Rokusaburo Michiba

So fast-forward six months later, I found myself on a plane with my family headed for Tokyo, and I did indeed battle the Iron Chef.

His name is Rokusaburo Michiba.

He's the meanest, scariest Japanese Iron Chef in existence.

And I came, you know, with my American barbecue, and, uh, he did this ... ferociously complicated, volcanic-looking dish with lobsters and mushrooms and very expensive ingredients, very elaborate.