Sunday, August 17, 2008

BATTLE FROZEN MELON: Had this blog existed just slightly before it actually did, you would have seen a lot of posts about the original Iron Chef back in the day. For sure, Ron Siegel would have been dubbed an ALOTT5MA Fave, the phrase "Delacroix of French cooking" would have been dropped liberally, and I would have raved about the night Jen and I found seats at the sushi bar right in front of Chef Morimoto during the week his eponymous restaurant opened in Philadelphia. (I still remember the sashimi sampler he sliced up for us.) And then, to be sure, we'd have bemoaned the crappy William Shatner-hosted attempt at an American remake.

Anyway, we've never really blogged about the show here, but tonight gives me an opportunity. Why? Jose Garces -- beloved Philadelphia chef at the helm of Amada (tapas), Tinto (Basque tapas) and now Distrito (Mexican) -- has entered Kitchen Stadium to do battle with Bobby Flay. There's a lot of melons and a lot of liquid nitrogen in the room. Things get grilled, charred, pureed and anti-griddled. Do set your TiVos and watch.

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