John Bender
Footballguy
So we got shuke and Kim Jong Il both on this season. What were the odds of that?
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****OFFICIAL**** TOP CHEF THREAD (1 Viewer)
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EYLive
Footballguy
No kidding. And try as they might, those blouses can't hide her nice big chesticles.At least one of the dooshy people went first. Nice gams on Gail in that short skirt
pantagrapher
Footballguy
The oysters and bing bread were a great start, but everything went south after that. The raw fluke was weird. I should have known better, but I figured this was the perfect poalce to go out of my comfort zone. It was nearly inedible and had an overpowering botanical flavor—almost Malort-like. I don't like bibimbop to begin with; that one was my wife's selection. But this was worse than any I'd ever had, despite the premium ingredients. The udon with dungeness crab and guanciale was the biggest disappointment. Barely any crab or crab flavor, and I didn't see a speck of guanciale in there. It was just heavy noodles in heavy sauce. On the bright side, the wine was great.
sounds like you ordered very little of the same things we did. I can't remember it all right now though.
krista4
Footballguy
She cannot be gone soon enough. Can't imagine how she made it through the first two episodes unless she's boning all of them.
On a different front, beardiest season on record?
Frostillicus
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Wingnut
Footballguy
FYP
I'm a super adventurous eater, and the crab and Guanciale udon sounds awful if they don't crisp the #### out of the pork, which would then make anyone question why they'd use it instead of just bacon. Semi mushy noodles on top of semi mushy crab on top of semi mushy pork cheek? No thx.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
I've only ever had guanciale cooked to a crisp like bacon, and I presume that's how it was supposed to be presented here, because you're right: it's basically a dish of mush otherwise.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
Right now he's the second-best former-deliquent-turned-humble-bespectacled-black-chef the show has ever seen.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Likable doesn't make good television. I used to follow the show but have fallen off in recent seasons. I was on a plane last Thursday so I ended up watching episodes 1 & 2. It seems like the quality of the contestants has continued to improve. Chefs have seen how it can be a boon for their career so more are willing to step away temporarily from an established restaurant to play the game.krista4 said:
The line cooks, personal chefs and caterers from the early seasons are long gone. They were more entertaining because they were less mature, had less to lose and made more spectacular mistakes. There was also more on the line--the stakes for a striver playing for his or her big break are greater than for a Beard nominee who already owns two restaurants. The food and the level of professionalism are improved but the show isn't as much fun for me.ad less to lose
Eephus
Footballguy
Made reservations for Le Galopin, the restaurant in Paris (Belleville) from Romain Tischenko who won France Top Chef season 1 in 2010. They serve a 7 course fixed menu dinner for 50 EU which isn't too spendy by Parisian standards. They were pretty much booked solid for a Friday night one month out.
Eephus
Footballguy
the Great British Bake Off is an enjoyable mix of technique and television. The challenges aren't ridiculously contrived and the producers keep the manufactured drama to a manageable level. The amateur contestants put some incredible looking creations on the plate but they aren't so proficient that there isn't the occasional trainwreck. The readysetbake woman is annoying though.
krista4
Footballguy
You and I are looking for completely different things on this show. I could be in the minority, but I enjoy the seasons where the competition is at a high level, seeing people make something creative, delicious and interesting. I'm not interested in the trainwrecks; I watch The Bachelor for that.
Agree with you that this season appears to have a better quality of chefs. Only a couple of people that seem to be the chaff that need to be cleared before we get to the serious contenders.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Shukely dodged a bullet there.
Eephus
Footballguy
Fair point but for somebody like me who follows the show a lot more casually it's harder to distinguish between the chefs when it's more food than personality focused.You and I are looking for completely different things on this show. I could be in the minority, but I enjoy the seasons where the competition is at a high level, seeing people make something creative, delicious and interesting. I'm not interested in the trainwrecks; I watch The Bachelor for that.
Agree with you that this season appears to have a better quality of chefs. Only a couple of people that seem to be the chaff that need to be cleared before we get to the serious contenders.
Fennis
Footballguy
dparker713
Footballguy
RBM
Footballguy
dparker713
Footballguy
Padma looked particularly fetching tonight.
And if Phillip stops cooking weird we're entirely out of chaff at this point.
And if Phillip stops cooking weird we're entirely out of chaff at this point.
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krista4
Footballguy
Once he's gone it should be good, though I have some doubts about the Seattle squid-meatball guy, too.
krista4
Footballguy
One down.
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Wingnut
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krista4
Footballguy
I'd be happy with any of them winning. But, I'll go out on a limb and say i'm leaning Kwame. Dude seems to have skills, and he isn't a total douchenozzle.
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jhib
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Last Chance Kitchen has definitely been a better watch this season. I'm not sure if it's all just because of Grayson being there for a few weeks, having fun and rubbing off on some of the other contestants, or if they are just doing a better job of showing the chefs' personalities.
Yea, it seemed kinda ho-hum until she got there and just started screwing around, even Tom's personality lightened up alot the last few weeks.
dparker713
Footballguy
The quickfire was atrocious. Just painful to watch.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
One of the worst ever. Never heard of that instagram account and not sure why anyone would care who runs it. And the person with the coolest looking plate didn't win, so it was stupid.
The final challenge was stupid, too. If that many chefs get it wrong, I think they have to realize that maybe they didn't explain it right. Also weird that with so many chefs missing the point, only one team was up for elimination, and the guy who went home went home basically for not honoring the challenge.
Eephus
Footballguy
We ended up switching our reservation to a Wednesday night because the PSG match was moved to Friday for TV. Le Galopin is a small place with about 30 seats and a semi-open kitchen. It's in the transitioning Belleville neighborhood of Paris. We passed a bunch of Chinese hookers on our walk from the Metro. It was about 2/3 full, presumably with locals; we were the only non-Francophone table. Tischenko's brother was running the place the night we were there but wasn't active in the kitchen. There were also two cooks, one waitress and one plongeur (one of my favorite French words). Service was professional and unfailingly polite without the chumminess that sometimes happens at American restaurants. The overall vibe was unpretentious. No tuxedos or Belle Epoque dining room, just a a clear focus on the food.
The set menu was seven courses: appetizer, soup, salad, meat, fish and two desserts. The fixed menu makes it easier to time dishes but they were paced pretty well regardless. None were particularly large but there was a lot of food in aggregate. The first course wasn't amuse bouche sized. The presentations made generous use of foam which isn't really my thing but they were artfully done. Since everybody at the table got the same dish, it was easy to judge consistency of presentation. They also used grapefruit (pamplemousse) in a couple of dishes to provide acid. For me, the highlights were the first course of duck and beets, an incredibly rich squash soup with foie gras, the fish course with squid, clams and Sobrassada sausage and the chocolate dessert with mango ice cream and caramel. The only minor disappointment was the veal entree which surrounded a lovely piece of meat with Jerusalem artichoke chips and a mushroom sauce that was just missing something. Maybe I was just getting full.
The bill was EU210 with one bottle of a nice Rhone, two coffees and a soft drink which was pretty reasonable for the quality and quantity of food. You'd have to add tax, tip and San Francisco living wage surcharge to an American check but it's all in here. I tipped the table a tenner and we were off into the Parisian night. TWe had to step over a guy passed out on the sidewalk just down the street. I later discovered we picked up a cab about two of blocks from the Cambodian restaurant that was attacked in November but it didn't disturb our food high.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
RUSF18
Footballguy
Have a friend who works for NBC Univ. Up until about a week ago, the next season was supposed to take place in Mexico. Everything was signed, production schedule was set, and then those on the other side of the deal in Mexico pulled the plug out of nowhere. It left them scrambling for a location. Judging by the announcement, guessing they found one or Mexico came back to the table.
edit: Checked back in. Still no Mexico and they're still scrambling. Deciding between two pretty standard locations.
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dparker713
Footballguy
She's been stepping up her game all season
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