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"Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation"
dabo 25344 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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05-22-08, 01:55 AM (EST)
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"Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-22-08 AT 02:02 AM (EST)Nice show tonight, two players put their wits to work in different styles, with different results. Quickfire was running the egg station at a Chicago breakfast hangout, the place to eat breakfast and be seen eating breakfast in Chicago. They took turns playing short order egg cook, fielding audibles from waiters employing mysterious breakfast code. No one in Chicago seems to have heard of over easy or my favorite sunnyside up, everything is ordered hard. Antonia, Dale and Spike, who apparently actually was a short order eggflipper in a previous life, all seemed to do well. The hard demanding owner-judge actually said they all did pretty well and then she probably turned from the camera and laughed and laughed and laughed but they edited that out. Sadly there were a few ruined eggs in the wastebin that morning. Antonia scored another win! As her reward she got to pick who would be on her team in, dutdutdutDUUUUHHHH!... Antonia, Stephanie and Richard formed Team Laid Back, Antonia's smart move was picking a team that could actually work together. Dale, Lisa and Spike formed Team Have A Cow. Spike's smart move came when he wrangled the job of dressing nice and not getting inbetween Dale and Lisa. Team Laid Back went with a Leisurely Enjoyable Meal theme and called their restaurant Warehouse something. I normally don't care for anything named Warehouse something, as a restaurant name it seems especially moronic. Team Have A Cow decorated their restaurant with shiny Buddhas and used Buddha in the restaurant name but were anything but Buddhaesque in how they made dinner. Jenn guest starred as Buddha helper, Nikki showed up to make warehouse pasta. Stephanie won a trip to Spain for her performance dressing nice and being quite sexy actually, Team Laid Back won an outstanding Restaurant Wars victory. Really, seriously, go watch the show, it took four seasons but finally they made it work out perfectly this time. Team Have A Cow went to judges table where Spike threw his buddies under the bus because they'd actually done most of the cooking and not how he'd have done it. Lisa folded her arms, you know, that armfoldy thing she does, even more armfoldy than ever before, but had to admit her soup and rice both truly sucked. Dale played it straight and owned he shouldn't have won the executive chef coin toss but forgot to mention he couldn't actually fire Lisa or wash her cussing mouth out with soap however much he may have wanted to and would have in real life. And so Dale bit the dust for making awful some secret Asian butterscotch thing no one ever heard of. Frankly, of the three I really didn't care which went home, and in Top Chef tradition they axed best of the bottom three chefs.
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05-22-08, 06:50 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
Good morning, everyone!I loved this episode. I usually don't like Restaurant Wars. I think Warehouse Kitchen did exceptionally well considering they had quite a bit less time to do everything than in previous seasons. At first I thought Mai Buddha was going to get their stuff together and try to work together. If Dale wanted to stay he should have just let Lisa be Executive Chef. Her dishes were worse than his (even though his butterscotch scallops were disgusting) and if she had been Exec, she would have gone home. Personally, I don't like either one and think they should have done a double elimination. They did start off with 16 instead of 15 chefs this season. I loved Anthony Bourdain in the roll as Head Chef. You all have a great day!!
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05-22-08, 09:27 AM (EST)
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2. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
I thought it was good foreshadowing when they pointed out that Dale has only done Asian versions of dishes. It reminded me that while a good chef can have a speciality, a great chef is more well rounded. So while I often thought throughout the season Dale had shined, he shined in a peculiar way. So no loss to lose him and his lovely little temper.I am sad there wasn't a second elimination because apparently I will have to watch yet another episode of Lisa whining about rice sabotage. It makes me wish there was a way I could go sabotage her rice, although it does seem she does a pretty good job of it herself. I would also like her arms put in a cast where they could not be folded and her face fixed so it could not pout. However, I doubt I will get my wishes. I wanted the judges to call Spike out for laughing at the two in self-destruct mode. He couldn't put on a good facade and I doubt that the judges didn't notice his smirking. Team Laid Back (what a perfect description of the two teams you used) showed that egos can work together. I could be happy with any of those three as the winner.
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jbug 16685 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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05-22-08, 09:49 AM (EST)
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3. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
For once I think I watched 'on-time' and not a re-play. (But I do have to say I'm happy that Bravo does the re-runs; wish other reality would too).Antonia is smart. Dale was so shocked she didn't pick him - but she knew which others would work well together. I'd be happy to see Team Laid Back as the final 3. I don't know that I can stand to watch Lisa even one more time; course I didn't want to watch Dale one more time either - wish they had sent both of them packing (). I can easily see Spike flipping eggs ; much better suited to his culinary talents than Top Chef. I'm surprised the judges didn't point out that even tho Stephanie was also 'out-front' she was responsible for 2 of the best dishes from her team and won the challenge for them! Spike claimed the conception of the ribs but didn't do any help in the kitchen. Spike was hiding and he knew it and the judges knew it. So, my plans are: Lisa goes next; then Spike. Hard choice between Steph, Antonia & Richard. (I keep laughing at Richard's hair LOL - especially when he has on the little head band. )
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aquariaqueen 2616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson"
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05-22-08, 10:27 AM (EST)
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4. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
Wasn't Team Laid Back called Gastric Bar? Or some such? I know Gastric was in there because I was laughing that it means "stomach".I really was expecting a double elimination. And the judges congratted Spike for getting out of the kitchen!!! LOL That judge pegged Lisa for her attitude...glad to hear that. Overall, an enjoyable episode. Restaurant wars usually doesn't wow me, but the extremes between the teams was fun to watch. In the previews, don't we see Lisa saying she was sabotaged again? Rice just isn't her thing. “I love Jesus but I drink a little”. Gladys Hardy
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aquariaqueen 2616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson"
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05-22-08, 02:31 PM (EST)
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9. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
Minute Rice....oh if I could send her a box. “I love Jesus but I drink a little”. Gladys Hardy
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05-25-08, 05:49 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
Oh that's right, I forgot about your rice problems on Survivor...well, at least you didn't blame anyone and get all pizzy. “I love Jesus but I drink a little”. Gladys Hardy
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05-22-08, 11:43 AM (EST)
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5. "RE: Season 4 Episode 11: Eggspectation" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-22-08 AT 11:46 AM (EST)Loved this episode, even though I was a little sad to see Dale go. I’ll miss his pouting and tantrum throwing! It really was time for him to go though. His dishes were always superb or crap – too bad he lacked consistency. Lisa will be joining him soon and they can pout together! Although they certainly edited it to make the losing team obvious, I started to get a little nervous when right before the dinner service team laid back noticed that their clams were gritty. I though they were pulling a “Survivor” on us for a minute. Glad to see they didn’t go to the EPMB School of Reality TV Editing. Love team laid back and hope they go all the way. All three of them seem like genuinely nice people and it’ll be refreshing to see “the nice guy” get rewarded for a change.
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