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Post by bangagong on Jun 16, 2024 8:29:13 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I'm a new member here but a very old fan of Iron Chef Japan. I watched it growing up and have recently felt pulled to reconnect with the nostalgia of this incredible show (hearing that opening theme music still gives me shivers). Nice to find a community of people geeking out over it! I've only just started revisiting the show, but I recall particularly enjoying the drama with Kandugawa and his challengers. What stands out as your favourite episode (or rivalry) of the show?
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Post by herringchoker on Jun 20, 2024 17:46:37 GMT -5
Any episode where Sakai has to handle a live secret ingredient, LOL!
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Post by tetsujin070561 on Jul 3, 2024 12:38:28 GMT -5
It would be the 1999 Battle Egg, with Nakamura and Morimoto as the participants, as they both exhibited great creativity in the range of dishes they created.
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Jul 14, 2024 18:09:23 GMT -5
Some of my (personal) favorites are below. I won't spoil endings.
- The battles held at Brissac Castle in France. More importantly, if you wish for me to pick my favorite out of the two, the 24-hour battle. Now that was probably the most innovative way to set the stage for a battle. Basically, both Sakai and challenger Pierre Gagnaire had a full day to go through France to gather all of the ingredients they were to use in their planned dishes, including the theme ingredient of Homard Lobster. I believe they crammed everything (travel and the entirety of the usual battle) into an hour's time, so I wish they could have done this in two parts to really give everything its own time. But it was great. I bet Sakai slept in the following day.
- The NYC battle post-1999. So, if you aren't fully aware, Food Network obtained rights to air dubbed episodes of Iron Chef in the late 1990s. Because the show was gaining an American fanbase in these airings, it was decided that Kaga and the Iron Chefs were to travel to New York City and film a battle and some other extracurricular activities. Morimoto battled Bobby Flay on US soil, and if you've ever seen Flay on the cutting board (raising the roof), then this is where that came from. It spawned a rematch at the 21st Century battle, filmed about a year or two after the fact.
- Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters. Okay, so this is semi-related, and hear me out. Sakai and Morimoto (I believe Chen was supposed to be a part of this too, but something came up?) take on Food Network chefs including Flay, Mario Batali, and Wolfgang Puck in various battles aired exclusively for Food Network. This includes a two-on-two battle with Flay and Morimoto working together on the same side of the kitchen. This greenlit the Food Network run of the show and pretty much all of its incarnations ever since.
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