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Post by okonomiyagi on Jul 12, 2021 22:50:11 GMT -5
A new YouTube cooking series could be seen as a spiritual successor to Iron Chef. "Uchouten Restaurant" is basically "Iron Chef" with a few wrinkles: the competition takes part over two rounds. First, a 5-minute round with a theme ingredient chosen by the challenger. Then, a 30-minute battle with an outrageous premise--this one, for example, is to create a dish that costs 100,000 yen (about $1,000).
The "Iron Chefs" (called "Monster Chefs" on this series) are Shuhei Sawada (Chinese) and former Iron Chef challenger Yasuo Kawada (Japanese--lost to Iron Chef Michiba in Battle Anglerfish in November 1994).
The "chairman" is comedian Hiroyuki Miyasako, one-half of the comedy duo "Ameagari Kesshitai," who made YouTube his new venture after he was fired from Yoshimoto Kogyo in 2019 for accepting money from the yakuza.
English subtitles are available, which--while good enough--are gisted translations at best. (turn on YouTube closed captioning and set the language to English).
Episode 1:
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Post by okonomiyagi on Jul 12, 2021 22:51:07 GMT -5
Episode 2 (Sawada's debut as Monster Chef):
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Post by tetsujin070561 on Jul 14, 2021 1:55:26 GMT -5
At first short glance, this looks quite interesting. I look forward to viewing these very soon. Thanks for posting this!
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Post by okonomiyagi on Jul 24, 2021 13:23:05 GMT -5
New episode! I guess the Monster Chefs aren't permanent fixtures like they were on Iron Chef; this episode's Monster Chef is Akira Watanabe (Battle Cuttlefish vs. Morimoto). The English captions get a little ahead of the show near the end, so you're aware.
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Post by okonomiyagi on Sept 14, 2021 17:16:21 GMT -5
Episode 4! No recognizable names from the Iron Chef universe this time, but...man, I wonder how the Iron Chefs would've handled some of these themes.
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Post by tetsujin070561 on Sept 15, 2021 2:03:45 GMT -5
Thank you very much for posting these.
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