It is time for another pair of episodes that are exclusive to the Iron Chef Collection. Neither one of these episodes ever aired on Food Network.
- First is the Salmon Roe (Ikura) battle between Hiroyuki Sakai and the first challenger from Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. The challenger is considered one of the three best chefs in Hokkaido. He opened his award-winning restaurant at the age of 27. For 20 years, he has set the standard for quality cuisine in Hokkaido. (Keep an eye out for the current Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, at the judges table.) This episode is in Japanese WITH English subtitles.
- From the cool waters off the island of Hokkaido, we go to the warm islands southwest of Honshu: the Ryuku Islands for our second challenger this evening. The challenger leads a kitchen at a hotel on Okinawa. He is the first challenger from Okinawa to do battle in Kitchen Stadium. I don’t remember seeing Asako Kishi sitting at the announcing table before, but perhaps she should have done it more often. They seem to be having a great time during this episode. While I acquired this episode from the same source as our recent subtitled episodes, it appears to have been recorded in Japan. This episode is in Japanese with NO English subtitles. (There is some static in the audio of this file.)
New in the database this week: Salmon Roe – 424sub and Winter Melon – 440OA. Enjoy
January 16th, 2010 at 3:19 am
Thanks for the new uploads and for all your work on the site.
January 16th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Interesting juxtaposition: the northern and the southern-most islands that make up Japan. I’m looking forward to watching them (once they finish transferring). Thanks Tuthead, and thanks to your source for sharing.
January 17th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I’m having trouble watching these episodes on a Mac. The video downloads just fine, but there is no sound, even if my volume settings are cranked all the way up. Can somebody help me?
January 17th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
I have Macs also, so I should be able to help.
Which file are you using: avi or vob? Are you trying to play it in VLC or Quicktime Player? QTPlayer has trouble with the sound in the VOB format. It should play fine in VLC.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
I’m using AVI files, and I’m trying to play it in Quicktime.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:50 am
Awesome stuff, keep the good work up, thanks again.