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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":13c1qudq]wearing a Yankee hat.[/quote:13c1qudq]
Ouch. Wouldn't wish the restaurant to have burned down but I'll think twice before going in again. :) Never made it for dinner but went for brunch a few times and liked it quite a bit.
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Fman99
Nov 13 2008 10:58 AM
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No no no no no no no no no no no.
Right -- I should voluntarily watch a show with adults yelling and throwing fits like little babies. Why, exactly, would I do this?
For drama?
No. I can't even watch Law and Order reruns on Bravo anymore, due to their incessant plugging of what looks like the worst slate of original content this side of the YES network.
Looking for something to do? Read a book for fuck's sake.
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Fman99
Nov 13 2008 11:02 AM
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Or, don't read. Watch this show. It's great and stuff.
Forgive my vitrol. I don't get to sleep anymore (teething child) and it's making me cranky and I have a tendency to redirect my rage at "reality television."
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 13 2008 11:11 AM
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Sounds like some cunt needs a punch in the neck.
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Edgy DC
Nov 13 2008 11:23 AM
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Post more polls. I want the <i>Risky Business</i>/<i>Ferris Bueller</i> matchup of wealthy dark-haired eighties teens who get ahead by virtue of their bullet-proof smugness.
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Vic Sage
Nov 13 2008 02:32 PM
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i'm not a fan of reality tv, but i've always liked this show.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 13 2008 02:53 PM
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Not to spoil it, but pretty good first episode too. Already establishing potential villians, and the "skills" quickfire did a nice job of exposing any slackers before they got too far.
Holy crap: DOUBLE SEAVER!
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 13 2008 07:39 PM
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Top Chef is the one reality show that I watch.
****Potential Spoiler Alert (for those who have not watched the season opener yet)***
I was surprised the guy that cut his thumb in the initial quickfire challenge was passed through by Tom Colicchio. Sure his apples were well done, but it seems like having blood all over them might have disqualified him from most cooking competitions. Collicchio probably didn't want to risk tasting a dish prepared with the bloody apples had he made the guy fall into the final four elimination round.
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Vic Sage
Nov 21 2008 09:37 AM
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"wow, a big egg. I'll make a quiche with it!"
"pack your knives, baby"
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 21 2008 09:51 AM
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She was a complete idiot. It's a shame two of the better looking chixxx had to get voted off so soon though. She had a Genna Davis thing going for me, a little.
You gotta like how the Indian Chick makes a big deal ou of not being typecast or expected to make Indian food every week, then makes it in the first 2 weeks!
I can't believe it but I think I'm rooting for the Lawn Guyland guy. The Italian guy is pretty funny too.
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Vic Sage
Nov 21 2008 11:01 AM
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its too soon for me to figure out who i like. Except i'm pretty sure its not the nazi.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 11 2008 01:49 PM
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So are we keeping up?
This season got off to a great start but some dumb challenges lately. I eman, it's Top Chef New York, so let's fly to Rochester to cook thanksgiving in a toaster oven for the Foo Fighters. And I didn't like the whole TV Demonstration Chef thing.
Still a few lousy chefs rattling around the bottom of the barrel: Till Eugene, and Bangy Blonde are gone maybe it gets more interesting. Lipstick Lezbo is starting to get on my nerves a little too. Stop complaining about never winning and win, you stupid lezbo.
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Vic Sage
Dec 11 2008 01:58 PM
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The MILF got off to a bad start, but lately has been winning challenges left and right. She's not creative, but she's competent.
I like Leah. She's got a hot, semitic quality i respond to.
and the Italian Stallion has got to be the favorite.
and if that is a lipstick lezzie, she needs more lipstick.
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metirish
Dec 11 2008 05:10 PM
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Watching and liking this show a lot, hard not to root for MILF although she flusters too easily.Funny to watch the women at the bridal shower practically throwing their nickers at Fabio, and funny to watch him call Rocco DiSpirito a fake Italian.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 08 2009 06:57 PM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2jobe2by]Till Eugene, and Bangy Blonde are gone maybe it gets more interesting. [/quote:2jobe2by]
Whammo.
Once again, the straightforward challenges expose the pretenders much better than the gimmicky ones ever do.
I give Eugene credit for trying, but he's still closer to a dishwasher than a chef I guess. I have no idea what Blondy was ever even doing on the show, other than wasting our time.
But now I like it. You got 4 or 5 ones who could win it all. Competant Arienne, overconfident Stefan and Lezzy, charming Italian guy, Suave Jeff all with a shot I'd say. Radika, Leah & Hosea are your darkhorses. Carla's been hanging in there but needs a 'wow' to have any shot.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 18 2009 12:16 PM
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Part 1 of the Finale tonite (In New Orleans where you'd expect Top Chef: New York to go. huh?)
So anyways, congrats to crazy Carla for surviving, you know she looked like she could be whacked at any moment but hung in there and probably, is the most original of the four left.
Stefan is an obvious favorite but other than having his techniques and tastes down pat, doesn't often inspire or surpirse. He should win if he does.
Josiah comes off as too inexperienced and flasely brave still ,and Fabio is fun to watch but his food looks boring week after week.
So it's koo-koo carla for me.
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Vic Sage
Mar 02 2009 08:52 AM
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I finally caught up with the finale...
Koo-Koo Karla crashed and burned in the final, and Stefan's meal was too up-and-down.
So Hosea pulls off the upset.
Hosea? Really? I don't think he won a single challenge during the series, till the last one. I don't know if he's a "top chef", I'm just glad he beat that smug Euro-Prick.
Maybe now he'll go back to canoodling with sexy Leah.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 02 2009 09:02 AM
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Just her luck to team up with Kasey who fugs up yet another final challenge. You might recall she badly screwed up the final when Hung won.
Of all the previous winners, Hosea is the guy I'd least want to eat in the restaurant of. I mean he was earnest and competant and meant well and all, but he didn't cook anything inspiring or memorable.
Stefan for me just about crossed over the villian line and became a kind of hero against Hosea's aw-shucks-I-wanna-beat-this-guy-because-he's-so-mean attitude. I mean, he had all season to beat Stefan and didn't do it until now, so it's not like you oughta be full of righteous rage. I mean, Stefan had a mighty ego but he did kick everyone's ass for awhile.
Oh well. Fun show still.
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