The challenger took over the kitchen of a Spanish cuisine restaurant started by a man known as the missionary for Spanish cuisine in Japan. According to the Chairman, he stands at the top of Japan’s Spanish culinary world. He is the first Spanish cuisine challenger to enter Kitchen Stadium.
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. 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. 0.9GB). (You can play the VOB file in VLC Player.)
New in the video database this week: 427s – Hamaguri Clam Battle – Nakamura vs. Tozawa
While you are waiting for the episode to finish downloading, take a moment to visit my friend Kim’s new Scentsy site. There is also a link on the left side of the page. I have some of their products in the Iron Chef Collection office (OK, it’s just my living room 
) but I really like them.
June 26th, 2010 at 7:05 am
Personally I love clams but I think I may have seen this broadcast in its original form way back. Nice to have access to the episode regardless, so thanks to you and your secret supplier.
June 29th, 2010 at 3:19 am
Haven’t posted in a while. I saw this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QGQb1FtPEY&feature=related and thought you might be interested. It is video from the Iron Chef dinner in Sydney this year. There are some other videos up from both this year’s and previous dinners.
-Fuodd
June 29th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/Iron-Chef-Pachinko-Machine-LCD-Japanese-Video-Slot-Ball-/160441803381?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255b13a275#ht_2020wt_1139
Anybody want to donate $800 so I can buy this?
I’ll try to have another episode up for this weekend. (Work is getting busy again, but I shall do my best.)
June 30th, 2010 at 5:37 am
That Iron Chef machine looks sweet. But i do not have that much money that i could donate 800 dollars. That´s 677 € where i live.
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July 20th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
As the “anonymous” contributor of the recent run of “new” IC battles, I must say that I am extremely disappointed with King Tuthead. He does not keep me or the users of this site informed as to the possible posting of new battles, ignores my e-mail to him offering to help with the postings, and offers few explanations for his protracted absence here. Of the last batch of five battles I mailed him, he has posted just three over a span of FOUR MONTHS.
I’m sorry to have to say this, but until this site is straighted out, there will be NO MORE NEW BATTLES at ironcheffans.info.
I can appreciate that one might be overwhelmed with excessive work obligations, but that is no excuse for the utter lack of any explanation to me or to you all. Good luck finding a new source of IC battles, King Tuthead.
August 24th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
I appreciate your frustraton, but I would ask you to make one last try with King Tuthead, for the sake of all the other fans who enjoy your subtitled spisodes.