Treat for Iron Chef fans on the Internet

So you are an Iron Chef fan, and you want to collect as many episodes as possible? Are you just dying to download and watch each of the episodes?

Che and myself have always been food lovers. I remember that one thing that Che really misses from their home is the Food and Lifestyle Network offered by SkyCable; our home in Sucat has Paranaque Cable which does not offer this channel -- at least during the time that we were there. And of the many food and/or cooking programs on this channel, we like Iron Chef (Japan) the most.



For newbies, in case you didn't know, the original Iron Chef (not to be confused with the spin-off Iron Chef America) is a cooking "battle" show, with challengers "from all over the world" pitted against one of the Iron Chefs. For each battle, a theme ingredient is chosen. The chef who offers dishes that best articulate the theme ingredient is the winner. There were four Iron Chefs, one for each cuisine/style: Japanese, Chinese, French, and Italian.

Of all the Iron Chefs in the show, the one we like the most is the original Iron Chef Japanese Rokusaburo Michiba. With his philisophy "there are no borders to ingredients", he creates magnificent (neo-)Japanese cuisines even using from non-Japanese ingredients. This inspired Che to experiment with the ingredients here in Singapore and cook some great dishes.

Anyway, for those who wanted to watch and/or download the Iron Chef episodes, you can do so from here. Unlike one site which wanted to "trade" episodes (i.e., if you can't share, you get nothing), this site only requires you to sign up once (no payment required) and you can download them for free!

Okay fine, it's not actually "new" news. I'm just doing my part to ensure that Iron Chef fans out there are well-informed about Iron Chef resources on the net. So Iron Chef fans, help spread the word! Hehehe :))