Season 11 of Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield starts June 21, 2021 at 4pm on Channel 10.
June 21, 2021
June 20, 2021
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – Jiang Chao Ge and the Spirit Weapon 魂兵之戈
Jiang Chao Ge and the Spirit Weapon 魂兵之戈 is a fantasy, action adventure genre BL novel written in 2014 by Shui Qian Cheng 水千丞, who also wrote the 188 series of BL novels. It is also the third novel in this genre from this author I’ve read after Dragon Blood 龍血 (also called Foster Father 養父) written in 2012, and The Return of Cambrian Period 寒武再臨 written in 2013.
(more…)June 6, 2021
Love Area ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน (Thai TV Series OST)
Love Area the Series ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน is a new 10-episode Thai BL TV series that was scheduled to premiere last month, May 8, 2021, but was postponed. The new premiere date has not been announced yet. The theme song, Stay Together แค่เธออยู่, is sung by Jeff Satur.
(more…)June 4, 2021
Chef is a Great Detective シェフは名探偵 (Japanese TV OST)
Chef is a Great Detective, or Shefu wa Mei Tantei 《シェフは名探偵／主廚是名偵探》 is a new Japanese drama that started airing on May 31, 2021 with a total of 10 9 episodes. When I saw the title of the TV series, I immediately got interested since I love mystery dramas and this one also include my other passion, food! The series starred Nishijima Hidetoshi 西島秀俊 who also starred in another excellent food-related TV series in 2019, What Did You Eat Yesterday? きのう何食べた？… So I guess once again don’t watch this series on an empty stomach!
The TV series is based on the Bistro Pas Mal ビストロ・パ・マル series of 3 Japanese novels by Kondō Fumie 近藤史恵 – Un rêve de Tarte Tatin タルト・タタンの夢 (Tarte Tatin’s Dream), Vin chaud pour vous ヴァン・ショーをあなたに (Vin chaud for you), and Un macaron, c’est un macaron マカロンはマカロン (Macaron is macaron).
June 1, 2021
Top Mandopop Songs (week ending May 29, 2021)
Malaysian singer Andrew Tan 陳勢安 has taken the top spots in Taiwan and Singapore Mandopop charts for his new album and singles this week, congratulations!
(more…)May 31, 2021
【Triple Play】《萬字情詩》《窒息》《一生渡我》
Three fanfic songs written for My Roommate is a Detective 民國奇探 from last year and We Best Love from earlier this year. Actually strictly speaking just two songs, since the music from one song is used for two songs with different lyrics.
(more…)May 24, 2021
Kaleidoscope of Death (Audio Drama Theme Song) 廣播劇《死亡萬花筒》主題曲
Welcome into the world of doors 歡迎進入門的世界! I have just started reading this BL novel, Kaleidoscope of Death 死亡萬花筒, by Xi Zi Xu 西子緒 which is a highly recommended Chinese BL novel. It has a very unusual BL story with mystery, horror, supernatural, and suspenseful plotlines. At the moment, I have just reached the second door, and the clue is based around the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale, Fitcher’s Bird, so you can imagine where the story is going… As I was searching for songs from the audio drama, there is a song based on the Japanese children’s game of Kagome Kagome, so I am guessing another door leads to that in the later part of the novel… I won’t say too much about it yet as I am still very early into the novel, but I have to say after discovering Chinese BL novels, I have almost given up on watching BL TV series as nearly 80% of the TV series have very boring, amateurish plots. The only thing that keeps me interested in many of the current BL TV series is just the OST, LOL… If you are not afraid of reading horror stories, Novel Updates has the novel translated into English – I have just checked and they have virtually completed the translation just a few days ago.
(more…)May 22, 2021
May 18, 2021
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – Miracle 奇蹟 by Lin Peiyu 林珮瑜
Miracle 奇蹟 is a new BL novel from Taiwanese screenwriter/author, Lin Peiyu 林珮瑜, that was released in book format on April 20, 2021. For those of you who are not familiar with this author, Lin Peiyu penned the screenplays for a few of the Taiwanese HIStory BL series (HIStory: Obsessed 著魔, HIStory2: Right or Wrong 是非, HIStory2: Crossing the Line 越界, & HIStory3: Trapped 圈套) and also the recently aired WBL series (We Best Love: No. 1 For You 永遠的第一名 & We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd 第二名的逆襲). On the day of the release of the book, the publisher uploaded a 5-minute teaser video to promote the book which got me confused thinking it was a teaser for a new TV series because it looked so real like a TV drama! That teaser video even has two theme songs, and one of the songs was uploaded last week, which I have included below.
(more…)May 14, 2021
Ano Kiss あのときキスしておけば (Japanese TV OST)
Ano Toki Kiss Shite Okeba, or just Ano Kiss, is a new Japanese TV series that premiered on April 30, 2021. It is an 8-episode comedy series with the title of the series translated as If You Kissed Me Then or in Chinese, 要是當時吻了他／如果那時候接吻的話. So far, two episodes have aired and I really enjoyed both episodes as they are very funny, the third episode should go to air tonight in Japan. It is a soul-transfer story, that is a female soul ended up in a male body, and after epsiode one, it sort of turned into Ossan’s Love plotline, LOL… I know many BL fans do not accept this type of female-soul-in-a-male-body plot as BL, but I don’t mind, so I will tag it as BL. As long as the story is interesting and captivating, I will watch it and it already has a 8.1/10 ratings at Douban at the moment with nearly 50% of the viewers giving it 4 stars out of 5. Below are the opening and closing theme songs from the series.
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Corner Café 