Here are the next installments from the elusive first season of Ryouri no Tetsujin.
Ryouri no Tetsujin 102 – The theme of the preliminary battle is Omurice. (From the reactions of the judges, some of these preliminary challengers didn’t do a very good job.) The main battle features Yousei Kobayakawa vs Rokusaburo Michiba. How will a traditional Japanese chef like Michiba handle a very non-Japanese ingredient? Like a master.
Even though it is his debut battle, look for the Michiba staples: the written menu and his Inochi no Dashi (aka Broth of Vigor).
Ryouri no Tetsujin 103 – The preliminary battle is a matchup of Spaghetti. Half of the challengers seem to be non-chefs this time. And the eventual winner is an Italian chef. (Kind of seems like they already knew who they wanted to be the challenger in the final battle.) This episode features the debut of Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi. The theme will be Fugu. Given the specialized skill needed to properly prepare Fugu, Kitchen Stadium provides trained Fugu experts to cut the fish apart for the chefs. (It should be noted that the Chairman Kaga character will eventually be “killed” by unproperly prepared fugu.)
Ryouri no Tetsujin 104 – The preliminary battle in this episode has a theme of Korokke (Croquette). Among the challengers is a 17 year-old student and a chef from La Rochelle. (Does that restaurant name sound familiar? It should. It’s the restaurant headed by future Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai.) The final is a French on French match-up. The theme is not a French theme, however, as the Chairman unveils Tofu. (“Shokuzai” = Ingredient) Ishinabe can only laugh while the challenger has a look of trepidation on his face.
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13 February, 2013