Top Chef Masters - random thoughts

[sevenswells]

FINALLY!! FINALLY, it's back! With a gay Ken doll host, Christina Hendricks kyaaaaah (<3 <3 <3) and Ruth Reichl; Susur Lee will be making an appearance too, also INSECTS! I am excite!


-Good lord the quickfire challenge from hell! Sardines and dragon fruit! Corned beef and marshmallows! Liquorice and peanut butter! I don't even know how they made any of these work, all of it sounds pretty disgusting!

-Holy crap restaurant wars right on the first episode?! That's brutal! Those guys are totally not kidding!

-HAHAHA Traci Des Jardins as front of the house! I'm sure she's an outstanding chef, but she looks like a witch from a Disney movie! She said it wasn't her comfort zone, and I'm being uncharitable, but I can understand why O___o It looked like it literally hurt when she smiled to the judges -- must be facial muscles she doesn't use that often. I like her, though, she reminds me a bit of Stéphanie Le Quéllec, my favourite candidate in Top Chef France: social skills of a deaf rhino, but in the kitchen she becomes a goddess. I love the bromance (I can't call it any other way, I mean those ladies have travelled through friggin' Mongolia together! How badass is that?) she has with her friend Mary-Sue, too. I hope we'll get more of it in the weeks to come!

-Suvir Saran with his "good looks and eloquence" line won me over, and I find him kind of cute rambling all day about "masters do this" and "masters do that". He's awkward, and I'm all for awkward!

-No French chefs this time? Aw, shame. é___è I'm gonna miss that, and Jay Rayner's presence at the judging table, definitely. I'm sure Jay would have acted like a total fanboy around Ruth! Good thing that they finally got Indian cuisine chefs, though. It also fills the "funny accents" quota, I suppose XD

-HAHAHA the guy with the single eyebrow made me die of laughter with his "unusually large scallops". I know, I have to get my mind out of the gutter sometimes, but it has so much fun in there!
And the comments of the judges! "OMG it's a MONSTER SCALLOP!" "Hugh's scallop is intensely salty"
It figured he would get eliminated; dishes that are too salty on Top Chef, never mind TCM, are like a major offence, there's no coming back from it.

-OMG did I really see INSECTS in the preview?? FANTASTIC! I've ALWAYS wanted to eat dishes based on insects' protein; I love weird food, so this intrigues me a lot.

-I've just finished watching the episode and I already want MOAR!!! Why is next Friday not here already?? Come ooooooon I need my fix!

-Finally:




Wheeee!!! \o/ *on crack*

By the way, the most recent episode of South Park has KILLED ME DEAD (here's a streaming link: http://loombo.com/sr/dg0pognmw8vb ). THIS IS THE STORY OF MY LIFE, RIGHT THERE (well, not the shakeweights part, though, for the simple reason they don't sell those in France XD)

Comments

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

I love talking about food, and I think it doubles the pleasure when you do it as you're eating a good meal; it's like... a food loop or something. XD

HAHAHA INORITE? So my roommate and I are both similarly food-obsessed (we watch Top Chef and shout at the screen together), and we usually cook and share meals. Whenever we eat, silence usually descends for the first few minutes as we taste the food, and then. . . we start talking about the food. Mmm, oh my, these oyster mushrooms; oh, the red wine vinegar really brightened this up; next time, let's add some fresh parsley, I think that would really make this, etc. etc. etc. Well, we do that slightly less these days, probably because we've both just gotten so accustomed to good food that we take it for granted, hahaha. But it really unnerves our third housemate, who's more typically American and eats a lot of processed food and possibly doesn't even know good food when she tastes it, her palate is so poisoned. "Is this what you do?" she asked once. "Sit around and make yummy noises at each other?" Well. . . yes? And why shouldn't we? Our food is AWESOME. XD

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT YOUR BEEF TONGUE RECOMMENDATION(S). I have a well-stocked pantry and access to plenty more good stuff, although if you tell me to, like, buy a quarter cup of saffron or something I will just look at you like you are crazy. But YAY! I AM EXCITE.

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Tssssk, he hasn't replied to my mail yet, which means he must be lost somewhere in the north of France this week, but don't worry, I'll keep pestering him until I get what I want è____é *iz determined*

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, the tongue is safely in the freezer, so no rush. :3 (Gosh, I wish I could be lost in the north of France. . .)

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Finally! He's back! I'm translating the recipe for you tonight. I hope you'll like it. Do you have a pressure cooker though? (I don't think it's compulsory, but it sure helps a lot)

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I don't have a pressure cooker. I do, however, have a lot of patience!

OH MY GOSH I AM EXCITE.

EEEEEEE

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

I've posted the recipe in the comment just below!