KhakiBlueSocks wrote:Hey! Don't hate on Kaga's wardrobe! I'm headed to the mall as soon as I leave the library and I'm going straight for the sparkly cow pattern department!You're right on the money with the commentators. My personal favorite is the Doc (Yukio Hattori), you know he actually did two battles in Kitchen Stadium...and lost miserably! But he still hangs in there and he stepped into the role of chairman when Kaga boycotted the battles. (The Iron Chefs lost 6 battles in a row). It's just like watching a sporting event with the reporters on the floor. Here's a "typical" exchange:
Ota:"Fukui-san!"
Fukui: "Go head, Ota."
Ota: "The Challenger just added salt to his dish, and is loading it into the steamer!"
Fukui: Allright, challenger Inuyasha loading his squid dish into the steamer for a quick steamjob."
Hattori: "You know, they used to call this type of steaming "Momentai" in the warring states era of Japan."
Female Judge: "The Challenger looks so determinded in his red kimono!" *giggles uncontrollably for thirty seconds*
Male Judge: "Yes, you know, I've been to the warring states era before and I actually saw a medicine man dressed in a robe like that made from the hairs of the firerat!"
Fukui: "Well, lets hope the challenger uses that fire towards his dishes."
*Everyone chuckles*
You're right on the button there. Kurimoto-san and Asako Kishi (I think) have tasted the most dishes in Kitchen Stadium...second only to the chairman of course, who's tasted them ALL!
However didn't you just say that Kaga boycotted some of the battles after the Iron Chefs lost 6 in a row?
I still can't get over the fact that Kaga's last name is only one vowel
different(at least in the English spelling)from Koga!
What I don't like about the American version is they don't have the same
sense of drama,partly because the Iron Chefs don't rise out of the
floor like on the original version and partly because the Chairman tells
the challenger who they're going to go up against.I like it more when the
challenger gets to decide who he or she is going up against.You can always
sense the tension.
btw:I believe one of the regular judges is actually a food critic.
Some days are dry 
Some days are leaky
Some days come clean 
Other days are sneaky
Some days take less but most days take more:comp: Some slip through your fingers and onto the floor
Some days your quick but most days you're speedy:bang: Some days you use more force than is necessary
Some days just drop in on us 
Some days are better than others
