I do really miss (whether it was true or not) any element of surprise on who is going to be picked from the Iron Chefs, and that a challenger might choose someone unexpected to compete against.
Me too, but OTOH, I usually like the matchups they come up with.
I think ICA's main weakness is their selection of the secret ingredients. They're far too likely to choose ingredients that are easy to make the focus of a dish (fish, fowl, various cuts of meat, etc). I'd love to see something equivalent to the original IC's Milk Battle.
I also miss the (fake or not) crazy vendettas from the original Iron Chef.
They should set up some faction devoted to the purity of southwestern cuisine. With a bitter eminence grise who dispatches his proteges one after the other to challenge Bobby Flay.
Another thing about ICA I love is the groan of dread that comes forth whenever somebody starts working with the ice cream maker. That was a highlight of the behind-the-scenes show they did.
They should set up some faction devoted to the purity of southwestern cuisine. With a bitter eminence grise who dispatches his proteges one after the other to challenge Bobby Flay.
Heh, Rick Bayliss could have filled the bill in terms of his cuisine, but I don't think he has the personality for it. Plus, I think he won that battle.
[NOTE MY EXTREME RESTRAINT IN NOT USING THE WORD "FLAVOR."]
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They're far too likely to choose ingredients that are easy to make the focus of a dish (fish, fowl, various cuts of meat, etc).
Yeah, the original IC would occasionally throw some very weird ingredients at the chefs.
Heh, Rick Bayliss could have filled the bill in terms of his cuisine, but I don't think he has the personality for it. Plus, I think he won that battle.
THE BAYLISS FACTION WILL *NOT* BE APPEASED SO EASILY.
Yeah, the original IC would occasionally throw some very weird ingredients at the chefs.
Mike Nelson of MST3K used to have the occasional column in TV Guide a few years back, and he did a VERY funny essay on watching a bunch of the original Iron Chef. I think I may have saved it with other MST clippings I've compiled.
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Congratulations Wolfram and family!
Another thing about ICA I love is the groan of dread that comes forth whenever somebody starts working with the ice cream maker. That was a highlight of the behind-the-scenes show they did.
It was the highlight of the taping I was at, too. Alton's dread and the chefs' glee are palpable when that thing gets turned on. Especially if it's done stealthily and they don't know exactly what went into it, as happened when I was there.
I'd love to see something equivalent to the original IC's Milk Battle.
I'd say that the closest they've come to that was battle pizza DOUGH! (That's where the chairman earns the big bucks, by the way: his delivery of the name of the secret ingredient.)
