This week in Iron Chef history, May 24 – May 30:
- 220 (5/27/1994) – Carrot – Chen vs. Kiyoshi Takahashi
- 321 (5/26/1995) – Broccoli – Michiba vs. Etsuo Jo
- 422 (5/24/1996) – Udon – Nakamura vs. Kenji Motai
- 520OA (5/30/1997) – Ham – Sakai vs. Germano Orsara
- 618 (5/29/1998) – Konyakku – Chen vs. Liang Shuqing
- 720aOA – (5/28/1999) – Indonesia Special (Part 1) – Michiba and Morimoto travel to Indonesia
TWICH Notes: In battle carrot, Chen takes on a chef who finished just behind him at the World Championship of Chinese cooking in 1992. Michiba takes on Etsuo Jo, a master of sauces. (You may also remember him as part of the French Team in the 2000th dish special.) The udon battle has special rules to accommodate the theme. The challenger had been recommended Dr. Hattori to take over as Iron Chef Japanese when Michiba retired. Our ICC Exclusives addition this week sees Sakai taking on an Italian chef in battle ham. The Konyakku battle is the OT for last week’s pork belly battle. Finally this week, we have another ICC exclusive. Follow Michiba and Morimoto to Indonesia for the first part of this two week special.
New in the database this week: 520OA – Ham