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"Our ultimate competition is with ourselves. That is what my uncle told me when I would visit him as a young boy... My uncle, the man the world knows as Kaga the Chairman, has decided that, although America is a young country, we now possess the proper palate to host our own Iron Chef competition, an American celebration of the world's high art of cuisine." Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Morimoto vs. Bogle: Battle Paiche The Challenger: Chef Justin Bogle, executive chef of Gilt in New York City at the Palace Hotel. He worked through the ranks from busboy to a Michelin-double-starred chef at 28. The Modern American Master will go up against the god of pan-global Japanese... Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Prepare for battle.
The Theme Ingredient: Freshly caught paiche. Already an advantage as Morimoto is almost if not totally flawless in fish battles.
The Rules:
Each chef must create a five-course
dinner, with each course utilizing the theme ingredient, within 60
minutes. The judges will score the dishes on a 20-point scale: 10 points
taste, 5 points plating and presentation, 5 points creativity and use of
theme ingredient. The chef that best articulates the theme through
their dishes wins. And Battle Paiche is ON! This is a very unusual fish, very large, most sought after in South America. It doesn't breathe with gills, and yet it doesn't have lungs. It is also the world's largest scaled freshwater fish. Some experts believe that this fish dates back a couple hundred million years. Tonight's Judges... Now Morimoto goes into this battle with something to prove, having dropped his last battle, Battle Wild Boar, to fellow Iron Chef Mike Symon. TASTING & JUDGMENT Bogle: "Take the techniques and implement it. I hope it came through." - Paiche Tiradito with Shiso Morimoto: "So it's a nice fish, but there's not a lot of character in the meat. It needed a lot of seasoning, so in my preparations, I tried to be playful with it." - Paiche Four Ways (Paiche Skin Kimchi, Paiche
Caprese Salad, Paiche with White Miso & Dashi, and Paiche Ceviche) The flavor of the fish is heightened by the preparations that Bogle has implemented, but the ingredient overall proved to be a bit difficult. The skin remained too chewy, but the depth of technique is on display in full force in the challenger's five. Once again, Morimoto took nothing and turned it into a rainbow of flavors and textures, but he too had a bit of issue with the chewiness of the fish. Some of the spices are a tad overpowering. Will that cost him, or does he have enough of that X factor in each of his different dishes to turn the tide? Whose cuisine reigns supreme? The verdict...
... 60-43 in favor of Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. The good name of the Iron Chef is renewed with A PERFECT SCORE! Not just a perfect score, Morimoto's FIRST perfect 60 doing battle in Kitchen Stadium America. That. Is a comeback. Goes to show you that no fish is safe under the knives of Masaharu Morimoto. Until next battle, we bid you good eating. To see this episode in its entirety, go to www.foodnetwork.com/ica. |
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