Michiba was also extremely supportive of Nakamura 's successor, Masaharu Morimoto. Inarguably, Morimoto took Michiba 's "no borders to ingredients '' philosophy to a different level. The show often referred to the relationship between Michiba and Morimoto as that between master and student, especially after an episode when Michiba flew to New York to visit Morimoto 's restaurant, Nobu. So supportive of Morimoto was Michiba that, before his infamous New York battle with chef Bobby Flay, Michiba gave Morimoto a large box of katsuobushi flakes with a hand - calligraphed message: "respect the old, but seek out the new. ''
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