Next two teams. Paula and LA vs. Ben and PrettyGirl. Paula and LA's tuna looks really really good. It's done in a tempura with confit style veggies and aioli. I'm getting hungry here.
Ben thinks Paula's dish looks like a pile of steamed shit. I beg to differ. In your face Ben! Both Ramsey and Boobilicious not only like it, they think the tuna is perfectly cooked.
Ben and PrettyGirl have prepared pan seared scallops (how original!) with a sea urchin and caviar beurre blanc.
Ramsey thinks it's dangerous to combine sea urchin and caviar. I think the sauce doesn't look very blanc. More like beurre a l'orange.
If we were to ask Ben what his specialty is, he would tell us "French Asian Fusion." Ramsey thinks his specialty is slightly salty and smooshy. Sign me up, sounds delightful. Boobilicious chooses Paula's dish.
Now we are all tied up. I know, I know. It's so rare to have ties in the challenges.
Andrea and her thumb condom are irritating me. Yes, you are so wonderful. Without your input the dish would have surely been a disaster. Shut the fuck up.
The tie breaker round is J and Giovanni vs. Colon and Andrea. The ladies are presenting a Kobe beef sashimi brushed with a Korean style sauce. Looks yummy.
Boobilicious wants to know if by Korean, Andrea means hot enough to burn out all the taste buds in her mouth. Why yes, yes she does. Ramsey thinks it's clumsy seasoning. Maybe Colon seasoned it, Chef. Maybe she's pissed about the way you've been treating her and the "seasoning" is her way of sticking it to you a little. Could be, who knows?
J starts to explain his and Giovanni's dish, and then goes blank. "You don't know what it is?" Ramsey wants to know.
He finally turns to Giovanni to ask what it is. "It's a beef, pizzaiola style." The rice in the dish is undercooked. And while Ramsey likes the idea of the dish, "there is no excuse for undercooked rice."
Boobilicious thinks they're going to need to debate this one. Ramsey thinks it's up to her since the dish will be going on her website. I think I would like her to put her boobs away.
She chooses....the ladies!
Robert thinks the ladies always stick together, no matter who it is. It's like a brotherhood. A sisterhood. Some shit like that. That Robert. He's always the most eloquent one in the room.
The ladies prize is a day packed with surprises, all with an Asian influence. Gentlemen. And PrettyGirl. Your punishment is a two-parter. First part? Prepare homemade fortune cookies. Ramsey tells them, "So damn difficult, you've got no idea."
The second part is to redecorate the whole restaurant with origami. The red team laughs in their faces. PrettyGirl is already crying.
Once upstairs, PrettyGirl tells her team she's gonna go home. Typical. Giovanni says they're not planning on losing so she should really shut her fucking face about going home.
PrettyGirl tells them, "You guys are never gonna understand what it's like to be in a room where eleven other people hate you, and don't want you here." I'd add that all the people watching the show hate her too, but I actually think hate is too strong a word. At least for me. I don't hate PrettyGirl. She irritates me. Like a gnat I'd like to squash.
Giovanni tells her, "As much as Seth sucked, never once did he say he was going home." Yeah, she doesn't care. What a shocker.
Everyone has left PrettyGirl sitting alone. Well, except for Ben. He has stayed to try and talk to her. He wants to know if he's ever treated her like shit. No. He's trying to give her a little boost, help her help herself.
Ben tells us, "I will help anyone in the kitchen who needs my help. That's just how I am, that's what a chef does." I agree with him on that one. He tells her that the team needs her, and that she shouldn't give up. I bet that really helped her feel better. I know I feel better already.
"Ben's trying to blow smoke up my ass. Whatever." Ben is really good at pep talks, y'all.
The ladies get into their limo and are whisked away to their prize. It looks like they spend most of their ride trash talking PrettyGirl. She really takes up way too much of their energy.
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Comments (13)
I don't care what you say, Tanya Steel was HOT and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen for that entire segment!
1 of 13 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on March 8, 2009 5:14 AM
I'd also like to know why this thing doesn't post my screenname anymore...
2 of 13 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on March 8, 2009 5:15 AM
OMG, I laughed my ass off at those Sumo suits. I need one for next Halloween.
Anyhoo, it never ceases to amaze me how much abuse some people will take.
And pretty girl is a big baby, such a Debbie Downer.
Loved your recap, PottyMouth!
Big Kiss,
Twunty
3 of 13 | Posted by twunty mcslore | Posted on March 8, 2009 6:50 AM
Poor Gordo,
Having to put up with with these "cooks" must be taking years off his life, but at least he got rid of Colon.
I hope he at least gets the pleasure of reading your recaps : )
Hugs,
Yenta
4 of 13 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on March 8, 2009 6:32 PM
It looked they tried a good variety of sake. Much like wine and liquor there are dozens of varieties each with it's own properties.
Cheap sake most people prefer to heat it up while the more expensive ones you serve chilled since heating them up would destroy the flavors in them. You should really look online for a place that offers more then the standard sakes. Search for the words Snow Maiden sake, Wandering Poet sake just for two examples.
Also pottymouth in a prior recap asked me who Big Punisher is.
He was a Puerto Rican American rapper who made it to the big time in the late 90s before he died in 2000 at the age of 28 due to a heart attack caused by hia weight going anywhere between 450-700 pounds.
He released one album before his death that went double platinum and two posthumous albums that hit platinum and gold last time I heard the numbers which was like eight years ago. His death was covered by MTV and other music stations and the memorial documentary film.
He also worked with Fat Joe and other Bronx area rappers.
5 of 13 | Posted by yeschef | Posted on March 8, 2009 8:16 PM
Yeschef is dead on - I was introduced to quality chilled sake some years back by a colleague from Japan. What an eye opener, I have sung her praises ever since. While the good stuff is not available at Buy-Rite Liquors, it can be found at boutique stores, or on line.
PottyMouth, when JP came out in the sumo suit I was screaming at the TV, and thinking of you... oh his poor dignity! Then to get bashed around by G.
Pretty Girl did seem to redeem herself a bit (teensy, tiny, miniscule bit) this week - and I truly felt for Robert, you could see there was some pain associated with "Bobby". Ben and his "leadership role" is beginning to annoy me, but have to say I cheered Colon's departure!
Great recap, thanks PottyMouth!!!
6 of 13 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on March 9, 2009 1:46 PM
"What an eye opener"
A lot of Japanese restaurants that have tried to sell it found out that the customers weren't responsive to it from what the waitresses have told me. Years ago at a regular chain restaurant (that also added the two sakes I mentioned above) when I ordered chilled sake the waitress insisted on me trying a free sample and when I told her that the people complaining had no idea what they were complaining about she seemed eager to try it. It had a hint of raspberry. After all the Japanese can drink sake straight from jugs either chilled or luke warm.
As for Robert he like Gordon said should have mentioned it when Gordon first did it and not to ignore to Gordon just made things worse.
7 of 13 | Posted by yeschef | Posted on March 9, 2009 3:08 PM
Yeschef - any time I have ordered chilled sake in a restaurant, the waitstaff always look at me sideways. It is not really popular here, and that is a shame. There are so many different varieties, with different tastes - from the thicker, milky type to the very smooth and dry. Something for every taste. Have you tried it with a small slice of cucumber? Verrrrry nice.
Totally agree that Robert should have spoken up earlier - it just seemed apparent that "Bobby" pushed his buttons and caused conflict and pain in him. Otherwise, I think he would have spoken up earlier.
8 of 13 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on March 10, 2009 6:46 AM
LOL, PottyMouth, great screencaps, I'm loving PrettyGirl more and more. Please, though, couldn't you have posted the naked ass shot of Robert? Me'n'Juddfan live for that kind of thing (and naked fat man asses are often funny to many people, although I guess I'm the exception, I find them extremely sexy, LOL). Just keep it in mind for the next time. If we can survive nude shots of Alex the NYC Housewife, a little Robert-crack won't kill us!
Awesome recap, I giggled 'til I boogered.
love, J-Mo :)
9 of 13 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on March 10, 2009 11:04 AM
PottyMouth, loved the recap! "Jesus Christ on crutches. If they spent half as much time focusing on their cooking as they do flapping their gums about her, they'd win all the fucking time. " was just TOO funny! Keep up the good work!
10 of 13 | Posted by arizonatom | Posted on March 10, 2009 9:35 PM
Anonymous: Were your eyes on her face or her boobs? :P
Twunty: I was thinking I want to have a Sumo party! How fun would it be to get trashed and fight your friends in fat suits?
Yenta: Yes, I always feel bad for him when he goes to the place beyond yelling, where there is only despair.
yeschef: Thanks for the answer re: Big Punisher! I'll have to look up the sakes you mentioned and give them a try. I never thought I liked sake until I tried a better quality one. The BEST cocktail I've ever had in my life also has sake in it, so I'd definitely try more.
njgasmifan: ahh, you know me well already! I agree about Robert, I felt bad for him, but I do wish he had spoken up earlier. Ignoring Ramsey is never a good idea.
J-Mo: I hope you had some tissues handy! :D If I had known you loved naked, fat rears, I would have worked harder to get a decent pic. :P Oh well, maybe next time.
arizonatom: Thanks! I appreciate the kind words!
Thanks everyone for taking the time to read and post your thoughts.
SWAK,
PottyMouth
11 of 13 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on March 11, 2009 6:10 AM
Pottymouth,
Loved the recap! Had me in stitches. A VERY welcome distraction from work... Now I can't wait to get home and watch me some TV :)
12 of 13 | Posted by Nemesiis | Posted on March 11, 2009 4:33 PM
thank you for mentioning the overabundance of boobage...wtf was that? was she trying to seduce gordon? was she trying to look hot on tv? she kind of looked like the most desperate and pathetic type of housewife. put them away, people are eating.
13 of 13 | Posted by winebag | Posted on March 14, 2009 8:13 PM