Episode
Iron Chef: Chen vs Hideki Ohsako (Mushroom Battle)
Overview
Aguri Suzuki (Race car driver) and Ukyo Katayama (Race car Driver) recommend the hybrid French-Italian challenger. Osako is a heavyweight contender out to challenge Iron Chef Chinese in this mushroom battle.
Details
- Series
- Iron Chef
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 1994-09-02
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Chen vs Hideki Ohsako (Mushroom Battle) is Episode 34 in Season 2 of Iron Chef. It aired on 1994-09-02. The runtime is 30 min.
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