10/11 Iron Chef: Battle Apple
Aahz
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The challenger was Wayne Nishi, a quarter-Japanese from New York; he
chose to battle French Sakai. Kaga of course decided that Big Apple ==
apple as the theme ingredient.
Well, it was interesting. I thought Wayne pushed a bit too hard to
include Japanese influences, particularly with the tuna tartare. Sakai
did a very nice cocoa crepe filled with apple. Both of them had the
obFoie dish.
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Steve Ritter
Soon as you saw Sakai peeling the apple in slow motion - it was
over:)
The gentleman from Manhattan has learned that you cannot use Trend
to beat Tradition.
The use of Goose Liver is getting OLD very fast, in these battles.
It is almost as if they were thinking - "Hm... Never used this before.
Let's wrap some foie gras into it. At $225 a plate, it should make an
impression."
It is unfortunate that this is the best they can do. It has been
the theme for the past couple of weeks of these re-runs.
I almost wager to say that when Kaga-san said, "Do you speak
Japanese?" and the answer was "NO"... this battle was over. Kaga's
reaction of "I see..." was the killer nail in the coffin. Poor thing
is as Japanese as Attila the Hun. Should have not used it in the
promo.
When you're a Gringo, and you go to a foreign land to do battle on
foreign ground, you should not try to excel in that foreign land's
tradition. The poor Gringo should have made some Hamburgers with
Apple Tart to follow, and would have had a better chance.
Sakai - has not only prevailed, but conquered the laughable nonsense
they call food nowadays in the Manhattan circles. It's all show. It's
all new. It's all, well.. TRENDY.
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[-]>The challenger was Wayne Nishi, a quarter-Japanese from New York; he
[-]>chose to battle French Sakai. Kaga of course decided that Big Apple ==
[-]>apple as the theme ingredient.
[-]>
[-]>Well, it was interesting. I thought Wayne pushed a bit too hard to
[-]>include Japanese influences, particularly with the tuna tartare. Sakai
[-]>did a very nice cocoa crepe filled with apple. Both of them had the
[-]>obFoie dish.
Steve Ritter
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schlock
Aahz wrote:
> The challenger was Wayne Nishi, a quarter-Japanese from New York; he
>
Ah yes, the ObFoie...but it's the second week in a row Sakai's used it,
isn't it? Sure, he's a French-trained chef, but come on...
The best parts of yesterday were when (1) my friends and I called the
instant replay, and (2) Sakai forgot to include the consomme. What was
he thinking? Most amusing.
schlock
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Aahz
In article <34415fb6...@10.0.2.1>, Steve Ritter <or...@netcom.com> wrote:
>
> When you're a Gringo, and you go to a foreign land to do battle on
>foreign ground, you should not try to excel in that foreign land's
>tradition. The poor Gringo should have made some Hamburgers with
>Apple Tart to follow, and would have had a better chance.
Yeah. Not sure exactly what I'd do for the other two dishes, but two
dishes I make frequently are spicy sausages fried with walnuts, honey,
and apples, plus a Dutch Baby with apples (see _Sunset Favorite Recipes_
for the Dutch Baby). Some variation on a Waldorf salad would probably
go over well.
Luis Ching
I didn't enjoy this particular show or any that involves fruits in the
main dish. It's not too appealing for me and it does not seem to go well
together. Well, that's my bias against the iron chef show. Oh yeah, I
like Kaga's expression when he bites into that bell pepper at the opening
of the show. haha he looks as if he's trying to do his best to make us
believe he's enjoying that pepper! Ok, I just got off from work so if
this does not make any sense then you know why. =)
Dave
Aahz (aa...@netcom.com) wrote:
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: admin to newgrp it!]
:
: The challenger was Wayne Nishi, a quarter-Japanese from New York; he
: chose to battle French Sakai. Kaga of course decided that Big Apple ==
: apple as the theme ingredient.
:
: Well, it was interesting. I thought Wayne pushed a bit too hard to
: include Japanese influences, particularly with the tuna tartare. Sakai
: did a very nice cocoa crepe filled with apple. Both of them had the
: obFoie dish.
: --