Episode
Iron Chef: Kobe vs. Yosei Watanabe (Mango Battle)
Overview
The challenger is one of the few Mexican food specialists in Tokyo. He opened the first restaurant dedicated to Latin cuisine. He specializes in authentic Mexican food, rather than American versions of Latin cuisine. This is a Latin duel in Kitchen Stadium
Details
- Series
- Iron Chef
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1998-05-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Kobe vs. Yosei Watanabe (Mango Battle) is Episode 16 in Season 6 of Iron Chef. It aired on 1998-05-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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