Truly incredible that a mainstream program can actively and shamelessly promote the termination of fins for something as tasteless as this "delicacies".
GAH. The only problem I have with this is that sometimes the iron chef gets more verbal negative response than the challenger, and yet, always wins!?!
This is Bull shit . 60% of sharks are endangered because of this fucking soup! Damn Chinese people all they eat is endangered animals there are so many Chinese people why don't we eat them.
The MASTER Chef at the end who challenged said"For me I will do it myself..REAL CHINESE food I'll show you just that" sounded like Brotha BOLO in the Bruce Lee movies...I hope to catch that match because he was SERIOUS!!! GREAT SHOW AGAIN!!!! THE IRON CHEF
Well three people chose Chen as opposed to only one guy choosing the challenger. A tied score doesn't really matter since more than two judges chose the same chef.
I can't help thinking about starving people in Africa when some others are having fun with $30,000 worth of shark fins.. don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching this program and have watched most of the episodes.. just my opinion anyway :) And as much as I like Chen, the challenger really deserved to win this if not for the fact that 3 out of 4 judges were non-Chinese.
World hunger is not caused by a lack of food. There are plenty of food in the world to feed everyone. People starve because of bad political infrastructure: civil wars & depots.
Example: North Koreans starve because their government spend the country's resources on weapons.
Chua Lam is a conceded, pompous ungrateful little prick. I would be glowing with joy just to be at that table. Its too common of a dish? R u kidding? Get out of town u piece of shit!I can not believe he gave Chen a 15?!
I agree to a certain extent... Chua has tasted alot of different types of food so he is quite "kiam"(stingy) with his comments... However its kinda arrogant to say its not much of a surprise cos I can say I bet he has not ever spent so much on shark's fin ever...
Chua Lam is a chef too, you know. He's actually a really credible food critic, more credible than Asako Kishim so im sure he can say whatever the hell he wants considering he comes from a Chinese background.
agreed, it seems that the food that Chen cooks is tailored to the local Japanese palate. Chua Lam is one of the most if not is the most credible food critics in Hong Kong, and is a world renowed chef. I wouldnt doubt his assessment on true Chinese cuisine.
"It seems that the food that Chen cooks is tailored to the local Japanese palate."
Pìnzhenlou (Heichinrou in Chinese), too, caters to the Japanese palate. Chua Lam prefers traditional Chinese cuisine and doesn't care for fusion cuisine.
On the other hand, an Italian challenger once defeated one of the Japanese Iron Chefs with a 3-1 decision from three Japanese judges and one Italian judge. The Japanese judges voted for the Italian, while the Italian judge favored the Japanese Iron Chef.
That was Marco Molinari beating Masaharu Morimoto in a Porcini battle. It was an unfair ingredient but the Italian chef said that the porcini ramen made by Morimoto-san are the best dish he has tasted in Japan.
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How is that in some episodes, Ms. Asoki is a forutne teller, and in others she's a culinary critic? It's ridiculous! But hey, this world is a place of multi-taskers, so she's got it down pat!
why don't you listen to what she says instead of trying to pin down her occupation! The really important point, is that these people are not the same person!
Really people may believe he judges harsh but its all down to the basics of taste, Chua being from Hong Kong most likely enjoys the taste of classical dishes instead of the cross hybrid tastes of Japanese palate, however the same may go with the three Japan native judges.
People talking about hate against Japanese is just stupid because the chef is Japanese as well...
I agree with you, it really depends on their palates, with shark fin, chen was being really unique with it, the challenge was really more classical. If you think Chua was being bias, same could be said about those other judges. So it's not racist or anything like that, plus he love japanese food. The man is a picky eater, if you hadn't seen those variety shows he's in, he can be picky as hell. Let's get back to food,Thx for the upload archo.
I don't mean to sound whiny- but I really don't like Chua Lam! It seems the the few times I have seen him, he judges Chen far more harshly then he does the competitor. I mean, 15/20? That's a giant margin... I prefer to see more impartial judging. Overall, a wonderful battle though!
hes the only real critic out of them though and he's a famous chef too and has the most experience with chinese food. the challengers food mustve been much better technically but chens food was more appealing to the japanese.
chua lam must of hate chen cause he has nothing nice to say about chen dishes when everyone else loves chens dishes. he gave the challenge the win when everyone else disagree with chua. i think regardless of how good chen dishes are, chua will give him a low score because of bias. when chen battle against Xie Huaxian, lam was showing his bias towards chen.
i think its also because of chualam is used to chinese cuisine and chen is serving chinese cuisine mixed with some japanese elements. to the judges it may seem special to them, but to chualam it has become something "hybrid". furthermore, there are some chinese who doesnt like japs [just my 2cents, not flamming], probably dats y he gave such low marks for chen's dishes.
alot of chinese is still anger at the japanese during WW2. japanese soilders torture and killed many chinese. one major incident in Nanking. japanese soildiers raped and murder girls as yound as 12 to ladies that are 70 years old, and then murder them. the japanese are not doing enough to address that issue. just like when they talk about ww2 in japan, then never mention pearl harbor in school.
correction, i think the japanese soilder raped girls younger then 12, i think they were young as 8 years old. havent read the book in a while. everyone should read that book, a true story. its called
we should never bring up this topic. that's y i layed back when i posted my comments. we support chen because he has heavenly good culinary arts, not because he's a chinese. so whatever happened last time, its not for us to comment about. cheers, lets just get over it? *supports chen*!
Me too! The feud between Morimoto and the Ohta Heaven & Earth Faction was my favorite. Club Mistral's matches with Sakai were awesome too. I love the names of these groups... they sound like a team of super-villians but it's just a bunch of chefs...
Not really. They make him out to be a Don, as if he was in some kind of cooking mafia. He won the battle between King of Iron Chef Sakai and himself in the 21st Century Battle, and redeemed himself from all past losses.
i think the japanese love szechuan dishes. and chua-Lam from Hongkong just doesn't like the spicy taste at the very beginning of the show in 1995, and he just felt surprised when he knew the result of this battle from other japanese critics. something cantonese is his favorite.
YOU'RE JUST THE KING OF HOT AND SPICY
sluttymanatee 1 month ago
the lady said: "im enjoying it for a long time in my mouth" i think i heard that last weekend with my gf! LOL!
victoriouz18 8 months ago
please fix battle shark fin missing the first battle with xu peiong
catbug666 8 months ago
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People who eat shark fin soup deserve to die.
phrixil 8 months ago
@phrixil Why do you say that? Do yove a reason in the first place?
Soulstealer92 1 month ago
6:21 CHUA LAM YOU BASTARD
KiroToru 1 year ago
Millefeuille.... Millefille is a thousand GIRLS LOL
bumbubbler 1 year ago
6:47 - chen kenichi vs. FINAL BOSS
jsiszero 1 year ago
I'm Dying too see at least once a Challanger win.
AngellGaby 1 year ago
Truly incredible that a mainstream program can actively and shamelessly promote the termination of fins for something as tasteless as this "delicacies".
GerardoOchoa 1 year ago
If the board of judges were Chinese or people eating Chinese food everyday they would choose the challenger
chaseindie 1 year ago
@chaseindie Why do you say that? I don't necessarily agree, and would like to know how you came to that conclusion.
paramedicpat 1 year ago
I'll give you something firm to enjoy in your mouth
chefkoo 1 year ago
GAH. The only problem I have with this is that sometimes the iron chef gets more verbal negative response than the challenger, and yet, always wins!?!
PsychoWolf14 1 year ago
if this was an anime that guy would turn evil for losing twice and attack chen in some way or rig or cheat hahahah
xraidedlok 1 year ago
wow that chua lam must have something personal against chen
Zero0Zero0Zero0 1 year ago
@Zero0Zero0Zero0 He didn't like a lot about Chen, and, in fact, later said that his style was completely incompatible with HK palates.
paramedicpat 1 year ago
I really like the firm texture. I am enjoying for a long time in my mouth ---LMAO
yankee2110 1 year ago
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swiffstep 1 year ago
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Please do not eat shark fin.
It is tasteless, and flavour comes from chicken and meat stock, therefore it is over priced.
Furthermore, shark being the top predator, its body has accumulated mercury, which is not good for health,
There are plenty of other food around other than shark fin soup, which does not fill your stomach and is not essential for sustaining life.
Let the sharks live!
They have been around for 500 millions years, but are now being eaten into extinction. tinyurl(.)com(/)y7uytsv
NoSharkFinSoup 1 year ago
you can't fuck with chen-san son!!!!
JOmegatube 2 years ago
Yes she loves the hard texture long in her mouth.
doraemonrox 2 years ago 4
LOL so random a fortune teller LOL
Pablonian 2 years ago 2
"Luxurious, sensitive, with a good body..."
If only I could receive the same praise as Chen's soup.
imtheoptimator 2 years ago 7
Chen Kenichi, stone cold like a motherfu*ker.
ClassicalMMAChef 2 years ago 21
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This is Bull shit . 60% of sharks are endangered because of this fucking soup! Damn Chinese people all they eat is endangered animals there are so many Chinese people why don't we eat them.
sourdoughress 2 years ago
The actress wants Chen in bed.
xeronegamefaqs 2 years ago 7
who doesn't
jash808 2 years ago 8
well maybe they should have done blind tastings so that the taste testers are completely impartial
arcangle117 2 years ago
The MASTER Chef at the end who challenged said"For me I will do it myself..REAL CHINESE food I'll show you just that" sounded like Brotha BOLO in the Bruce Lee movies...I hope to catch that match because he was SERIOUS!!! GREAT SHOW AGAIN!!!! THE IRON CHEF
zyruemusic 3 years ago 4
Martin Yan isn't even half the chef Chen Kenichi is.
orionpirates 3 years ago 2
Chua Lam got the ballssss
mossaic 3 years ago
Chen won even though they tied?!
screamingdean5 3 years ago
Well three people chose Chen as opposed to only one guy choosing the challenger. A tied score doesn't really matter since more than two judges chose the same chef.
archo89 3 years ago 7
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I can't help thinking about starving people in Africa when some others are having fun with $30,000 worth of shark fins.. don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching this program and have watched most of the episodes.. just my opinion anyway :) And as much as I like Chen, the challenger really deserved to win this if not for the fact that 3 out of 4 judges were non-Chinese.
griffinhearts 3 years ago
World hunger is not caused by a lack of food. There are plenty of food in the world to feed everyone. People starve because of bad political infrastructure: civil wars & depots.
Example: North Koreans starve because their government spend the country's resources on weapons.
redrising9815 3 years ago 6
does anyone know which episode had the head chef that said that he would do it himself or what the ingredient was? I love this show. thx...
greatnakaya 3 years ago
yeah. at 6:59. Anyone knows the name of that battle?
redrising9815 3 years ago
thats the lobster battle
noimnothindu 3 years ago
Chua Lam is a conceded, pompous ungrateful little prick. I would be glowing with joy just to be at that table. Its too common of a dish? R u kidding? Get out of town u piece of shit!I can not believe he gave Chen a 15?!
SouthernOregonOrgani 3 years ago
I agree to a certain extent... Chua has tasted alot of different types of food so he is quite "kiam"(stingy) with his comments... However its kinda arrogant to say its not much of a surprise cos I can say I bet he has not ever spent so much on shark's fin ever...
teddybearclarence 3 years ago
Chua Lam is a chef too, you know. He's actually a really credible food critic, more credible than Asako Kishim so im sure he can say whatever the hell he wants considering he comes from a Chinese background.
Zephilindrum 3 years ago 3
Hehe... yes, i know, I come from a chinese background as well & I have seen his shows so I know him rather well...
teddybearclarence 3 years ago
hes just doing what he was hired to do...
jash808 3 years ago 2
Even though I like Chen-san, I felt that the challenger's food is more delicious than Chen's food. I am really drooling hahahaha...
I agree that Challenger should have won this match. I wanna eat Shark Fin hahahaha
insanekid5 3 years ago
agreed, it seems that the food that Chen cooks is tailored to the local Japanese palate. Chua Lam is one of the most if not is the most credible food critics in Hong Kong, and is a world renowed chef. I wouldnt doubt his assessment on true Chinese cuisine.
shugies 3 years ago 3
"It seems that the food that Chen cooks is tailored to the local Japanese palate."
Pìnzhenlou (Heichinrou in Chinese), too, caters to the Japanese palate. Chua Lam prefers traditional Chinese cuisine and doesn't care for fusion cuisine.
On the other hand, an Italian challenger once defeated one of the Japanese Iron Chefs with a 3-1 decision from three Japanese judges and one Italian judge. The Japanese judges voted for the Italian, while the Italian judge favored the Japanese Iron Chef.
DaDoc540 3 years ago
That was Marco Molinari beating Masaharu Morimoto in a Porcini battle. It was an unfair ingredient but the Italian chef said that the porcini ramen made by Morimoto-san are the best dish he has tasted in Japan.
ClassicalMMAChef 2 years ago
oh I have got to see this next battle!
GojiJuicePower 3 years ago
my god I want to try all of those dishes!
BigStupidFingers 3 years ago
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As much as I love Chen, the challenger should of won.
I agree with Chua Lam, Chen's dishes are so plain.
Shark Fin topped with Bak Choy? It's in EVERY Chinese resturant.
Then there's the Shark Fin soup with scallops, possibly dong gu (mushrooms). You can see it very often.
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Look at the challenger's dishes. It doesn't even make any sense. Very original.
LovelyYTRocks 3 years ago
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How is that in some episodes, Ms. Asoki is a forutne teller, and in others she's a culinary critic? It's ridiculous! But hey, this world is a place of multi-taskers, so she's got it down pat!
pookerville 3 years ago
Like I told someone else, the culinary critic and fortune teller are two different people.
archo89 3 years ago 7
Yea, like archo said, they are 2 different people, the fortune tell is Hosoki whereas the critic is Asako Kishi... Please dun mix them up...
teddybearclarence 3 years ago
why don't you listen to what she says instead of trying to pin down her occupation! The really important point, is that these people are not the same person!
or maybe 'THEY' just all look the same to you...
greattlemurs 3 years ago
fortune teller and the culinary critic are 2 different lady
noimnothindu 3 years ago
That was an awesome match up.
ff2freak 4 years ago
huaxian is on battle lobster(second)
Kromiso 4 years ago
So when is that battle that's advertised at the end?
AdamWoodhams 4 years ago
Really people may believe he judges harsh but its all down to the basics of taste, Chua being from Hong Kong most likely enjoys the taste of classical dishes instead of the cross hybrid tastes of Japanese palate, however the same may go with the three Japan native judges.
People talking about hate against Japanese is just stupid because the chef is Japanese as well...
Good Battle overall though.
yoyowussup51 4 years ago 3
I agree with you, it really depends on their palates, with shark fin, chen was being really unique with it, the challenge was really more classical. If you think Chua was being bias, same could be said about those other judges. So it's not racist or anything like that, plus he love japanese food. The man is a picky eater, if you hadn't seen those variety shows he's in, he can be picky as hell. Let's get back to food,Thx for the upload archo.
EvilTofu22 4 years ago
I don't mean to sound whiny- but I really don't like Chua Lam! It seems the the few times I have seen him, he judges Chen far more harshly then he does the competitor. I mean, 15/20? That's a giant margin... I prefer to see more impartial judging. Overall, a wonderful battle though!
aconite013 4 years ago 3
I agree, Chua Lam is totally bias through the whole judge time.
blueangela48 4 years ago
i agree chua lam is an asshole
GordonRoyal 4 years ago
hes the only real critic out of them though and he's a famous chef too and has the most experience with chinese food. the challengers food mustve been much better technically but chens food was more appealing to the japanese.
frewcc 3 years ago 3
Wow...Chua Lam gave Chen a 15..wow! I want to taste those dishes. Thanks Archo for uploading this episode. I can't wait for the next one.
mlsyang 4 years ago
chua lam usually makes very negative comments about the cuisine, so i was surprised to hear him making complimentary comments about the food.
nice work as always archo.
BigTimePlacebo 4 years ago
chen finally defeated by the big boss
secretorganisation 4 years ago
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Hooray for spoilers, you mother fucker!
LovelyYTRocks 3 years ago
chualam is like too much. dont like him.
jauntyniel 4 years ago 3
chua lam must of hate chen cause he has nothing nice to say about chen dishes when everyone else loves chens dishes. he gave the challenge the win when everyone else disagree with chua. i think regardless of how good chen dishes are, chua will give him a low score because of bias. when chen battle against Xie Huaxian, lam was showing his bias towards chen.
BushidoBen 4 years ago
i think its also because of chualam is used to chinese cuisine and chen is serving chinese cuisine mixed with some japanese elements. to the judges it may seem special to them, but to chualam it has become something "hybrid". furthermore, there are some chinese who doesnt like japs [just my 2cents, not flamming], probably dats y he gave such low marks for chen's dishes.
jauntyniel 4 years ago
alot of chinese is still anger at the japanese during WW2. japanese soilders torture and killed many chinese. one major incident in Nanking. japanese soildiers raped and murder girls as yound as 12 to ladies that are 70 years old, and then murder them. the japanese are not doing enough to address that issue. just like when they talk about ww2 in japan, then never mention pearl harbor in school.
BushidoBen 4 years ago
correction, i think the japanese soilder raped girls younger then 12, i think they were young as 8 years old. havent read the book in a while. everyone should read that book, a true story. its called
" the rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang.
BushidoBen 4 years ago
we should never bring up this topic. that's y i layed back when i posted my comments. we support chen because he has heavenly good culinary arts, not because he's a chinese. so whatever happened last time, its not for us to comment about. cheers, lets just get over it? *supports chen*!
jauntyniel 4 years ago
i agree, it should only be about food. sorry to talk about such sensitive matters.
BushidoBen 4 years ago 3
Chen is not Chinese. He is a Japanese chef who specializes in Szechuan cuisine.
piratebri 4 years ago
"He is a Chinese of Japanese nationality and his formal name is Ken'ichi Azuma (東建一, Azuma Ken'ichi" extract from wikipedia
his parents are chinese immigrants and he born and grew up in Japan
GordonRoyal 4 years ago
of course hes chinese or should i say chiense blood. his parents moved to japanese from china
ASUSpro 4 years ago
i love these "grudge" matches. as always, thanks for posting, archo
kazthegun 4 years ago
Me too! The feud between Morimoto and the Ohta Heaven & Earth Faction was my favorite. Club Mistral's matches with Sakai were awesome too. I love the names of these groups... they sound like a team of super-villians but it's just a bunch of chefs...
mikedubya 4 years ago
kandagawa's the best, they make him out to be such a scumbag
bergler71 4 years ago
Not really. They make him out to be a Don, as if he was in some kind of cooking mafia. He won the battle between King of Iron Chef Sakai and himself in the 21st Century Battle, and redeemed himself from all past losses.
piratebri 4 years ago
This was only a partial win, the score was tied at 71 each.
ftbotsb 4 years ago
doesn't he lose when the boss challenges him?
jash808 4 years ago
which boss and which "he"?
ftbotsb 4 years ago
CLIFFHANGER
Songy 4 years ago
i think the japanese love szechuan dishes. and chua-Lam from Hongkong just doesn't like the spicy taste at the very beginning of the show in 1995, and he just felt surprised when he knew the result of this battle from other japanese critics. something cantonese is his favorite.
pama80 4 years ago