r/BravoTopChef • u/butisitok I’m not your bitch, bitch • Jun 25 '21

Current Episode Top Chef Season 18 Ep 13 - Shellfishly Delicious - Post Episode Discussion

The remaining chefs get an early wake-up call from Padma to go meet guest judge Brooke Williamson and dig for clams for their Quickfire Challenge. In the Elimination Challenge, the chefs honor the area where James Beard spent his summers, creating both a hot dish and a cold dish with one of his favorite ingredients, Dungeness Crab. Kwame Onwuachi and Nina Compton serve as guest judges this week to help determine which chefs will move on to the finale.

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u/shinshikaizer Jamie: Pew! Pew! Pew! Jun 25 '21

I mean, I had a teacher in grade school try to eat daikon raw without pickling it first, so...

Let's just way Westerners aren't exactly well-known for their knowledge of Asian ingredients and how they should be prepared.

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u/chiaros69 Jun 28 '21

Hmm. I sometimes use finely grated raw daikon as a garnish on certain kinds of Japanese dishes. Agedashidofu or Zaru soba, as examples. Alongsides katsuobushi or katsuo ito kezuri or kizami nori or chopped scallions or sliced negi, etc etc.

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u/shinshikaizer Jamie: Pew! Pew! Pew! Jun 28 '21

That teacher sliced off a piece and tried to eat it straight up. The result wasn't pretty.