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Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai & Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi

Posted by pesky | December 7, 2008 .

For three special evenings these two icons of the cult hit “Iron Chef” Japanese TV series from the mid 1990’s were in Australia to dazzle their adoring fans with a spectacular display of their culinary skills. The Observatory Hotel in Kent Street Sydney was the venue for this gastronomic extravaganza, which almost has the potential to threaten Melbourne’s pre-eminence in matters food. Dina and Pesky were there to to capture the event and to report back to our loyal fellow bloggers.

The Sichuan Sage Iron Chef Chen with long time fan Pesky

The Sichuan Sage Iron Chef Chen with long time fan Pesky

First things first – the food was magnificent, and well matched with wines selected by the sommelier. Second, the Iron Chefs went out of their way to mix with the diners, and Chen Kenichi revealed himself to be a real “ham”!
In all there were 8 courses, including dessert and canapes. The dining room catered for 100 guests, and there were video screens strategically placed around the diners so that the frequent live “cross” to the kitchen could be seen by everyone.

In the above video is a short explanation by Iron Chef Sakai of his wonderful consomme of lamb & Chinese dumpling. If you look closely you will see Dina in the foreground watching the screen in front of her with obvious pleasure (as did we all!). This superb dish was accompanied by an equally superb 10 year old madeira from Henriques & Henriques of Portugal! More to come!

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