Masterchef Goes Large

Ha, we've just been googling the prices and menus as well.

Me too, and they just used FSOL as incedental music. xpost

Young guy: "it's literally do or die today" wow I didn't realise it was that serious!

noma nom nom nom

surely something wrong with the prices on noma's menu though, it seems way too cheap.

Yay Mat!

yeah he did good.

great!

His food in the last challenge was pretty obviously great.

That looked amazing but have to say I loathe rabbit: after the first insanely delicious bite, weird aftertaste. However would NOM all of the Mat menu no problem.

i can't eat, can barely look at, crustacea. however would NOM all of the mat menu no problem.

is noma really cheap?? we looked at going there when we were in copenhagen + i thought it looked pretty expensive (and of course fully booked up)

I would nom all the Mat menu but the crab, because things that inhabit water before I eat them do nothing for me at all.

Noma is not hideously expensive, I wouldn't go so far as to say cheap. Cheaper than you might expect, though.

http://www.noma.dk/main.php?lang=en

yeah it's not cheap, my currency tool has got it wrong. i just converted the prices with another one.

but still, £110 for the 7 course set evening menu is decent.

the proprietors and staff in Arzak seemed very lovely also.

Having never watched this before I thought Mat would win 15 mins in, he probably was a heavy fave although I can't read the thread now - amazing to think Mat had a problem w/presentation!

go on the fat man!!!!!
http://durhamregion.typepad.com/pressing_buttons/images/2008/05/30/harry_knowles_sfiv.jpg

wonder if fat man would be more able to counter Bison's aerial mix-up game

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No, Mat looks more like Anton LeVey's borderline-obese child.

Definitely looks a bit like LeVey, and spider crab is something a practitioner of the dark arts would certainly serve to his guests. Fucking spider crab, genius!

how to smoke scallops

go glynn; that other guy's a right fanny

Anyone watching the celeb version? Brian Moore has just made the wateriest soup ever, and a pile of tomatoes on toast.

Putting prawns with chorizo is not revolutionary and inventing new flavour combinations, OK? Also, stop criticising her off EastEnders for using too many flavours when you were praising her off Corrie for using lots of flavours which didn't work together but still showed willingness to use flavour.

Ah, OK, flavours ftw, obv.

corrie>>>>eastenders obv.

That was my conclusion as well.

I am still persevering with this, even though it is mostly to get cross at John and Greg for talking pish (like praising Colin Murray for making a bacon sandwich). Cilla off Corrie ftw.

Reckon bird off Steps could be one to watch.

Er, did you not see last night's ep then?

i've had to turn this off in frustration a couple of times this week. i know that these programmes have a very rigid format but the extent to which every episode is EXACTLY THE SAME is driving me crazy at this point. not just the same basic set up but the same intros, the same comments, the same utterly predictable outcome. i think i've hit a wall with this.

cilla is adorable though.

i wonder if the winner from the last series-proper is cooking for a living, now?

Opening a restaurant according to his blog:
http://www.thewildgarlicblog.co.uk/

So, loads of predictable guff from John and Greg, Cilla goes into meltdown, Iwan pishes all over everyone else from a very great height (and provides comedy highlight of the series by burning his nipple with a spoon), Jayne cries a lot, stares blankly at recipes and goes "nooo I can't do this oh noes!", then knocks out a winning three course meal at the end which the final appears to be totally judged on despite excessively tedious week-long set of tasks at which Iwan is streets ahead of everyone else. Meh.

Adjectives you only ever hear on Masterchef, part 1: 'unctuous'.

Steve for the winner.

Definitely. I came way late into this series, not until the quarterfinals, but it's (with all its flaws) still a thrill to watch. Roux jr. is terrific, clearly (d'oh) "in the know", but also extremely sympa-/empathetic (giving tips, warnings and stuff, when in pro kitchens).

And lol, yes also in this series, unctuous is heard at least once per episode :-)

is steve dom joly?

roux jr is hot

My housemates watch this and if I'm in the room I spend the time counting how many times Greg the fat presenter is shown taking mouthfuls and pausing during the judging. I think the record was 32 times in an hour.

I think Steve should win, but think Marianne might snatch it from him.

I'm amused by the way in which Greg essentially just agrees with Roux every time, but in slightly different words.

My housemates watch this and if I'm in the room I spend the time counting how many times Greg the fat presenter is shown taking mouthfuls and pausing during the judging.

Dude, this is a weird thing to do.

And it will be Steve, cuz of his smoke infused egg thing in the quarter final, although I feel like it would mean more to Marianne.

I think Steve might have spoilt it for himself with his sweetie bag dessert.

smoke infused egg stolen from great british menu

It's not weird, the fat dude does a lot of pausing and putting mouthfuls of food in his gob during the judging, but Michel Roux Jr is almost never shown doing the same. It's as if the people doing the editing want to make him look stupid or need to insert pauses for some dramatic reason.

Michel does a strange little eye-popping tick after he eats something.

nervous guy terry is hilarious. they should keep him on for the comedic relief he'll bring by knocking over everything in sight and losing all his fingers day by day.

omg <3 terry

terry's out. so sad. but he's continuing to chase his dream ;-)

gregg and john's classics from last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRcgGl0RuP8