Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leadr knows that you were all at home last night watching Iron Chef America. What? Even after he told you it was going to be a Morimoto Vs. Donna battle you still didn’t watch?

Losers.

Well, your Maximum Leader and Mrs. Villain watched. And was it interesting. The secret ingredient was scallops. They had a great variety of bay and sea scallops. The early part of the battle went well for both chefs. But around the half-way mark you could tell that Chef Donna was running out of time. Morimoto and his sous-chefs were working like a madmen. Donna and his sous-chefs didn’t appear to be hurried.

And that killed Donna.

He ran out of time.

Roberto Donna ran out of time. He didn’t complete but two (count ‘em 2) of the required 5 (count ‘em five) dishes! Morimoto got his five. But Donna just got two. It was very sad really. Very very sad. Your Maximum Leader could hardly believe it. It struck your Maximum Leader that Donna hadn’t practised in a timed setting. That one hour is a killer. When your Maximum Leader ate at Donna’s Labortorio, it was a slow process. Donna didn’t rush. He and his assistants prepared the food. Talked about the food. They didn’t hurry anything. That was the same Roberto Donna your Maximum Leader saw on Iron Chef last night.

So, while Morimoto came away with a victory, it wasn’t what your Maximum Leader had hoped. It was something of an empty victory. Your Maximum Leader hopes that Chef Donna will be invited back for either a rematch - or a new battle with a different chef. (Your Maximum Leader would love to see Donna duke it out against Bobby Flay. Damn, your Maximum Leader can’t stand Bobby Flay. Flay is a great cook - and your Maximum Leader has even learned a thing or two from him about grilling vegetables - but he is an annoying bastard mostly.)

Carry on.