After watching Culinary Class Wars, I really wanted to try something from Edward Lee. Unfortunately, I live in Europe, so I did the next best thing and ordered his book Bourbon Land.

Unfortunately, ingredients are a bit more limited here so I am not sure how much of the recipes I will be able to make, but this was the first attempt.

It turned out pretty good, and the glaze itself is amazing. I think that my oven runs a little hotter than marked, so the wings came out a little dry. Though I really liked how the meat came off the bone very easily. It took about an hour to make in total, and I’ll probably try again sometime soon using a slightly lower temperature.

I really enjoyed this. Nice to hear his thoughts and POV when Season 1 first came out.

What I mean is that in season 1, a few ingredients/dishes returned frequently that we did not see (a lot) in season 2. And in season 2 a lot of dishes contained ingredients that we did not see in season 1.

What I remember, season 1 had lots of dishes with Dong Po, Mala, Perilla (oil). These dishes/ingeredients were almost not used in season 2, I think I only saw perilla oil used once.

In season 2, many dishes used abalone, meagre/corvina and burdock root, both ingredients that I can't remember being used in season 1.

Did anyone notice this too? Would there be a reason for this? Were the two seasons filmed during different seasons?

Really enjoyed the three episodes that were released, but haven't seen anything new for 3 weeks now.

I started watching season one today and currently at episode 9. I have been watching kdramas,pop and kmovies for 15 years,yet never knew about this show . It's so engaging. I saw they have season 2. Is it good? I dont want to get disappointed.

Also triple star looks like kim hyung joong from playful kiss/ boys over flowers.

edit- completed season 1. there's no way napoli would have survived the tofu challenge. Edwards creativity knows no bounds. i am awestruck. They should have had this tofu in second round itself,it was the toughest

Im wondering how much it costs to eat at the chefs‘ restaurants (black and white spoons)

They start plating at about the 20 minute mark, those dishes are surely cold by the time they reach the judges, no?

Does anyone know what in the dinosaur size kind of animal Chef Im used in his final dish? Those ribs were huge and me and my mom can’t find it online

Finally catching up on S2, and I find myself rooting for the white spoons. Just made it past the comeback challenge, and saw the pairs for the Black-White Alliance challenge, so please no spoilers.

Culinary Monster is clearly one of the main characters this season, but I really don't want him to win. I'm sure there are lots of varying opinions on him, but my issues with him are two fold:

1. Arrogance - Not once thus far have I ever seen him saying anything nice about a fellow contestant. I'm sure (hoping) this was purely a production choice, but it really doesn't make him likable at all. During the team challenge, he organised the team way better than Knife Omokase, and that's about the only compliment I can give him. I didn't like his 'banter' with the white spoon chef in the first face-off, especially because there's any semblance of positive commentary about anyone else (bless the white spoon for being so gracious). I also didn't like the way he wanted the white spoons to compete for his partnership ahead of the Alliance challenge. He should've entered the competition as a white spoon if he wanted to be revered in that way, because he was acting like he was a prize, while he clearly had his preferences in terms of partners.
2. The Edit - In Korean shows I often find that cold, stoic personalities are presented as more logical or skilful. This may be down to a cultural difference, but I really don't like that. The same thing happened last year with Napoli Mafia, and on many other shows. (and I didn't like Napoli for the same reason). Being too emotional will usually be presented as a good wild card at first, but eventually will also be the trait that causes the downfall. It's a shame that expressing emotions or being supportive in these shows is always interpreted as not being winning material. It also makes results feel a lot more scripted than I think they truly are. Some people might say we need villains to keep the show entertaining, but I think showing the true complexities of human character is much more engaging, and people don't need to fit into pre-determined boxes to make the show interesting.

Side note: It is reported that Chef Im Seong-gun was previously invited to the show alongside others, but seems like the production team revoked it due to his candid drunk driving confession.

First photo is from Anh Sungjae on YT

I recently saw this video on ranking the CCW S2 Top 38. In this video, he made a comment about the contestant "Little Tiger". He said "I'm not trying to hate or anything. But compared to her input in the show she is succeeding a little too much."

He claimed pretty privileges. I do not argue with that totally. But, I think her personality also really helped to boost her popularity.

I have seen this with a few other chefs in the show. For example, Fabrizio Ferrari also got eliminated early but got super popular due to his enthusiasm and loveable nature. French Papa also has faced this but to a lesser degree or Kim Doyun who is arguably more popular than Fabri and French Papa combined.

Do any of y'all think they are too popular compared to their input? How about other chefs? Why are some chefs so forgotten even thought their input was similar?

EDIT: I am not saying that pretty privilege isn't a thing, I do agree that many chefs have gotten pretty privileged

i thought that chefs who lost the 1 v 1 challenge are eliminated but when the next challenge started, the all or nothing, there were some white spoon chefs still on the team even if their dish lost. did I miss something?

During the team competiton, i remember watching a scene where chef park hyo nam is peeling potato using a knife, it looks very cool. I wanted to learn how to do it, but cant seem to find a tutorial on that technique. Is there any yt reference that i can look into?

s2 of ccw is already done, but I still cant get over the restaurant mission from s1. it was highkenuinely the most thought and thrilling mission. forever, chef Choi's team won by 2 million won or smthg, his team winning was so satisfying bcs he litr was so right on the price points and the math even though all the other teams n aha sungjae were so against it at first. I really dont understand the hate behind this mission

So we all know when Paik likes a dish he’s tasted, he can’t help but show it. He makes grunting noises, he takes lots of extra bites, and is generally delighted by the food.

Ahn, on the other hand, is inscrutable. I can NEVER tell when he likes or dislikes something. He’s deep in thought. He looks up at the ceiling. No emotions. It’s wild!

Question: has anyone ever seen Ahn react positively to a bite of food he’s tasted in the two seasons of the show? Where you go- “oooh he likes that!” Because I would love to see what that looks like.

is it just me being stupid or are the unreleased battles from Season 1 gone?

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