Iron Chef - Battle Yogurt (2 of 5)

[thexev]

i love it when i hear ohta's voice say "fukui-san" just before jeff's dub XD

[lynbabysusu]

Chen sure did not hide his horror XD other chefs would have played it cool. He's so funny!

[purplewolfking]

that is alot of yogurt...

[chaosakita]

The funny thing about this is that Chinese yogurt is the best kind I've ever had. But I really can't think about anything they use it with cooking.

[KiroToru]

poor Chenny :(

[wibruquaiz]

thing with yogurt though is that it subdues the spiciness of things. and knowing chens tecniques he really is kinda screwed

[gloomyoutlook]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Yoghurt, with it's sourness and creaminess opens a world of opportunities for new dishes as long as you stick to that motif.

[duriandecay]

I replayed 0:18 many times.

[Pinklex03]

seriously what was she doing?

[royslay1382]

Poor Chen Poor Chen He is the charlie brown of iron chef GOOD GRIEF

[KhakiBlueSocks]

@royslay1382 If Chen-san is Charlie Brown, then Sakaki is definitely his best friend Linus, Morimoto is Schroder and Kobe is Snoopy!

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Kaga looks happier than a kid at Christmas when Chen-san went to get the Yogurt.

[axelpayne69]

Bar none, one of the most difficult ingredients ever on this show.

[Boom12]

Sure is... nt many dishes uses that inside.

[as54ot]

uuuuuu.......... Etsuo Joh, the true bad a#! of french cuisine in japan, is here.

[FrostbittenWolf]

If the God of Sauce praises Itoh's flavoring abilities this guy has GOT to be good.

[saphrinka]

Poor Chen, *lol* It's like Sakai getting the creepy-crawly-slimy themes, Chen always gets the off-the-wall themes. His reaction at the yogurt totally screams "Oh no. No no no why me?!"

[anadryantontine]

The challenger's lamb, yogurt, onions and paprika combo is, IMHO, perfect. That alone would give him an extra two points for flavor from me.

[duriandecay]

I like that Chen is full of expression all the time. Go Chen you're my hero.

[blastdemon]

Yoko Akino is so hot.

[familyphotoshoot]

AND she has a brain. she's probably my favorite female guest.

[x3islove]

omg..... poor Chen again!!! He looked so sad! DIdn't he get the milk battle as well?

[KevinMcDunn]

Kaga looked like he was having the time of his life. I don't think he would have had a bigger smile if he died and went to yellow bell pepper heaven.

[cheungbillykm2050]

no matter milk or this, still chen san....so poor did he..

[khearts888]

3:34 it was Sakai's voice :DD

[lokiskywalker]

Haha, when they revealed the ingredient Chen was like "I am so FUCKED..."

[Musiqking06]

agreed

[howard205]

@lokiskywalker You can't do much with yogurt in chinese cooking. Chen's reaction is more like "Yogurt! What am I suppose to do with this?"

[chidoriookami]

@lokiskywalker it was wayyyy worse of an expression of pain, compared to his expression in the pineapple battle xD ...in the pineapple battle it was more like, ...sadness, ...in this battle, it was more a frustrated look xD

[DeVilBiss11]

Many countries cooks with yougurt ..... when I cook stuffed baby zuccini I make a stock with lamb stock and yougurt and believe me its so yummy .....:o)

[lkcwu]

Chen's reaction right at the beginning...PRICELESS!

[jumjalalabash]

that alone makes it one of my favorite episodes

[TheChewmiester02]

The first four seconds was worth the price of admission. Chen-san had this look of bewilderment and was like "Oh crap...what do I do now?" Yogurt is something I would have never thought of Chen-san having to do battle with. My initial reaction is an advantage to Itoh in the beginning...

[AdamWoodhams]

Come on folks. They must know what the ingredient is going to be before it's announced.

The proof of that is in the other food that they have lying around i.e. prepared stocks, truffles and crab brains. These are not things that the show would have lying around 'just in case'.

If i'm proved wrong I will be truly amazed.

Cheers Archo

[archo89]

Well, from what I hear, they are given 5possible ingredients as the theme ingredient. Then the chosen Iron Chef and challenger calculate what the possible theme ingredient might be and get the supplies such as crab brains and what not themselves. I heard it's a week in advance or something.

[archo89]

(I'm continuing my message here.)

That's why other types of food are lying around on the side early on. If they guess the theme ingredient wrong, they are stuck with what they've supplied themselves and use them in their own creative way. Once again, it's from what I've heard. To me at least, it sounds logical.

[AdamWoodhams]

Cheers, that method still keeps the excitement of the unknown but in a very sensible manner.

Safe!

[thexev]

@AdamWoodhams they are given a list of possible themes. the chefs then provide the producers with a list of things they'd use with each ingredient, then the producers supply those other ingredients once they decide the theme. the chefs have an idea of what it MIGHT be, but not an exact idea. hence the amusement at the reactions. chen was probably thinking "oh great why couldn't they have picked something else on the list?"

[hypermegaman]

wtf is kishi doing?! lol! see her reaction! can't believe she did that!

[jkun17]

oh man... yogurt... ouch

I loved Chen's first reaction, and him tasting the yogurt just to get some kind of clue about what he was doing.

[Timmyvirus111]

Kenichi looks like he's going to cry in the beginning!

[noventar]

yeah, there is never yogurt used in any Chinese food, look at Kaga laughing at Chen when he was scooping the yogurt.. rofl

[bardsinister]

He does look like he is going to cry! I had two Chinese-born roommates in college and they thought yogurt was disgusting. I do remember Chen baked fish in yogurt in a later challenge, though, so he probably did okay here.

[testorgguy]

lol