After a long absence, I have returned with a new episode for you. More should follow before next weekend.
The challenger is the grandson of a very famous chef who specialized in Shanghai cuisine. He was trained by his father and became a head chef at the age of 32. He is said to be the number one young chef in Yokohama Chinatown.
What makes this episode a rare and special treat for current Iron Chef fans is that it comes from the time before Iron Chef was aired on Food Network. It was recorded from one of the local stations broadcasting the show. (In fact, it still has some local commercials intact.) It is in Japanese WITH English subtitles. I know you will enjoy being able to experience this rare episode not shown in North America in over 10 years.
There are two options for viewing this episode. The pop-up player will use the usual divx encoded file. This smaller, lower quality file can also be downloaded directly using the “Download File” option. Also in the download menu this time is an option to download a higher quality VOB file (approx. 1.6GB). (You can play the vob file in VLC Player.)
New in the video database this week: 425s – Managatsuo Battle – Nakamura vs. Son
I thought I’d add this link sent to me by frequent commenter and contributor Hevilift. Iron Chef Chen and Iron Chef Sakai are in Australia for an Iron Chef dinner. Enjoy the article.
June 6th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Hi!
The link to 425s – Managatsuo Battle on this page do not work for me. I get an error page.
June 6th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I fixed it. Thanks for letting me know.
June 6th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Glad to see you back, tut.
June 7th, 2010 at 9:20 am
At 28.8 kbs, it will take me a couple of days to download the video, so I guess I’d better get started! Thanks so much for posting it. And the news/blog article was great. The Iron Chefs haven’t aged a bit, they look great! If I ever hit the lottery, one of the things I’m going to do is meet them.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:37 am
thanks! great to have some new files!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:00 am
Your videos will no longer play. That is the case with Firefox 3.6x on Windows and Mac. I can not get past the login screen. Hitting login will no longer bring up the screen to enter login info. It brings up a broken version of it with background art and nothing else.
June 21st, 2010 at 10:18 pm
it’s a shame that the food network didn’t get a chance to go this far in airing these episodes, but thank goodness you exist. :p
June 22nd, 2010 at 10:33 am
I too have some problem with Firefox 3.6.3, i get a red art screen when i press the link to any video. But i have found a way of getting it to work: on the top of this page, press files, then the link to iron chef files, and at the main page for files press login and it should work.