Comments on: Kyoto Kichisen’s Chef Tanigawa Defeating Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef

By: Kichisen - Kaiseki in Kyoto | Memory & Desire

Kichisen - Kaiseki in Kyoto | Memory & Desire — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:41:26 +0000

[...] Chef Yoshimi Tanigawa is known, among other things, for being the man who beat the Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto (on the original Japanese Iron Chef series). He also runs a beautiful [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:59:09 +0000

a b c:
I really can’t remember when I was first seduced by the Iron Chef. I know that the English translations dubbed by Bill Bickard (as floor commentator Fukui) were great. The number of Ryōri no Tetsujin who won was WAY out of proportion to the normal distribution curve. Nonetheless, the show has fascinated this 54 year-old foodie for at least a decade. (And, in my first post to the Kyoto Foodie – let me say how much I’ve enjoyed your blog for years. Robert Donovan of the Pork & Whisky Blog (languishing, as he follows his photographic muse) gave me the link.)

As I understand the competition in both the original Fuji TV and in the American version, the chefs are told that one of five potential ingredients will be the chairman’s choice and they can prepare themselves for the competition.

Sakai only faced one American chef who won in a seafood/fish battle: Ron Siegel, then of Charles Nob Hill in San Francisco, defeated Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai in Battle Lobster. Somehow Chen Kenichi won a battle yoghurt (China is *not* known for cooking with dairy products).

Chef Morimoto has an excellent (albeit, costly) restaurant in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. http://www.morimotorestaurant.com/ and, NYC, Napa, Ca and Mumbai…etc.

By: a b c

a b c — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:43:58 +0000

Sorry, I don’t understand about the “gross unfairness of Iron Chef and host Takeshi Kaga to challengers”. I know nothing of behind the scenes Iron Chef, but this seems like a rather brazen comment with no justification. Could you please elaborate? In all fairness, if I recall correctly, on Iron Chef the theme ingredient is always something the challenger is familiar with. For example, hamo for a chef who specializes in Kyoto cuisine.

By: 2009 Shinmai ‘New Rice’ and Onigiri from Chef Tanigawa | Kyoto Foodie: Where and what to eat in Kyoto

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:20 +0000

[...] have thought to) wish for. I am quite sure that there is no one else like him in Kyoto. He not only defeated Chef Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef, he beat him in a clean sweep. Yet, Chef Tanigawa is very down to earth and very accessible, open [...]

By: Bon Appetit Magazine Photoshoot at Kichisen | OpenKyoto

Bon Appetit Magazine Photoshoot at Kichisen | OpenKyoto — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:19:50 +0000

[...] here. Chef Tanigawa defeated Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef in the Battle Pike Eel, English video here. Kyoto Summer Favorite – Hamo Pike Eel Shabu-shabu Hamo Pike Eel Shabu-shabu – Swish Hamo Pike Eel [...]