[thesoulofjapan]

I do have some complaints about this episode in Hokkaido, so I hope Mr. Bourdain reads this. Firstly, the restaurant you went to with your female host was just average. The place you should've gone to is called Uni Murakami in Sapporo. They are unarguably the greatest uni restaurant franchise in all of Japan, and they serve up the highest grade of sea urchin the right way with generous portions. All of your hosts were inexperienced nihonshu drinkers which , in my opinion, took away from the show. Sake and Japanese food go better together than beer. I think you know this. You missed out on the Sapporo Snow Festival which was held in Feb 2011 - I know, I was there. What a pity. You planned poorly and I wished I had known about you before hand. I sort of resented your hosts for not talking about the how to pair sake with the food you were eating You must go back to Sapporo and redo the whole thing again. You missed out on some really great restaurants and scenery. I have been writing about food in Japan for almost ten years. You also missed out on Furano's famous curry and milk. You ate boiled crab! This is a sin. You eat it steamed. That is the only way you are supposed to eat crab. You should've visited Kushiro and Nemuro for Hanasaki Gani. Again, with all do respect, the Hokkaido show was poorly planned and I feel a little bitter about it. You have to redo that episode. Also, Niseko is the last place on earth you should've written about - little Oz. Furano would've been better!