Episode Report Card Daniel: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Whenever I Eat Hawaiian Food, I'm Always Hungry an Hour Later
By Daniel | Season 9 | Episode 6 | Aired on 08.02.2011
Entrees! Krupa brings up a nut-crusted pork loin with lentils and blanched bok choy. She sounds defeated even as she presents the Hawaiian bok choy-lentil dish. Jenna likes it, but she's all, "How is this Hawaiian?" and Ramsay seconds that emotion. Krupa just glumly clears her throat, while the rest of the team exchange glances.
Monterray's pork tenderloin with the mango-pineapple chutney is the wild-card, according to Paul. Ramsay looks at the small portion and wonders if Monterray's putting the women on a diet. Monterray lamely says he wanted something that was "light and fulfilling." But the women love it and think the portion size is perfect. Point for the Blue Team, clinching the challenge. Monterray returns to the kitchen to backslapping and grins, while Ramsay jokes that the secret to bringing out Monterray's cooking is to put three women in front of him.
So now the only question is whether the Blue Team can make it a clean sweep. They bring out the fish. Elise's looks great -- barbecue-seared scallops with guava chipotle sauce and bacon lardons. Diallo's all, "Did you say bacon?" and Elise blithely explains that yes, the bacon is in the sauce, and so Diallo passes. Ramsay reminds Elizabeth that Diallo's pescatarian. "Did you forget?" No good answer to THAT question. Yes, you're an idiot. No, you don't give a shit. She stammers out no answer, and Ramsay buries his head in his hands.
"I was under the impression we could mix them," she finally says, so we flashback to when she ASKED if they could mix them, and was told that no, they couldn't. Oh, the cruelty of the sinisterly-tinged flashback! "Elizabeth gave us the wrong ingredients, the wrong theme. Everything is wrong," says Jamie. And to top it all off, the women don't even like what's been given: too barbecuey, with undercooked scallops. Too barbecuey? That doesn't make any sense! NO SUCH THING AS TOO BARBECUEY! Take it back, Culver City High class of '91!
Anyway, this is a cinch for the Blue Team, with Will's great-looking banana-leaf-wrapped steamed opah (also known as Hawaiian moonfish) with a coconut-chili-lime maha sauce. The women declare it amazing and delish and gorgeous, and they love it so much they start flirting with Will. "I still think about it afterwards. I feel it in my mouth," says Jenna. I mean, come ON.
Elise is now wondering if Elizabeth was actually wearing earplugs during the meeting, while Paul is excited that not only did they get a clean sweep, but he LED them to that clean sweep. And the prize: "You'll be spending the day on a magnificent super-yacht." Four levels, including a Jacuzzi, and a fully stocked bar. Monterray says it feels like fireworks are going off inside him.