I'm getting this out of the way right now: Every time I see "Top Chef" contestant Carla, I immediately think of Beaker, the Muppet.She's got an eye-pop thing going on.
Hot dog challenge was funky cool. I would definitely go for the "Indian" style dog - sounds really good. (But, hey, didn't contestant Radhika say she wanted to show she could do more than Indian cuisine? Yeah, whatever. As long as you win, that's what's important.) Stefan is showing his scary side - he looked like he wanted to filet guest judge Donatella Arpaia for hating on his "world" dog or whatever the heck that was. (And, ugh, Irish-style tartar sauce , i.e. mayonnaise, on a dog??) Stefan, use your knives for good - not evil. But have a meltdown at least once, this season, pretty please. We want a good flip-out.
Baltimore chef Jill deserved to be in bottom for not even trying to make a hot dog and then wrapping up a store-bought one in rice paper. What's up with that?
I love that Chef Tom opened the doors to his Craft restaurant for the chefs to use. That's a great restaurant. Last time I was at Craft, Tom was actually cooking that night. We had a wonderful time and the food was incredible. After a James Beard Awards ceremony one year, some friends and I went to his Craft bar and the staff was having a party to celebrate a win. We tried to leave - didn't want to infringe on the party - but they insisted that we stay and have a glass of bubbly.
I'm a huge carpaccio fan, so I was all about Fabio's dish. I eat that dish quite often in Italy and I loved his creative use of olives. (Was that a molecular gastromony technique??) But then Jamie's chilled corn soup - which should only be made with perfectly sweet, in-season corn - looked equally delish.
OK, is it me, or does Padma seemed to be overacting this season? First the weird face after the bone in the hot dog and then the fake throw up scene with the terrible lemon meringue martini? Is this a chef's show or Fear Factor?
Let it be known that real diners don't eat ostrich egg quiche. Buh-bye Jill.
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How can we find out how he did those olives??
I did not think the Indian dish merited a win -- it was ground meat without a casing, wasn't it? Nothing to do with a hot dog.
Shame on whole foods for having only canned crab in the summer in NYC.
Does an ostrich egg taste any different than a chicken egg? What about duck eggs?
The caterer chick with the lemon desert said that they make that dish all the time where she works. A, nice originality. B, why couldn't she get it right? Add some more lemon when people say it's too sweet. She should have gone home after two weeks' of disasters.
As for Radhika, you know, when the chefs get on and say they don't want to be pigeon-holed and want to explore...I understand, but you got on because you are good at what you do. Explore, learn, do things you haven't done before, but also use your skill set and don't start to try black rice noodles and ostrich eggs if you haven't worked with them before.
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