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tuxedo_jack t1_jd1mzsb wrote

Reply to comment by Vaporsynthtechnowave in Kenichi Chin, 'Iron Chef' of Chinese cuisine, dies at 67 by shamelessselfpost

I still have AVI rips of about 150 or so of the original US airings on Food Network on one of my servers at home. I can't count the number of times I've watched Battle Strawberry, Battle Lobster (both regular and homard), Battle Water, and many many more.

Back in the day, I had a capture card, a decent encoding rig, disk space, and Time Warner Cable. Good times.

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Vaporsynthtechnowave t1_jd2bhqc wrote

Battle strawberry was legendary but how have I not seen battle water?!

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tuxedo_jack t1_jd3kxnp wrote

I'm just going to leave this here.

Cough cough.

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SayTheWord-Beans t1_jd3rt3x wrote

Wow you are amazing.

If you also happened to know where to stream lots of Japanese Style Originator, I would be even further indebted to you

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tuxedo_jack t1_jd3vfue wrote

Ain't my channel. I just Googled for the following and found it:

>"Battle $THEME" +"Iron Chef Japan"

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mokutou t1_jd7ks1d wrote

I couldn’t remember Battle Strawberry so I went and watched it. It brought back the desire to do creative cooking again, something I haven’t felt in ages after the last decade of being the primary cook with a picky partner. It burnt me out on cooking, but now I want to get back in the kitchen. Iron Chef was largely responsible for my initial draw to cooking. It feels like unexpectedly encountering an old friend…feels good. ☺️

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blinkycosmocat t1_jd3rfyy wrote

The fatty tuna battle featuring sommelier Shinya Tasaki is one of my favorites.

Edit: fun fact - some of the music used to present dishes was borrowed from Yoko Kanno's anime soundtracks, mainly Brain Powerd.

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tuxedo_jack t1_jd4jbvx wrote

Don't forget that Hans frickin' Zimmer composed the main theme.

... yes, it was from Backdraft, I know.

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