Oh, you're such a pig.
02:39It's like the pie, you've got to break everything.
02:42You said try it, it broke in my mouth.
02:44Don't lick it.
02:46Mmm.
02:47Oh.
02:48Passion fruit's good, huh?
02:50Yeah.
02:50I thought it was going to be a bit more acidic, but it's really nice.
02:53The passion fruit's got, um, like a little tangy yogurt.
02:58A little honey in there.
03:01Mmm.
03:01They don't last long, do they?
03:02Mmm.
03:04Mmm.
03:05Mmm.
03:05The berry's good.
03:07It's got a nice little chocolate cross on the outside of it.
03:11There you go.
03:13Oh, nice, it'll suck.
03:32Oh, nice.
03:37Oh, nice.
03:38Oh, nice.
03:40Oh, nice.
03:41Oh, nice.
03:48Evening.
04:08Oh, nice.
04:10You've always been smart, but you just never brought it out of me.
04:13Ah.
04:15Topography.
04:16Just don't ask me to spell it.
04:22We finally made it to Middlemarsh, my friend. Here we go.
04:25So I think Richard lives around the corner from here.
04:29Wow. Full fact about Richard,
04:31he's actually known as the godfather of craft beer.
04:35That's a godfather I want to know.
04:37Indeed.
04:42All right, let's go and meet the man.
04:47Beautiful little spot.
04:48Isn't it just?
04:50Hello there.
04:51G'day, guys.
04:52Hi, how are you going?
04:54What the thing, are you here for the beer?
04:56We're here to thank you for the beer.
04:58How are you?
04:59It was a nice surprise to open Betty
05:02and being filled with a lot of your beers.
05:05Oh, good.
05:05We had a few already.
05:07Oh, nice.
05:07Well, seeing as though you filled up Betty for us with beer,
05:11we're going to cook for you today.
05:12Careful, careful.
05:14All right, let's do it.
05:15First?
05:15There's a barbecue over there.
05:16There's a barbecue over there.
05:17With our name of that.
05:18Let's go.
05:23Who's doing what?
05:24I'm going to do a little venison number and a little sausage roll number.
05:28I'm going to do beef satay and then little neck clams with chorizo.
05:33Beautiful.
05:34Yeah?
05:35All right, have a look at this.
05:36I got some sausages that are half pork, half beef, liver, beef cheek, bone marrow, pork neck,
05:45and I don't know what else you want to throw in there.
05:47We don't need to do anything with it then.
05:49It's a nose to tail sausage and a bit of blood pudding in there as well.
05:52That looks good.
05:54Nice.
05:55Can it be like black pudding, isn't it?
05:57Yeah.
05:58Awfully good.
05:58Yeah, awfully good.
05:59And look at this piece of beef, mate.
06:01Two weeks air dried.
06:03All right.
06:04I'm going to leave this alone for a minute.
06:06I'm going to start the satay sauce.
06:09Okay.
06:12So how are you making your satay sauce?
06:15It's a cheat way.
06:16I'm using peanut butter, which is not a real recipe, but hey.
06:20Off the grid.
06:21Off the grid, my friend.
06:22I've got some Thai red curry as well and some cheese.
06:28So basically this has already got a good flavour.
06:31I've taken the meat out of the casings.
06:33I've seasoned it.
06:34I'm going to add a little punch of mustard.
06:37And then I'd sweeten it with a little bit of this local thyme honey.
06:41Pork and honey.
06:43All right.
06:43So that's my pork mix.
06:45I've got a little sausage roll number going on.
06:47How good is this kitchen, mate?
06:49It's got four different barbecues.
06:50An oven.
06:51Two best mates cooking together, side by side.
06:55I've got chilli and garlic going in.
06:58I'm going to also add red curry paste, crispy chilli oil.
07:04Oh, you can smell it.
07:06Can you smell it?
07:07It's good, huh?
07:08And I'm going to add a little bit of peanut butter.
07:11There you go.
07:13Drop of water.
07:20Mmm.
07:21Oh, spicy.
07:25Oh, yeah.
07:26That's it.
07:27That's good.
07:27So that's basically the satay sauce for the beef.
07:30Yeah.
07:31And then I'm going to cut the beef in small little pieces.
07:34And I'm going to use some curry powder just to marinate it as well, just to emphasize the flavour.
07:41I've had an idea.
07:43No.
07:44You're scaring me when you say that.
07:47I'm not making a sausage roll.
07:49I'm making a sausage flat.
07:51Like a pizza?
07:52No.
07:53Like a pie.
07:54Okay.
07:54I've worked it out fully.
07:55So you're going to spread the mince there and then you're going to put another piece on top.
08:00Pretty good, huh?
08:00A sausage pie, not a sausage roll.
08:03Can I take that tray?
08:04You can.
08:05Très bien.
08:06Très bien.
08:06All right.
08:07Pastry on the bottom.
08:08Add my mix.
08:10Layer of pastry on top.
08:12So rather than the roll, more of a flatness situation going on.
08:17A little bit of egg wash gives it a nice little shine and also helps get our elements stick.
08:22All right.
08:23So I'm cutting the beef in small pieces.
08:25So it's going to cook quite quickly.
08:28A little bit of fresh rosemary.
08:33Oh, you know what else I got?
08:34Good scattering of the fennel seeds.
08:37Might get caught in your teeth, but it's worth it.
08:40How long do you reckon that's going to take in a pizza oven?
08:42Because I've never done it.
08:43Well, usually I'd say about 20 minutes, Chef.
08:46Okay.
08:46But pizza oven might be a bit fast, so you're going to have to keep your eye on it.
08:50Any one way to find out?
08:51All right.
08:51Into the oven.
08:52Good luck.
08:55She's hot.
08:58Venison.
08:58I'm going to make a little green sauce.
09:00What would you call it?
09:01An Irish sauce.
09:03Green?
09:03No, not really Irish.
09:04Chunky, like a little...
09:06Like a salsa verde.
09:07So mint, a little bit of garlic, capers.
09:12Come in.
09:14So in my beef, I've added some curry powder, salt, pepper, a bit of oil, just for a bit of
09:21seasoning.
09:21And then we're going to do some little satay kebabs.
09:25How long will they take to cook?
09:26Not too long, actually.
09:27You know, that's why I put them in small pieces.
09:30Yeah.
09:30To try to put them as quick as we can.
09:32So I like a good shot on the outside and medium rare style inside.
09:36Olive oil.
09:38Oh, vinegar maybe.
09:41Of course.
09:42Olive oil.
09:46Mustard.
09:48A little sweetness with the honey.
09:52Oh, f***.
09:55Sweet dressing.
09:57Because I've got honey and everything, I'm going to douse it in honey as well.
10:01So I get a bit of char, a bit of sweetness on the venison and then the acidity.
10:04I think you should add a little bit more vinegar, Chef.
10:08Yeah, I overindulged on the honey.
10:12Look at this little stack of satay beef, my friend.
10:16Looks good.
10:18Bit more salt.
10:19That's my dressing done.
10:22Now, get my venison.
10:25Look at that.
10:26That is a beautiful back strap of fellow deer.
10:32I'm going to marinate the venison.
10:34Maybe a bit of garlic, a little bit of spice, salt, pepper.
10:37I'm going to skewer it and then grill it.
10:41You don't want it too small because there's no fat whatsoever.
10:44Look at those clams, mate.
10:45Beautiful.
10:47What are they called?
10:49Clams.
10:50No, but there's a name.
10:53They are little neck clams from Otago Haber.
10:56Little neck.
10:57Yeah.
10:59I've got some chorizo here and I'm going to saute it with garlic and chilli and then add the clams
11:06into there.
11:07Yeah.
11:09I'm going to use a little bit of fresh rosemary on this as well.
11:12I have another idea.
11:15It's flowing through my veins today.
11:18For my skewers.
11:20Then I'll dress it with some flowers.
11:23All right.
11:24Ooh.
11:25Got a rosemary skewer.
11:27Yeah.
11:28I'm going to add the clams into this.
11:34Look at that.
11:40A little bit of wine and then a lid over the top.
11:44And that should be steaming up right now.
11:48All right.
11:50Nearly done.
11:50Pretty much, isn't it?
11:51Just need to fire.
11:53Do you want a hand?
11:54Yes, please.
11:55It's a great way of flavouring food, isn't it?
11:58How many pieces do you want to put?
12:00Four.
12:02I feel like the more time we spend together, the more we understand each other.
12:06What?
12:07Yeah, that's right.
12:09I thought that would be the case.
12:11Little lunch, eh?
12:12I reckon that's one of our best.
12:13We'd love to make our own beer.
12:15Is that possible?
12:16I have a brewery not far behind me.
12:19Is this where all the magic happens?
12:21And then that gives a...
12:23Let's try this.
12:24Won't you come to put it in?
12:28Yep.
12:39Oh, look at that.
12:44I'm out, chef.
12:46There you go.
12:47Little lunch, eh?
12:48I reckon that's one of our best.
12:49I think so.
12:51Inspired.
12:53So I started with the little neck clams with chorizo.
12:57Then I did a satay number with the beef.
13:00I was meant to do a sausage roll, but we went on a tangent.
13:04So it's basically your sausage meat with a little bit of your honey between the pastry.
13:09And then we made a little venison number marinated in garlic, lemon, your honey again, bit of rosemary.
13:15And we made sort of a little mint salsa verde jock.
13:18Ooh.
13:19Yeah.
13:20Which dish you want to start with and which beer you would drink?
13:24Of course, beer.
13:24It's important.
13:25Yes.
13:26So clams?
13:27Nothing clams.
13:27I've got the beer for that.
13:29I'll go get that.
13:36There we go, boys.
13:37Thanks.
13:39We have the perfect seafood beer.
13:42Pilsner quite well with all seafood.
13:44Not that much.
13:45Oh.
13:45Only that much.
13:49So this is our iconic, original New Zealand Pilsner.
13:53Yeah.
13:53This is a beer that Richard created back in 1995, and it was the first New Zealand Pilsner.
13:58Right.
13:58And he kind of copied the European Pilsners, but with all New Zealand ingredients.
14:03So this one showcases the Nelson Savant hop.
14:06Cheers.
14:06That's beautiful.
14:07Thanks, Chance.
14:09Yum.
14:10Yum.
14:10That'll look good.
14:13Bit of seafood, bit of heat from the chorizo.
14:16Mm.
14:17Mm.
14:17It works very well.
14:18It works with saltiness and that.
14:20Yum.
14:21It's really good.
14:22It's so crisp.
14:25What do you want to eat, Ness?
14:26Ah.
14:27This is the sausage.
14:29We might go with this one.
14:31Do you want to cut some?
14:32Yeah.
14:33This is the low-carb, but lots of flavor.
14:36Why low-carb?
14:37It's a big trend to lifestyle drinks at the moment.
14:40Yeah, yeah.
14:40And having less carbs in a beer is good.
14:43In this one, we use a hop oil at the end to give it more hoppiness.
14:47For an offal sausage with a beer, the sweetness in the sausage and what you've used in there,
14:52that has got to be the perfect match.
14:53I think your local honey sort of showcases it a bit.
14:56Yeah.
14:56The honey.
14:57A little bit of mustard in there.
14:59Oh, that's beautiful.
15:00I don't want to stop eating that.
15:02Flat sausage roll.
15:03Yeah.
15:04It's a new thing.
15:06Interesting, isn't it?
15:07Yeah.
15:08I'm onto something.
15:09Yeah.
15:10Just remember it.
15:12All right.
15:12What's next?
15:13Local venison.
15:15The venison?
15:16A little bit more.
15:16I think bird dog might be really good.
15:18Yeah.
15:19A bit of venison.
15:20Yeah.
15:21A bit of sauce.
15:23What have you got in this?
15:25Mint.
15:26Mustard.
15:27Vinegar.
15:28Capers.
15:29Honey.
15:29Honey.
15:30Again.
15:31Draws your plate.
15:33Thank you, Colin.
15:34Give me a big one.
15:43I'll give you a big one.
15:50Mmm.
15:51Bloody hell.
15:52Nothing to match beer and food.
15:55I don't hear well, but I taste about flavour.
15:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:59We're trying to educate people on the merits of many different beer styles.
16:04So you don't just stick with one beer all night.
16:07You can choose the beer according to the mood.
16:10And how you feel and what you're eating as well.
16:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:14Fabulous.
16:15It's fun.
16:16All right.
16:17Last but not least.
16:17Last but not least, we have beef satay.
16:20What have you put in the beef?
16:21It's been marinating with a bit of curry powder, oil, garlic and chilli.
16:26And then there's a satay sauce, so peanut base.
16:29Again, there's a little bit of chilli in there.
16:31Yeah, good.
16:32But good beer loves spice.
16:33Yeah.
16:34That's why I think London Porter would be great with the beef.
16:38The very first beer I've started out with.
16:40Yeah.
16:41A dark beer.
16:42Why a dark beer?
16:44I don't have much money to set up a brewery,
16:47let alone split with the beer to make it nice and clear.
16:50So for the dark beer, you can get away with the powder.
16:54And it's been good anyway.
16:57Do you know what would be better?
16:58London Porter.
16:59Don't say it.
17:00Dublin Porter.
17:02Well, putting it out there.
17:04Well, I can't make the policies for that,
17:07because I've come across with the concept when I was in London.
17:11Oh.
17:11And I've never been to Ireland.
17:13So I need to go there one day.
17:14We need to fix that.
17:15Yes.
17:17It's like smelling the coffee a little bit.
17:19Yeah.
17:19Yeah, the coffee nights in this are incredible.
17:22Oh, yeah.
17:25Mmm.
17:25The chillies and the peanuts go really well with the dark beer.
17:29Bit different?
17:30Oh, yeah.
17:31That was good.
17:32I like the spice.
17:33No.
17:34I would actually like you to meet my parents.
17:37Well, sure.
17:38In an unusual way, and you've got to take care of them.
17:41They've been king.
17:53Oh, that's so cool, man.
17:55And she's a wheat beer.
17:57George and Ingrid.
17:58Yeah.
17:59Do they need to stay in the fridge?
18:01No, they don't have to stay in the can.
18:03You can drink them.
18:03Oh, cool.
18:04They're meant to be drunk.
18:05We'll have to talk to mom and dad soon later.
18:06Yeah.
18:07Thank you very much.
18:08Cheers, mate.
18:08No worries.
18:10Mate, we have a question for you today.
18:12We have a question for you today.
18:12We'd love to make our own beer.
18:14Is that possible?
18:15Wouldn't you come to the right place?
18:18I have a brewery not far up behind me.
18:20I think that's a yes.
18:22And I think we've got a name for it already, do you?
18:24Yeah, we thought about it because we've been travelling with Betty,
18:27so we thought maybe we could eat Betty.
18:28Why not?
18:29Sounds like a good name.
18:30Yeah, Betty, yeah.
18:31Yeah.
18:31Let's do it.
18:32Thanks, guys.
18:33Cheers, mate.
18:35Next stop, the brewery.
18:37I think I'll leave the car.
18:38We'll get a cab.
18:38Yeah, we'll get a cab.
18:40So we're in the holy grail of beer making.
18:42Yeah, that's not.
18:43Is this where all the magic happens?
18:44How is it cooking in Betty?
18:46It's tight.
18:47You like to analyse me eating.
18:49Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:50I'll be quite scared when I go home.
18:52Hello, hello.
18:52I've been expecting you.
18:54Every signature is someone who's eaten here.
18:57Roberta Muir, Sydney Seafood School.
18:59Hello.
19:01In the present company, we really don't want to trick it up too much.
19:04How lucky are you?
19:05I am.
19:06I hope you're hungry.
19:18Go make some beers, my man.
19:23Gents, good morning.
19:24Hello.
19:25So we're in the holy grail of beer making.
19:27Yeah, and I'd like to introduce you to my friend Mason.
19:31So Mason, you're the one who's making all the beers here?
19:33Well, we've got a team.
19:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:35Okay, good.
19:35We're going to go through to here.
19:37Is this where all the magic happens?
19:38That's right.
19:39I think lead the way.
19:41Now we've got the ingredients we're bringing today.
19:44We've got two buzz malts to play with.
19:46We've got a pale ale malt.
19:48So that's, yeah, pale ale malt and we've got a light crystal malt.
19:51What's the difference between the two?
19:53The pale ale malt will be like the majority of what we'll use.
19:56You get kind of a light, bready, crackery kind of character from it.
19:59And then you use little bits and pieces of other specialty malts.
20:02So like crystal, add a little bit of caramel.
20:05It's like popcorn.
20:06Yeah.
20:07What we're doing here is trying to find which flavour beer we're going to be playing with.
20:11Is that correct?
20:12With the hops, we've got all the different flavour profiles.
20:15And we can put them in different parts of the room.
20:18So you can get all the flavour fiction.
20:20Like herb and spices.
20:21Yeah, exactly.
20:23That's right, yeah.
20:24That's why it's not cooking.
20:26It's all grown in New Zealand.
20:27New Zealand's got a certain terroir about it.
20:30Yeah, that's the French word.
20:31Yeah, we adopted it.
20:33New Zealand's known for kind of tropical, fruity, hot character.
20:37And then there's a lot of different varieties that kind of showcase different aspects of that.
20:42Have a smell.
20:43They're all quite different.
20:46Oh, so it can smell the beer already.
20:49Yeah, it's like when you crack it.
20:54Oh, that's fruity.
20:57Oh, yeah.
20:58Grassy.
20:58Yeah, there's more perfume in this one, I think.
21:01And that one's a bit floral-y.
21:04Which one do you know?
21:06This one?
21:08Yeah.
21:09It's sort of a bigger one, isn't it?
21:11Yeah, I think it's got more perfume or floral smell to it.
21:15What do you think?
21:17Quite piney as well.
21:19Yeah, piney, yes.
21:20Pine, yes.
21:21What's the name of this one?
21:22So that's New Zealand Chinook.
21:24Do you just pick one?
21:25Or can you pick two?
21:27You can pick as many as you want.
21:29It's kind of like, yeah, using herbs.
21:30You use combinations off to kind of...
21:33Oh.
21:33Well, like, smell that one.
21:34The first one.
21:35Like, yeah, that, whatever bit of that, no?
21:38And then that gives a...
21:41Let's try this.
21:42Do you eat it?
21:43And you'll come to a bitter end.
21:50Yep.
21:53Yeah, that was a good idea.
21:54Yeah, sorry, Seth.
21:55Wow.
21:56Yep, they're potent.
21:57And very spicy on the throat as well, huh?
22:00Yeah, so that's where all the bitterness comes from in beer as well.
22:03So we do that, that, and then out of this.
22:06Yes.
22:06Well, that is the base of here.
22:07Yeah, so that'll be the base.
22:08And then you can add a little bit of that.
22:09That'll be adding some caramel notes, yeah.
22:12Sounds good.
22:12Yeah.
22:14That's the easiest recipe we've ever agreed on.
22:18So what's the first step now?
22:20What we would do is crush that.
22:22Crush that.
22:23Match it with the hot water.
22:25Yeah.
22:25And activate the end zone to break down the starch into sweet malt secret.
22:30Okay.
22:33Have a weird taste of that.
22:34Look at the colour.
22:36Yeah.
22:37Very sweet, huh?
22:38Yeah.
22:38So that's your sweet base.
22:40Huh?
22:41All right, okay.
22:42And that's sort of, that's the sugar that turns into alcohol afterwards.
22:46Correct.
22:47All right.
22:48Next stage.
22:49Top realm.
22:49Mmm.
22:51I love cooking duck with an orange and star in it.
22:55And I cook it on the barbecue and I match it with the 1812 parallel.
23:00Whoa!
23:01That's really delicious.
23:02Duck and parallel.
23:04Duck and parallel.
23:06Now, I want you to taste it and you couldn't imagine the duck.
23:11It's got more spice.
23:13Yep.
23:13Pineapple, isn't it?
23:14Nothing's got a little bit of orange marmonade.
23:17Oh.
23:18And it will cut through the richness of the duck.
23:21Excellent.
23:22So far, 10 out of 10.
23:25You haven't had a taste of my mother yet?
23:27No.
23:29We haven't tried your mother yet.
23:30Oh, we haven't had a taste of your mother yet, no.
23:33The kind of beer that you can enjoy on a Sunday morning instead of going to church.
23:37On a Sunday morning, it's very good to church.
23:40And I will introduce you to my mother.
23:42Ingrid.
23:43Oh.
23:44She's a blonde.
23:46Here's to you, Mum.
23:47Yeah, cheers.
23:48Cheers.
23:49Thanks, Richard.
23:51I'm a little bit hungry.
23:53I recommend a couple of pies.
23:55Oh, pies.
23:55Get a load of this.
23:58Green chicken pie, pork pie.
24:00This is not exactly fine, darling.
24:03Yeah, here's to pie.
24:06Cheers.
24:07Cheers.
24:08With both of the pickled pork.
24:09Mmm.
24:11Oh, yeah.
24:13Oh, very good.
24:14Oh, that's so good that pork is in there.
24:16Mm-hmm.
24:17Is that your second one already?
24:19Fascinating.
24:21I'm going to try a chicken.
24:23Look at that.
24:24I want to try that too, actually.
24:28So that, what's that?
24:29That's Korean chicken.
24:30Korean chicken.
24:31Spicy, delicious.
24:33Mm-hmm.
24:35Eat the meat to eat.
24:36Look at Mason.
24:37Mason's looking at your plate going, what the heck is going on here?
24:41My kids eat a bit tidier than me.
24:43That's happiness.
24:44That's enjoyment.
24:46I might be an occupation who hasn't eaten pie.
24:49Yes, sir.
24:54Home sweet home.
24:56Oh, yeah.
24:58A little lap after a few beers is probably wise.
25:01Yeah.
25:01Before we hit the road again.
25:02All right.
25:03Good night.
25:04Mmm.
25:21You pickish?
25:22We'll snack around here before we hit the road.
25:24I think I've got some eggs in the fridge.
25:26Do you want an omelet or something simple?
25:27Simple.
25:28Light.
25:34All right.
25:35Two mushrooms, ham, cheese.
25:38All of the above.
25:44So, obviously the French are renowned for their omelets.
25:47What's the key to a good omelet?
25:49Because it's usually the test you do as a young chef to learn if you can cook or not to
25:53do a very simple omelet.
25:54Please start with a French chef.
25:58It's slow and slow.
25:59You don't want any color on the omelet.
26:01You don't want marks.
26:02You want it to be nice and oozy in the middle.
26:04I don't like when it's overcooked.
26:07This is like your dream, huh?
26:09Bed and breakfast.
26:10You know my big dream of bed and breakfast on Waiheke?
26:14This is downgraded.
26:15Maybe this is all I can afford.
26:17This is your Timu bed and breakfast.
26:21All right.
26:23Omelet on the way, my friend.
26:25Always a good amount of butter.
26:26We don't want the pan too hot.
26:36Oh, yeah.
26:39Bit of shaved ham.
26:43I like mine quite cheesy, do you?
26:45Cheesy, hummy, mushy.
26:48Cooked by someone else, preferably.
26:52How is it cooking in beddy?
26:54It's tight.
26:55We couldn't be cooking a three-course meal in here, but it's okay.
26:59Look at that.
27:00You know.
27:02You do what you have.
27:04Yes.
27:06Here you go.
27:09You ready?
27:12I have to move.
27:13Oh, thank you.
27:15It's not a perfect omelet, but it's a good omelet.
27:18It's breakfast in bed.
27:20I don't think you can beat an omelet.
27:22It's one of those dishes that you can't get bored of.
27:26It's got everything you need.
27:27Mmm.
27:28You like your cheese, don't you?
27:30Oh, yeah.
27:33Hey.
27:36You eat your omelet like you eat your pies.
27:38You like to spit everything out.
27:40It's enjoyment.
27:41I like to just see where everything is.
27:43I know, but I rolled it for a reason,
27:45so you can get all the fillings inside.
27:47But you like to analyze what you eat.
27:50Yeah.
27:52You like to analyze me eating.
27:54Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:55It's quite amazing to watch.
27:56I'll be quite scared when I go home.
27:58I'll be watching who's watching me eating.
28:00No, because I won't be here.
28:02I know.
28:05You're doing the washing up.
28:07Do we need these plates?
28:18Well, that was a fun little stop, wasn't it?
28:21It was indeed.
28:21So now we're heading off the coast to Meraki.
28:25Yeah.
28:25And a very famous New Zealand cook,
28:28someone I've always admired, is a lady named Floor.
28:31Floor.
28:32And she had a world-renowned seafood restaurant
28:34where Rick Stein actually said it was his favorite.
28:36So if the Rickster says it's good.
28:38It was good.
28:40She started off a caravan.
28:42Did she?
28:43And then elevated onto her restaurant.
28:46So I think we'll catch up on Floor,
28:48which is on the bucket list to do.
28:50Yeah.
28:50And maybe, you know, get to cook with her,
28:52which is even better.
28:53Yeah.
28:54So if we think of a couple of dishes to do.
28:56Seafood?
28:57Yeah.
28:57Great.
28:57Hopefully she doesn't judge us too harshly.
29:01Well, I think that'd be pretty awesome to do as well, huh?
29:04Yeah, fantastic.
29:05So obviously we're going to cook fish.
29:07What are you thinking?
29:09The fish they love eating is the garnet.
29:11Yeah.
29:11A beautiful red-skinned fish.
29:14But you know what I love about garnet?
29:15It's like the side fin.
29:18It looks like wings.
29:20They're beautiful fish.
29:22Yeah.
29:22Any fun facts on garnet?
29:25Well, apparently garnets actually are pretty talented,
29:29are kind of walking or crawling on the bottom of the sea floor
29:33and grunting.
29:34It sounds a little bit like me.
29:36Yeah.
29:36Fish that grunts.
29:38I'm going to get some flounder.
29:40Oh, I love flounder.
29:41Over here, flounder is like one of the best you can get.
29:43It's like the tourbot of Europe, isn't it?
29:45Yeah.
29:46Well, the flounder has the ability to mimic its surroundings.
29:51Yeah.
29:51You can change colour at the bottom.
29:53And it can also move one eye to the other side of its head.
29:57Like me after a whisky.
30:05All right, here we are.
30:07Moraki.
30:08Moraki.
30:09Right by the coast you can smell the seaweed here.
30:11The ocean.
30:12Beautiful little spot, isn't it?
30:14Gorgeous.
30:17Is that the restaurant over there?
30:19That's pretty cool.
30:19Look at that.
30:21Wow.
30:22Great place to have a restaurant.
30:23Yep.
30:23Like if you're going to have a fish restaurant, you want it somewhere like this.
30:26You can't get any more in the sea than that.
30:29Getting the fish right here.
30:31Yeah.
30:32Eating it there.
30:37Hello, hello.
30:38Hello.
30:39I've been expecting you.
30:41Do I get a hug?
30:42Yes.
30:43Hi, Fleur.
30:44How are you?
30:44Oh, very good, thank you.
30:46Very nice to meet you, darling.
30:47What a stunning place you've got here.
30:50We've heard so much about you and we've followed what you do for a long time.
30:54I can't even see any of that stuff.
30:56I don't know how to work fine properly.
30:59We were up your salt the other day.
31:01Oh, good.
31:01And we saw your book.
31:02Oh, yes.
31:03So we were flicking through the book and seeing your side of it, which was really interesting.
31:07And we made beer with Richard and Emerson's and he's nothing but good to say about you.
31:11Oh, yeah.
31:12He's good.
31:12So it's an honour to be here.
31:14What a stunning restaurant, I'm sure it was.
31:16Yeah.
31:16How long did you have it for?
31:18About 25 years.
31:19Yeah.
31:19And when did it close?
31:21When the mandate came through that everybody had to be double-waxed.
31:25So Calwood was the trial that brought to Calwood's back.
31:28Yeah, couldn't believe it.
31:29Yeah.
31:29So you were fresh from the boat to here.
31:32Yeah.
31:33It wasn't this little village that has fishing boats coming and going and you walk over
31:37and they give you some fish.
31:39They don't.
31:39They don't.
31:40I found out then that if I had my own quota, I could get a fisherman to catch it for
31:45me.
31:46Oh, that's good.
31:47On their boat.
31:48And they made money out of me then and that sort of started to work.
31:51Wow.
31:52Did it mean that you changed your menu like on a daily basis?
31:55Yes.
31:55The chowder was always there.
31:58Yeah.
31:58We could change it.
31:59And I did a kelp bag.
32:01That worked really well.
32:03Sometimes they're good.
32:04Sometimes they're perfect.
32:06You know what I love?
32:07There's so much writing all over the walls everywhere.
32:10That's so much history behind.
32:12All the people have sat down and had your meals.
32:15That's quite an amazing story, isn't it?
32:17I hated it at the start because I'd stripped all the wood.
32:22Like it was just a bare place.
32:24Every signature is someone who's eaten here.
32:26Yeah.
32:27So it is locked in time, isn't it?
32:29Yeah.
32:29Someone who enjoyed a meal, wrote the wall.
32:31Roberta Muir, Sydney Seafood School.
32:34Oh, I know her.
32:36Roberta?
32:36She's married to Frans Shua.
32:38Yep.
32:39Yeah, I know Roberta well.
32:40Oh, look.
32:41Frans Shua.
32:42Yeah, I know him very well.
32:43He's got a motorbike and then she ran the Sydney Seafood School.
32:46That's right.
32:47That sort of thing happens all the time.
32:50Take it for everyone there.
32:51There we are, look.
32:52I'll send it to the actual people we know.
32:56No, it's good.
32:57What an amazing stove as well.
32:59Yeah.
32:59Wood-fired.
33:00Is this an original stove or did you bring it here?
33:03Oh, no, I brought it here.
33:04It took me a long time to pay it off.
33:08Nothing's changed.
33:09No, exactly.
33:10Now that we're here, we'd love to be able to cook on your original stove, if possible.
33:15Yep.
33:16You can taste and probably could take it easy on us.
33:18Yeah, yeah, don't judge us too much.
33:20No, no.
33:21No, no.
33:22You've always got another auxiliary kitchen cooking it for you, haven't you?
33:26Mate, we're the real deal.
33:27Plus, we can't afford any of one else.
33:30Exactly.
33:31Yeah, so we'd love to cook you a couple of dishes.
33:33Thank you very much.
33:34You've got garnet and you've got...
33:36Flander.
33:36Flander.
33:37We'll set up maybe near the stove.
33:40That must go.
33:40Yep, I'll get it cranked up.
33:43The stove is literally cranking now.
33:45Look at those beautiful garnet, my friend.
33:48Beautiful.
33:48You can't help.
33:50We'll be inspired.
33:51Sitting by a window next to the sea cooking fish.
33:54I'll put that in the oven now for about ten minutes, I reckon.
33:57Wow.
33:59Voila.
33:59As we say now in New Zealand, bon appetit.
34:16All right, what are your turn?
34:17So I'm doing a little bouillabaisse style fish stew, which is originated from the south of
34:22France.
34:23Just having a base of the soup.
34:25So I've got funnel, shallots, celery, garlic, onion, and then I'm going to follow in with
34:32tomatoes, bit of white wine, and then we've got garnet today, which is a beautiful fish.
34:38What a stunning kitchen, Art.
34:40You can't help but be inspired.
34:42Sitting by a window next to the sea cooking fish.
34:45That's right.
34:46This is quite nice.
34:48So I've got my flounder.
34:50There's all this beautiful fennel outside, fennel tops.
34:54Is that from outside?
34:55Yeah, bronze fennel.
34:56Just picked.
34:57That is amazing.
34:58So you might as well use what's on the doorstep.
35:01There's a little bit of dill there as well.
35:02Richard gave me some seaweed powder and some kelp that he had knocked around his house,
35:07some fried.
35:08So I'm going to do a little flavoured butter and then roast my fish.
35:12Simple.
35:13Simple.
35:16That's the thing with seafood.
35:17The less you do with it, the better it tastes.
35:21And I think in the present company we have, we really don't want to trick it up too much.
35:26I'm feeling under the pressure.
35:28Yeah.
35:28Because anything you can do, I'm pretty sure she's seen before.
35:33Or done.
35:38So I've got these smoked mussels.
35:40I thought I'd incorporate them in the dish.
35:44Not too smoky and a great texture.
35:46Yeah.
35:49Nice.
35:49Drop them in last minute.
35:51Look at those beautiful garnet, my friend.
35:53Beautiful.
35:54It's just got such a beautiful texture and sweetness to it.
35:58And making a soup with it.
36:00It's just...
36:01It's great for a fish soup.
36:02Yeah.
36:03You know, the bouillabaisse was created by the fishermen coming back from the sea with a catch.
36:09But whatever they couldn't sell, they would take it home and make this stew.
36:13And usually they would actually cook the whole fish into the soup.
36:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:17But because of the size of my pot, I'm going to just keep it on the bone.
36:20And I'm going to do some big pieces and push it.
36:22Best on the bone anyway.
36:22Isn't it?
36:25I'm just going to use the head so I get a bit more flavour in stock.
36:29Look at that.
36:30That's the seaweed that Richard gave me.
36:32So you're going to put this in the butter as well?
36:33Yeah.
36:34Nice.
36:40Hi.
36:40What have we got here?
36:41Well, the toreo.
36:43Oh, the purple potatoes.
36:44Potatoes.
36:45Yes.
36:45And they just grow wild around.
36:47I think potatoes would go with both fish, wouldn't it?
36:49I think so.
36:50I think I'll give them a scrap for you.
36:52Thank you very much indeed.
36:53Good.
36:56Salve is literally cranking now.
36:59So make a little brown butter.
37:01So this is going to be my sauce to go over the fish when it's cooked.
37:05So you want the butter just to separate so it caramelises.
37:08Very old school sauce.
37:09Which has got the garlic, the onions, the seaweed, a little bit of chilli.
37:14Then I'm going to add the mussels last minute.
37:16I'll put that to the side.
37:17I'll cook my fish and pour that over it.
37:21I've got the heads of the garnet in there to bring more fishy flavour.
37:24Flavour.
37:24So I'll take them out.
37:26And then I've got all my pieces of garnet that I've cut.
37:30And it can slowly cook.
37:33Garnet.
37:35Look at those clams.
37:37Wow.
37:38Huge.
37:38Yeah, yeah, I know.
37:40A couple of prawns.
37:43And the mussels.
37:45And all the juices of all the different fish.
37:49It's going to get into that stew.
37:52And become absolutely delicious.
37:57All right.
37:58I'll put a little bit of my seaweed butter on the bottom of the pan.
38:01The fish will sit on it.
38:03A little bit of Richard's seaweed.
38:06It will impart a little bit of saltiness.
38:09A little bit of the fresh fennel we picked from outside.
38:15My seasoned flounder.
38:22A little bit of butter on top, which will melt onto the fish.
38:28A little bit of Emerson cider.
38:30A little bit of sweetness.
38:31So all this juice will leach into the bottom of the pan.
38:35And I'll put that in the oven now for about ten minutes, I reckon.
38:40Ten minutes.
38:43Sorry, Flour.
38:44Oh, good.
38:45But that's who needs some salt.
38:47There you go.
38:48We're not in a hurry.
38:50We'll just wait for the potatoes.
38:51That's good.
38:51I think we'll be right on time all together.
38:54Wow.
38:54Thanks, love.
39:05Wow.
39:06Oh.
39:06So that's our flounder.
39:08Then I caramelize the onions, the garlic, the fennel, the smoked mussels, and the seaweed,
39:12and the butter.
39:13A little bit like an egg salt.
39:15And then, fresh from the garden.
39:21How did I say it?
39:22Voila.
39:23Wow.
39:25Next.
39:26All right.
39:27Well, I've got a little bit of a fish stew.
39:30What?
39:31With the garnet, prawns, clams, the green-leaf mussels, and a beautiful stock.
39:36So, how lucky are you?
39:38I am.
39:39How lucky are we?
39:40I hope you're hungry.
39:42I hope you're drinking all of that.
39:44All right, so I'll give you a little bit of the soup.
39:47Is this the food you like to eat?
39:49Yeah.
39:49Yeah.
39:56Ooh.
39:57Well, as we say now in New Zealand, bon appetit.
40:03Oh, yeah, that's good.
40:05Mm.
40:06Beautiful, isn't it?
40:07Mm.
40:08Give me a cramp.
40:09That fish is good.
40:11Well, I don't know who I'll offend when I say this, but it's probably the loveliest one
40:16I've ever had in my whole life.
40:17Oh, that's very nice to hear from you, sir.
40:20Thank you very much indeed.
40:21Amazing.
40:21You know what it takes is a bit of passion and love for cooking and sharing food with people.
40:26It's what gives us the energy and all of that.
40:29Yeah.
40:30When we were in restaurants, it's obviously making money is one thing, but putting a smile
40:35on people's face is what we're doing it for already.
40:37Yeah.
40:39It does.
40:39All the flavor.
40:40You can just keep drinking that.
40:42You know when you get to use the most beautiful ingredients, you end up with the most beautiful
40:46dishes.
40:47Oh, it's so lovely.
40:49Gurnard is an absolutely amazing fish.
40:52I don't know why it's not done more in Australia.
40:55We did a dish because in all those years, everybody just wanted blue cod.
41:01And we did one that had five different fillets of fish on it.
41:05Yep.
41:05No blue cod.
41:07And the gurnard and everything like that so that they had to try the cheaper fish so that
41:13they then could go away and think, well, we don't need to pay $88 or something.
41:19We can get it for whatever it might be.
41:21Exactly.
41:22In the fish shop.
41:23And that did a really good thing for to get people off the blue cod.
41:27Because if so many people just didn't have blue cod, it might have to get a wee bit cheaper.
41:32Yeah, fair enough.
41:33I'm ready for that.
41:34Pass your plate please, Floor.
41:36So a little piece of the fillet, a little bit of the seaweed.
41:40There's a little bit of roll there as well.
41:45It's good.
41:45That is amazing.
41:46I love the smoked mussel in there, Colin.
41:48Wow.
41:48It's a great fish though, isn't it?
41:50It's a beautiful flounder.
41:51There's so many flavours and so many different textures there.
41:53Yeah.
41:54And no arguments in the kitchen shop.
41:56Oh.
41:57We're getting used to it.
41:58Sometimes we argue a little bit in the kitchen.
42:01Two head chef in one kitchen is not good, you know?
42:03Were you ever bossy?
42:04No.
42:05If you can't do everything yourself, you do the deal with the devil every day.
42:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:12And you just get them all going good.
42:15And the lovely part about it is that you know they're going away to do some really good
42:21stuff everywhere else.
42:22Yeah, you've imparted your knowledge.
42:24Yeah.
42:25Well, if you're happy, we're happy.
42:29Oh, it's beautiful.
42:30Another great cook.
42:32I'd like to thank you for letting us into your restaurant that is so renowned and cook on
42:36that stove.
42:37I feel honored to be here to be honest with you.
42:40And for someone that we heard a lot about, you're actually quite nice.
42:44We're a bit afraid.
42:45Mmm.
42:47So good.
42:48We're really honored to be here.
42:49I'm really honored to have been able to cook for you.
42:52Oh, thank you.
42:53It was great watching you.
42:54Now we've got to clean up.
42:55No, not really.
42:57I've got quite a few people who'll lick the pots.
43:01Fun, yes.
43:02Beautiful.
43:02Here we go.
43:03Here we go, mate.
43:04A lot of history in this time.
43:05And now we're part of it.
43:12That was a very humbling experience, wasn't it?
43:15Beautiful lady.
43:16Beautiful restaurant.
43:17And like just a beautiful surrounding spot.
43:20You hear about these people and sometimes you're afraid to meet them in case they have
43:23an ego or something like that.
43:25Yeah.
43:25And she was nothing but welcoming and happy for us to be there.
43:29We met two icons in two days.
43:31Yep.
43:32New Zealand just keeps giving.
43:34Ah, New Zealand.
43:37Well, next stop, Akaroa, I heard it's one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand
43:43and cannot wait to get there.
43:45See you in four hours and 40 minutes, Akaroa.
43:47I think you should put the seat down and fall asleep and relax, my friend.
43:52That's very nice of you.
43:53I'll wake you up with a cup of tea later on.
44:02Akaroa, what a beautiful place, huh?
44:04It's actually a failed French colony.
44:07Whoa, whoa, whoa.
44:08It is a failed French colony.
44:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
44:10Did you know that's a failed French colony?
44:12That is not effing true, brother.
44:15Have you ever swam with dolphins before?
44:17Oh, gorgeous.
44:20You're such a child.
44:21Go.
44:23Right, I'm out.
44:25See you later.
44:26It's time to hit Christchurch.
44:29How are you there?
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