Yeah, I didn't think it was a lie because he said the people at the luncheon that the three hours the chefs thought they had was cut in half.

SYTYCD: Not sure I loved any of the dances, but was very annoyed with the bullsh*t "story" that didn't match Hok and Jamie's dance choreography at all. If I had my druthers, Lauren and Kameron would be the ones going home.

Top Chef mini-meara:

I'm glad it was Lia instead of Sara (is that the right spelling?) because I like Sara. Lia seems too timid, culinarily and otherwise.

Me too. To me, Lia has a certain arrogance about her that her cooking hasn't lived up to. I don't know, maybe working at Jean-Georges gives you a sense of entitlement. Sara seems to really be getting a lot out of the competition (in terms of developing her skills, learning from the experience, coming out of her shell, etc.)

And I can't believe that neither Hung nor Casey can cook rice.

I don't think that good rice is easy to make, especially when you're not focused on it. I fault Hung more though since it was an integral part of his dish. Plus, he's an ass.

Speaking of, I HATE these BULLSHIT timefucking challenges. I think it is classless and foul. Yes, they need to learn to roll with the punches, but these artificial deadlines are crap. And Colicchio couldn't sell the lie for shit.

Except they were told that the challenges were about timing. Anyone who didn't figure out that the 3 hours (when have they ever had that long!?!) would be cut down, wasn't thinking things through.

I actually think it would have been more interesting if the schedule had gotten moved back instead, forcing them to see how well their dishes held up.

I cannot believe I have to go on the rice rant every freaking year. Why does no one know how to cook rice? I know how to cook rice. Now admittedly, I am Japanese and my rice is not their rice, and also usually I am lazy and use one of my two rice cookers, but still!

It also cracks me up that Howie and Joey are now all BFF!!!

Right? Because it's totally like a playground vibe. They beat each other up, and now they have mutual respect for each other. Whatever the genesis, they make me laugh.

I know I can't taste the food, but those chile rellenos looked awesome. I think she's my favorite right now. Okay, so one person can cook rice. And make her own cheese! Go cheesemakers!

OH! I almost forgot. WTF with Hung and his head-height cleaver!

That's ridiculous. The SO said he should almost have been out just for the safety of everyone else in the kitchen! That's basic stuff, people. He needs to calm the fuck down.

I haven't seen the most recent episode, but just once I would like to see what they can cook without all the time and money restrictions. I suppose there have to be some time and money limits, but it would be nice if things weren't so tight/rushed.

Go cheesemakers!

bless.

Yeah, I didn't think it was a lie because he said the people at the luncheon that the three hours the chefs thought they had was cut in half.

No, I meant that the people from the show had changed their schedule, so the time was moved up. That was artificial, I think.

Liese - yes about the rice (Hung totally should have KNOWN better) and about the cleaver.

To me, Lia has a certain arrogance about her that her cooking hasn't lived up to. I don't know, maybe working at Jean-Georges gives you a sense of entitlement.

I was thinking maybe she's an excellent cook, but not good at coming up with her own stuff on the fly, but Ilan pretty much only cooked dishes very close to menu stuff where he works, and that worked for him, so maybe she was just overly ambitious? Or something? I mean, she must have a good repertory of recipes in her head that could have been adapted. Right?

Oh, got it, Vortex. I'm not really awake yet.