Iron Chef on DVD

[DNW]

Not the US version. I was watching a Japan Iron Chef show tonight and was reminded of how great these culinary masters were. The US version simply can't compare. Sign this petition so hopefully we'll have the entire Iron Chef series on DVD. Any fans here?

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ironchef#sign

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Of course I signed it...

but WHERE is Chairman Kaga?!?!?

Surely he has someone he could call at FujiTV, pull some strings, and get the ball rolling?

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Of course I signed it...

but WHERE is Chairman Kaga?!?!?

Surely he has someone he could call at FujiTV, pull some strings, and get the ball rolling?

Maybe the Chairman is hoarding the shows in his personal library.

I don't know how popular this show is in Japan, but it seems to have a pretty strong following worldwide. Personally, I was inspired to learn how to cook more than just the typical egg or noodle dishes from watching these battles.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

Maybe the Chairman is hoarding the shows in his personal library.

I don't know how popular this show is in Japan, but it seems to have a pretty strong following worldwide. Personally, I was inspired to learn how to cook more than just the typical egg or noodle dishes from watching these battles.
Thanks to the Chairman, Fuku-san, and Iron Chef Morimoto, I eat panda bear brain ice-cream with a foi gras flan and deep fried tempura-style sea turtle skin chips every night for dessert.

 

[dusty]

Haha turtle skin chips

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by dusty

Haha turtle skin chips

Doesn't it sound tasty? a light tempura batter, then deep fried till crispy and golden brown???

the perfect crunch to match the panda brain ice cream!

 

[VKK3450]

They seem to have crap bandwith from the times that I have watched, but if you let it buffer while you are doing something else, then you can watch it straight through

http://www.tv-links.co.uk/Iron Chef_links.html

K

 

[RJman]

It seems Iron Chef featured meals made with the same substances out of which kitonbrioni has shoes. Results were more appetizing on Iron Chef, though.

 

[evilgeniusdan]

My current reading material when I'm on the toilet is the official Iron Chef book.

http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Chef-Offi.../dp/0425194078

 

[tiecollector]

The Japanese version is so much better than the American one. The American one puts way too much emphasis on the sous chef.

 

[Kent Wang]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

but WHERE is Chairman Kaga?!?!?
He died of fugu poisoning.

 

[French Cuff Consignment]

For them to claim that Bobby Flay is an Iron Chef is troublesome to me. I have yet to see Bobby Flay produce a dish that even looked really good, on any one of his 10 current TV shows. His meat is almost always charred, very frequently underdone and sloppily plated. In fact so is Emeril's for that matter. (I know he's not on the show... but he's another one who is addicted to the one monotonous seasoning style that made him rich.) Iron Chefs are about originality, innovation and thinking outside the pocket. Last night I watched the one on Bison, and Flays dishes were hardly “inspiring’ There is such a huge disparity in the originality of the dishes that this current crop makes, that the show simply pales in comparison. I would love to see Jamie Oliver, Sara Moulton, Wolfgang Puck, Chiarello and Bourdain, and if they can get that guy from French Laundry... then we would be talking. They don’t fall into the trap of being defined by a style of food. They just make incredibly great food across the board. It's a disgrace for them to compare this current crop of chefs to Hiroyuki Sakai, Chen Kenichi, and Roskabado Michiba. Those guys could get down with Lungfish, and make you want to eat it! So I pee on this weak diluted American version, and cheer anyone who and everyone who Tivos the original with me when it comes on at 4AM Oh and as for KAGA, has anyone seen him and Michael Jackson in the same room? ALA KWISEEN! (Don't forget to bite the Bell Pepper and then smile like it ***************, and you're embrassed)

 

[tiecollector]

Bobby Flay just torches everything, however, he did win in Japan also, didn't he? I think Mario Batali's dishes do look better than the Japanese version of him on the original. I only saw chef Kobe once, since he was less popular but his answer was just to put garlic in everything, he lost pretty bad if I remember correctly. I haven't watched either version in a while.

Here is a list of the O.G. chef's and their win-loss-tie record

* Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi (陳建一) 67-22-3
* Iron Chef French (I) Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋裕) 7-1-0
* Iron Chef French (II) Hiroyuki Sakai (坂井宏行) 70-15-1
* Iron Chef Italian Masahiko Kobe (神戸勝彦) 15-7-1
* Iron Chef Japanese (I) Rokusaburo Michiba (道場六三郎) 32-5-1
* Iron Chef Japanese (II) Koumei Nakamura (中村孝明) 24-11-1
* Iron Chef Japanese (III) Masaharu Morimoto (森本正治) 16-7-1

I don't think I've ever seen an episode where Sakai lost. Either way the food almost always made me hungry (not big into Chinese or his plating style).

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Sakai-san is a brilliant man.

He and Morimoto are my all time favorites.

 

[Kaga]

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

He died of fugu poisoning.
If my memory serves me correctly, reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Sakai-san is a brilliant man.
A wonderful man. He and I still exchange Christmas cards.

He and Morimoto are my all time favorites.

But I don't get one red cent of the Morimoto Special Sauce he is now selling in the US.

That they figured Shatner was a suitable replacement for me as host of the American Iron Chef drove me to drink. Even that plank Mark Dacascos was better. At least it gave him something better to do than appearing in that terrible TV series spin-off of The Crow. Why did they have to say he was my nephew? Frankly, I don't see the resemblance.