Ironchef?, Jakarta

Second day of my Jakarta trip, just woke up and still rather blurry eyed. I switched on the telly and saw this. Hey, this lady is eating, this is my kind of show.

Then I saw this setup and I thought it looked quite familiar, albeit odd, but still recognizable. I managed to just make out the words at the back "I-R-O-N C-H-E-F" Whoa! This was Indonesian Ironchef! Ironchef is my all-time favorite show.

This dude appeared and he was dressed most flamboyantly so I naturally assumed he was the Chairman of the Indonesian Kitchen Stadium. Nothing compared to Chairman Kaga though, somehow he just lacked that certain X-factor.

So this lady with a really tall chef's hat appeared and I assumed she would be one of the ironchefs. A female ironchef? Just realized that there weren't any in the Japanese production which I then realized to be rather odd since mum's cooking is always best haha.

They tell you what and how much of each ingredient is used when presenting the dish, making this abit more like a conventional cooking programme.

Judgment time, the suspense builds up...

The challenger won this time. I actually thought the ironchef would win since in the Japanese production they have a higher winning rate.

They actually have a breakdown at the end. I guess in some way, this is to give you the impression that there is some objectivity in the judging process haha. After all I can now go, "Wait... why did ironchef lose??! Ooh... she had less points in the "rasa" segment? Ok. It all makes sense now." Haha!

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