04: I'd like to see Brian lose and his whole world dissolve please.
04: Hung is so spastic. I love it.
04: Crawfish down! Crawfish down!
05: They're featuring Lia a lot so far...winner or booted?
06: Conch is apparently the new kryptonite.
10: For 30 minutes worth of time to cook, these chefs sure came up with a lot of different components to their dishes.
10: "Alfred Portale, aChef of the World, thinks my croutons are too big. Obviously, he didn't understand the concept." Seriously, I LOVE Hung.
12: Damn. I guess the world is intact for another day. But can we please lose the hat Brian? Seriously, we know you like fish, but you're not going fishing here.
18:: I'm kinda secretly loving Dale a little because he acknowledges that everyone secretly eats this shit food. But, chefs, can we please lose a little of the attitude? I know you all wish you were cooking amuse-bouches here, but let's at least acknowledge that for better or worse, this food is part of the American culture. And what a sad reflection on our culture that is.
20: Half the chef-testants don't know what most of the American comfort food is, but they know enough about the Elks Lodge to have a reaction when Padma tells them who they're cooking for?
20: They're also featuring a lot of Dale, but painting him as the screw-up. Reverse psychology says he's top 3.
22: Not that I agree with Dale's strategy, but CJ the friendly giant should mind his own business. If Dale wants to cook his own grave, let him.
24: Top Chef is veering dangerously close to Real World territory here. Except instead of macking in the hot tub, they all talk about food. Much sexier in my opinion.
26: Oh Dale. Use instant mashed potatoes all you want, just don't tell Colicchio when he wanders on by. Don't you know you tell him after you've already wowed him with it?
28: CJ, that looks disgusting. Maybe you should be worried about your own food instead of harping on Dale's instant mashed potatoes and later, Lia's undercooked lentils.
28: "They beat me down. But I'm a warrior." Words cannot adequately describe how excited I am for Hey Paula.
34: Scraped the fat and rendered it in a chip? Hung seems like the guy who's always way to overeager to please. And yes, I understand the irony of this. Food should be pleasing. But Hung is like all the teams in the Amazing Race who are so hellbent on looking for the clue box that they run right by it, and I'm a little afraid his tunnel vision might hurt him in the end.
35: I want to adopt that Granny Elks Lodge member who knows her grandma's fried chicken will kill her.
36: Seriously, Brian. Take the damn hat off. Did you pull a Marshall or something? Just donate it to an Elks Lodge member.
38: The judges look like they absolutely hate their job right now. I don't blame them. None of that food looks edible in the slightest.
39: Padma can't even hide her utter disgust and disappointment at the chef-testants and I love it.
45: Snap. They only called 2 people in. Seriously, they didn't have anything worth calling up a third person.
46: Dale sure proved everyone wrong with his instant mashed potatoes.
48: Sweet baby tiny Jesus in a manger, they called five people into the bottom three. Brian, stop being befuddled. They clearly called you into the bottom three for a flagrant wardrobe violation. This may be a show about food, but a large component of food is the presentation, and that hat is just not presentable.
50: I'll answer for Sara M: She was thinking, I have no idea what the hell Chicken a la King is, so I'll just make something with the same ingredients.
51: Touche, Lia. Franks and beans does have a subtlety that we mere mortals overlook.
Even though she was being snarky, she nailed what went wrong with this challenge: no one took their classic dishes seriously and respected it, and as a result, they came up with half-assed, sub-par dishes. It doesn't matter that this stuff may look disgusting and unappetizing and may be foreign to you (hell, I never ate mac and cheese until I got to college) - you should respect the classic food of other cultures regardless. After all, Hung, I know what you're talking about when you say all you ate was steamed fish, white rice, and lots of vegetables when you were growing up, but let's face it - Asian food has some gnarly looking things too, and I'm sure South African and Jamaican does as well. Let's not judge a dish by its plating people.
58: Eh, later Micah. Your daughter will be glad to see you.
59: Next week: team cooking! That never fails to bring out the drama in the kitchen. Based on the previews, it looks like like our teams will be Tre and the two Sara's (btw, does anyone else seem to notice that Sara N. is always looking or saying her in chef-fessionals that she's confused?); Camille, the aggressive Hung, and the gentle giant CJ; Dale, Brian, Howie; and Lia, Joey, and, Casey, who I'm guessing will be the most internally dramatic group (with Hung's group a close second).
What do you think, dear reader? Which group do you think will bring out the most conflict next week? What is your favorite American comfort food? What is Chicken a la King? And how are you liking Season 3 so far?
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