probably a reference to a live cooking show in japan?

Yes, a certain episode of "Chuubou Desuyo!".

See: http://blog.livedoor.jp/aoba_f/archives/32972179.html

I think what the ponytail Isokaze said

"gohan mo okoge ga oishii desumonne!"

Which should mean　"the rice is also burnt but it is delicious!"

Okoge is those crispy rice u find at the bottom of hotpot cooked rice
(I find them delicious.. tho depends on the burnt level)

Okoge is those crispy rice u find at the bottom of hotpot cooked rice
(I find them delicious.. tho depends on the burnt level)

That's the Japanese for it?! I'm Puerto Rican, we call it "Pegao" (Pe-gao,) a corruption of "pegado" which means "stuck"

Fights form in kitchens to decide who gets to scrape the pegao from the pot....

mmm caramelized burnt-y goodness!