It has been two and a half years since we had a challenger from Kyushu. The challenger is one of the top French chefs in Kyushu. He runs his own French restaurant, which he opened at only 26 years of age. He recently opened a location at a department store.
It has the commercial with Ninety-nine at the beach and the cute younger sister and an Ichiro commercial.
For some reason, the chairman starts laughing as soon as he says Allez Cuisine.
Sakai is in Kitchen Stadium to watch the battle today. I’m pretty sure that the Iron Chefs who were not doing battle that day were not usually in Kitchen Stadium to watch. Perhaps he was there to tape another episode later. The challenger has some guests as well. We see his wife, son, and daughter watching from the royal box.
Nakamura’s side seemed to make a major mistake by not pushing the switch on the rice cooker to turn it on until 15 minutes remained in the battle. Did they catch their mistake in time? Near the end of the battle, Nakamura tells Ohta that the rice should be ok, but it was a close call. I think it ended up not being ready, but I’m not positive.
Both sides have the ice cream makers running. The challenger seems to be having some trouble turning his off so he can get the ice cream out.
The Challenger’s dishes include: Jagaimo and Motsu soup (Potato and Offal soup), Mash Potato Hairtail Roll, Beef Filet under Hakata-method Galette, Vichyssoise (During the tasting of the final dish, the challenger is standing in a spot that makes it look like his head is on fire. 🙂)
Nakamura’s dishes include: Potato and Truffle Dumpling with Mentaiko Sauce, Potato Manjuu (steamed bun) Something, Potato and Salmon Grill, Meat and Potato Croquette and Sujebi (a Korean soup)(Maybe? I’m not sure.), Curry Ice Cream with Potato Sauce (I really hope I have that wrong!)
Oops. I have been corrected regarding this battle. Apparently, they had a rematch because the dishes weren’t good enough to be evaluated. I guess that’s why the next battle was a full 60 minutes.
The second battle between these two chefs will be posted tomorrow. It isn’t a normal 30 minute overtime battle.
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tuthead
19 February, 2009