Masterchef Singapore Recaps!!!

I'm not going to lie: I briefly considered retiring this recap series because this season of Masterchef has been KIND OF MEH so far. Weird challenge mechanics, RuPaul's drag race reality TV editing, generic dishes... it's lost something. And the first half of this episode is COMPLETELY that, only, and you have to trust me here, to be triumphantly redeemed by the second half. In fact, I left today's episode going: FUCKING FINALLY, some CULTURE, some PIZAZZ, some LIFE, and CREATIVITY, and SINGAPORE FLAVOURS. Sadly we're going to have to wade through the first half to get there, which I'll try to do in as summary and entertaining a fashion as possible, which trust me, is very hard to do for what is essentially half an hour of people panicking over canapés, which on any given day is literally the dictionary definition of: COULD NOT CARE LESS.  Team Challenge! We kick off the episode at the Fullerton Bay Hotel, so you know this is going to be some bougie bullshit. Tr...

TLDR: Pan Fried Seabass, Not Enough Salt, But Lots of Tears, Don't serve white rice on Masterchef The Cast The heroes from Episode 1 are joined by the other finalists we haven't gotten to meet yet: there's Danial, son of none other than DIANA QUEEN OF THE HOME COOKS from Season 1, who together with the other sambal queens turned out plate after plate of assured, beautiful modern Malay dishes. Then there's Vasun who's sassy, sharp, and wants to open a "modern thosai cafe," which, excuse me yes. Then there's Ganesh, a former SAF man who is also all about the spice or, as Bjorn kind of problematically puts it: "big boy big flavours," which, I dunno, Bjorn, big mouth bad jokes? The cast is rounded up with Zephyr and Melissa who don't seem at all uninteresting but might as well not have been on this episode (sorry ladies, I'm sure your moment will come in the next one, if the producers allow). Round One: Mystery Box ! The first challenge t...