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Post by Sanji Himura on Jun 19, 2013 16:07:15 GMT -5
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Letters Used: R, T, L, N, S, F, M, H
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Post by Sanji Himura on Jun 19, 2013 1:15:08 GMT -5
Sorry for the long butted delay. I guess that I should subscribe to this thread to make sure that I know that somebody is playing, uhn? Anyways, we have a tenner to look over, so let's do that first:
Mario Batali YES: 1|NO: 3
Tenner denied. Now for our 30-Spot:
Bill Bickard YES: 2| NO: 2
Number of people who voted: 4| Percentage of yes votes: 50%
Motion Denied.
UPDATE TIME: 86 players remain with two in the zone and a full slate of three on the block. Do your duty and vote today!
Yutaka Ishinabe Komei Nakamura -1 Kenji Fukui - 1O Toshiro Kandagawa - X [3O] Shinichiro Ohta - X Yukio Hattori - 2[3X] Mayuko Takata - 1O Akebono - 1 Kazuko Hosoki Tadamichi Ota - X Alton Brown David Bautista - 1 Lin Kunbi Yasushi Akimoto Tenmei Kanoh Chua Lam Masaaki Hirano Masahiko Kobe - 2O Bobby Flay - 1 Mario Batali - X Wolfgang Puck (Dupe) Cat Cora - 1 Takashi Kaga - 1 Jeffrey Steingarten - 1 Mark Dacasos Todd English Masaharu Morimoto Michael Burger - 1 Rokusaburo Michiba - X Shinichiro Kurimoto Ariki Omae Alain Passard Tamio Kageyama Chen Kenichi - X Julie Dreyfuss Kyoko Kagata Nagisa Oshima Hiroyuki Sakai - 1 [3X] Kerry Simon - 1 Michael Symon - 1 Asako Kishi - 1 Cheng Kazuhiko Kyoko Kagata (Dupe) Kazutaka Okabe Kenichi Miyanaga Adam Richman - 2[3X] Wolfgang Puck - 4 Jose Garces - 1 Marc Ecko - 2 Anne Burrell Robert Irvine - [\-/]* Paula Deen - 2 Kazunari Takeda Jun'ichi Ito Katsuyo Kobayashi Marco Molinari - 1 Tim Love – 5 Anita Lo - 1 Ming Tsai - 1 Elizabeth Falkner - 1 Tyler Florence – 2 Duff Goldman - 1 Michael Smith Emma Hearst - 1 Sozo Myamoto Tom Aikens - 1 Guillaume Brahimi - 2 Geoffrey Zakarian - 1 Vincent Tan - 1 Grant Denyer – 1 Mario Frittoli – 6 Xie Huaxian - 1 Toshiki Kaifu Yoko Akino Yoshiko Ishii Hiromi Yamada Ryutaro Hashimoto Kazushige Nagashima Yukio Hatoyama Bill Bickard – 1X [3O] Duncan Hamilton - 1 Jeff Manning Yoshiro Mori Ukyo Katayama - 1 Rory Kennedy - 1 Liang Shuqing - 1 Ron Seigel - 1 [$]
Votes Aggergate: 7 | Danger Zone: 5
Sudden Deaths to vote on Today: Todd English, Tyler Florence, Grant Denyer
Sudden Death Appeals to Vote on today: None
10-Spots to vote on Today: (1 Remaining) None
Cancelations to Decide today: None
Validation Sanji Himura (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] herringchoker (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] achen (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] Iron Chef Mandy (5/2) (2C) [No Strikes] okonomiyagi (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] [21 Winner] Free SEEK REVENGE (Taken: Ron Seigel)
Crystal Division (31st through 35th eliminated) Karine Bakhoum Kevin Braunch Ted Allen
Titanium Division (26th through 30th eliminated) Korn Yuji Wakiya Rachel Ray Roberto Donna William Shatner
Platinum Division (21st through 25th eliminated) Bryan Forgione Marc Forgione Scott Morris Dominique Corby[21] Andrew Zimmern
Gold Division (16th through 20th Eliminated) Joel Robuchon Makoto Okuwa Jean Francois Meteigner Pierre Gagnaire John Fraser
Silver Division (11th through 15th eliminated) Kentaro Benard Leprince Michael Noble Anthony Dias Blue Roy Yamaguchi
Bronze Division (6th through 10th eliminated) Jamie Oliver Rick Bayless[21] Alessandro Stratta Judy Joo Jacques Borie
Copper Division (1st through 5th eliminated) Joe Cipriano Sissy Biggers Nina Zagat Artur Rutter Tim Zagat
Mario Frittoli, you are out of here.
Sudden Death: All GO!
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Post by Sanji Himura on Jun 19, 2013 0:55:47 GMT -5
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Post by Sanji Himura on Jun 10, 2013 3:47:43 GMT -5
They didn't match cuisines in the New Year's special, unless neo-Japanese and nouvelle chinoise are the same thing. No, what they did in that special was try to match up country with cuisine. So it would ultimately broke down like this, if they had their way: America Chinese vs Wakyia Michiba vs Jun Thai French vs Soga The problem came when the ICA didn't have any Chinese Iron Chefs, just Morimoto. And you know what happened from there.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Jun 6, 2013 14:16:16 GMT -5
I know, but it was that if they are matching cuisines again like they did in the New Year's Special, Morimoto would be chosen to represent Japanese cuisine. That said, seeing as the selection process for the American representatives falls on the State Department, a department that I don't really trust at the moment, anyone is fair game.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Jun 6, 2013 12:42:32 GMT -5
That sounds kind of redundant there, seeing as Morimoto still does Iron Chef America.
Anyways, Doc Himura standing by if you have any food related questions.
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Post by Sanji Himura on May 9, 2013 4:31:32 GMT -5
Mine was Sakai's Octopus battle, to the best of my recollection. I remember reading a Time magazine article on Bobby Flay and the New York Battle with Morimoto, and that night I was watching the show to see what it was about. Hooked instantly.
My most vivid battle was Chen's squid battle. Kind of hard not to remember the squid ink fried rice.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 11, 2013 23:06:52 GMT -5
I sent the column via PM, ICM.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 9, 2013 14:23:38 GMT -5
My cable provider doesn't offer the Cooking channel, so I know how it feels.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 9, 2013 0:07:16 GMT -5
I would like for someone, I don't care if it is you or Tut, to host my Doc. Himura columns on a contributor basis. This will allow my "Ask a Doc." thread to be more focused to a culinary Q&A session.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 8, 2013 23:48:43 GMT -5
Do both.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 8, 2013 13:14:07 GMT -5
I got this question via Facebook:
To look at it from a culinary perspective, we must first dive into the history of the restaurant. El Bulli opened in 1961 as a high cultured place that a german doctor and his wife wanted on their piece of land that they purchased. The "El Bulli" name stuck with the place because of the french bulldogs that the owners owned.
In 1976, under french chef Jean-Louis Neichel, the restaurant gained their first Michelin star. Current head chef, Ferran Adrià, joined the kitchen in 1984, and three years later was put in charge of the whole kitchen. El Bulli earned their second Michelin star in 1990 followed by a third in 1997.
However the depression has hit them and they were forced to close the restaurant last year.
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 2, 2013 14:41:12 GMT -5
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 2, 2013 1:01:45 GMT -5
We have some people on the block. Let’s check them out, shall we?
Ted Allen STAY: 1|GO: 3
Kevin Braunch STAY: 1|GO: 3
They are out of here!
Update Status Confirmed: 86 players remaining, with one in the Danger Zone and one on ice. One is up for a tenner and the other is up for a 30. Do your duty and vote Today!
Yutaka Ishinabe Komei Nakamura -1 Kenji Fukui - 1O Toshiro Kandagawa - X [3O] Shinichiro Ohta - X Yukio Hattori - 2 [3X] Mayuko Takata - O Akebono - 1 Kazuko Hosoki Tadamichi Ota - X Alton Brown David Bautista - 1 Lin Kunbi Yasushi Akimoto Tenmei Kanoh Chua Lam Masaaki Hirano Masahiko Kobe - 2O Bobby Flay - 1 Mario Batali Wolfgang Puck (Dupe) Cat Cora - 1 Takashi Kaga - 1 Jeffrey Steingarten - 1 Mark Dacasos Todd English Masaharu Morimoto Michael Burger - 1 Rokusaburo Michiba - X Shinichiro Kurimoto Ariki Omae Alain Passard Tamio Kageyama Chen Kenichi - X Julie Dreyfuss Kyoko Kagata Nagisa Oshima Hiroyuki Sakai - 1 [3X] Kerry Simon - 1 Michael Symon - 1 Asako Kishi - 1 Cheng Kazuhiko Kyoko Kagata (Dupe) Kazutaka Okabe Kenichi Miyanaga Adam Richman - 1[3X] Wolfgang Puck - 4 Jose Garces - 1 Marc Ecko - 2 Anne Burrell Robert Irvine - [\-/] (Freeze Frame: One Day) Paula Deen - 2 Kazunari Takeda Jun'ichi Ito Katsuyo Kobayashi Marco Molinari - 1 Tim Love - 4 Anita Lo - 1 Ming Tsai - 1 Elizabeth Falkner - 1 Tyler Florence - 2 Duff Goldman - 1 Michael Smith Emma Hearst - 1 Sozo Myamoto Tom Aikens - 1 Guillaume Brahimi - 2 Geoffrey Zakarian - 1 Vincent Tan - 1 Grant Denyer - 1 Mario Frittoli - 5 Xie Huaxian - 1 Toshiki Kaifu Yoko Akino Yoshiko Ishii Hiromi Yamada Ryutaro Hashimoto Kazushige Nagashima Yukio Hatoyama Bill Bickard - 1X Duncan Hamilton - 1 Jeff Manning Yoshiro Mori Ukyo Katayama - 1 Rory Kennedy - 1 Liang Shuqing - 1 Ron Seigel - 1 [$]
Votes Aggergate: 7 | Danger Zone: 5
Sudden Deaths to vote on Today: None
Sudden Death Appeals to Vote on today: None
10-Spots to vote on Today: (1 Remaining) Bill Bickard(30-Spot), Mario Batali
Cancelations to Decide today: None
Validation Sanji Himura (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] herringchoker (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] achen (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] Iron Chef Mandy (5/2) (2C) [No Strikes] okonomiyagi (Valid) (2C) [No Strikes] [21 Winner] Free SEEK REVENGE (Taken: Ron Seigel)
Crystal Division (31st through 35th eliminated) Karine Bakhoum Kevin Braunch Ted Allen
Titanium Division (26th through 30th eliminated) Korn Yuji Wakiya Rachel Ray Roberto Donna William Shatner
Platinum Division (21st through 25th eliminated) Bryan Forgione Marc Forgione Scott Morris Dominique Corby[21] Andrew Zimmern
Gold Division (16th through 20th Eliminated) Joel Robuchon Makoto Okuwa Jean Francois Meteigner Pierre Gagnaire John Fraser
Silver Division (11th through 15th eliminated) Kentaro Benard Leprince Michael Noble Anthony Dias Blue Roy Yamaguchi
Bronze Division (6th through 10th eliminated) Jamie Oliver Rick Bayless[21] Alessandro Stratta Judy Joo Jacques Borie
Copper Division (1st through 5th eliminated) Joe Cipriano Sissy Biggers Nina Zagat Artur Rutter Tim Zagat
Random Vote: Mayuko Takata.
30-Spot: YES
10-spot: YES
Sudden Death: Todd English
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Post by Sanji Himura on Apr 1, 2013 20:03:02 GMT -5
It would be considered more of a rice soup more than anything. To explain risotto, we must first go to Italy, where the dish is considered to be a favorite in the regions Piedmont, Lombardy, and Veneto in Northern Italy. Why those three regions? The answer is simple, it is the type of rice that they grow in those parts of Italy, arborio. How that kind of rice got to Italy in the first place remains kind of a mystery, but two common theories are that, one, the dish is supposed to imitate the pilafs of the Near East, while the other theory is that the dish was a Southern Italian invention in the 11th century when the moslems of North Africa ruled Sicily and parts of Southern Italy. The rice was eventually brought to Italy from the Far East. Typical risottos like this one, tend to follow a simple formula: 1. Set a pot of cooking liquid, like a stock, simmering in a sauce pan. 2. Cook the rice quickly in hot oil just to coat the rice, usually 2 minutes. Have vegetables? Cook them quickly before introducing the rice. 3. Add cooking stock until it is all absorbed and the rice becomes al dente. I hope that clears up the definition of what is a risotto.
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