# Iron Chef

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef/14019>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 19, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef/14019 "2000-02-19T20:07:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef/14019/21 "2000-02-21T05:40:00Z")

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The spaghetti on a hot dog bun was one of his first forays, when he was more overtly “neo” Japanese. (He still swills Coke and uses ketchup as an ingredient, I assume for equal parts showmanship, taste and to honk off the Samurai contingent of Japanese traditionalists who are torqued off at him.)

What the hell, it’s still great fun and a much greater culinary eye-opener than most of the Food Network pap. But I’d still love seeing Emeril and Martha (Android) Stewart faced with “Chairman Kaga” and his glitter duds.

Veb

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**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef/14019/22 "2000-02-21T05:44:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Tengu:  
> \*\* Spaghetti and Hotdogs are both traditional kiddy-foods.
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Yes, you’re right on that. His cooking was themed to the Japanese Boy’s Festival (or something). Yuck, remember the split fish head soup he made to go with it? The eyes looked like poached egg yolks. :::shudder:::  
Rose

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I told you not to be stupid, you moron.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef/14019/23 "2000-02-21T05:57:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Blue Twylight:  
> **Yes, you’re right on that. His cooking was themed to the Japanese Boy’s Festival (or something).**

That’s it. ‘Children’s Day’.

The other guy’s presentation was better than his, I think. Less mega-bizarre, and yet more visually interesting.

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_Eschew Obfuscation_

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef/14019/24 "2000-02-21T06:38:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by Blue Twylight:  
> \*\*  
> In the beginning of each show, he takes a ferocious bite out of an apple, and looks into the camera nodding. I crack up every time.  
> \*\*

## I’ve never seen the show, but by the way you described this I could totally see it in my head and let out a big ol’ guffaw! Sounds HILARIOUS!

“I get the meat and the cheese, but why the bun?”  
“Yeah, a bun is neither meat nor cheese.”  
“Word!”

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