Thursday, October 22, 2009

Restaurant slaughter

So I’m wavering in my desire to see Robin get kicked off. Laurine brings less to the show in terms of controversy and amusement, so I wouldn’t mind seeing her go. Plus, Laurine has a limited ceiling of ability so it wouldn’t be doing the world a disservice if she was sent home before Robin.
Restaurant Wars is unpredictable because it requires a leap of faith by all the members to trust the others members and effectively sign their fate to the work of people who could suck (looking at you Robin). Enough from me, time to watch and get turned on by food porn (and the V brothers).
• Jen is smoking hot!!! I bet Ashley wishes she was still around. I wonder if Padma is threatened by Jen’s sexuality???
• So they’ve really been playing up the competition between the V brothers early in this episode. That usually means it will play out later, which would make sense since they really built up a minor confrontation on last week’s episode.
• They don’t think you’re the mom Robin. They think you can’t cook. Maybe they think of you as the mom, but if they do, it’s as the mom who can’t cook. Mom who can’t cook and had cancer. Mom who can’t cook, had cancer and tells everyone. Mom who can’t cook, tells everyone about her cancer and briefly dated Tom in the 90s.
• Michael V is a genius with awesome catch-phrases (period on sentences). His lineup was perfect!
• I hope that someday people call me a “good plater”

Don’t know why I didn’t see this earlier, but Mike V’s team has restaurant wars locked up. They haven’t made Robin the out front person yet, but they need to. She’ll just tell people about her cancer (sympathy points) and stay out of the kitchen (real points). The V brothers and Eli could totally take care of everything else!
• Kevin will be huge in the sustainable aspect of the competition. This is my sleeper theme for the episode.
• By the way, I’m eating risotto my mom made from a box for dinner. It’s terrible. So sticky. It’s like a grainy paste.
• Definitely Robin’s idea that they sit Indian style. Mike V seems to be taking a lot of responsibility, which could kill him.
• What kind of phones Eli? Oh….Sprint. I want to use my At&T phone to call Eli and tell him to get back in the kitchen! Hobits will scare people. Although Robin’s insistence on high fives might calm people down.
• Waiting for Michael I to say “Mission, because I want to do it missionary style with Jen.”
• Robin makes me laugh. Usually not on purpose though…
• Watching Jen’s team prep and I’m 95% sure they’re going to win. They’re menu is hearty and awesome, plus everyone seems on their game. Basically they don’t have Robin on their team….
• Jen never wants to talk to Tom and always claims it’s because they’re too busy. Real reason: The sexual tension is still rough from their one night stand.
• Wait a second! There are customers? Don’t think Laurine should be that surprised.
• REVOLT seems like a way for the V brothers to plug their own names…
• I like that Mike V doesn’t want to be cussed at, since he loves swearing! I never knew mike had this sensitive side. Must save it for the ladies.
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T! You’d get it if you didn’t suck Robin. But wait, Tobey liked it! Right now it looks like she is safer than I would like. If this team loses I think anyone could go home.
• Padma gave a look of such disdain for Laurine after she walked away without describing the first round of dishes. This will definitely come back to bite her in the butt. Padma is all about vengeance when it comes to judge’s table. Speaking of judge’s table, if Mike I comes in with his cocky attitude about this salt snafu he could be in for a world of hurt.
• The blue team is falling apart. I was way off on them. Thought they had their stuff together, but they’re not really operating well as a team. Kevin is definitely safe and Mike I will probably skate by, but Laurine and Jen should be worried. In Jen’s favor, though, she has a strong history that the judges seem to acknowledge. At least these guys know they lost.
• LOVE. LOVE . LOVE that the producers of this show decided to show Mike V’s hypocrisy. I commented on this earlier, but the way they executed it was amazing. His voiceover playing during his contrasting styles killed me.
Was it just me or did Padma ask the V brothers to tag team her? Maybe you heard compliments drooling from her mouth, but I envisioned something else… Um, their food. Duh! Of course Padma has a little something for Michael! She’s so happy. Can’t imagine her doing that same presentation for Robin. Honestly, I thought I was a condom she was holding up at first.
• What a big heart Mike V has. And if you disagree, well f*@% you! But please, no cursing.
• The first chink in Bryan’s zen like approach to life has shown through. He thinks his brother in unprofessional in the kitchen, which is probably accurate unless you’re Gordon Ramsey. Is this the crescendo before an explosion in a later episode? All signs point to Padma being interested. I mean all signs point to yes.
• I wonder if Padma will get up and slap Laurine in the face for the service. I’d say no, just because Padma prefers tongue lashings, either giving them or taking them from the V brothers.
• Jen’s performance at judge’s table is hard to watch. She really is broken. I can only imagine how Bill is doing, as he watches his girl toil in the wind. He’s actually in Colorado right now so he’s probably moseying south to give her a shoulder to cry on and a (graphic sex joke deleted).
• Ok, so Laurine is gone. Everyone else has too good of a track record to go home, except for Laurine. Not wavering from this opinion, regardless of what happens at the table.
• The Rock was rocked to the point where it couldn’t rock anymore. Bye Laurine.

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