tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post4131381022509141896..comments2024-02-26T02:53:40.061-05:00Comments on Food Network Musings: Top Chef Las Vegas - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? Robuchon, The Chef Of The CenturySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-11814873653032525722009-09-14T05:23:19.838-04:002009-09-14T05:23:19.838-04:00Great review. I'm really loving this season. ...Great review. I'm really loving this season. Jen is SO winning.<br />Not sure if Hector really should have gone. I think Mattin with his bacon-volute should have gone.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204776831565649927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-75092402004152065862009-09-12T12:04:34.127-04:002009-09-12T12:04:34.127-04:00That is sooo funny you said that about Robuchon. I...That is sooo funny you said that about Robuchon. I thought he DID look like Yoda, mostly in the calm way he sat there dispensing his wisdom, with all the other chefs (incredibly distinquished themselves) basking in his glory. <br /><br />Well, probably the brothers and Jen will be the last 3 standing, unless something goes very wrong before that...And what would reality television be without an unexpected twist?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-36373446953309407222009-09-12T08:06:29.884-04:002009-09-12T08:06:29.884-04:00That was some episode, huh? Those guest judges wer...That was some episode, huh? Those guest judges were so polite and constructive. I just love Hubert Keller -- he seems like such an amiable man, and I agree with you, I love his hair. And somehow I thought Robuchon would look like Yoda.<br /> <br />I think they should do a few more double eliminations to pare the chefs down a bit.<br /><br />I liked Michael & Jen's mutual admiration society. They did seem to work well together. I agree with you, Jen probably will go all the way. To cook snails that well when she hadn't worked with them before?<br /><br />That Bryan has such a robotic personality. If he gets to the final, 50% of the show would be utterly boring (unless you want to do him - LOL).Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465184138365516108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-77194378472147268482009-09-11T23:28:54.832-04:002009-09-11T23:28:54.832-04:00Hey Nandini,
We're definitely on the same pag...Hey Nandini, <br />We're definitely on the same page. Jen definitely has the guts to get the glory. I just wish the brothers would relax a little. One would have thought that in a competition so fraught with tension, it might have been nice to have a familiar face around. But it seems like that makes it even more stressful for them. <br /><br />Rach, <br />You're too funny. Yeah, I'm sure someone said, "They're on to us! We have to start editing the show differently and fool people about who's going home." <br /><br />Bryan really doesn't do it for me. I think he's probably a great cook, but he has such a sullen puss that I just wanna kick him…or tickle him and see what happens. <br /><br />No question that chefs are really hot. No question at all.<br /><br />Mike’s bio of the Top Chef website says he’s had no formal training. <br /><br />Hector kept using a probe thermometer to test the meat and it was just cooking too slowly. He didn’t rectify soon enough so he had to cut the meat at the last minute, which didn’t give Ashley enough time to sauce the plates. BUT that wasn’t as bad as Mattin cooking a really poor dish and Ashley moping her way through. <br /><br />That’s pretty funny about Ron. But wasn’t Andre the giant guy also the same as Lurch in the Addams family and the guy with the steel teeth on James Bond movies?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-25465931841673454112009-09-11T15:30:42.496-04:002009-09-11T15:30:42.496-04:00I think the show is on to people like you. They r...I think the show is on to people like you. They realized they were showing the loser at the beginning of each episode, so they stopped doing it. They're probably start doing it again just when you start to relax.<br /><br />Bryan may be stiff, but he's so cute. I think he's cuter than his brother (it's probably the tattoo thing - Im' just not into body art). I want to eat his food and do him. Look, if he can cook well, it means he has passion and sesuality somewhere. I'm sure I could bring it out in other places. No Kevin isn't reading this.<br /><br />I get the whole movie-star chef thing. I felt that way when I got to meet the chef of my favorite restaurant on my birthday a couple of years ago. Granted it's a great restaurant,highly underrated in the foodie world, but still the chef is rather obscure.<br /><br />I was bugged that Mike I claimed he didn't know anything about the classic French dishes/sauces he was supposed to cook. Did he go to culinary school? Aren't those sauces and techniques pretty much Cooking 101 regardless of what you intend to specialize in down the line?<br /><br />Could something really not be better with bacon? <br /><br />I stayed awake until somewhere around Mattin's and Ashley's presentation, so I missed the final elimination yet again. I missed all of the drama. Too bad. I never saw why Hector was eliminated and did see that famous "throw your partner under the bus" scene. <br /><br />BTW, am I the only one that thinks the big Haitian guy sounds just like Andre The Giant when he was in "The Princess Bride"?The Short (dis)Order Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510572788683143569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-33578074994625349262009-09-11T11:02:29.330-04:002009-09-11T11:02:29.330-04:00Yay! I loved this episode and I'm a Jennifer f...Yay! I loved this episode and I'm a Jennifer fangirl. She's awesome isn't she?<br /><br />The brothers' rivalry is very irritating, really!Nandini Vishwanathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191678360010655394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-4388017552458504182009-09-11T09:51:03.903-04:002009-09-11T09:51:03.903-04:00DC,
I love you for not calling me a wuss and I com...DC,<br />I love you for not calling me a wuss and I commend you for at least pretending to read that whole post.<br /><br />I have to admit when they start talking about Junior's dad, it IS very moving, but we all know my bar is set very low.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-81245542719881108732009-09-11T09:14:55.551-04:002009-09-11T09:14:55.551-04:00Now we are getting down to business! This was one ...Now we are getting down to business! This was one of the best & most watchable Top Chef episodes in ages. Real challenges, suspense, quick paced . . and you could practically smell the food on the plates. Think Mattin, Robin or girl-Ashley should have been axed rather than Hector. LOVED that you teared up over Robuchon - Heck I know NASCAR fans that still tear up over mention of Dale Earnhardt's name. Robuchon most certainly inspires awe in anyone who respects the art of food. Thanks for the super recap :^)DebCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346937643590111586noreply@blogger.com