Nori's Tower Of Doom
Air Date: 08/03/2003
Contestants: Kokubu Sachiko (国分佐智子), Horikoshi Nori (堀越のり), Moriguchi Hiroko (森口博子)
Guest Judges: Cream Stew
Theme Ingredient/Recipes:
Tomatoes (from Gifu) / Kima Curry (Hamburger Curry)
Recap: You just knew that there was trouble on the horizon in this episode, as Horikoshi Nori began to get grilled by the judges before things even got underway. While Sachiko impressed everyone with her cooking skills (including one point where she cooked her tomatoes over an open flame just as the real chef was doing the same thing), Hiroko got a lesson from the judges on how to prepare onions for tear-free chopping. Before the time limit was up, Nori-chan took a page from Ogura Yuuko's cookbook and decided to add chocolate to her dish.
Hiroko was the first up for review and didn't do too bad, although there was some question as to if she should have used apples in her recipe along with the tomatoes. But it was a relatively uneventful tasting. It was a nice appetizer before the main course... Nori-chan.
Nori tried to be a bit more classy by creating a rice tower instead of just laying it flat on the plate, but even that couldn't help her. Terrified by the way the curry dripped off the top of the tower, both judges had a hard time choking it down. As one said, "I don't know what it is, but it isn't curry". Nobody could really take much of this evil dish.
Sachiko closed out with a strong finish, with everyone fawning over how good the food was. This caused Hiroko and Nori to comment that the judges were being influenced by the 'cute' factor, but to be fair you could tell from the start that she was going to be hard to beat. Though it wasn't that great, it wasn't that bad either.
The Ranking was interesting, as Nori had high hopes of making it out of the bathroom (her nameplate was posted over the urinal). She actually dropped and ended up stationed on the lid of the toilet instead.
Ranking ( out of 128 ):
Kokubu Sachiko: 28 (new entry)
Horikoshi Nori: 121 -> 123
Moriguchi Hiroko: 59 -> 80
Contestants: Kokubu Sachiko (国分佐智子), Horikoshi Nori (堀越のり), Moriguchi Hiroko (森口博子)
Guest Judges: Cream Stew
Theme Ingredient/Recipes:
Tomatoes (from Gifu) / Kima Curry (Hamburger Curry)
Recap: You just knew that there was trouble on the horizon in this episode, as Horikoshi Nori began to get grilled by the judges before things even got underway. While Sachiko impressed everyone with her cooking skills (including one point where she cooked her tomatoes over an open flame just as the real chef was doing the same thing), Hiroko got a lesson from the judges on how to prepare onions for tear-free chopping. Before the time limit was up, Nori-chan took a page from Ogura Yuuko's cookbook and decided to add chocolate to her dish.
Hiroko was the first up for review and didn't do too bad, although there was some question as to if she should have used apples in her recipe along with the tomatoes. But it was a relatively uneventful tasting. It was a nice appetizer before the main course... Nori-chan.
Nori tried to be a bit more classy by creating a rice tower instead of just laying it flat on the plate, but even that couldn't help her. Terrified by the way the curry dripped off the top of the tower, both judges had a hard time choking it down. As one said, "I don't know what it is, but it isn't curry". Nobody could really take much of this evil dish.
Sachiko closed out with a strong finish, with everyone fawning over how good the food was. This caused Hiroko and Nori to comment that the judges were being influenced by the 'cute' factor, but to be fair you could tell from the start that she was going to be hard to beat. Though it wasn't that great, it wasn't that bad either.
The Ranking was interesting, as Nori had high hopes of making it out of the bathroom (her nameplate was posted over the urinal). She actually dropped and ended up stationed on the lid of the toilet instead.
Ranking ( out of 128 ):
Kokubu Sachiko: 28 (new entry)
Horikoshi Nori: 121 -> 123
Moriguchi Hiroko: 59 -> 80
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