If memory serves me…I seem to recall reading about this taping a few weeks back. Seems like Bobby was waiting to get electrocuted as he stood in the middle of a flooded kitchen with wires running through it. Now there’s entertainment!
Luckily, they didn’t say who won. But here’s my question…shouldn’t the Fortune Teller be able to predict the winner even before she tastes the food?
My favorite line from the BDJ (Bimbo Du Jour) was the one about “This is so good <giggle> I’d just love to go home with you!”
Kaga just looked at her and said “That’s enough”
Fenris
Are you kidding? That’s a great idea. My vote would go to the really tough-looking guy that you KNOW is just the ultimate Japanese ladies’ man (can’t remember his name - my roommate and I refer to him as The Stud) for the line:
“This reminds me of the breeze coming off the ocean when I was a child.”
It was so good coming from him with a totally straight face. He could have been reporting a plane crash for all the emotion he showed.
OMG! My wife is never gonna believe this. I started watching the IC a few weeks ago here in PA and i love it.
My wife thinks i’ve totally lost it. Everytime we sit down for dinner, i always come up with a line about it similiar too “Hey Quizan! That’s right, the challenger has just used diced crab nuts in this special mix”. 
Gotta love that show and the dubbing is the best!
The IC is gonna whoop Flay’s butt up and down the studio.
Hmmm, i do like the idea of the special ingredient being hot dogs. LMAO
I am sooo looking forward to the show!!
I only wish it was Emeril Lagosse instead of Bobby Flay.
A couple of loud BAM’s might shake Morimoto’s concentration.
Chrisbar
Actually, “Ready…Set…Cook!” is a rip-off of a BBC production called “Ready…Steady…Cook!”. It’ll take Fox to produce the American version of IC.
If I recall correctly (SAG), Kano Tenmei is probably the guy you call ‘The Stud’, <b>Smeg</b>.
Avumede sez:
I would say that the key difference between IC and RSC is that Ready, Set, Cook! blew donkeys.
I swoon at the idea of my two favorite Food Network shows blending into one. If it was Emeril against the Iron Chef, the NY team would have a chance. He would do a Louisiana frog stomp all over the IC. BAM!
Even with the home-country advantage, Bobby Flay is gonna get smoked. He’ll have to commit hara kiri with his favorite cooking knife.
(Of course, I am biased. Emeril did kick off my “Sexiest People Not Actors or Models” thread).
Oh, man. I’m having way too much fun with this. This set me off again. What an image. I could just see Morimoto working on some delicate sushi roll or something when, from across the stadium comes “BAM!!” accompanied by whooping and hollering from the audience. The sushi roll goes flying. Oh, man.
I just came across this at Maxim online:
It’s an IC drinking game! I just may have to try this out.
Pebs
This thread is a hoot! Anyone else ever cracked up laughing next to the yellow bell pepper display in the grocery? I always want to tear a hunk outta one and do the grin/shiver with delight thing.
Haven’t checked out the unofficial IC site for a while. The drinking game is a stitch, as is the account of an IC party in SF: Battle Matzoh! It’s where they also dubbed the giggling startlets as BDJ’s: bimbos du jour.
I am so looking forward to this! But it’s purely killing me, wondering what the theme ingredient will be. And I really want to know if Asako Kishi will be there. That lady rocks; no wonder they call her “the West German judge”.
Couldn’t you just see Emeril’s deadpan double-take at the flaming torches and Kaga’s gaudy wardrobe? He’d have a blast, bamming and draping pasta over the camera lenses of the guys scurring around, shoving the cameras into pots.
Gad, I just had a horrid thought; will Jacqui Malouf be up there, giggling away with Bobby (The Ass) Flay? We can only hope someone lets loose with a cleaver.
Veb
I just love hearing what the giggling bimbette has to say. “Oooh, this soup sparkles in the spoon and on my palate!”
I wish Justin Wilson could’ve been a contestant. He’d have put some Cajun kickass in it, I gare-rone-tee!
I saw Jacqui in the audience in the commercial. At least audience members aren’t allowed to speak on IC.
Off the subject slightly, did anyone else see the most recent episode, where the Ohta faction, dedicated to preserving traditional Japanese cuisine, fought Morimoto? Omihell. They were ready to go at it with each other. I have decided that this is the Japanese version of the WWF. The faction brought in 54 (!!) chefs to root for their “second hit man”, complete with signs. They were in Japanese, but I’m positive they would translate to something like “Morimoto sucks!” Very bizarre battle.
Isn’t that the one where the secret ingredient was “sexless halibut” or something like that?
I like the one that was on just before it. Where the Sommelier battled Iron Chef Italian. Poor IC-I, he never wins. But all his stuff looks so YUMMY.
I want to play the Iron Chef drinking game, but I’m afraid to! You could die of alcohol poisoning!
A short list of Secret Ingredients I’d like to see, but not necessarily like to sample:
I saw that one!
I couldn’t believe it when she said it, and I couldn’t believe it when he reproved her for it.
I couldn’t believe that they didn’t just edit it out.
I was so tickled somebody had the nerve to slap her down on TV, the unspeakable trollop!
(Especially by Japanese standards)
Bimbo Du Jour, I love it! giggle
2 more days! Again, woo-hoo!
I’ve learned some things. I’ve heard this show described as a “two-parter” though I have no idea what that means. I do know that when they explain the rules, they say that a tie will be decided with a 30 minute cook-off, which I’ve never seen but would like to. But that’s just speculation.
Also, after the show, there will be a live chat at http://www.foodtv.com with the (hopefully) loser, Bobby Flay. Enjoy.
Whose cuisine will reign supreme?!
I’ve thought about it deeply, delving into the subtle mists, becoming one with the True Meaning of Kitchen Stadium.
The Ingredient:
“Battle Napalm Chile!”
The Lower House Member Judge: “The Napalm Chile sorbet wafts through…gaack!” ::international incident occurs; kills Bobby Flay with a boning knife; gets off through diplomatic immunity; is elected to US Senate by acclimation::
Dreaming,
Veb
If ANY of you turkeys in a different time zone posts anything here even remotely spoiler like, I will find you, and have IC Italian run you through the pasta machine.
Whoops! Thanks for the reminder, Mr. C.; I almost did. Will save my comments for tomorrow.
Veb