This week in Iron Chef history, March 8 – March 14:
- 210 (3/13/1994) – Tomato – Sakai vs. Hiroyuki Kitami
- 311 (3/10/1995) – Squid (Yarii Ika) – Chen vs. Tetsutoshi Shimazu
- 411 (3/8/1996) – Cod – Chen vs. Tatsujiro Yoshida
- 510 (3/14/1997) – Papaya – Chen vs. Yuji Wakiya
- 609 (3/13/1998) – Broccoli – Kobe vs. Mario Frittoli
- 709b-OA (3/12/1999) – Egg – Morimoto vs. Nakamura
- New York Battle Part 1 (3/12/2000) – The Iron Chefs in New York
- New York Battle Part 2 (3/12/2000) – Rock Crab – Morimoto vs. Bobby Flay
- New York Battle (Original Japanese Version) (3/12/2000) (Check the comments for a pretty long list of differences. Most are very minor, but one is pretty big in my opinion.)
There are a couple of interesting battles this week in Iron Chef history. First, we have the squid battle between Chen and the man who has over 200 pizza recipes. The second battle pits Chen against the Vice-President of the Japan Chefs Association. Kobe takes on a man who owns 8 restaurants. The egg battle is an ICC Exclusive. (Watch for the Michiba ingredient reveal and Kaga’s laughter at it. 😀 ). Finally this week, we have the infamous New York Battle between Morimoto and Bobby Flay. Was Flay just playing the “ugly American” because the producers asked him or is he really that much of a #%@!$? You decide.
See you next week.