Nakamura-San

[missteetheironchef]

Nakamura in purple. His dishes weren't as great as Michiba-San and Morimoto-San. But I still say, he's the greatest.

[mickster]

IC Nakamura's restaurant address:
Koumei Ariake, Phone - 03-3599-3636
Ariake Park Building, 2d floor, 3-1-28 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan

[Man Alive!]

Nakamura-san was a pretty good chef. His dishes looked pretty darn good. He would be a lot more accepted in the Iron Chef community if he would have stayed a little longer on the show, but I think he was good as an Iron Chef. He just lacked the charisma of the other Iron Chefs.

[missteetheironchef]

Not just his charisma, his motivation is lacking too.

[mickster]

Excellent chef, yes, lack of charisma, yes, but the worst part to me was his looks were "scary" All of the other IC's were, in their own ways, handsome guys. Sadly, Nakamura did not compliment the show, and I think that also had an impact on him being replaced.

[missteetheironchef]

Then came Morimoto!

[mickster]

Thank goodness.

[cladybug7]

I think Nakamura missed the whole point of the show. He wasn't very creative in many of his dishes and that was part of the challenge, to create new dishes. That was why he lost so many battles.

I still think he got a bad rap, though.

[missteetheironchef]

Poor Nakamura.

[michiba]

Nakamura is my favourite Iron Chef. In my opinion he doesn't look ugly or scary, he is just an ordinary Japanese person like the other Iron chefs. He'd have more fans if FTV translated more of his episodes. Don't forget he tied in a match with Alan Passard (at the time), the top chef in the world, which often seems to be overlooked. I'd really like to visit his restaurant if I had the chance.

[allezcuisine]

I don't think any of the Iron Chefs look scary, why would you say that, Michiba?

[missteetheironchef]

allezcuisine said:

I don't think any of the Iron Chefs look scary, why would you say that, Michiba?

I have to admit...when I first saw IC, I thought they were weird and scary...but by the time I seen the show my curiousity was faded...I love the show after all.

[allezcuisine]

I was spellbound when I first watched IC, I loved it from the start!

[michiba]

allezcuisine said:

I don't think any of the Iron Chefs look scary, why would you say that, Michiba?

REREAD MY POST, I DIDN'T SAY that any of them LOOK scary.

[Man Alive!]

Capitals aren't necessary- she just asked a question.