Top Chef DC

Not sure if you know by now, but last month, it was confirmed that the next top chef would be in DC. Well they started filming now. I think this is pretty cool and it would be better if I got to sneak into one of their "restaurant wars" episodes. Especially if I got to eat good food and meet Padma and Gail Simmons. Well I'll leave Padma to Web and his Indian Girl Fetish.

From Wiki:

The show will bring 17 contestants, similar to prior seasons, but this time one of the contestants will be a Top Chef "veteran", who participated in one of the prior editions (and didn't win). It has been also reported that classic episodes such as Restaurant Wars and Wedding Wars will return. The Finale is planned to happen in Montreal, Canada. It will bring five chefs and will be comprised of three episodes (instead of two).

DC is an up and coming restaurant city but has plenty of catching up compared to NY and SF. But the fact that Top Chef is in DC gives us a promising future for more awesome restaurants.

Well if you want to stalk where they are, here's a google map of where they're staying and where they have been to so far. (Been there's everywhere!)

Also some other DC restaurant links to waste some more time.

Top 100 Restaurants

Upcoming Ray's Restuarants

Next Food Challenge?!

There's been talk about the next food challenge. At least three people I know say they can beat Mauers time of 13:50. Others have offered challenges in different foods. What should be the next eating challenge? Put in your votes or suggestions in the comments below.

Hot Dog



McGangBang



Double down again?



Or maybe the Double Double Double-Down Challenge!

The Double Down Challenge!!!!

Yesterday was a lazy Sunday afternoon. After the usual Saturday night of drinking, typically what happens is a lazy sunday with pho for lunch (THE hangover cure) and followed by overall laziness on the couch with some tv watching. When word came out that KFC was going to have the double down in all it's glory on the new menu, Mauer thought he could tackle 3 double downs in 3 minutes. Now Mauer usually has big talk moments (BTMs) all the time, but looked confident he could do 3 double downs in 3 mins. Now this is the man that has done 2 Chipotle Burritos in 5 min and the first one was down with ease in a little over a minute. Willie on the other hand, heard about this challenge and was ready to compete. Willie dominated 3 baconators in one sitting and was ready for Mauer. With all this talk in the house nicknamed "the Castro", Tim challenged Web to first one to eat 3 wins $500. The ante had been upped! But Web denied the bet, but out of pride, all 4 were ready to compete! Challenge time, 9:00 PM EST.

The competitors:

Mauer aka big softy: Known for eating absurbs amount of food from DC to WVU to Arizona, he is a man, in the right time and place, can dominate any food you put in front of him. I've seen him eat 2 chipotle burritos in 1 sitting and in Arizona, he ate 2.5 huge late night burritos from a 24 hour burrito spot called Los Betos. ASU kids were all extremely impressed.

C-Web: Not necessarily the biggest eater of the group, but he was there, got caught up in the hype and was down. Said he felt "good" before the challenge.

Tim: Smaller in stature, big appetite. Him and Mauer had a hot dog contest senior year in high school and was beating him! Until he threw up and DQ'd.

Willie B: Man came into challenge with 3 baconators in one sitting after a long day of drinking at a concert. For the double down, he was ready to eat, he had been drinking since 2 o'clock that day. Do not underestimate the man.

The double down: Here are the facts.

Sandwich	Calories	Fat (g)	Sodium (mg)
KFC Original Recipe® Double Down	540	32	1380

Now if you multiply that times 3, you get 1620 Calories, 69 Grams of Fat, 4290 mg of Sodium. I'm no health nut, but that sounds atrocious.

Total Cost:














Here is the 2 part video which is about 13 minutes long of what ensued.






Your winner, Mauer with the time of 13:50, followed by Willie a second later. C-Web got through 1.75 and Tim puked, but then finished the race cool runnings style.

Some extra facts: We ordered 15 but they only had 12 left. Everyone was comatose right after the challenge. Web pulled the trigger right after before he went to bed.