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Clips from Top Chef - Restaurant Wars (S19E19)

"I celebrate my birthday with carrot cake."
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"This is the best carrot cake I've ever had. Hands down."
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"I mean, it was absolutely delicious."
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"Thank you."
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"Ashleigh, you expedited so it was a woman-led kitchen."
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"And you made the salmon and you made the gumbo."
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"Why did you choose to do salmon?"
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"We needed a raw dish and salmon tartare is"
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"what got me back in the game."
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"So that was part of why I chose"
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"to make salmon tartare."
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"Salmon tartare isn't something necessarily"
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"that I associate with the South, but you took it there"
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"with the peaches and the buttermilk."
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"I kind of just wish it was a little punchier."
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"Great idea. Maybe a little re-work."
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"PADMA; Now we're going to talk about that gumbo."
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"I'll keep this really simple. It was delicious."
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"And I know that that Leah Chase"
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"was one of the matriarchs sitting over your shoulder"
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"and she's smiling at you right now."
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"Thank you."
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"I want more right now."
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"When the gumbo came to the table,"
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"the color was so enticing and the depth of flavor,"
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"it was so bold. And I thought that,"
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"I mean, this was the anchor of the menu."
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"It left me wanting more."
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"I mean, it was incredible."
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"The greens were cooked perfect"
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"and it was a perfect blend of everything."
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"-I just wanted more. -Thank you."
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"You all are truly amazing chefs."
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"But there was one chef who was instrumental."
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"And the winning chef today is..."
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"Ashleigh."
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"That feels good. Good, good, good."
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"This is the first time that I haven't,"
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"like, watered down my food."
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"-Congratulations, Ashleigh. -Thank you so much."
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"It feels like I'm, like,"
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"proving a little something here."
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"I love it."
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"Hopefully it helps me with these"
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"other challenges going forward."
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"Matriarc, baby."
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"Thank you guys so much."
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"You can step to the side."
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"No Nem, please step forward."
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"Team No Nem,"
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"your restaurant was our least favorite of the day."
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"And one of you will be going home."
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"♪♪♪"
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"Team No Nem."
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"There was a lot of good food and elements of your restaurant."
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"But let's talk about concept."
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"Jae, you picked this team."
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"I picked the members but Jackson kind of give an idea."
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"Which was?"
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"Southeast Asian inspired, family style."
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"Was there an executive chef?"
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"I was lead in the kitchen."
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"How did you decide to serve two courses at once?"
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"That was my idea. It just kind of dawned on me"
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"that these two bites were very small."
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"But this is the perfect time to get in there."
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"You show up with a tray of pani puri"
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"and walk down the table and say,"
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""Pani Puri, this is what we're serving tonight,"
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"welcome to the restaurant.""
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"You seemed to be a little uneasy"
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"about when to actually engage with our table."
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"My goal was to treat you exactly like a normal table."
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"Understandably so but a good front house person"
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"knows when to actually get in there or not."
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"Sure."
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"Now I want to talk about the Pani puri."
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"Evelyn, I think you nailed the Puri part of it."
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"Pani is the Hindi word for water"
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"and that is a crucial element."
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"I should have just put more of the vinaigrette."
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"Yeah. Yeah."
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"Then we have the summer roll that you made, Jae."
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"The fish was, it was really fresh."
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"It was nicely cut."
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"And the sauce just tied it all together."
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"Thank you."
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"You have quite a way with sauces."
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"And that leads us to the cabbage and fish curry."
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"Luke."
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"I wanted to, of course, marry the flavors"
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"that I did not know, that Evelyn taught me"
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"with the fish that I knew how to cook."
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"I felt like there was no salt on that fish at all."
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"I think you're caught between a couple of cuisines here."
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"If you're gonna want that fish to stand up to the curry"
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"it needs to have a punch."
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"Did anybody else on the team try the dish together?"
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"Yes, we all tried."
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"And you thought it was seasoned?"
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"I actually thought it was over-seasoned."
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"Who made the sausage?"
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"Oh, it's between me and Evelyn."
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"It was his recipe and then I added my taste,"
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"flavor into it."
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"-And who made the sauce? -I did."
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"This was a very successful course."
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"Both the sausage, the seasoning"
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"and that beautiful sauce."
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"You really know your way around a condiment, Jae."
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"Your nem was the star of the show,"
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"as it should have been."
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"I would come back to your restaurant"
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"several nights of the month just for that dish."
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"Thank you."
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"Who did the dessert?"
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"I thought your shortbread was well-made."
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"I got the lime and I liked the break of it."
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"I guess I just found it uninspired."
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"And I wish there had just been a bit more of a point of view."
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