Last night on Food Network was the series premiere of Iron Chef America. Opened up with the Wretched Flay vs. Rick Bayless. Those of y'all what are Iron Chef fans know that the outcomes are rarely surprising. And this wasn't much either. But, even with that, an overall fun and encouraging beginning. Highlights included Bayless calling out floor reporter Thirsty-Traveller-Guy (who is no Shinichiro Ohta) for his mangled mispronunciation of the names of several chiles. And the Wretched Flay informing his sous chef "dude, you killed this" (about a roont mango chutney). And the new Chairman, while no Takeshi Kaga (well, who is?) brings a certain flair and understated menace to the role. I particularly enjoy his martial arts scream of "allez cuisine." Next week it's Mario Batali v. Roberto Trevino (not a chef I'm familiar with -- apparently of the restaurant Dragonfly in San Juan). And on 1/30 it's the Wretched Flay v. Ming Tsai. I'll take the longshot! Tsai will lay the smackdown of TWF.
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Wait... they ditched Chairman Shatner? For shame!
I despise Bobby Flay too . . . but I have a big big crush on Ming Tsai. I keep wanting the floor-reporter guy to call Alton Brown "Alton-san!" That would be funny.
Then Alton could say, "Take it, big fella!"
Chairman Shatner was from Iron Chef USA, the previous attempt at an American Iron Chef. I think that was TBS but I'm not 100% sure. Except for the Shat, everything about Iron Chef USA sucked beyond belief.
I'm a little disappointed that they don't call them "Iron Chef Southwest," "Iron Chef Japanese" and "Iron Chef Italian." But in general I'm very happy with the new Iron Chef series. Especially relieved that food critic judge from Vogue magazine was so much less of an asshole this time.