Comments on: ICC Exclusive – Apple Battle – Sakai vs. Nish

By: dogknees

dogknees — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:27:48 +0000

Thanks to the mysterious source for providing these episodes, and thanks to tuthead for putting the first of them up for us to enjoy.

As others have said, it’s an interesting variation to have the original Japanese with sub-titles rather than the slightly re-written FN overdubs. It makes following the original episodes without sub-titles or overdubs at least slightly less confusing!

Thanks again.

By: TheOriginalChewmiester

TheOriginalChewmiester — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:33:35 +0000

Still can’t get it go beyond connecting in the tab…can you send me the link?

By: tuthead

tuthead — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:38:07 +0000

It just worked for me. If you continue to have problems, let me know and I can send you the direct link.

By: TheOriginalChewmiester

TheOriginalChewmiester — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:47:38 +0000

I tried to download the VOB file, and it would take forever for the download screen to pop up…can you please check the link to make sure it works?

BTW, as a big Iron Chef fan, thanks for the rare uploads…this is a gift and thanks for sharing!!

By: tuthead

tuthead — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:06:27 +0000

Tetsujin070561 – Thanks for sharing your story. If you do find the photos, we would be glad to post them here if you wish.

By: wattacetti

wattacetti — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:37:13 +0000

Excellent post! I had seen some of these episodes in the past, but never expected that someone would have a copy. The *.vob format is the way to go – the video artifacts are still there but the video image is much clearer (I’m watching Battle Apple right now).

Thanks to your contributor for providing these episodes, and to you for being able to furnish them. I’m really looking forward to the others.

By: tetsujin070561

tetsujin070561 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:16:42 +0000

I had the pleasure, along with family and friends, of dining at March, Nish’s former restaurant on Manhattan’s East Side, back in late 2001. The full tasting menu was quite good, and afterwards, Chef Nish, who had just returned from a hunting trip in Canada, sat down with us for 30 minutes. He is a very intelligent and well-read fellow. However, he was a complete arrogant a-hole about IC and his experience. It seems he thought he was a superior chef to Sakai and that the show was rigged against foreign competitors, especially Americans. I imagine that would come as a big surprise to Ron Siegel. Having had the latter’s food, I can assure you that as good as Nish seems to be, he’s nowhere near RS as a chef. If I can locate the digital photos of the dishes we ate, I will see if they can be posted here.