Post by Man Alive! on Jun 12, 2007 14:56:23 GMT -5
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are."
-Brillat-Savarin
*music plays*
Fukui: Nearly a decade ago, a man's fantasy became reality in a form never seen before: Kitchen Stadium, a giant cooking arena. The motivation for spending his fortune to create Kitchen Stadium was to encounter new, original cuisines that could be called true, artistic creations.
*cut to Kaga yelling "Allez Cuisine"*
To realize his dream, he secretly started choosing the top chefs of various styles of cooking. And he named his chefs the Iron Chefs: The invincible chefs of culinary skills. Iron Chef Japanese is Rokusaburo Michiba, Iron Chef French is Hiroyuki Sakai, and Iron Chef Chinese is Chen Kenichi.
Kitchen Stadium is the arena where Iron Chefs await the challenges from master chefs from around the world. Both the Iron Chef and challenger have one hour to tackle the theme ingredient of the day. Using all their senses, skill, and creativity, they are to prepare artistic dishes never tasted before. Every battle, reputations are on the line in Kitchen Stadium, where master chefs pit their artistic creations against each other. What inspiration does today's challenger bring? And how will the Iron Chef fight back? The heat will be on!
Kaga: If memory serves me right, I was recently contacted by a chef from Hong Kong. However, this chef's restaurant does not serve Chinese cooking. Rather, his unique background has allowed him to open up a restaurant of Cajun cuisine!
Allow me to introduce today's challenger- Quan Li Abel!
Chef Li Abel is the son of a Hong Kong businessman and a Cajun Chef from New Orleans. After spending his early childhood in New Orleans, he and his family moved to Hong Kong, where Quan was exposed to new and exciting forms of Chinese cuisine. Showing an interesting in cooking even from an early age, Chef Li Abel trained with many great chefs in France, honing his skills as a French Chef. However, he found that he preferred his mother's Cajun cooking over both Chinese and French cuisines. Mixing French and Cajun styles of cooking, Li Abel was able to make a name for himself in Hong Kong with his new and unique dishes. He recently opened a new restaurant of Cajun cuisine in Hong Kong, and wishes now to test his mettle against one of my Iron Chefs.
So now, Quan Li Abel- use your new and exciting styles of cooking to impress the judges and defeat an Iron Chef, today, in my Kitchen Stadium!
Quan: I know I can do it. My cooking is something the Iron Chefs will have no experience with. I can pull it off- I'll win for sure.
*Kaga steps into Kitchen Stadium. The camera pans around a large column, showing Kaga stepping up to center stage. The Chairman looks around at the many features and ingredients in Kitchen Stadium, and his eyes land on a yellow bell pepper in front of him. He picks it up, and takes a bite. Suddenly, a large smile spreads across his face, as the camera pulls back, revealing the once-empty Kitchen Stadium now full of Gourmet Academy chefs. Flames burst onto the screen, and in both Japanese and English characters appears the words: Iron Chef. The camera pans once more around Kitchen Stadium, and the day’s events are now ready to begin*
Fukui: Welcome to Kitchen Stadium! Today, a chef from Hong Kong has come to Kitchen Stadium to battle against one of the Iron Chefs, but get this- he specializes in Cajun cuisine. That's something new for our Iron Chefs to handle! *laughs* With me today is Yasushi Akimoto, great to see you here, and as usual our local food commentator Doc Hattori, nice to have you here, Doc. Tell me, what can we expect from a chef of Cajun cuisine here in Kitchen Stadium?
-Brillat-Savarin
*music plays*
Fukui: Nearly a decade ago, a man's fantasy became reality in a form never seen before: Kitchen Stadium, a giant cooking arena. The motivation for spending his fortune to create Kitchen Stadium was to encounter new, original cuisines that could be called true, artistic creations.
*cut to Kaga yelling "Allez Cuisine"*
To realize his dream, he secretly started choosing the top chefs of various styles of cooking. And he named his chefs the Iron Chefs: The invincible chefs of culinary skills. Iron Chef Japanese is Rokusaburo Michiba, Iron Chef French is Hiroyuki Sakai, and Iron Chef Chinese is Chen Kenichi.
Kitchen Stadium is the arena where Iron Chefs await the challenges from master chefs from around the world. Both the Iron Chef and challenger have one hour to tackle the theme ingredient of the day. Using all their senses, skill, and creativity, they are to prepare artistic dishes never tasted before. Every battle, reputations are on the line in Kitchen Stadium, where master chefs pit their artistic creations against each other. What inspiration does today's challenger bring? And how will the Iron Chef fight back? The heat will be on!
Kaga: If memory serves me right, I was recently contacted by a chef from Hong Kong. However, this chef's restaurant does not serve Chinese cooking. Rather, his unique background has allowed him to open up a restaurant of Cajun cuisine!
Allow me to introduce today's challenger- Quan Li Abel!
Chef Li Abel is the son of a Hong Kong businessman and a Cajun Chef from New Orleans. After spending his early childhood in New Orleans, he and his family moved to Hong Kong, where Quan was exposed to new and exciting forms of Chinese cuisine. Showing an interesting in cooking even from an early age, Chef Li Abel trained with many great chefs in France, honing his skills as a French Chef. However, he found that he preferred his mother's Cajun cooking over both Chinese and French cuisines. Mixing French and Cajun styles of cooking, Li Abel was able to make a name for himself in Hong Kong with his new and unique dishes. He recently opened a new restaurant of Cajun cuisine in Hong Kong, and wishes now to test his mettle against one of my Iron Chefs.
So now, Quan Li Abel- use your new and exciting styles of cooking to impress the judges and defeat an Iron Chef, today, in my Kitchen Stadium!
Quan: I know I can do it. My cooking is something the Iron Chefs will have no experience with. I can pull it off- I'll win for sure.
*Kaga steps into Kitchen Stadium. The camera pans around a large column, showing Kaga stepping up to center stage. The Chairman looks around at the many features and ingredients in Kitchen Stadium, and his eyes land on a yellow bell pepper in front of him. He picks it up, and takes a bite. Suddenly, a large smile spreads across his face, as the camera pulls back, revealing the once-empty Kitchen Stadium now full of Gourmet Academy chefs. Flames burst onto the screen, and in both Japanese and English characters appears the words: Iron Chef. The camera pans once more around Kitchen Stadium, and the day’s events are now ready to begin*
Fukui: Welcome to Kitchen Stadium! Today, a chef from Hong Kong has come to Kitchen Stadium to battle against one of the Iron Chefs, but get this- he specializes in Cajun cuisine. That's something new for our Iron Chefs to handle! *laughs* With me today is Yasushi Akimoto, great to see you here, and as usual our local food commentator Doc Hattori, nice to have you here, Doc. Tell me, what can we expect from a chef of Cajun cuisine here in Kitchen Stadium?