The Solution

It was Blondie - Just Go Away www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSB2O2Shts Thanks for entertaining my obsession - you are welcome back in my competotion

Nice effort. You got the spirit of the lyrics. Let's see if you can fix your dish in the time allotted here in LCK. Not Motley Crue, but from the last 70s/early 80s. Another shot here in LCK.

I feel like Tom has some kind of hard-on for vocal fry Bailey. What a poseur she is. Blech. Don't go away sad, don't go away mad. Just go away. Go away and stay away! (Bonus points for anyone who call tell me what I just quoted 😋)

Still liking the remaining cheftestants, even Massimo and Vinnie, and would have been willing to eat all of the dishes, even the misfires. That being said, I thought this week's EC was kind of a punk on the chefs. I'm not a big dessert/sweets/breakfast guy and I'm already sick of seeing those ingredients. I agreed with the win, and unfortunately, even the elimination. Seems like Zubair had a bad day but his ideas would have been good if executed well.

I've been able to watch on Peacock without incident other than the 5 million commercials, but you basically have that with most apps. Not a great episode of LCK, what with Sam's resignation, Anya's flameout, and Bailey's existence.

This is going to be one hell of a season! Not only are all the remaining chefs very likable; they are all very talented. I wanted to taste everything, even the misfires. (And if you remember me from past seasons, you know I'm the King of Snark, so that's sayin' something). That being said, I was very sorry to see Anya leave already. She had a very interesting perspective with a cuisine that is not at all familiar to me and doesn't seem like it would be very good. I thought this week's poor performance was more a matter of execution than flavor. Also glad to see Katianna's win. I am a big fan of anise flavor - ouzo, arak and sambuca are my 3 favorite liqueurs, having both Lebanese and Italian in my background - and I do enjoy when anise is incorporated into other dishes.

"Italians aren't white." It's something WASPs used to say about us that only an Italian like Lady Gaga could get away with. For me, this and WU were the only funny parts of the show, although Lady Gaga is a very talented performer, unlike last week's lapdancer.

I'm pretty sure that "musical guest" is the same chick that gave me a lapdance Thursday night. Except the lapdancer was a better singer.

It would have been nice if Chris Hayes had spoken more about his book, which I'm actually interested in, rather than wasting his time being an obsequious sycophant for Bill.

Man, Timothee Chalamet is mad funny! I didn't think anyone could be funnier than Dave Chappelle until I saw those two Bob Dylan bits. Why didn't anyone say that movie was supposed to be a comedy? (The twink boyfriend sitting on Grandma's face bit was pretty good too!)

The book he and Bill were showing was released last week.

Yeah, Montreal actually has edible food.

Yeah, it's been a minute since I posted here. (Watch this get removed.)

Dammit! Whose dick did worthless Manny suck? I haven't watched LCK yet, but I do hope Michelle gets another chance. First Soo (who I wasn't a fan of at first due to the way he came in, but grew to admire due to his talents), and now Michelle? Maybe Top Chef needs to give itself a big re-think before new season.

As much as I would have preferred being a chef, being a back office business person was always my role in a restaurant, and these tasks were always my responsibility and not fun. Dealing with this professionally convinced me that I did not want to open my own restaurant (although Cleveland was quite the hotspot in the 90s/early 2000s and I was a damn good cook). That being said, I rewatched the Restaurant Wars from the previous season, at least to prove to myself that I was not such a terrible elderly curmudgeon for my views on this season's RW. Last season's RW was 100% better than this season's, and this is due to the producers, not the chefs. Also, as someone used to high-end restaurants, I can say that I would never return to a restaurant who gave me such a tortured and rushed experience as these two did as long as they gave me complimentary wine/appetizers while I was waiting, (I'm also a practitioner of CPT). I go to a high-end restaurant to relax - if you give me wine and eats, I ain't watchin' the clock. Again, I blame the producers for this and not the chefs. Okay, rant over. I'm gonna go back to watching basketball if it's still on. Go Cavs and Pacers (although Celtics and Knicks are gonna win - even though the Cavs pummeled the Celtics on Thursday.)