Bitter-Sweet Ending for Gourmet Bitter Melons

Three bitter melons wait on the chopping board, feeling excited about starring in "An Electronic Restaurant". With Noodle Cook, the "masterchef" at helm, nothing can go wrong in a short 2-minute production. Anyway, there is nothing Photoshop and superglue can't fix.



The greatest challenge is how to entice villainous John to eat them and give the thumps up at the same time. Hiding the bitterness with 100% genuine maple syrup seems absurd, even for Canadian raised John. Also, it'll be a shame to adulterate the beautiful flavour of freshly picked bitter melons in a black bean, garlic and chicken stir fry.

When all seem lost, Noodle Cook contemplates dialing 000 or 911. Hangon, that will be jamming the emergency line when lives are at stake. Instead, after the recent Victorian bush fire tragedy, a space-technology like Twitter leads the way in emergencies as important as getting the worst food critic in home cooking to eat an exotic vegetable.

Problems solved, according to Twitter, "mounties" like Allen of Eating Out Loud eats Rocky mountain piles of bitter melons while singing "O Canada".

Noodle: Bitter melon tossed in saute shallots coming up! This is what they eat in Canada!

John: Sorry, I still have the tummy ache from yesterday. No solids yet. I'm watching the best show in Australia, "Corner Gas" made in Canada. You go ahead!

With belly heaving in laughter at the comedy, there is no sign of the claimed stomach ache. No drama this time, since that means there's more bitter melon for one connoisseur of the finer things in life.