Okay folks, 29-year-old brother Hung won last night's final Top Chef competition! Rocco DiSpirito was his sous chef. There was a pork belly melt down by one of the other contestants. Hung admits that getting told by the judges that his food had no soul hurt him -- like getting hit by a truck. Maybe that was a good thing.
He stepped things up and came through with this menu:
1) Prawns, Palm Sugar Coconut Glaze, Cucumber Radish Salad and Ocean Scented Rice
2) Hamachi, Potato Chips, Tomato Vinaigrette & Olive Oil Powder
3) Duck with Truffle Scented Broth & Mushroom Ragout
4) Chocolate Cake with Raspberry and Nougoutine Tuile
For more:
- Top Chef site on Bravo TV
- Baltimore Sun's blow-by-blow write up
- Nguoi Viet coverage (in Vietnamese)
- E! News quick round-up
- What is national identity blog posting on Hung and race/ethnicity
Rocco DiSpirito is hot! That's all I can comment on because I didn't watch Top Chef, so I can't say whether I'm impressed with Hung's culinary skills or not.
Posted by: Ashley | October 04, 2007 at 02:37 PM
Oh, yeah. Rocco always looks good. He's a good chef who unfortunately early on relied too much much on his appearances. He's working hard to climb back up into the upper echelons.
Posted by: Andrea Nguyen | October 04, 2007 at 02:58 PM
Have to agree with the judges, the molten chocolate cake is out of place in that menu. Personally, I would have made a coconut lime flan or pudding, served in that Nougatine Tuile. But that's just me.
Posted by: Lili | October 04, 2007 at 04:08 PM
I taped the show because I didn't have time to watch it. Today at the doctor's office the TV was tuned to the Top Chef Finale and I asked them to change the station. And today going through my blog reading rounds and adamantly avoiding anything with "Top Chef" in the title, yours spoiled it for me :(
Posted by: | October 04, 2007 at 11:34 PM
Sorry. You know the outcome but not all the juicy little details...
Posted by: Andrea Nguyen | October 05, 2007 at 10:11 AM
I rely on my TIVO so much that I totally forgot what day Top Chef airs! Finally watched it tonight...but had to avoid your blog all day Saturday and part of Sunday so that I would be surprised at the results.
;-)
jaden
Posted by: steamy kitchen | October 07, 2007 at 07:30 PM
Chocolate Cake with Raspberry and Nougoutine Tuile. Man it should be yummy :)
Thanks,
Steve - chefs coat
Posted by: chefs coat | August 18, 2010 at 10:09 PM