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[deleted] t1_jd0ag29 wrote

that's so sad - Chen Kenichi was my favorite OG Iron Chef.

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stormywhethers321 t1_jd0b5la wrote

I remember watching him cook on TV as a kid. He was super talented and always seemed like a great guy. RIP.

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sirfuzzitoes t1_jd0cgiz wrote

I hope they used this as his obit photo. That is a man doing exactly what he loved.

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Schmorganski t1_jd0h3s9 wrote

My favorite Iron Chef. That squid ink fried rice!

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throw123454321purple t1_jd0j9zu wrote

“FUKUI-SAN!”

“Go ahead.”

“This is a repost from a few days ago.”

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GoldDustbunny t1_jd0nuxt wrote

NooooooOoOOoOooOooooo! End of the family line.

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DepletedMitochondria t1_jd0qn4g wrote

Oh man, I hope his family is alright and he passed peacefully. Absolute legend

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Vordeo t1_jd0xv0e wrote

Replying to tuxedo_jack (#2,285,571)

> He, Michiba, and Sakai will always be my Iron Chefs. > >

Those 3 plus that Iron Chef Italian who was in the intro but was never actually in the stadium for some reason.

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drugsrbadmmmkay t1_jd0z1o0 wrote

I used to watch the shit out of the original Iron Chef, you will be missed

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basilwhitedotcom t1_jd10spi wrote

At the beginning of the Yogurt Battle episode, Kenichi Chen tastes yogurt for the first time in his life, closes his eyes for a moment, and tells his team what they're going to cook.

I mean, damn.

EDIT: He won

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Sn0wpooka t1_jd15huz wrote

All honors and praise to Chen Kenichi, the Szechuan Sage; Son of the Szechuan God.

the world is a worse place today 😪

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ohcanadada67 t1_jd16ubd wrote

Dude ate the fugu. Never eat the fugu unless you prepared it yourself.

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MisterFlyer2019 t1_jd16x34 wrote

That was a great show. it had such a fun vibe, very entertaining. Nothing in modern food show culture has come close to it, doubt they ever will.

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PPQue6 t1_jd1cmk0 wrote

You're about 1 1/2 weeks late on this....

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jrp55262 t1_jd1coce wrote

Replying to Scooterks (#2,286,747)

Masahiko Kobe, Iron Chef Italian. He was a later addition. Among the reasons why he doesn't rise with the rest is that the number 4 is considered unlucky in Japan, so they didn't want to show four chefs rising together.

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matt2001 t1_jd1cp6z wrote

>Kenichi Chin, a famed chef of Chinese cuisine, died of interstitial pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Saturday. He was 67.

Is that COVID related?

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jrp55262 t1_jd1cys2 wrote

Replying to basilwhitedotcom (#2,286,319)

I remember the absolute look of horror on his face when the theme ingredient was revealed. Both chefs are given a list of possible theme ingredients ahead of the battle so they're not completely unprepared, but I bet Chen thought it was a joke...

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pdzulu t1_jd1fwjq wrote

Love what this guy did for cooking around the world. An inspiration to us all. And an XO sauce that’s to die for

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Vaporsynthtechnowave t1_jd1jg5x wrote

the 24/7 Iron Chef Japan stream on twitch really held me down during covid. RIP

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chewytime t1_jd1lhx9 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,284,835)

What’s weird for me is that the series ended at least 20 years ago which means he would’ve been around his early/mid-40s when it started yet in my mind’s eye he was always like mid-50s for some reason. He just seemed like he was older to begin with.

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tuxedo_jack t1_jd1mzsb wrote

Replying to Vaporsynthtechnowave (#2,287,514)

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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stu8018 t1_jd1omfz wrote

Damn. He was a legend. I watch the series over and over. Terrible news.

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valcatrina t1_jd1qffl wrote

Kinda sick of these delayed news. He gone last week, why is this news thread popping up now?

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zephyrseija t1_jd1qtyo wrote

Dude, fuck that. The God of Szechuan Cooking will live forever in our hearts.

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I_DontEvenLikeReddit t1_jd1swia wrote

Replying to valcatrina (#2,287,924)

Reddit's algorithms keep going funky. I think they are changing things constantly but it is leading to some weird stuff like this.

I remember this headline on my front page last week, so was confused to see it reaching there again this week.

Before that the last weird thing reddit did was send me new (like less than 1 hr old) posts from 3-4 of my subs to my front page constantly all day long for like a month.

Now it is this where news stories are being weighted really strangely so "old" news stories are hitting my front page when there are more popular posts that should be here.

IDK man, but it is really annoying.

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tandemxylophone t1_jd2fcpr wrote

Replying to basilwhitedotcom (#2,286,319)

I needed to watch that episode to know what you are talking about, and I was not disappointed.

"Iron chef, do these ingredients go well with yogurt?" "I don't know, maybe!?"

"Iron chef, this looks like plain Chinese noodle dish (Because we are expecting surprises)" "Ofcourse! What else does it look like!?"

"Iron chef, do you think it will turn out good?" "I don't know! I never made this before!"

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darkseidx2015 t1_jd2g6s2 wrote

I've been binging on old school Iron Chef on Pluto for awhile. It's so sad to hear about Chin. He was always such a humble and funny person. You will be missed Chef. R.I.P.

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Mingerfabulous t1_jd2h8pq wrote

Love the Iron Chef Japan show. Pluto TV has a dedicated channel for this. The American version sucks compared to it, including the food creativity. Sorry to hear he passed.

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SquiffyRae t1_jd2kft1 wrote

Replying to Vordeo (#2,286,101)

I was shocked when I looked it up once and Masahiko Kobe actually cooked

None of the episodes they aired in Australia ever actually had him as an option beyond the intro and we never actually got an episode where he was chosen

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HungryMoon t1_jd2tkuc wrote

I loved and still watch Reruns of this show often. RIP the Real One. Thank you for inspiring my love for cooking Chinese at home.

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strcprstskrzkukl t1_jd2xiw9 wrote

Original Iron Chef was some of the best TV ever. The best part being that the challenger virtually never won. It made that rare winner seem all the more impressive.

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TroyMacClure t1_jd33uu0 wrote

Where are people finding the old show to watch? I'm sure there are random episodes on YT, but is there a good source out there? These were the best.

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blinkycosmocat t1_jd3rfyy wrote

Replying to tuxedo_jack (#2,287,719)

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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heffayjefe t1_jd40erk wrote

Hey, great choice for a picture of him /s

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jigokubi t1_jd4yoik wrote

Replying to SayTheWord-Beans (#2,293,037)

I never measure anything, but I use:

either beef or beef mixed with pork, onions, sometimes green onions, ginger, garlic, all sauteed in sesame oil.

Then add: water, a little sake and soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, doubanjiang, tianmianjiang, tofu obviously, maybe some chili oil. Next time I'm going to try using Korean chili paste. You can add starch, too.

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Tentapuss t1_jd56n62 wrote

Dang. I miss the OG iron chef. Iron Chef America never got close to capturing the magic of that show.

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Gloriathewitch t1_jd77k6m wrote

Really sad to hear this, wife and I watched this show a lot and Chen was an absolutely amazing chef

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mokutou t1_jd7i1pp wrote

No… 😣 I spent many nights watching Iron Chef, and Chin was my favorite Iron Chef out of all of them. And he was still fairly young.

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mokutou t1_jd7ks1d wrote

Replying to Vaporsynthtechnowave (#2,288,974)

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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