Iron Chef - Battle Bamboo Shoot (1 of 5)

[Singularity18]

I just noticed that Chairman Kaga sounds like he's dubbed over by Albert Wesker from the RE series.

[fpnhq292]

Kyoto cusine is covered with veil. this is very interested...

[lolaxian]

wow they have so much respect for each other comapred to the western life haha

[lolaxian]

omg i love his accent so mucj

[patron40silver]

Iron Chef is SOOOOOOOOOO much better than IC America... IC Japan the chefs aren't forced to make 5 dishes and Fukui Kenji, Shinichiro Ohta, Kaga Takeshi and Hattori Yukio made it fun and enjoyable to watch compared to Alton Brown (the most annoying person EVER), Kevin Brauch (I'm A Ding Dong/ a play on his KAMBENWA..sorry for butchering that word), the always goofy chairman Mark Dacascos and Jeffrey Steingarten ( I don't understand how someone so fat can keep saying negative things about food).

[EmoKidTHLove]

i officially love you!!!!!

[kulgan18]

KAGA you magnificent bastard.

[MrMuckStuck]

Kobe allways pass his face of his sign 0:56

[CynicalGenius]

This was what made IC so interesting... Taking world-class chefs and challenging them with the most opulent  to the most basic ingredients. Next to rice, bamboo shoots are as humble as it gets for an Asian ingredient.

[edanaify]

'if my memory serves me correctly.....',, immortal words..

[edanaify]

this is so much better than the american version,,,

[GothChilde6969]

THAT'S IT, I'm learning Japanese. Japan is awesome.

[crazycappie]

Anyone know the background music that plays from about 1:50 to 2:15? Thanks!

[wildstar43]

Iron Chef Japan was the best, I really miss seeing it on Food Network. As far as Iron Chef America I did not like as much.

[JepMasta]

Takeshi Kaga...I could listen to him read the phone book!

[GothChilde6969]

@JepMasta SCTV's John Candy already did that :P

[LordOmberus]

"Your long trip"?

Isn't Kyoto like forty miles away from Tokyo? The Japanese have no concept of distance...

[chidoriookami]

@LordOmberus kyoto is actually around 300 or so miles from tokyo ;o about a 6 hour drive by car. almost 3.5 hours if u take shinkansen :D

[LordOmberus]

@chidoriookami

Well, shows you what I know. I live in Texas though, we dont' consider it a long trip unless you have to stop to sleep somewhere.

[chidoriookami]

@LordOmberus haha no worries dude. Yeah, a trip by train to tokyo from kyoto isn't so bad, you might take a nap, but you dun have to sleep like, for 8 hours. So in a sense it isnt THAT long of a way between the two regions

[christpunchers]

On wikipedia it says that judge Mayuko can speak English very well.

[nicknicksiren]

The voice overs sound like some bad high school translation... gah.

[chidoriookami]

yay takata-san is back! lol

i miss asano-san tho T_T *fanboy sigh*...

--bamboo shoots are something i only have wen i eat shumai, or meat filling in mantou...or spring rolls!

[loniscold]

the narrator's voice is killing me. hahaha

[kiminokami]

Bamboo Shoots sounds weird. If they can make hthis taste good, it will blow me away.

[teleostomi]

What did Fukui say at 6:13?

I heard "raise your chance"

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Sounds like he said "Here's your chance". They kinda over talked each other.

[teleostomi]

Thanks!

[szchoedee]

they're great chefs the irons and the challenger... I love cooking... its God greatest gift to mankind....

[teamfat666]

Wow - Grandfather's knife looks like quite a treasure.

And speaking of knives, I've watched quite a few Iron Chef episodes, and I am still in awe of the finesse and dexterity that Chen shows with the use of that huge cleaver.

[familyphotoshoot]

I think part of it, and this is in no way a hit on Chen's skills (I'm sure they're far superior to anything I'll ever achieve), is that the cleaver isn't much thicker than a regular "western" chef's knife. it may

[familyphotoshoot]

be very wide but it's still thin enough to do delicate work.

[watsupyo888]

i love the chairman eating the bell pepper as the icon of this show...

without his bell pepper, there's no excitement to this show!!

i wonder what is the chairman up to now?

but i hope its going to be a cooking show too

[kiminokami]

I honestly believe Chairman Kaga is dead.

[somberlight]

nope, still around. a bit inactive but very alive.

[kiminokami]

proof please?

[somberlight]

of his inactivity? last role Emperor Kinkaku (King of the Golden Horn) december 2007, then .. nothing. you continue, gimme his "date of departure" if he's dead.

[fwhagads]

no, I'm pretty sure he is just using a differnt accent.

[aspenglo6]

@kiminokami he is dead

[kiminokami]

@aspenglo6 Can you give me proof?

[dcleversy]

@kiminokami Looks like a disscussion on the Chairman Kaga being alive, so I checked:

the wikipedia entry for Takeshi Kaga shows that the actor is still alive,but the wikipedia entry for Fugu say that the fictional Chairman Kaga was said to have died of fugu poisoning after the regular run of the series ended. The Chairman was killed off partly because the actor portraying him, Kaga Takeshi, had prior commitments that prevented him from reprising his role in an Iron Chef special.

[kiminokami]

@dcleversy How dramatic.

[headofmush]

the chairman never dubs his part because he wants people to hear his voice lol

[nineballmk2]

because he's awsom!

[LupineStalker]

Besides, it adds a certain something to the show. :)

[KhakiBlueSocks]

You can't dub the awesomeness that is Chairman Takashi Kaga!

[liaindhouse]

did he just eat (bite) paprika??? +__+ aarrgghh..

[jumjalalabash]

you mean the Bell Pepper???

[liaindhouse]

yeah...

[blindwombat]

Some one has never seen Iron Chef before...

[mcfrolas]

chen is a great chef to watch, always uses the last of his time to make the best food he can

[pinoypwnz360]

woah this was on my birthday!

[matsuok]

i love bamboo shoots

[bergler71]

"ahh hello, so nice to meet you...thank you so kindly" haha

[kreign]

well.. i thought it would be michiba's battle.. lolz.. quite a surprise..

[DaDoc540]

@kreign I guess, at this early phase in the show's history, two reputations would be at stake if Challenger Takahashi, a Kyoto traditionalist, were to face off against Michiba, the maverick Japanese chef.

[shapeshifta85]

awesome ingredient

[kittiepowpow]

i love Kyoto :) and i love Iron Chef :)

[hardgayfamily]

Awesome.. this is gonna be a good battle.

[opheliadies]

Dude! I love you! I love Iron Chef! And i am so pleased that you have posted them!