Gene DiRoma wrote:

I am very surprised that Joey would like on TV as he did. He told the camera that he HAD done some desserts and he was going to pull off one he was very familiar with. That is fine, however, when the judges were in front of him, he lied and said I don't Know about desserts, so I am really out of my element or whatever he said, however, whatever he said, he lied.
Shame on him - winning by trickery is not winning its stealing!

posted on July 19, 2007 at 6:43 PM

gidsie wrote:

don't know why Hung feels he is a better chef than the other contestants.
he's always too full of himself and never open to criticism/correction.
imagine him insinuating that a judge who has been in the businness long
b4 him is confused, simply bcos his own idea of "sweetness going together with creaminess" will not pull thru with the judge.
i think he's too arrogant and will end up a "chopped chef"

posted on July 26, 2007 at 2:47 PM

Wanda wrote:

This recipe is a joke ! How could Hung have lived in Puerto Rico and not make a good sofrito for the arroz con pollo ? That is the base of most of our dishes and I am sure that he would have been able to find all the ingredients for Sofrito in Miami. Arroz con pollo is usually a very moist and hearty dish. Even on tv I could see how dry and underseasoned the dish was ! and then not even make some good stewed beans or fried plantains to go with it ? With this fiasco of a dish he just proved that he is arrogant! If he wants to claim to be able to cook Caribbean food he better go back to Puerto Rico, get off his high horse and cook for a year with the truly talented keepers of our cuisine traditions, the owners of Fondas and kiosks in Pinones. Until then, please do not butcher my heritage !

posted on July 29, 2007 at 8:32 PM

Eli wrote:

He failure with the Rice and Chicken recipe because he used Basmati rice and, for example in Puerto Rico, we used regular rice.

posted on July 30, 2007 at 9:48 AM

jinx wrote:

this recipe is a joke its way too bland and not enough flavor, he doesnt know how to cook spanish food, this is ridicolous he is far off the course of cooking in this catogory....he is 2 arrogrant and he needs to get chopped off to teach him a lesson!!! he needs to try his own food and see how he reacts this is not the next top chef!!!!

posted on July 31, 2007 at 9:29 PM

Aracelis Clemente wrote:

Hung, your arrongance is disturbing to say the least. In my opinion you were borderline disrespectful to a judge whose heritage you obviously do not understand. Kudos to the judge for her composure and pleasant manners. Your misrepresentation of how to make arroz con pollo is a disgrace to the PR community. If you trully spent any time in PR then you would have known how to cook the rice. Still, the fact that you cooked it wrong is not as bad as your claim to know you cooked it right. Learn some humility, it will take you a long ways. Just in case your arrongance stills blind you remember that it takes less than an hour to make arroz con pollo and just in case you missed this part while in PR remember puertorrican rice is best cooked in a cast iron pot and if you can make your spoon stand on its own while the water is boiling with all its ingriedints in it then you have the right amount of water. Understand that your arrogance is worst than your cooking and that is scary.

posted on August 8, 2007 at 2:43 PM

Mar wrote:

I have no idea where Hung got that recipe but that is NOT arroz con pollo. Im a great cook, am latina and have been watching all the great cooks in my family make it, and its not like that. Also I agree he is full of himself, I love all the other cooks and think they each have a fair chance of winning...They each bring something different but hung, no way....sorry.

posted on August 10, 2007 at 4:48 PM

Maia wrote:

Way to go Hung! You are very talented and you are very energetic. It's clear you love to cook and are just enthusiastic about life! I love that spirit! Forget about the naysayers, just be a good, enthusiastic person and keep on cooking! You are so talented.

posted on August 27, 2007 at 9:09 AM

Sarah wrote:

Are you kidding me???? That's not "arroz con pollo"! What about the sofrito??? What's that about chorizo being incorporated into the dish? Not in my book. I lived on the Island for 37 yrs., my family is Puertoriquena, and I have never seen arroz con pollo made like this. Please people, for those who don't know, this in not the way to make one of Puerto Rico's most flavor-able and popular dishes.

posted on September 9, 2007 at 11:31 AM

KIMBERLY wrote:

I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS AN INSULT THAT HUNG BEING A CHEF MESSED UP THE ARROZ CON POLLO, I HAVE EATEN PUERTO RICAN STYLE ARROZ CON POLLO AND THE RICE ONE CANNOT BE NEITHER TO MUSHY OR DRY YOU'D KILL THE DISH, HUNG IS COOL BUT A BIT ARROGANT BUT THE MAN CAN COOK JUST SHAME ON HIM FOR HAVING THE RICE DRY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO COOK RICE AT THE RIGHT CONSISTANCE THEN YOUR IN A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.

posted on September 13, 2007 at 3:42 PM

Rush wrote:

Haters! Way to go, Hung! I'm rooting for you; been rooting for you since day one. I think you're arrogance is simply a mark of great confidence, everyone expresses themselves differently and I just get you, dude! I love your energy in the kitchen, and your constant search for perfection - you make me wanna get up and cook!! lol! And for all you Hung-haters out here; even the very best stumble every once in a while - and that includes the judges!! :)

posted on October 2, 2007 at 3:49 PM

mimi wrote:

i loved the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was reluctant to try it because of the bad reviews from the judges but it was delicious! my husband is latino and when i served it to him he said" woah, baby where did you learn to cook that!" Go HUNG!!!!!!! Forget the haters!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted on October 11, 2007 at 3:15 PM

slobone wrote:

Is this the recipe he used on the show? Hard to imagine a "classically trained" chef using a packet of sazon, that's the way my brother-in-law cooks!

posted on December 10, 2007 at 7:39 PM

Anita wrote:

I'm from Spain. My favourite dish is "arroz con pollo". That dish is very traditional in Spanish cooking. I cook my grandmother's recipe, but this one is different completly. Where did he learn it? Anyway, I have to prove Huang's recipe.

posted on February 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM

lisa wrote:

If he or another top chef is going to make a traditional cultural dish they should at least make it there business to come close to the real thing. Being puertorican I personally don’t put the chicken in the oven when I make this meal and UP MOST important you gotta have a sofrito. I also use long grain rice, and other spices but this way is different.

posted on May 9, 2008 at 10:02 AM

fiorella wrote:

I am still wondering where did you got this recipe, this is one of the traditional dishes from Lima, Peru however it is made in a completely different way.

If you are curios enough, take a look at the 4th Gastronomic Festival held in Spain, you may find that Peruvian food ended as the 3rd best cuisine in the world, rich in flavor, colors, textures and mixes that you would never imagine.

posted on June 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM