About 10 days ago, we announced the acquisition of a new group of Japanese language episodes. Since all of the episodes were from 1997, a void in the collection of many non-Japanese Iron Chef fans, it was easy to see the changes made to the Episode List. This weekend, we added two more episodes, but since they were from the middle of 1999, you might not have noticed. Both of these are actually more specials than regular episodes, but neither one ever aired on Food Network.
- First up is the Indonesia Expedition (720). There is no battle here, but we do get to see Michiba and Morimoto make a trip to Indonesia.
- The second addition is the Morimoto Retrospective (709). To mark the one year anniversary of Iron Chef Morimoto in Kitchen Stadium, we get a two part special. The first portion shows Michiba traveling to New York to visit Morimoto. The second half of the special features a battle between Nakamura and Morimoto. We have had a short clip in Beyond Kitchen Stadium of Michiba announcing the theme for this battle (Eggs – Tamago). Now you can see the entire episode.
As a reminder, don’t forget to vote for your choice of ICC Exclusive episodes to be added for July. You can vote in the poll located below the blogroll on the left side of the main page or in the poll at the Kitchen Stadium message boards. The votes from both polls will be combined to determine the winners. The polls will close early morning Wednesday 7/30. The new episodes will be added about a day later.