3 - Moon Festival

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SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    Three
[00:07] Customers
    So good!
SIGN    Totsuki Culinary Teahouse Academy 
    Famous Taiwanese
     Black Pepper Buns
[00:10] Customers
    Oh, so this is Yukihira Soma's booth.
[00:13] Customers
    He's the one who made
    it to the finals, right?
[00:16] Customers
    That smells really good!
[00:18] Customers
    Black pepper buns, huh.
[00:19] M
    They're piping hot and delicious!
[00:22] M
    Please come eat here!
[00:24] Kuga
    Black pepper buns,
     a Taiwanese specialty, huh.
[00:28] Kuga
    I do think it's a good angle,
    if I have to be honest.
[00:32] Kuga
    It lets you distinguish yourself
    from my forte, Sichuan cuisine,
[00:36] Kuga
    despite choosing Chinese cuisine.
[00:39] Kuga
    After all, its strong peppery
    bite and the juiciness of the meat
[00:43] Kuga
    will tend to enthrall those who taste it.
[00:46] Kuga
    But you know, it's pointless
    if no one shows up to eat it.
[00:52] Kuga
    Listen up, Yukihira-chin.
[00:54] Kuga
    The Moon Festival
    is different from a Shokugeki,
[00:57] Kuga
    where it's guaranteed that
    the judges will eat your food.
[00:59] Customers
    Whoa, what's this imposing booth?
SIGN    Kuga Restaurant
[01:02] Customers
    It's Sichuan cuisine by the
    Elite Ten's Eighth Seat.
[01:04] Customers
    Maybe I'll go here.
[01:06] Customers
    The Elite Ten, huh.
[01:07] Customers
    I think I'll go there after all.
[01:08] M
    Oh.
[01:09] Kuga
    Customers will only favor the strong.
[01:13] Kuga
    Isn't it obvious?
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    The 92nd
    Moon Festival
SIGN    Moon Festival
[02:51] I
    Everyone, the Moon Festival's finally here!
[02:53] I
    Let's use this opportunity to
    enjoy student life to the hilt
[02:56] I
    while ensuring that our
    customers are fully satisfied!
[02:58] All
    Yeah!
[03:01] E
    It finally begins, Hisako.
[03:03] Hisako
    Yes, Erina-sama.
[03:04] Ikumi
    Let's kick all the other booths to
    the curb with our ultra-premium donburi!
[03:07] Ikumi
    Put your backs to it!
[03:09] All
    Yes'm!
[03:10] Isami
    Hey, are you all ready?
[03:12] Girls
    Ready!
[03:14] Takumi
    Okay, let's get started!
[03:16] Hayama
    What's with all this turmeric?
[03:19] Ryo
    We only have two tomatoes...
[03:21] Hayama
    Who handled the order?
[03:23] Ryo
    Well, that'd be...
[03:25] Alice
    Hey, where's the outlet for the centrifuge?
[03:30] Hayama
    This is a nightmare.
[03:31] Ryo
    It's reality.
[03:33] Staff
    Hup! Hup! Hup!
[03:36] Staff
    Hup! Hup! Hup!
[03:36] Kuga
    Come, come! Please savor this
    seductive Sichuan cuisine!
[03:41] Kuga
    In addition to our main
    attraction, mapo tofu,
[03:43] Kuga
    we have spicy water spinach, spicy dumplings,
    and steamed chicken with chili sauce!
[03:51] Customers
    So spicy!
[03:52] Customers
    Water! Water!
[03:54] Customers
    But...
[03:56] Customers
    I can't stop eating it!
SIGN    Kuga Restaurant
[03:57] M
    Black pepper buns! Who wants to try some?
[04:01] M
    Get them while they're piping hot!
SIGN    Kuga Restaurant
[04:03] M
    Just one plum ticket!
[04:05] S
    Come one, come all!
[04:16] Kuga
    One ticket, two tickets.
[04:19] Kuga
    So many.
[04:21] Kuga
    Wow, nice. So many.
[04:23] Kuga
    I'm glad you had so many customers come.
[04:26] Kuga
    I'm happy for you as your senior.
[04:29] Kuga
    Totsuki's future is bright
    with students like you!
[04:32] M
    The Chinese Cuisine RS made so much more.
[04:35] Kuga
    If only you'd decided not
    to pick a fight with me
[04:38] Kuga
    and chosen a different spot for your booth,
[04:41] Kuga
    you'd have had a really fun
    school festival. Too bad.
[04:47] Kuga
    All right, the prep team should
    start on what we need for tomorrow.
[04:51] Staff
    Yes, sir!
[04:55] M
    Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What to do?!
[04:57] M
    We're super guaranteed to
    end the first day with a net loss!
[04:59] M
    Soma-kun, this decides whether
    you can stay at Totsuki!
[05:02] S
    Well, I didn't think we'd come out
    strong on the first day, but...
[05:03] M
    Oh, my god!
[05:07] S
    I didn't think we'd struggle this much!
[05:10] M
    Hey, this is no laughing matter!
[05:12] S
    Yeah...
SIGN    Kuga Restaurant
[05:14] S
    You're right.
[05:19] Yua
    Everyone, we have an announcement.
SIGN    Teppanyaki
[05:22] Yua
    We have finished tallying
[05:24] Yua
    first day sales as of six o'clock
    for the Moon Festival.
[05:28] Yua
    We will now announce
    sales rankings for each area.
[05:31] U
    The Main Avenue area's first!
[05:34] U
    Third place—
[05:38] U
    goes to Don RS!
[05:40] Konishi
    Don RS! We were this close to shutting down!
[05:43] Konishi
    Look at us now!
[05:45] Ikumi
    Third place is nothing to be this happy about!
[05:47] U
    Second place goes to Skewers RS!
[05:49] U
    And now, first place!
[05:51] U
    The winner is Pop-up Trattoria Aldini!
[05:53] I
    We're first, bro!
[05:55] I
    I guess having someone who advanced
    to the main tournament as our lead
[05:58] I
    was a good attraction!
[06:00] Takumi
    Nah, it's because we all worked together.
[06:04] Yua
    The Central Area's next!
[06:07] Takumi
    How'd Yukihira do?!
[06:08] U
    Third place goes to
    Yo-Yo Restaurant by Western Cuisine RS!
[06:11] U
    Second place goes to
    El Fuego by Spanish Cuisine RS!
[06:14] U
    And first place goes to
    Kuga Restaurant by Chinese Cuisine RS!
[06:19] U
    Their sales were more than double that
    of the booths in second place and below!
[06:23] Ikumi
    Yukihira...
[06:24] Ikumi
    Guess you couldn't take customers
    away from Kuga Terunori.
[06:27] Takumi
    I was hoping he'd at least
    be in the top three.
[06:30] Mitsuru
    Extra! Extra from Totsuki Sports!
SIGN    92nd Moon Festival Begins
[06:32] Mitsuru
    We have first day sales rankings that
    include those below third place.
[06:36] Students
    Hey, look!
[06:38] Students
    There are two booths that
    couldn't turn a profit!
[06:40] Students
    What idiots!
SIGN    Booths
    With
    Day
    One
    Losses
SIGN    Yukihira Soma
    (Chinese Cuisine)
     
    Shiomi Research Group
    (Creative Curry)
[06:41] Sign 0643
    Main Tournament
    Finalist
    (Winner)
[06:41] Sign 0643
    Main Tournament
    Finalist
[06:41] Sign 0643
    Prelims
    Top 8
[06:41] Sign 0643
    Prelims Top 8
[06:41] Sign 0643
    Main Tournament
     Finalist
SIGN    Lost
     Money
SIGN    Lost
    Money
SIGN    Lost
     Money
[06:43] E
    What is the meaning of this?!
[06:45] E
    All of you advanced to the Autumn
    Elections' main tournament!
[06:48] E
    It is already an embarrassment that three
    finalists are in last place in sales.
[06:51] E
    But you all actually lost money!
[06:53] E
    Are you trying to demean the
    prestigious Autumn Elections?!
[06:57] M
    S-Sor... I'm so sorry!
[06:59] E
    I... I wasn't speaking to you
    specifically, Tadokoro-san.
[07:02] Hayama
    How are you going to take responsibility
    for this, eh, Nakiri?
[07:04] Hayama
    You made a crap-ton of mistakes
    ordering ingredients!
[07:06] Alice
    But you were supposed to
    check the order, Hayama-kun!
[07:10] Ryo
    I think you said you'd do that too, miss.
[07:13] Alice
    Hey, whose side on you on?!
[07:15] Hayama
    Hey, Kurokiba.
[07:16] Hayama
    What's up with your mistress?
[07:18] Hayama
    She kept changing the menu
    lineup until the day before!
[07:21] Hayama
    That's why she made mistakes like this!
[07:24] Ryo
    You don't know what you're talking about.
[07:26] Ryo
    She'll keep doing it tomorrow and forever.
[07:30] Alice
    Anyway, we'll just have to turn
    a profit starting tomorrow.
[07:34] Alice
    Okay, let's switch gears.
[07:36] Hayama
    This is basically your fault!
[07:38] Hayama
    Are you even sorry?!
[07:40] Takumi/Ikumi
    They've got zero teamwork!
[07:43] Ikumi
    Megumi, are you okay?
[07:46] Ikumi
    You're not even getting to
    challenge the Elite Ten.
[07:48] Ikumi
    And you might end up being expelled together.
[07:49] M
    Oh, y-yeah...
[07:51] S
    Well, I'm sure we'll figure something out.
[07:53] Ikumi
    Yukihira?!
[07:55] Takumi
    Where have you been?!
[07:56] S
    Oh, I just had to take care of something.
[07:59] S
    By the way, aren't you guys hungry?
[08:02] S
    I made black pepper buns using
    leftover filling from today.
[08:05] S
    Let's have dinner.
[08:06] Alice
    Sure, I'll have some.
[08:08] Ikumi
    Where'd the tension go?!
[08:10] I
    Good work, everyone!
[08:12] I
    Let's start closing up shop for today.
[08:14] Yuki
    Huh? We're stopping already?
[08:16] Ryoko
    But the crowd's just starting to
    build up in the Yamanote Area.
[08:19] Ryoko
    Why not keep going for a bit longer?
[08:21] I
    Our primary goal is to have fun.
[08:25] I
    We shouldn't overdo it on the first day.
[08:27] I
    Besides...
[08:29] I
    There's something I want to
    prepare for tomorrow, too.
[08:32] S
    Hey, the other half of the
    Nakiris should eat, too.
[08:35] E
    I said don't call us that!
[08:37] E
    I'm not eating anything!
[08:38] E
    I inadvertently helped
    you with taste-testing,
[08:40] E
    but I have not acknowledged
    your cooking as legitimate!
[08:42] S
    'Kay...
[08:43] Alice
    Oh, but Erina, it's good.
[08:45] Hisako
    The meat filling benefits from the
    fragrance of black pepper and sesame oil.
[08:50] Ryo
    Well, it'd taste better if I'd done it.
[08:53] S
    Huh?!
[08:54] Hayama
    In addition to black pepper,
[08:55] Hayama
    the filling contains the five spice powder
    essential to Chinese cuisine,
SIGN    Five Spice Powder
[08:59] Hayama
    and anise, which helps enhance flavor.
SIGN    Anise
[09:02] S
    Yeah, bingo!
[09:04] S
    Chinese seasonings are basically just spices.
[09:07] S
    I was able to use what I learned during
    the curry match in the prelims.
[09:11] S
    Oh, Nikumi helped, too.
SIGN    Testing in Progress
[09:14] (Flashback) Ikumi
    There are other seasonings used
    in Chinese cuisine, you know.
[09:17] (Flashback) Ikumi
    Oyster sauce, XO sauce, and
    too many spices to name.
[09:22] (Flashback) S
    Yeah.
[09:23] (Flashback) S
    Let's try a bunch!
[09:25] (Flashback) S
    Wrap this up in dough with some
    finely-sliced green onions, then bake them.
[09:29] (Flashback) Ikumi
    Damn!
[09:30] (Flashback) Ikumi
    It's damn good, Yukihira!
[09:32] S
    Thanks for your help, Nikumi!
[09:34] Ikumi
    Hey, you can't just grab my hand like that!
[09:37] Takumi
    Yukihira, why didn't you call me to help?
[09:39] Isami
    Bro, why don't you ask him directly?
SIGN    Delivering the inspiration of food from Totsuki:  From the students to the customers
SIGN    92nd Moon Festival Begins
[09:43] S
    So these are the sales rankings
    for the first day, huh.
[09:46] S
    Wow!
SIGN    Day 1 Sales Rankings  ~ Yamanote Area ~
SIGN    1st Place   Akanegakubo Momo   3rd Yr H.S. 4th Seat 2nd Place   Nakiri Erina   1st Yr H.S. 10th Seat 3rd Place   Megishima Tosuke   3rd Yr H.S. 3rd Seat  4th Place   Kinokuni Nene   2nd Yr H.S. 6th Seat  5th Place   Tsukasa Eishi   3rd Yr H.S. 1st Seat
[09:47] S
    So many of the Elite Ten rank
[09:49] S
    as top sellers in the Yamanote Area!
[09:50] M
    The fourth seat, Akanegakubo-senpai,
    is in first place.
[09:54] S
    The first seat, Tsukasa-senpai,
    is in fifth place.
[09:58] S
    Oh, I don't see the second seat, Kobayashi
    Rindo-senpai, or Eizan-senpai on the list.
SIGN    Delivering the inspiration of food from Totsuki:  From the students to the customers
[10:04] S
    I wonder if they're not participating.
[10:05] S
    So one of the Nakiris was
    in second place, huh.
SIGN    Delivering the inspiration of food from Totsuki:  From the students to the customers
SIGN    92nd Moon Festival Begins
[10:09] S
    That's super amazing.
[10:11] S
    I'll show up. Let me try your food.
[10:12] E
    If you want to dine at my establishment,
    you'd better come with plenty of pine tickets!
[10:16] Hisako
    Erina-sama's booth is by reservation only.
[10:19] Hisako
    We do not accept walk-ins.
[10:21] Hisako
    If we had, we would have been in first place.
[10:25] S
    Huh.
[10:26] E
    Not all participants are trying
    to compete for sales, like you.
[10:31] E
    There are many students who
    seek to hone their own cooking skills.
[10:34] S
    Huh, guess it takes all kinds.
[10:37] E
    Anyway!
[10:38] E
    Now's not the time for you to be paying
    attention to booths in other areas, is it?
[10:41] E
    You must focus on beating
    Kuga-san in the Central Area.
[10:45] S
    Do I?
[10:46] E
    Huh?
[10:51] Ikumi
    What?
[10:51] Konishi
    Nikumi!
[10:53] Konishi
    Our booth tent broke!
[10:55] Konishi
    Come right away!
[10:56] Ikumi
    You wimp! Stop crying!
[10:58] Ikumi
    Hang on, I'll be right there!
[10:59] Isami
    Bro, we should start the
    meeting for tomorrow.
[11:03] Isami
    Everyone's waiting for us.
[11:05] Takumi
    Oh, right.
[11:06] Alice
    Then we should meet and strategize, too.
[11:08] Ryo
    A'ight.
[11:10] Takumi
    Yukihira, above all,
     focus on turning a profit!
[11:14] Ikumi
    Yeah! Don't get Megumi expelled!
[11:16] S
    Yup, I'll give it my best shot!
[11:18] Takumi
    I have to say, you're just—
[11:19] Isami
    Bro, let's go.
[11:20] Takumi
    Hey, wait, Isami!
[11:22] Takumi
    Hey, Yukihira!
[11:23] Takumi
    Don't forget that I am your rival!
[11:24] S
    Tadokoro, guess we should
    prep for tomorrow, too.
[11:27] M
    Yup!
SIGN    Kitchen No.2
[11:30] M
    Hup!
[11:31] M
    Huh?
[11:33] M
    I thought there'd be more leftover filling.
[11:37] M
    Maybe we used it all up earlier at dinner?
[11:42] M
    Oh.
[11:43] M
    Um, Soma-k...
[11:44] S
    Oh, thanks.
[11:45] S
    Okay, here.
[11:47] S
    I'm counting on you.
[11:51] M
    Soma-kun, what was that about just now?
[11:54] S
    Oh, Tadokoro!
[11:55] S
    I need to pick your brains
    about the rest of the festival.
[11:57] S
    Have time?
[11:58] M
    Huh?
[11:59] M
    O-Okay.
SIGN    An Evening of Taro Stew  With Isshiki Satoshi
[12:02] I
    All right, everyone!
[12:03] I
    It's day two of the Moon Festival!
[12:05] I
    I added a new direction to our booth!
[12:07] I
    Let's increase customer satisfaction 
    and further enjoy student life!
[12:12] All
    Yeah!
SIGN    An Evening of Taro Stew  With Isshiki Satoshi
SIGN    Sexy Sideburns
[12:15] Ladies
    Daigo-chan!
SIGN    His Gaze Cuts Like a Knife
[12:16] Ladies
    Shoji-nyan!
SIGN    Mysterious & Charming
[12:18] Ladies
    Shun-sama!
SIGN    Intelligence Is the True Measure of a Man
[12:19] Ladies
    Zenji!
SIGN    Taro Stew Booth Manager
[12:21] Ladies
    Isshiki-kun!
SIGN    The Staff of Your Choice  Will Serve You
[12:23] Y
    I-It feels like a host club for some reason.
[12:27] Ryoko
    But he sure knows his customers.
[12:30] Yuki
    We might make it into the top five today.
[12:33] Ikumi
    Four orders of ultra-premium donburi, stat!
[12:35] Takumi
    If you want something lighter,
[12:37] Takumi
    how about a calzone?
[12:39] Hayama
    We don't have any naan!
[12:42] Hayama
    I let you handle the naan because you
    said you'd take care of it, Nakiri!
[12:45] Alice
    And I did, see?
[12:47] Alice
    Here's candy that crystallizes
    everything naan represents!
[12:49] Hayama
    How would curry go with that?!
[12:51] Ryo
    It sure does taste like naan.
[12:53] [SONG] Sign 1254
    Dried Fish Store of Darkness 
    Kusaya 
     Buy Take-Home Gifts Here
[12:53] Men
    I love this stench!
[12:55] Men
    Give me five!
[12:56] Men
    Gimme two!
[12:58] Nao
    My Dried Fish Store of Darkness
    is really popular today, too.
[13:03] Nao
    I'm kind of concerned that my
    customer base seems skewed, but...
[13:07] Student
    Sadatsuka was serious about doing
    that in the Main Avenue area?
[13:07] [SONG] Sign 1254
    Dried Fish Store of Darkness 
    Kusaya 
     Buy Take-Home Gifts Here
[13:11] Student
    There'll be complaints about the smell.
SIGN    Entrancing
     Gourmet Insect Dishes 
    — Entomophagy RS —
[13:13] Rindo
    Hey, this isn't bad!
[13:15] Rindo
    It feels like a sweeter version of soft roe.
[13:17] RS
    That's right!
[13:18] RS
    Asian giant hornet larvae
    taste good, don't they?
[13:21] Rindo
    Thanks for the taste!
[13:24] Rindo
    Okay, next up...
[13:25] Rindo
    Oh, this line must be for Kuga's booth!
SIGN    Kuga Restaurant
[13:31] Kuga
    There's a never-ending line that's
    even longer than yesterday's!
[13:35] Kuga
    I'm getting such steady business!
    It's hard being so business savvy!
[13:39] Rindo
    Well, guess I can come by later.
[13:42] Rindo
    Oh, there it is.
[13:44] Rindo
    Yukihira Soma's little stall.
[13:44] M
    Piping hot black pepper buns, anyone?
[13:46] Rindo
    Black pepper buns, huh.
[13:48] Rindo
    Looks good.
[13:49] Rindo
    Hm?
[13:50] Rindo
    They're eating something with chopsticks?
[13:55] U
    Here it comes!
[13:56] U
    The Central Area's top seller
    on day two of the festival is...
[14:00] U
    Chinese Cuisine RS's Kuga Restaurant!
[14:02] U
    They were by far the top earner today, too!
[14:04] Kuga
    Well, no surprise there.
[14:06] Kuga
    But I'm starting to feel a
    bit sorry for Yukihira-chin.
[14:10] Kuga
    He was dead last in fortieth place yesterday.
SIGN    34th Dairy Product RS   35th Yukihira Soma   36th Wild Vegetables RS
[14:15] Kuga
    Thirty-fifth place?
[14:16] Kuga
    Oh, guess he tried some on the second day.
[14:19] Kuga
    Oh, he's not here.
[14:21] Kuga
    Hey, hey, hey.
[14:22] Kuga
    Did any of you get a look at
    Yukihira-chin's booth today?
[14:25] Staff
    Come to think of it, I think he
    had more customers than yesterday.
[14:29] Staff
    There was another item on the menu.
    It looked like a noodle dish.
[14:33] Kuga
    Hm.
[14:34] Nao
    Everything sold out today, too.
[14:36] Nao
    Food that speaks to people
    who love smelly cuisine does well.
[14:47] Nao
    That's...
[14:48] S
    Sir!
[14:49] S
    Would you like a black
    pepper bun before you go?
[14:52] S
    It'll be on us.
[14:53] Dad
    Oh, you don't want tickets for that?
[14:55] S
    Nope!
[14:56] S
    Go ahead!
[14:59] Mom
    Juicy and spicy!
[15:01] Kid
    This is great!
[15:02] Dad
    It's so juicy!
[15:04] Gramps
    If it's free, may I have one, too?
[15:06] M
    Yes, of course!
[15:08] Man
    You're baking them in a stone oven?
[15:09] Man
    It's great.
[15:10] Man
    May I have one, too?
[15:10] Man
    Yeah, juicy!
[15:11] Man
    Piping hot!
[15:13] Nao
    What's going on here?
[15:15] M
    Sadatsuka-san?!
[15:17] Nao
    Calamari with peanut sauce?! Disgusting!
[15:19] S
    Your kusaya is super smelly too, Sadatsuka.
[15:22] Nao
    Smelly, but addictive, right?
[15:26] M
    They make quite a pair.
[15:30] Nao
    Kiviak and surströmming are two of the
     smelliest and tastiest dishes in the world.
[15:35] Nao
    My ambition is to create something that's
    even more grotesque and delicious!
[15:39] S
    You get it, huh!
[15:42] S
    Taste-test my next ultra-disgusting
    masterpiece next time!
[15:45] Nao
    Very well.
[15:46] Nao
    I'll let you taste my grotesque
    and delicious creations as well.
[15:49] M
    I feel like these two never should have met.
[15:54] S
    Oh, I was testing new dishes last night
[15:57] S
    by carting this stall around, too.
[16:01] S
    Other booths hand out samples on the street.
[16:05] S
    There shouldn't be any problems
[16:07] S
    with me taking my stall around
    to hand out samples, right?
[16:09] Nao
    You're a clever one.
[16:10] S
    This'll let me see how customers
    are reacting to my dishes, too.
[16:14] S
    And I kind of wanted a change of pace.
[16:18] S
    I think I can glimpse something I can't
[16:21] S
    when I'm right next to
    the Chinese Cuisine RS.
[16:24] M
    Would you like one?
[16:26] Man
    Black pepper buns, huh.
[16:27] Man
    Hmm, that feels kind of heavy.
[16:29] Man
    If you have something that'd just
    go right down without a hitch...
[16:32] S
    Oh, I have just the thing!
[16:34] S
    Please wait a moment!
[16:36] S
    Here we go!
[16:37] Customers
    Oh!
[16:37] Customers
    What's this? Hand-made noodles?
[16:39] Customers
    Ah, the student's making his own noodles!
[16:42] Nao
    Th-This is...
[16:43] Nao
    You're thinly slicing the dough for
    the black pepper buns into noodles?!
[16:48] S
    Thanks for waiting!
[16:50] Man
    Ah...
[16:51] Man
    I can smell the shrimp stock and garlic!
[17:02] Man
    Delicious!
[17:03] Man
    Though light, it has deep flavor!
[17:05] Man
    I've been eating the whole day,
    but this just goes straight down!
[17:09] Man
    It's a great way to end the day!
[17:11] Nao
    The topping is the ground pork
    filling for the black pepper buns?
[17:16] S
    That's right!
[17:17] S
    I just put the dish together yesterday
    while listening to what customers wanted.
[17:21] M
    Thanks to this noodle dish,
[17:22] M
    our sales did much better on the second day.
[17:25] Nao
    I wouldn't have expected you to
    make the dough into noodles...
[17:28] Nao
    and you improvised on the fly.
[17:31] S
    Well, to be honest,
[17:33] S
    there's a very similar noodle dish in Taiwan.
[17:37] Nao
    Danzi noodles!
[17:38] S
    That's right!
[17:39] S
    They're wheat noodles in a light broth made
    from shrimp shells and bonito flakes,
[17:45] S
    topped with ground pork and sliced scallions.
[17:48] S
    They're served in very small bowls
    that are almost like tea cups.
[17:50] M
    There's a phrase in Taiwan that means
    "eating well without getting tired of it."
[17:55] M
    That's why the portion size is manageable.
[17:58] S
    If I had to name this dish,
[18:00] S
    it'd be "Yukihira-Style
    Sorta-Danzi Noodles"!
SIGN    Yukihira-Style Sorta-Danzi Noodles
[18:21] M
    A lot of customers came by!
[18:24] M
    Though I guess it was all free,
[18:26] M
    so maybe it's not worth celebrating.
[18:29] S
    I guess so.
[18:31] S
    But this was how it felt when
    Dad went around with black pepper buns
[18:35] S
    at the summer festival.
[18:37] M
    How it felt?
[18:39] S
    At first, we had a handful of people
    who were curious about the stone oven.
SIGN    Diner Yukihira
    Taiwanese Black Pepper Buns
[18:43] S
    Then the reactions of customers who
    tried our buns drew more people.
[18:46] S
    Eventually, we had a steady
    crowd around our stall.
[18:50] S
    That's what I was hoping for,
SIGN    Kuga Restaurant
[18:53] S
    but given how we have that really showy
    Chinese Cuisine RS right in front of us,
[18:56] S
    of course it wouldn't go the same way.
[18:59] S
    The stone oven isn't enough of an attraction.
[19:02] M
    Oh, and I guess black pepper buns are
    fun to watch when they're being baked,
[19:08] M
    but unless you see someone eating them,
[19:11] M
    it might be hard to imagine
    how they'd actually taste.
[19:13] S
    You're right.
[19:14] S
    Kuga-senpai's Sichuan cuisine,
    on the other hand...
[19:17] S
    It's pretty easy to imagine how it
    tastes when you first look at it.
[19:21] (Flashback) Kuga
    The Moon Festival is
    different from a Shokugeki,
[19:23] (Flashback) Kuga
    where it's guaranteed that
    the judges will eat your food.
[19:26] M
    Should we think up new menu items with flavors
     our customers can imagine more easily?
[19:32] S
    Or something with great enough impact
[19:35] S
    that it'd drew customers away from the
    spiciness of the Chinese Cuisine RS's food.
[19:39] S
    If I could serve a dish like that,
[19:41] S
    maybe we can find a way to get through this.
[19:44] Alice
    I had an inspiration!
[19:46] Alice
    We'll put the beef for the main dish
[19:49] Alice
    in a sous vide bath for two hours.
[19:51] Alice
    Then we'll process each vegetable
    in a steam convection oven
[19:53] Alice
    to reach its optimal cooking temperature.
[19:56] Alice
    We'll use the spice mixes Hayama-kun
    concocted to season everything—
[19:59] Hayama
    And how much are we going to charge for this?
[20:02] Alice
    Um, to turn a profit...
SIGN    20,000 yen
[20:05] Alice
    About 20,000 yen.
[20:07] Hayama
    We can't sell that!
[20:08] Hayama
    We're in the Main Avenue area!
[20:09] Alice
    We won't know for sure until we try!
[20:11] Hayama
    Vetoed!
[20:12] Hayama
    I can just see our losses snowball!
[20:14] Alice
    But it'd make such a good story!
[20:16] Hayama
    Pouting won't change anything.
[20:18] Hayama
    This is the Moon Festival.
[20:19] Hayama
    If you just want to make whatever
    without considering the customers at all,
[20:22] Hayama
    just quit already!
[20:25] Ryo
    Hey, Hayama.
[20:26] Hayama
    What?
[20:26] Ryo
    Try to... be more positive
    about the miss when you talk.
[20:30] Ryo
    Get her in a good mood.
[20:32] Ryo
    You don't have to believe what you're saying.
[20:34] Hayama
    This is all because of how
     you've been spoiling her.
[20:38] Hayama
    You should feel more responsible—
[20:39] Alice
    I withdraw my proposal.
[20:41] Alice
    It's just like you said, Hayama-kun.
[20:43] Alice
    Let's go back to square one and create
    a dish that would please customers
[20:47] Alice
    coming to the Moon Festival.
[20:50] S
    What to do...
[20:51] S
    A dish that'd trump Chinese Cuisine RS
[20:54] S
    in terms of impact and visual appeal?
[20:56] M
    In addition to their signature mapo tofu,
[21:00] M
    Chinese Cuisine RS has a
    pretty intimidating line-up.
[21:02] S
    Mapo tofu, huh.
[21:05] S
    Hey, Tadokoro.
[21:06] S
    What'd you think of Yukihira's mapo tofu?
[21:08] M
    Huh?
[21:09] M
    I thought it was delicious.
[21:11] M
    But if memory serves, Nakiri-san thought...
[21:14] (Flashback) E
    Your dish lacks both ma and
    la by a significant margin.
[21:16] S
    Yeah, she said I could never win.
[21:20] S
    But the reason why Yukihira's
     mapo tofu isn't that spicy
[21:24] S
    is because Dad wanted flavors that all the
    diner's regulars would enjoy.
[21:30] S
    Kuga-senpai may go above and beyond
    in terms of strong flavors, but...
[21:36] S
    That's not to say Dad's cooking is inferior.
[21:38] M
    Y-Yeah...
[21:40] S
    If I can build on that mapo tofu
    and add some ideas of my own,
[21:45] S
    I think we'll find a way to break
    through our current stalemate.
[21:48] M
    Like what, though?
[21:52] S
    Sorry, Tadokoro.
[21:54] S
    You might end up losing
     sleep from here on out.
[21:57] M
    What?
[21:58] S
    There's something I want to try.
[22:00] S
    Yukihira's new mapo tofu
[22:03] S
    will strike at the heart
    of Kuga-senpai's operation!
[23:35] Aki
    Man, I'm hungry.
SIGN    Sumire Avenue
[23:38] Mayumi
    Me, too.
[23:38] Mayumi
    Hey, want to get a Sumire Mark Karaage Roll?
[23:42] Aki
    Oh, good idea!
[23:43] Aki
    Let's go!
[23:44] Mayumi
    Yeah!
[23:45] Mayumi
    Huh?
[23:46] Mayumi
    The lights are on at Yukihira Diner.
[23:49] Aki
    You're right!
[23:50] Aki
    Is Yukihira back?
[23:51] Mayumi
    Yukihira-kun's back?
SIGN    Diner
     Yukihira
[23:57] Sign 2356
    Y-Yukihira-kun?
SIGN    Totsuki
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    Next Episode: A Pride of Young Lions
[24:07] M
    I hope you savor the next episode!