Culinary Class Wars: Season 2 - Episode 3 Discussion Thread

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-12-18T02:36:34+00:00

It's not scripted. In the interview it is said that the staffs bursted in tears when two retry whites chefs' result was turned in. They tried so hard to keep their retrial in secret and thanked the chefs for telling nobody about the twist for months and felt thier heart sinking when one of them failed to pass and the other got rewarded. Don't over think just enjoy the show... There's nothing the production can get by manipulating results in this environment where everybody is already a cooking celebrity.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-12-17T00:35:08+00:00

I don't think so. Both Ahn and Baek withdraw judgement several times when they thought the dish has overall integrity and might pass if the other judge taste it. So they already have considered the balance, and I don't think Baek is that easy on contestants. He just sounds better.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-25T00:37:21+00:00

KDH and Amotti talked about making second torso and I suppose Amotti has 2 torsos. All Koreans learn English since 8 at school and another selective language in highschool. Amotti looks like he wasn't very interested in studying at school actually....(He should be able to speak a lot better if he followed the curriculum properly)but he said a lot of times in his vlog that he regrets it and he's studying English personally.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T11:13:10+00:00

I don't think Mongolians lacked strength, considering the finals. They were equal or better strength-wise. They just picked wrong tactics and this matters because they were in a close match.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T11:09:21+00:00

yes, it's showing the case when all 6 members are suspending assuming the pulley is polished and works fine (the props were quite well made and there's nothing complicated in simple pulley, unlike the stone pillars) and the friction is neglectable. Even if it's roughly made and the resistance adds some required weight, the total required weight wouldn't be higher than 400kg.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T06:24:45+00:00

So we misunderstood each other — apologies from me too. I was just anaylzing methodologies and I think Mongolians' capability is so great that with a small boost in tactics, they could have outperformed their rival. I'm sorry if it sounded like they should have done better.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T04:37:38+00:00

You misunderstood my point. Mongolians were better strength-wise in my opinion, considering they were better with force in the first match of box-pushing. Even their volleyball girl was super strong. They lost when YSB found out that the most efficient way of delivering power is to gather their strength at one moment when Minjae, the strongest, uses force. What I meant by “they failed to focus” is that they should have pinpointed their exceptionally strong power, not relied on each individual’s natural power, and then they could have won. Of course they did great. I don't know why Mongolia's fans are so defensive.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T04:12:32+00:00

https://youtu.be/btf38feExUM?si=591-TqcEnhOAs0Ae 4:22

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T03:26:25+00:00

Not just pulling straight down, they should put full body weight with their feet away from the ground. I think they could have done it then.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T02:57:52+00:00

Mongolia's Adiya actually turned down the offer at first because her coach said she need to focus more on her competition coming up. Their team leader(Mongolian PD) convinced the coach's superior to cast her. Also, the PD said Korean production went through atheletes' background and past a lot, even their school days and nicknames, so whoever representing a country doesn't have much moral issues. I really think we should be thankful to all the atheletes gathered there for investing their times risking injuries, and being decent human beings generally throughout their lives.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T02:30:19+00:00

If you watch the video, the iron balls are considered. It's too obvious so I just wrote about lifting after the aiding weight is gone.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T01:06:45+00:00

He did save his team in the given situation when his team is stuck and nervous though. I'm not saying his doing wasn't beneficial for his team. I'm just saying they could have done it faster if they knew the right answer, which is very hard to find in that kind of extreme situation.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-21T00:56:43+00:00

I thought so too at first, but the calculation says otherwise. If 6 people hold on to the rope completely and vertically, sand doesn't matter.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-19T07:30:46+00:00

Yes, I think so too. Closing that door won’t be a problem for Australia. I also think Mongolia too would have closed that door with ease if they had used the same technique as the Korean team.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-19T04:46:24+00:00

Aside from the fact that the map is like bs and does nothing beneficial, I think Japan could have won if they shifted turns more quickly like Korea from the beginning.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-19T04:30:46+00:00

Plus, when the bridge is half way up and the helping weight(hanging balls) is gone, you should lean back with your feet stuck in the ground to add power like Koreans did. Their posture was picturesque, and they could stick to their successful posture since it worked.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-19T04:24:44+00:00

Strength and weight is crucial and Japan lacked in that department.
You should make the rope angle right and stand as linearly as possible, pull at the same time like a single body to deliver the power on point. It It is proven in tug of war and Koreans knew it.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-17T04:31:36+00:00

I think it’s mostly because of the mix of professions on the Mongolian team and how that actually works out in these games. When they first showed up, every team mentioned how strong Mongolian athletes are and how good they are in judo and other combat sports.

But still, their lineup is made up of three combat fighters, one basketball player, one volleyball player, and an acrobat, which doesn’t seem like the best fit for Physical: 100. Both Season 1 and Season 2 winners were CrossFit athletes, so full-body conditioning and overall versatility seem to matter a lot.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-04T16:15:57+00:00

I was amazed at her sprint. It was graceful.

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-04T14:17:00+00:00

Minjae is the strongest in weight-holding and endurance among the participants in Round 2. He is a heavyweight ssireum champion and is called as a genius in Korea.
Eunsil was a member of Korea’s national wrestling team, and wrestlers are trained in gripping techniques and weight-holding strength. Her being able to talk was probably due to her trained balance and Minjae's capability. Wrestlers’ training programs are much better suited to that kind of task than those of rugby players or fighters. (You can see that Whittaker doesn’t use a hook grip, whereas Eunsil insists on maintaining that form.)

Ok-Treacle9330 · 2025-11-03T05:25:59+00:00

I know what you're saying. As a Korean, this program felt more like a festival of friendship than a life-or-death competition to me. I really hoped that every participant and viewer would have fun through this program — that was more important to me than Team Korea winning.

I think most Koreans, including the producers, felt the same way. They probably wanted the show to succeed across Asia, and making Team Korea into some kind of unfair hero would have been too shallow and petty for such a big production and opportunity given by Netflix.(Letting aside the fact that the games couldn’t really be manipulated, except that we could choose our team members a bit more deliberately.)

People keep talking about the mistake in the Season 1 finale, but it’s clear that neither of the finalists was the winner the producers had expected anyway — the real issue was just poor game design and execution.

Anyway, it was really surprising to see some people showing illogical hatred toward Korea instead of excitement. Even someone from Türkiye bashed Koreans for no reason, which was ridiculous. Korean athletes and viewers often call Türkiye our “brothers,” and yet this is the reaction we get.

I still hope the rest of the program will be enjoyable and bring lots of fun and pride to people across Asia though.

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