The American version certainly tries but really, it just can't capture the cute goofiness of the original - especially when you know the actual host/guests/chefs were taking things so seriously but the english dubbing was anything but.
Besides watching people eat some of those dishes was entertaining in and of itself - the American show isn't quite so gastronomically extreme, I find. (Or at least it's more appealing to my Western palate...I can envision actually eating some of their food, unlike the original.)
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