Merry Christmas, everybody.
Time to open some special Iron Chef gifts that Kaga Claus left under the tree last night. We have four new subtitled battles for your viewing pleasure today. (Of course, huge special thanks go out to our generous benefactor for providing these episodes for the Iron Chef fans around the world to enjoy.)
- European Rabbit (503) – Sakai vs. Rory Kennedy – The challenger is the head chef of a London restaurant that was established in 1798. He is a master of Gibier (wild game) cuisine. Only four months after this episode originally aired in Japan, Chef Kennedy died after a fall in his restaurant.
- European Pigeon (504) – Sakai vs. Rory Kennedy – It is only the second overtime battle in the history of Kitchen Stadium. The chefs used most of the supplies and ingredients in the first battle, so they must be creative during this 30-minute overtime cook-off.
- Rice (506) – Chen vs. Kou – The challenger is Premier Chef in China. He is an expert in Fujian Cuisine. This is a battle between two outstanding Chinese chefs. To quote our generous benefactor: “This is a fantastic battle, the pick of the rice battles, and a wonderful example of what happens when haute cuisine meets modern alchemy.“
- Truffle (507) – Sakai vs. Shimada – Club Mistral is back with yet another challenger for Sakai. Shimada trained in France for 5 years before returning to Japan. He hopes to show that the new generation of French chefs in Japan is ready to take over. Can Sakai fight back the challenge?
The following episodes are available in the file database: 503, 504, 506, 507
There will be the usual two versions of each file: Divx and the higher quality VOB files. As of right now (12/25/10), only the Divx versions are available for 504, 506, 507. As soon as the VOBs are uploaded, I will update this post. The VOBs for all episodes in this post are now available for download.
I plan to have a few more battles up for New Year’s Eve, including a couple of familiar faces among the challengers. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your families. I’m off to spend some time with mine.
Keith
tuthead
25 December, 2010