Shokugeki no Soma 160
I can't really lie to myself any more. Alice is the best. Tadokoro will need to languish in second place. She's just so fucking rad.
I think the new 'reserve Elite 10' are pretty boring as villains, though. Tattoo dude especially is just kinda... lame. Between him, Eizan's groupies and Azami, it's being really heavy-handed over how much you're supposed to dislike these characters and their elitist attitudes, but it's just too much for me. They're irritating, but I don't really care about seeing them defeated more than I just want them to like... leave.
Didn't help tattoo dude's gimmick just made me realize it's been a while since we've seen Alice herself cook.
As far as the actual Elite 10 goes, kitty baker is OK, I guess. Rindou is still the best by far, though; especially in the cat theme department.
Oh, and Erina's been surprisingly not awful for a while now (as long as she's not sharing a scene with Azami). She plays off the existing Polar Star cast better than I thought she would, at least.