Iron Wok Jan #10 (Iron Wok Jan!)

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Summary: Get your "Iron Chef" fix
Review: So, this is volume three in the Iron Wok Jan series- a new one seems to be coming out about every month. The basics: It's about 200 pages, B&W, with the original Japanese panel ordering (i.e. the whole thing is backwards). It's cooking manga, completely over the top, filled with bizarre characters making even more bizarre foods. And it's a blast. It's unabashedly an Iron Chef rip-off, with this volume taking place entirely during a cooking tournament (with some flashbacks to the chefs involved in training). It's breezy, fun, and passes the "would my significant other enjoy it?" test with flying colors.

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Summary: Expertly served up, with lots of ham
Review: This is volume one of the "Iron Wok Jan" series- new volumes are coming out on a monthly basis. It's a bit shy of 200 pages, b&w, in the original Japanese format (that is, backwards). This volume introduces us to cocky young chef Jan, who cooks only to defeat his opponents! If this sounds over the top, it assuredly is- but you'll be caught up in the high melodrama and the bizarre recipes. Now that Food Network is out of new episodes of "Iron Chef," there's no better place to get that "they're eating what?!" thrill.