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Jeez it's like some of you have never watched Top Chef before. The producers playing up the drama? Unheard of! Ridiculous challenges barely related to cooking? Scandalous!
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The current theory about the LCK winner in my house is: Louis, because we see that the winner has hands on hips behind the palm fronds, and that "is only a pose that Louis does"
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Jan 27, 2014 04:42
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If Carlos does not win LCK they should make Nick use him as one of his sous chefs.
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tomapot posted:If Carlos does not win LCK they should make Nick use him as one of his sous chefs. This is really the ideal outcome.
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Jan 27, 2014 19:52
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It really isn't, because that would mean either Shirley or Nina was booted instead of Nick as you only get Sous for the final challenge. No, the ideal situation would be for Nick to lose prior to the finale and end up being teamed up with Carlos as a Sous for somoene else...I'm thinking Nina.
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Jan 27, 2014 21:29
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Has there been confirmation that this year is not a stupid live finale where they have to serve 200 people?
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Jan 27, 2014 22:45
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Jan 30, 2014 04:06
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Anybody but Nick at this point!
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Jan 30, 2014 04:09
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Nick was cooking with Spam and still underseasoned somehow. How the hell is he still here? edit "Sodium problems". Et tu, Sam Choy?
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Jan 30, 2014 04:17
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Jan 30, 2014 04:19
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Nina is scaring the poo poo out of me with that machete
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Jan 30, 2014 04:21
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Any result that isn't an all-female finale is a farce.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:38
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Louis is clearly out. Hopefully Nick too. gently caress Nick forever.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:46
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Nick destroyed it. Good for him.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:58
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I can't possibly see Nick winning the season given the season's editing, but still, this is a travesty that Shirley isn't there.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:58
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Ugh, bummer. Go Nina, kick Nick's rear end.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:58
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Wow that is a big ol' bunch of bullshit.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:58
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Shirley sousing. I guess that's what Nick's advantage is.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:59
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Man gently caress that guy who clearly made the best dish. What a load of poo poo that he moved on.
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Jan 30, 2014 05:01
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sportsgenius86 posted:Man gently caress that guy who clearly made the best dish. What a load of poo poo that he moved on. It didn't seem like an unfair result. It's just disappointing given the rest of the season where Nick has been both 1.) consistently underwhelming 2.) kind of a prick.
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Jan 30, 2014 05:04
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The previews look like Nick definitely got the lovely end of the stick sous chef-wise.
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Jan 30, 2014 18:40
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I realize that I am yet again posting about spam but I am compelled to ask why someone would go to a cooking competition set in Hawaii and be surprised by its inclusion
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jscolon2.0 posted:It didn't seem like an unfair result. It's just disappointing given the rest of the season where Nick has been both 1.) consistently underwhelming 2.) kind of a prick. Nick was the only one of those 4 that I didn't want in the finale (for the exact above stated reasons) His food all season looked good, but he had plenty of issues with flavor. So long as Nina kills I won't be disappointed with the end result. Debbie Metallica posted:I realize that I am yet again posting about spam but I am compelled to ask why someone would go to a cooking competition set in Hawaii and be surprised by its inclusion I really don't get why people were surpised either. I do understand not preparing any recipes for it, though, as the flavor profile shouldn't be that foreign to a chef (salty and hammy). Also, last week while I was in Los Angeles, my wife and I stopped into ink for dinner. I was really excited to try Michael Voltaggio's food though I found most of the dishes to be just fine. If anyone cares here's my impressions of the meal we had. oysters, half dozen, mignonette ice - Really tasty but this was mostly because the oysters were fresh and delicious...while I will give credit for restraint and allowing the product to shine and the fact that you can't really do anything innovative with mignonette ice, I felt like I've had this plenty of times before. beef tartare, hearts of palm, sea bean chimichurri, horseradish - Served with rye crisps and horseradish snow. I really wished the horseradish was a bit more assertive. An enjoyable dish, though. potato charcoal, housemade sour cream, black vinegar - Way too many potatoes if that's a complaint. Nothing special. egg yolk gnocchi, mushroom brown butter, hen of the woods - Highly recommended by other reviewers...but I found it to be a bit lacking. Maybe it was just me but it felt like it needed more salt and the yolk was not runny enough. beef short rib, radish noodles, puffed tendon, pho broth - Not nearly enough glaze on the short rib. Too little pho broth. Thought this dish was lacking flavor which would have been helped the aforementioned. The puffed tendon was probably my favorite part. branzino, roasted cauliflower, caper, fermented grape - This was delicious. I loved everything about it. It came with a cauliflower two ways. The puree was so good I couldn't get enough of it. Very balanced flavors. apple, caramel, shortbread, burnt wood semifreddo - This was a deconstructed apple pie. It tasted just like apple pie when all the components (which were interesting on their own) were together. An enjoyable take especially since I'm not a fan of raw apples. Maybe my expectations were set too high because I left with the feeling that only one dish met them. I did really enjoy the fact that the plates were designed to be shared so splitting dishes with my wife was pretty simple (two sets of protien for the fish and short rib dishes). I'd most likely return if I was in LA again mostly because I enjoyed the branzino that much as well as the tasty and suprisingly strong cocktails.
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Debbie Metallica posted:I realize that I am yet again posting about spam but I am compelled to ask why someone would go to a cooking competition set in Hawaii and be surprised by its inclusion That bit reminded me of the one episode towards the beginning of the season, when they went to New Orleans and got told to make jambalaya. I can't remember who, but someone asked if you started it with a veloute sauce.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:02
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Dang it. Go Nina.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:20
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great semi-final, after taking a few months break from watching cooking shows I marathoned through Top Chef and thought this season was pretty solid. The final 4 were all people you felt belonged there, good people (Nick's little temper tantrums aside), and you really felt bad about Shirley and Louise not making the cut. I am really, really glad they did away with the really idiotic challenges and guest appearances, most of the season was really straightforward "cook good food", and it'll be nice to have a head to head finale. Either chef winning would be great in my book, and I would want to eat in any of the places that contestants worked at this year. Actually going to dig around and try to see where Shirley is working in Vegas, would love to eat her food in the next few weeks.
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Jan 31, 2014 03:59
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spronk posted:Either chef winning would be great in my book, and I would want to eat in any of the places that contestants worked at this year. Actually going to dig around and try to see where Shirley is working in Vegas, would love to eat her food in the next few weeks. She's in-between places, and apparently looking to start her own restaurant. Hopefully that actually happens (*cough* Jen Carroll *cough*), but go to China Poblano anyway. Hands down the best meal I had in Vegas.
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jscolon2.0 posted:She's in-between places, and apparently looking to start her own restaurant. Hopefully that actually happens (*cough* Jen Carroll *cough*), but go to China Poblano anyway. Hands down the best meal I had in Vegas. Sweeeet, I'm there in March, I'll definitely check it out. Incidentally, the best meal I've had in Vegas is also the best meal I've had in my life, and that was at Aureole.
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Jan 31, 2014 18:01
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Nick given an absurd advantage, and just throws his picks away. But the real tragedy is someone walks into that scene wearing a swimsuit, and it's not Janine.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:07
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Nick obviously got the team he wanted though, and I think he gave Shirley away as a courtesy.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:11
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And Nicholas has cursed out his waitstaff already. Everybody, drink.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:29
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jscolon2.0 posted:And Nicholas has cursed out his waitstaff already. Everybody, drink. And in the finale, he STILL is under-seasoning his stuff. Even after mentioning during the prep that he needed to season his stuff more.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:32
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jscolon2.0 posted:And Nicholas has cursed out his waitstaff already. Everybody, drink. He makes it hard to root for him.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:46
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I hate.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:58
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Oh, for gently caress's sake. Goddammit.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:59
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This is some bullshit.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:59
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Feb 6, 2014 04:59
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Can't watch yet but I assume Nick won huh
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Stupid. gently caress Tom for calling Nick "humble."
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