![]() ![]() It’s the juxtaposition of salted plum rice with the steak and minced onions that’s so enticing, or the double umami of cheese and kelp in an onigiri. The characters tend to describe what the dish is doing while they experience horny versions of the climactic scene in Ratatouille. In another, a naked man is tightly embraced by a giant eel. In one scene, student Takodoro Megumi eats honey-braised beef, and she’s transported to a field where bees with Yukihira’s face pour honey over her as she moans in pleasure. It’s a literal foodgasm - characters’ clothes fly off, they move ecstatically as waves of curry wash over them, and there’s a lot of breast-heaving and glistening muscles. Instead, Food Wars! resorts to elaborate, often sexual scenes of food tasting (this is a show for teenage boys, first and foremost). But knowing that Yukihira has created Jello-cubes out of chicken stock, or that Takumi Aldini has stuffed his turmeric linguini with parmesan cheese, is not enough to express what it would feel like to actually taste those dishes. The show takes meticulous care to explain the technique and flavoring behind each dish the students create, thanks to collaborations with chef Yuki Morisaki. He also has a tendency to challenge his fellow students to food wars - battles to see who can create the most delicious dish. Yukihira is an incredibly creative chef, typically elevating common diner dishes to extreme culinary heights and surprising his more traditional classmates. Teenager Yukihira Soma, who works at his dad’s diner, begins attending the elite Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, where he is surrounded by rich kids hellbent on mastering fine cuisine. But only after watching anime characters writhe around in the nude after eating amazing noodles on Food Wars!.įood Wars! (or Shokugeki no Soma), based on a Manga with the same name and available to stream on Netflix, is basically what happens when you combine Harry Potter and Iron Chef. And while my critic colleagues do a masterful job of describing just why a certain taco or steak is satisfying, I’ve often wondered if the written word is the most effective medium to describe the sensations of eating, and recently decided that, no, it’s not. Unlike agreeing with someone that the sky is blue, I can’t exactly point in my mouth to tell if another person is tasting what I’m tasting. One problem is that taste might be the most subjective personal sense. My instinct is to say the mushrooms were really. I can get you some basic adjectives, telling you the apple I just ate was crispy and juicy, or that the ramen I ordered for dinner last night was rich and the mushrooms in it had an earthy taste, but mostly I’m stuck with the obvious descriptors as opposed to the specific things that the food made me feel. You’d think being good at conveying how food tastes would be a core component of my job as an Eater writer, but I am ashamed to say I think I’m awful at it. ![]()
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