Iron Chef - Battle Lobster (1 of 5)

[TheVagabondWolf]

I like the music when Kaga's unveil the secret ingredient lolz

[robotpanda77]

Why do they show him watching TV? Lol

[axelpayne69]

Ron Siegel should be an Iron Chef instead Bobby Flay.

[DarknessMadeFlesh]

this episode of Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai vs. Challenger Ron Siegel was for me the best episode of the whole Iron Chef series. thanks for posting this episode archo89.

[jcnme27]

To be proper he should have said Sakia-san....but it's ok.

[lexicaljewel]

Lovely, quiet and humble American chef. He used to come to my knife store in Santa Rosa, California. Will have to try to get in a meal with him the next time I go to San Francisco and have the budget for it!

[vwazp]

i like how he said: sakai!

[rednyellowCellarDooR]

how there was ever a dislike i cant understand...one person should suck a fuck

[vwazp]

@rednyellowCellarDooR probably a misclick

[uberathlete]

Didn't know Ron was one of the first to work at the French Laundry. Sakai is great but anyone that comes through TFL will have some serious skills.

[rlouie05]

Is it me, or did Sakai looked at Siegel with utter disdain upon being challenged during their quick closeup shots after Siegel chose Sakai?

[poseode]

I live in San Francisco! YAY :D

[Guantan45]

lol Ron's translator at 5:55 how do you like being in a studio kitchen? LOL

Ron: its very nice thank you.....*very confused*

[Guantan45]

lol Ron's translator at 5:55 how do you like being in a studio kitchen? LOL

[feslenraster]

I met Ron Siegal in the hotel restaurant Charles...very nice fellow. told him we were big fans of him and he served us the dishes personally.

[Jikk]

PLEASE bring back the original Iron Chef on Food Network. The set up is so friggin' brilliant. Every one loved watching it here in the US.

'Iron Chef America' sucks my ass :<

[eugene680]

Yeah, ICA doesn't even show us why he or she is a worthy challenger. ICJ shows us the challenger's life story.

[RPenta]

@Jikk

Any show where Bobby Flay is an iron Chef sucks to some degree; Iron Chef America just lacks the panache of the Nippon version. By the way though, Italian chef challengers got royally shafted on this show.

[chidoriookami]

oh they changed the summoning music...not bad..but im so nostalgic and i miss the old one XD

[MarsRevival]

the mayors words on Ron make me sad that i may never have the privilege to taste his creations and feel what all these people have felt ; _ ;

[saedwards20]

The first American to defeat an ORIGINAL Iron Chef. You are the man RON!!!!

[chidoriookami]

@saedwards20 aw man u spoiled it fot me XD i dun think ima read the comments while i wait lol

[swrdgrl]

What does Ron say at 7:29 when he sees the lobsters? Is it "Good! Lobsters!" or "How'd my wife talk me into this?" or what?

[mets2128]

well this is a classic California French vs. Japanese French

[baronvg]

It's funny. When I first saw this, I didn't know what French Laundry was. Now that I know it's Thomas Keller's, that was some honor to work there. Not a surprise that he competed so well and of course, won. Damn, Ron, was that really your house??? Boring!

[shlokda]

Fuckin ron!! one of the best episodes !!!!!

[anadryantontine]

That's so weird to not have a dub for the challenger.

[tkinnyc]

ron would be a hotty w/out the tragic 'stache

[MDSguy]

lol at the mayor! that was so scripted!

[parislilith]

yea... wtf ... "food stuffs"

[duriandecay]

My brothers and I have always remembered the chairman for his bell-pepper eating opening.

Anyway, Chen Kenichi is my favourite!

[sweetjoey2]

go ron and wow

[FoieGras]

Now THIS is a GOOD American challenger

[feslenraster]

@FoieGras the only one, in my mind, sorry fans of that guy...

[TornadoMan86]

Mayor Brown actually picked the challenger (Ron Siegel)? I never expected that to happen!

[rtdevl]

archo is #1

[Musiqking06]

hey can you upload the shark fin battle with Michiba? and hopefully Kobe's tomato battle?

[DeadH4nd]

Im actually friends with Ron, hes a good guy but the things he said in this whole episode the producers basicly made him say. Like how he was gonna "bring the gold back to the US" they had to film it so many times because he kept laughing

[obviouslee17]

hahahahaha, oh man thats great.

[shlokda]

@DeadH4nd i always loved this episode, Ron was one of the best challengers.

[jeffporper]

1,000 thanks for uploading!!! This is one of my favorite battles. You made my year! Arigatou gozaimasu!

[Bilberquist]

Wow, I'm kinda getting tired of the piano music...

[dopebwoifresh]

LOL AT 4 : 27 omg wowowow so funny wowowowow

[jkun17]

Should have gone with Dungeness Crab for a San Francisco theme, still though, very awesome.

I love Ron's reaction when they unveil all the lobsters.

[NikYay]

This is such a funny episode. Willie Brown is so funny. Did anyone notice that the chairman sounded like he called him "Lon" but had no problem saying "iron" or "lobster?"

[JKwoftw]

I think he has problems saying R correctly, but he has no problem with saying L. The "lobster" was said correctly, you're right, but "iron" isn't pronounced as spelled by most English speakers (iyern), so he never really has to tackle the hard R sound, except at the beginning of "Ron", which gives him trouble.

[greattlemurs]

As you say JKwoftw, even in Southern British (standard) English 'iron' is pronounced: [A:j9n]. So no /r/ to deal with!

Japanese is fine with producing /r/ for example: [koridis] (I don't know how it is spelt in standardised transcription of japanese. However, /r/ is completely prohibited in japanese in initial position: /ron/. This would explain kaga's trouble with it...

[xeryph]

Thanks again Archo!!!!!

[xenophlarb]

what battle is it when the white chef is celebrating in the intro?

[SiKedek]

That was Battle Bacon, with chef Philippe Baton as challenger. It was done during the Nakamura era, which means that the Food Network never picked it up for dubbing :(

[xenophlarb]

i want to see it too, thanks for the info, people kept saying it was Ron Seigel:|

[MiniMike723]

I wish this was still on TV...or at least on DVD by now.

Thanks, Archo. This is my favorite TV show of all time.

[Foxhengeyokai]

Ah, go Sakai-san! Thanks Archo!

[kalindoscopy]

seigel should kill the lobster with a crowbar

[ravenightwing]

THANKYOU!!! I love Iron Chef, so thankyou for posting them.

[YumeLupine]

YAY SAKAI! Thanks for uploding these episodes! Sakai rocks!

[misstee101]

This was in the Morimoto era. Not the Nakamura era. Oh ok.

[DoperD]

thanks for the episode archo!

[banduril]

thanks!!!

[manonfire2010]

This is awesome! Props to archo89 as always.

[SexySug3742]

they need more women challengers!

[tragicdeceit]

seigel sounds like dirty harry when he talks. its pretty funny

[bakabon]

thank you for uploading

[bardsinister]

I remember reading about this battle.  I can't wait to finally see it.