Top Chef Chicago

[erika]

And they definitely deserved to be booted.

I think it's a little out of line to say that all black people deserve to be booted.

Oh do you, now, Andy? DO YOU?

Well then. I'll just let you sit over there and judge me then.

(pardon the extra capitalization. i have typing tourrettes. it's terrible I know.)

[Martin]

NEVAR FORGET

[erika]

I do agree with him about mexican food. I hate when they try to take it upscale... a mexican "bistro"? Feh.

[Martin]

Yeah, I hated that. I'm glad a couple of them dissed the very idea.

[senorcorazon]

I do agree with him about mexican food. I hate when they try to take it upscale... a mexican "bistro"? Feh.

I thought that was a little stupid, but then I realized that his specialty at his restaurant was corndogs. The "Mexican" food we get in the states is not really Mexican, and yes, trying to make Taco Bell upscale would be dumb. And yes, only a bistro should be called a bistro. But Mexican cuisine has a full scale of difference.

 

[senorcorazon]

Any black person? Have you been watching the show the whole way through? There have been plenty of black people who have made it through to almost the end... and plenty who have been kicked off as well. And they definitely deserved to be booted.

Tre made it pretty far and Cliff made it pretty far but then had that whole choking thing go down.

All I'm saying is that the eliminations seem a little too scripted sometimes.

[Omar]

"I chose not to know anything about the chefs beforehand because I wanted to go in with a completely clean slate, but Ryan had worked in our kitchen at one time and I sort of recognized him, but when he was presenting his dish to me in the Quickfire Challenge he brought up the fact that he’d worked in our kitchen for a day or two, and he did it in a total brown-nosey way, and I was so taken aback because then I remembered him and I remembered that I didn’t really care for him." -- Rick Bayless

[Omar]

Mark trying to get Ryan to do a dish based on Bad Boy Bubby = hilarious.

[Martin]

Yeah, that was fun. Ryan is a real meathead.

[Laurie]

"I chose not to know anything about the chefs beforehand because I wanted to go in with a completely clean slate, but Ryan had worked in our kitchen at one time and I sort of recognized him, but when he was presenting his dish to me in the Quickfire Challenge he brought up the fact that he’d worked in our kitchen for a day or two, and he did it in a total brown-nosey way, and I was so taken aback because then I remembered him and I remembered that I didn’t really care for him." -- Rick Bayless

Was it Ryan who also worked for Blanois Boulud? Not Richard, the one who said he only worked for a brief moment with Blanois because "that wasn't [his] style."

I liked their A Christmas Story dish. It was classic and cute and held true to the spirit of the movie.

White chocolate, tapioca pearls, and salmon. Oh barf.

[Martin]

Yes, that was Ryan!

[erika]

They did the tapioca pearls last week too! I hate how the judges were so in awe of that.

One trick pony, that Andrew.

One half of the lesbian couple needs to go home next week. I think we all know who it is...

Also, I want to eat that little dumpling with the short ribs and carmelized apples. NUMMY!

[Sarah]

Yeah, Ryan is a lunkhead. 

I'm sorry, if unsurprised, that Manuel was kicked off.  He was the most courtly of the bunch.  I know this has nothing to do with food; I just appreciated his good manners.

I hate that I get distracted by the contestants' looks and behavior.  I know I would like Richard much more if he did his hair differently--although I would still have trouble with his gadgets and self-conscious creativity.  Too bad he's going to win.

That Stephanie is proving herself to be a reliable little cook.  Of course, it appears that she's being groomed as the token female for the later rounds, so I may be responding to the biased way she's presented.

You know, if Lisa and Zoe had mentioned the fact that the two strong, vibrant women in Talk to Her are comatose, the judges might have thought more  highly of the way their dish represented the movie.

[Laurie]

Also, I want to eat that little dumpling with the short ribs and carmelized apples. NUMMY!

I hate using this word, but that dumpling looked hecka scrumptious. (The word I hate using is "scrumptious" by the way. I think you all know by now that I have no problem using "hella" and its variations.)

[Omar]

Dear Zoi,

If Daniel Boulud and every other person at the table likes it, it's probably not gross.  Start bringing it.

-o.