I also watched this when I lived in Japan. Very funny stuff. Does that one Lower House Representitive ever do any worK??
Also I would like to strangle the food critic obasan.
The best part about the all Japan ones, back then, was that the person who made the MOST Japanesesque food would always win.
Like when they would have the Iron chef vs a 11th generation Kyoto-ryori head chef, you know the Kyoto dude would win. Every time.
This show does still crack me up. The best part of the Mori vs Flay 1 battle was when Flay got shocked from the cable on the floor! Hilairous!
Another funny thing was that during that show, was that my buddy, who also lived in Japan, started yelling when Flay got on the counter. He said "Oh man, the Japanese Chef is gonna get pissed about this!" and sure enough he got all hacked off. And said that Flay was not a Chef!! Hehehe, I miss that open thinking.
Inosuke