(latin music)
- No. (man chuckles)
- My name is Rod.
I'm South Central Los Angeles, born and raised.
I'm here to make the ceviche, to take the crown.
- My name is Jaime Corona and I'm the returning champ.
Previous time was carne asada.
- My name is Robert Alvarez and I'm back to win it.
- What makes the best ceviche is
you gotta separate them out,
cook your shrimp first or make that thing marinate,
and then you gotta put salt on the vegetables
and let the water and the juices flow.
- I think the perfect ceviche is not heavy when you eat it.
- Ceviche is one of my favorite foods
and I been doing it for a while.
- Bad ceviche is because it's overpower in the condiments,
too much onion, too much tomatoes.
- I had some bad ceviche with no flavor.
They think just by adding lemon and salt,
it's gonna be a ceviche.
- The biggest mistake is
people put the avocado in early.
- So we have a catering business.
We do tacos and enchiladas.
For the ceviche that we do,
it has our Michelada mix in there, El Pariente's mix.
- The best ceviche to me, obviously, is the one that I made.
- My ceviche is
(bell rings) 100% good.
- They're gonna get a bite of the ceviche,
gonna put it in their mouth,
and they're just gonna go, "Aw, man."
- To my opponents, I wish them luck.
- Good luck out there. (air whooshing)
(air whooshing)
- It looks like my little nephew put it together,
just got some chips, broke them apart,
put the ceviche on top, like when you tell them,
"Hey, go get me some ceviche real quick."
- It looks good.
It has plenty of color in there.
Seems like it has the right ingredients.
- A little salty.
- Tastes pretty good.
- Gotta get a little bit of all the ingredents
to get a proper taste.
(chip crunching)
- It's lacking a little flavor to it.
This is lacking the crunch of it.
Soggy, but it's good.
- I think it was all right.
Tostada chip, I like the crunchiness behind it
to help me with the textures.
- It's missing some ingredients.
I can't really say what it is.
- And I feel like it could use a little more seasoning,
even though it's a little salty.
Maybe there's not enough tomatoes, is what it is.
- It's missing the avocado.
Other than that, it's good.
- Maybe some more onions.
(bubble pops) I like onions.
- It's got that fishy flavor to it. (laughs)
- I know what it's missing.
That kick (foot thuds)
with the jalapenos.
- On a scale of one to 10, I would probably rate it a six.
(bell dings)
- So if I had to rate it,
okay, I'll give it a six. (bell dings)
The crown is mine, can you see it?
- This is pretty good competition, to tell you the truth.
Having second thoughts about my own ceviche now. (laughs)
(air whooshing)
- All right, so far, I kinda like the avocado spread,
the way it's like that.
- Let's see.
(chip crunches) - Let me try this out.
Super diced up, which scares me.
Ceviche has no flavor.
It needs more lemon.
It has no spice.
- (crunches) No, yeah, no kick.
Where's the kick at?
- Ceviche has to have some spice on it.
- I don't really taste the lemon.
Yeah, I don't know, this one feels real bland.
I don't feel no salt in it at all.
(record scratches)
- I think the ceviche's missing flavor.
- I'm tasting a lot of cilantro in here.
Yeah, I'm done with this one.
- No chili, no spice.
- If I gave this to my family,
they'd throw it back at me like, "Yo, what the heck is this?
"You better go to the store
"and get something at Albertsons."
- If I would give that to my family, they would not eat it.
- That's a no-go.
- Ooh, one to 10?
A three. (bell dings)
Seems like they just grabbed it from a can or something,
just threw it in here. (laughs)
- Ah yeah, five, I'll give it a five
(bell dings) just to be courteous, but
(laughing) I already won, I can tell.
(air whooshing)
- Let's try this other one.
- This one, the camaron is a little bit too big.
It kinda looks like an aguachile, not a ceviche.
Let's try it.
(chip crunching)
- Okay, this one has avocado,
but it's lacking the flavors of
what the ceviche's supposed to taste like.
This one's better.
The only thing, this one seems like
they made a guacamole sauce and threw it in there.
- It feels a little undercooked with the citrus juices.
- Ceviche has to have cucumber.
I don't see cucumber in this one.
- The other one has more flavor to it.
I don't know if it's the salt
that this one is lacking, the salt.
- Overall, it's all right.
- I guess it's okay.
- The camarones are little bit too big.
Add some cucumber, more chili.
- I hope I can hold the crown
and I hope they like my ceviche.
- My family'll probably eat it, but they will not enjoy it.
- I will rate this
probably a five. (bell dings)
Mine's better. - I will give this one
a five. (bell dings)
I think mine's way better, sorry, guys.
(air whooshing)
(bell dinging)
- [Man Behind Camera] You're sitting right there
because you won! (air horn blows)
- Got it, told you guys. (people applauding)
Feels good, it feels good.
Now if you guys want some good ceviche,
you gotta look for my Michelada mix
and that gives it the flavor, El Pariente's mix.
Man, you guys need to work on your ceviches.
Just add a little bit more flavor,
add a little bit more chili.
To the family, you guys are lucky you guys have a good dad
that cooks good, makes some good ceviche.
- [Child] Pero Like.