![]() ![]() The Chinese Feast (1995) by Hong Kong director Tsui Hark, is Iron Chef in film form. Lobster-flavored asparagus? The more money outlandishly spent, the better. What I love about Iron Chef is that it leans towards the extreme, unveiling the ‘secret theme ingredient’ to be urchin, or beef tongue (either that or the most banal: cabbage, plain yogurt), and the chefs’ methods of cooking goes on to match. Iron Chef combines action with art, allowing a lifetime of culinary talent to be judged in a quick 60 minute fireworks show of cooking skill. In other words, Iron Chef, the Food Network cult favorite, and possibly the strangest and most riveting cooking show of all time. What’s more exciting than spending a languorous evening preparing a home recipe passed down from your grandmother, and serving it to a table of approving loved ones?Ĭertainly, that would be a high-stakes cooking contest, to be completed in very little time, with very expensive and rare ingredients, served to ruthless judges that will decide the existence of your future career. ![]()
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