Watching this episode made me think of an old movie starring Ken Wahl called "The Wanderers."
It had a great line: Don't mess with the baldies.
Well, mess wasn't the word that was used. I can't use the actual word here. But you get my drift.
Howie in all his schweaty, chrome dome glory, showed that baldies don't like to messed with. They will call people babies and bulldog their way during elimination rounds while shaking their body fluids all over every dish they serve.
Baldies do whatever it takes to stay in the game. They don't cry and pout about their cleavage showing.
Howie is kind of growing on me. And maybe Judge Tom can't bear to send a fellow Baldie home.
Anyway, Howie plays the villain so well, I'd hate to see him go anytime soon. Should we start a drinking game with Howie and sweat? Everytime sweat rolls down his face, you have to chug-a-lug? I'd pass out after the first 15 minutes.
But dude can't make a proper Cuban sandwich. In Miami. Of all places. Where a Cuban is as ubiquitious as a crab cake or sub is in Delaware. Now, that's just sad. Especially for a guy from Miami. Howie needs to get a few lessons from Sharkey's Grill in Dewey Beach. Sharkey serves an AWESOME Cuban sandwich.
OK, back to the episode.
The quickfire challenge was about creating ice cream mix-ins. How hard is that? "Any monkey" could do it, as Hung would say. But Hung didn't go the monkey route - nope, he was an ass and decided that white chocolate cauliflower foam might be right tasty in ice cream. Why? I have absolutely no idea. Cauliflower barely tastes good covered with cheese. And this monkey wants to use it in ice cream?
Casey's choice of Sriaracha was also bewildering. I love Sriaracha. I could drink Sriaracha. But this spicy Asian sauce on ice cream? Yecch!
The elimination round was to create "fried, drunkard food" - as CJ put it - for late night club hoppers. I can't believe the contestants were so stupid they actually thought they were going to a Miami nightclub rather than cook outside of one. Have any of these people EVER watched Top Chef before?
Sara N. made the mistake of whining about having to cook in a low cut shirt and high heels. For that, she was shown the door. I thought it was a little bogus. Have these guy judges ever stood in high heels for any length of time? Let alone try to cook in stilletos? Sorry, but that alone made her a winner in my eyes.
It reminds me of the old Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers comparisons. Ginger did everything that Fred did - but she did it BACKWARDS and IN HEELS.
So while Howie should have packed his knives, I'm glad he'll be back next week. Who will he make cry next? I can't wait.
Don't mess with the baldies.
It had a great line: Don't mess with the baldies.
Well, mess wasn't the word that was used. I can't use the actual word here. But you get my drift.
Howie in all his schweaty, chrome dome glory, showed that baldies don't like to messed with. They will call people babies and bulldog their way during elimination rounds while shaking their body fluids all over every dish they serve.
Baldies do whatever it takes to stay in the game. They don't cry and pout about their cleavage showing.
Howie is kind of growing on me. And maybe Judge Tom can't bear to send a fellow Baldie home.
Anyway, Howie plays the villain so well, I'd hate to see him go anytime soon. Should we start a drinking game with Howie and sweat? Everytime sweat rolls down his face, you have to chug-a-lug? I'd pass out after the first 15 minutes.
But dude can't make a proper Cuban sandwich. In Miami. Of all places. Where a Cuban is as ubiquitious as a crab cake or sub is in Delaware. Now, that's just sad. Especially for a guy from Miami. Howie needs to get a few lessons from Sharkey's Grill in Dewey Beach. Sharkey serves an AWESOME Cuban sandwich.
OK, back to the episode.
The quickfire challenge was about creating ice cream mix-ins. How hard is that? "Any monkey" could do it, as Hung would say. But Hung didn't go the monkey route - nope, he was an ass and decided that white chocolate cauliflower foam might be right tasty in ice cream. Why? I have absolutely no idea. Cauliflower barely tastes good covered with cheese. And this monkey wants to use it in ice cream?
Casey's choice of Sriaracha was also bewildering. I love Sriaracha. I could drink Sriaracha. But this spicy Asian sauce on ice cream? Yecch!
The elimination round was to create "fried, drunkard food" - as CJ put it - for late night club hoppers. I can't believe the contestants were so stupid they actually thought they were going to a Miami nightclub rather than cook outside of one. Have any of these people EVER watched Top Chef before?
Sara N. made the mistake of whining about having to cook in a low cut shirt and high heels. For that, she was shown the door. I thought it was a little bogus. Have these guy judges ever stood in high heels for any length of time? Let alone try to cook in stilletos? Sorry, but that alone made her a winner in my eyes.
It reminds me of the old Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers comparisons. Ginger did everything that Fred did - but she did it BACKWARDS and IN HEELS.
So while Howie should have packed his knives, I'm glad he'll be back next week. Who will he make cry next? I can't wait.
Don't mess with the baldies.
2 comments:
Howie is showing up on the block way too often. Unfortunately for other cooks that are getting paired with him, they are too and they're being sent home. Can howie prepare anything that doesn't have pork in it? One of the chef's in an earlier episode was chastized for using seafood all the time. If Howie gets called out for a poor showing again, I think they should finally boot him off. It's overdue.
Three comments about Top Chef - First and foremost, please Howie, don a headband. Nothing is more stomach-wrencying than looking at you sweating into "my" food. Second, apparently none of them saw this challenge coming? Come on. Third and most importantly, the disclaimer that runs at the end noting that the judges confer with Bravo to determine the results. I was convinced they kept Hung - for the drama. Now he's looking rather vanilla next to Howie. They are keeping Howie for the drama. How sorry is that?
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