Restaurant Wars back!
Top Chef teased we’d be without
Tsk, they knew better.
To recap last week:
Tweak’s culinary boner
Left us wanting more
Let’s start – Quickfire!
Haha! 5 AM challenge
Work the egg station
Spike’s full of wisdom
Eggs- tough! Worse on short order
Top Chefs are nervous
A Chi-town treasure
Breakfast patrons down the block
The owner will judge
Chefs rusty, tired
Antonia’s moving quite fast
Lisa makes a mess
Steph has pot issues
Richard- no diner lingo
Dale hangs in quite well
The results are in
Who’d you hire? Dale’s close, but
Antonia wins it
No immunity
Whoa! Her fourth quickfire win
Not too shabby, girl
Mystery address
Elimination Challenge
Restaurant wars! Woot!
Raw space is quite fab
Exposed brick, both teams share space
35 diners
Big money involved!
$5K for Pier One decor
$1500- food
Antonia: team choice
Wedding wars teams are revived
Will win be the same?
Dale’s team: Asian (yawn)
Team loves theme, not each other
Mai Buddha is born
Steph’s team: quality
Simple, elegant with beer
Gastro Pub takes shape
Gastro Pub menu:
Beet salad, goat cheese, trout, clams
Banana scallops
Mai Buddha will strive
So many Asian dishes
Too many ideas?
Spike’s on the decor
Has no trouble with the feel
Loves him some Buddha
Surprise Number 1!
Anthony Bourdain – a god
Replaced Tom this week
Bourdain loves Asian
Mai Buddha should be quite scared
Traveled the whole world
Bourdain’s impressed by
Buddha’s lofty goals, concerned
“Could be quite a coup”
Surprise Number 2!
Restaurant Wars are tough work
Each pick a sous chef
Jen to Mai Buddha
Nikki’s pasta to Gastro
So long, Tweak and Mark!
Dale’s team not his fans
Lisa, Spike rattle his cage
Can they co-exist?
Dale becomes a bitch
His halo halo putrid
Brown avocado
Gastro works as team
Focus on food, not drama
Obvious who’ll win
Gastro impresses
Judges happy and content
Simple food, home run
Just one bad comment
Tony doesn’t like plate smears
Poop reminiscent
Buddha’s in trouble
Smokey laksa off-putting
Sticky rice a mess
Butterscotch scallops
Dale’s made a sticky foul mess
Bad in concept, taste
One Buddha bright spot
Padma: “Slammin’ potstickers!”
Not enough to save
At Judges’ Table
Winning team is no surprise
Gastro Pub- huzzah!
Steph wins it again!
A trip to Barcelona
Will she win Top Chef?
Buddha must defend
Bad choices, teamwork, flavor
Mistakes everywhere
Infamous laksa
Like eating a campfire
Lisa, did you taste?
Where where you at, Dale?
Exec chef should manage taste
“I don’t know laksa.” ?!?!
Mai Buddha implodes
Full of blame and denial
But it wasn’t me!
Spike lays low. Smart guy
“Prince’s van” napkins bad, but
He’s not to blame here
No clear worst of worst
Lisa or Dale can go, please
I’m sick of them both
Dale, please pack your knives
So much for 5 wins, buddy
It takes just one loss
Dale can live with it
I can live without. Dale cries
His softer side’s nice
Next time on Top Chef
A fight to the final four
Lisa’s got to go.
