tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post2797898045970750574..comments2023-11-03T04:37:47.903-05:00Comments on Dead Spot on the Web: Old Cold Leftoversdeadspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04269304319838438877noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-74799895338205635202007-12-15T10:44:00.000-06:002007-12-15T10:44:00.000-06:00I finally saw the big show and read your Top Chef ...I finally saw the big show and read your Top Chef posts, how untimely of me huh? They had just finished telling Hung they didn't see him in food at all and then gave him the big prize. Ridiculous. Great recaps though! More entertaining than the outcome. One of my favourite moments was when Mohawk said <I>Cowboys - what do I know about cowboys? Well, I've slept with a few...</I>Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769930056412752986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-29197451839469604052007-10-25T08:35:00.000-05:002007-10-25T08:35:00.000-05:00I totally forgot about that. Apparently, all it ta...I totally forgot about that. Apparently, all it takes to be fan favorite is to look like Jennifer Aniston. <BR/><BR/>I thought it would go to Tre, considering all the outrage when he got sent home.deadspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269304319838438877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-77109883607789015132007-10-24T22:53:00.000-05:002007-10-24T22:53:00.000-05:00Vikki's comment is on the money. I mentioned the s...Vikki's comment is on the money. I mentioned the same thing to my roommate - how all of a sudden Hung decided to hop on the "soul" train. <BR/><BR/>I was surprised that Casey won the fan favorite prize. I thought Paul Bunyan would snag it.BeckEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-34646415025458110472007-10-24T11:50:00.000-05:002007-10-24T11:50:00.000-05:00You may be right about their rationale, Vikki. Ove...You may be right about their rationale, Vikki. Over the course of the season, he had some really spectacular failures of flavor, but not many. It seemed like he was just stuck in the middle for most of the season. The most obvious meltdowns Dale had were the kind that would be caught in a real kitchen. "Whoops, don't forget the sauce before you take that to table 4," or "Didn't table 6 order one more filet?"<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, when Hung messed up, it was almost always because his food was just bad. I haven't gone back and looked at it, but it seemed like he was in the bottom more than he was in the top, and he never accepted criticism or learned from his mistakes. (In fact, their complaint about his first course was exactly the same as the complaint about the final Quickfire: No acid on the seafood.)<BR/><BR/>And you're right on the money with your last point. I'd much rather that they go down swinging than bore me.<BR/><BR/>I was rooting for Dale from the beginning, Natalie, originally because I didn't know any of them and he was our hometown boy. I just never really expected him to win it. That's what made it such a disappointment when he came so close. When he started doing so well at the end, I thought he really had a shot. In the final episode, listening to the judges comments, I really thought he'd won it.<BR/><BR/>Heya, Lemon, careful in the kitchen... Hung will probably forget you're there, but Brian is all about the seafood.deadspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269304319838438877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-54389539745763814232007-10-23T14:44:00.000-05:002007-10-23T14:44:00.000-05:00:):)Cap'n Ergo "XL+II" Jinglebollockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843124493633147728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-57735405048624391572007-10-23T12:55:00.000-05:002007-10-23T12:55:00.000-05:00I was torn between Dale and Hung so I was okay wit...I was torn between Dale and Hung so I was okay with the decision. Poor Casey, she was just so horrible. I missed the reunion show and was real sad about it. Oh well.Foofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490919763408427647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558414868841065735.post-11479702380274614812007-10-23T11:12:00.000-05:002007-10-23T11:12:00.000-05:00Near the end of the season, when the judges were p...Near the end of the season, when the judges were pretty sure that Hung was going to be a finalist, they told him that his cooking "had no soul," and that it was a serious flaw.<BR/><BR/>From then on, in every challenge and in his final speech to the judges, Hung always lead with "I cook from my soul." As if repeating it every day to the judges would counteract what they thought about his cooking. <BR/><BR/>But apparently his strategy worked, because he definitely got a soul reversal from the judges.<BR/><BR/>I just think they thought Mohawk was too flaky to win. He had too many huge flaming disasters. But which would you rather have, an ambitious dish that fails in a spectacular and interesting way, or cold salmon mousse piped onto a cucumber slice?<BR/><BR/>Yeah.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.com