Normally I would have posted this elsewhere but despite the fact this is a fictional Japanese anime series it is a legitimate cooking show and a very entertaining one. It is the story of Soma Tsukuda an aspiring chef working in his father's neighborhood restaurant. His Father, Joichiro who is a world class chef suddenly temporarily closes his restaurant to take a job that requires him to travel the world. He he sends his son to a elite cooking school, that he is a alumni of, which only has a 10% graduation rate. The reason why I am posting this here is all of dishes you see are legitimate. This Anime series is based on a Japanese shonen manga of the same name where the recipes are supplied by Chef Yuki Morisaki. I have picked up on a number of things from the show, an example is Yuzu Kosho, green, and red, a wonderful chili citrus paste, it is sort of a Japanese Sriracha sauce, and Holy Basil. I actually prepared one of the dishes which on the series is called Yukihira-style Chaliapin Steak Don. It was amazing what it did with a round steak, and very simple to make. The first season is available on Crunchy Roll, which is available on Apple TV, Roku, not sure about Amazon Fire TV, or the Google Chromecast, and YouTube. The second season will air on Japanese TV this next spring I am really looking forward to it.
Be warned this show has a certain amount Japanese shonen cultural strangeness. It has a anime comedic element called Gainaxing, (look it up
) and when the food judges like the food the mentally blow off their cloths in a exaggerated version of Snuffles reaction to getting a dog treat in the Quick Draw McGraw cartoon. 
Be warned this show has a certain amount Japanese shonen cultural strangeness. It has a anime comedic element called Gainaxing, (look it up
) and when the food judges like the food the mentally blow off their cloths in a exaggerated version of Snuffles reaction to getting a dog treat in the Quick Draw McGraw cartoon. 
