E14 - Outstretched Hand

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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:33] Both
    What the heck is a tofu trio?
[01:37] Mao
    The tofu trio.
[01:39] Mao
    The ingredients are tofu, noodles, and meat.
[01:43] Mao
    That's all he used.
[01:47] Mao
    No, wait...
[01:49] Mao
    Could it be?!
[01:51] Sanjie
    Huh? Where's Shirou?
[01:54] Xielu
    What are you doing?
[01:58] Xielu
    What?
[02:00] Xielu
    Man, you're as cunning as ever.
[02:03] Xielu
    You better have washed your hands properly.
[02:05] Shirou
    Yeah, of course.
[02:11] Xielu
    It's ordinary tofu after all.
[02:15] Xielu
    Could it be?
[02:16] Xielu
    This isn't meat. It's tofu!
[02:19] Sanjie
    Tofu?
[02:21] Meili
    What do you mean?
[02:23] Xielu
    He sauteed the pulp produced
    during the tofu making process,
[02:26] Xielu
    seasoned it with chili bean
    sauce and soy sauce,
[02:28] Xielu
    coated it in mountain yam, and fried it.
[02:31] Sanjie
    Then what's the last ingredient?
[02:35] Mao
    Noodles,
[02:36] Mao
    and these noodles
    are the third type of tofu.
[02:39] He
    What?
[02:40] He
    These deliciously plump but firm
    noodles are made from tofu?!
[02:44] Shaoan
    Indeed.
[02:45] Shaoan
    After removing the moisture
    from the tofu with a heavy stone,
[02:50] Shaoan
    I mashed it and combined it
    with flour, which I then kneaded
[02:53] Shaoan
    and formed into special tofu noodles.
[02:55] Shaoan
    The starchy tofu sauce, meat made
     with tofu pulp, and tofu noodles!
[03:00] Shaoan
    The 3-D mouthfeel they construct together
    is the true nature of my tofu trio!
[03:12] Zhang
    I knew it.
[03:14] Zhang
    Then this dish must be that one*.
[03:18] Zhang
    We won't be able to come to a conclusion
    without discussing it first.
[03:23] Zhang
    Men, come with me.
[03:25] All
    Yes, sir.
[03:26] Shirou
    This isn't good.
[03:32] Shaoan
    Mao, have you ever walked
    barefoot on a beach?
[03:38] Shaoan
    I grew up deep in the mountains of Szechuan.
[03:41] Shaoan
    That's what I did when I left Szechuan
    and reached the ocean for the first time.
[03:46] Shaoan
    The feeling of the water
    surrounding my bare feet.
[03:49] Shaoan
    The smell of the seashore assailing my nose.
[03:51] Shaoan
    The sound of the surging waves.
[03:54] Shaoan
    They take different forms,
    but they're all seawater.
[03:58] Shaoan
    And it's a tri-sensory bliss
    that comes only from seawater.
[04:02] Shaoan
    Cooking works the same way.
[04:08] Shaoan
    There is a certain 3-D sensation
    experienced only when a single ingredient
[04:13] Shaoan
    takes multiple forms that are united as one.
[04:16] Shaoan
    You've lost this tofu battle.
[04:21] Mao
    He's huge.
[04:22] Mao
    Shao An seems unbelievably giant.
[04:54] Mob
    Have they decided?
[04:55] Mob
    Who won?
[04:56] Mob
    It better not be a tie.
[05:02] Zhang
    Thank you for waiting.
[05:07] Zhang
    Unfortunately, we couldn't come
    to a single conclusion.
[05:12] Xielu
    What?!
[05:14] Zhang
    We'll now have each judge announce
[05:16] Zhang
    whether he is voting
    for Mao or Shao An's dish.
[05:21] Zhang
    Regrettably, it was too difficult
    to choose between their dishes.
[05:26] Zhang
    We'll begin with Governor Hu.
[05:28] Hu
    Very well.
[05:34] Hu
    I'm voting for Shao An's tofu trio.
[05:40] Hu
    He made the primary ingredient sing,
[05:42] Hu
    producing a 3-D mouthfeel that comes
    at you from three directions.
[05:44] Hu
    It's a marvelous tofu dish.
    A true masterpiece.
[05:48] Sanjie
    It's okay. There are still more judges.
[05:51] Zhang
    Next!
[05:53] Gov
    I'm voting for Mao!
[05:55] Both
    All right!
[05:56] Gov
    The magic trick and depth of flavor
    that repeatedly stimulated the tongue
[06:00] Gov
    were overflowing with originality.
[06:07] Gov
    I'm voting for Mao, as well.
[06:09] Gov
    This is the first time I've experienced
    such pleasure while eating.
[06:14] Both
    Yes!
[06:15] Sanjie
    One more vote.
[06:16] Shirou
    And Mao wins.
[06:23] Zhang
    Next!
[06:26] He
    I struggled to choose a winner.
[06:29] He
    But I'm voting for Shao An.
[06:32] He
    He knows everything there is to know
    about the ingredient's properties
[06:35] He
    and drew out its true flavor
    in multiple ways.
[06:38] He
    I'd pay all the money in the world
    for that top-tier skill.
[06:41] Mob
    That makes it two for two.
[06:42] Mob
    The next vote will determine the winner.
[06:44] Mob
    Who will it be?
[06:46] Zhang
    Both dishes are masterpieces that approach
    the limits of what a tofu dish can be.
[06:52] Zhang
    Both are equally well-made.
[06:55] Zhang
    But as the man who runs
    the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai,
[06:57] Zhang
    my decision came down to
[07:01] Zhang
    creativity and universality.
[07:04] Shaoan
    Creativity...
[07:05] Mao
    And universality?
[07:07] Zhang
    Mao's dish began with
    a performance before the meal.
[07:10] Zhang
    Everything down to the clever treatment
    of the two-tone, dual black and white tofu
[07:13] Zhang
    demonstrated a spectacularly
    inspired creativity.
[07:17] Zhang
    It overflowed with a universality that would
    make anyone in the world happy in an instant.
[07:22] Zhang
    Then there's Shao An.
[07:24] Zhang
    He transformed the tofu
    into a variety of forms.
[07:26] Zhang
    The starchy tofu sauce,
    the tofu pulp meat, and tofu noodles.
[07:29] Zhang
    The unique appeal of each was drawn
    out by the culinary creativity
[07:33] Zhang
    of the 3-D mouthfeel that enthralled us.
[07:36] Zhang
    Using only the limited ingredient of tofu,
[07:38] Zhang
    he granted us an image that turned
    its universality on its head,
[07:42] Zhang
    reviving the land of Szechuan
    before our eyes.
[07:47] Zhang
    However, this is my answer.
[07:59] Shaoan
    Silence!
[08:04] Shaoan
    Governor Zhang, tell me!
[08:06] Shaoan
    I left Szechuan, studied cooking
    all across China,
[08:10] Shaoan
    and even mastered
    the Underworld's techniques.
[08:13] Shaoan
    My dish surpasses even Master Bei's cooking.
[08:15] Shaoan
    I cannot understand how it loses to Mao's
    dish in creativity or universality.
[08:24] Zhang
    Shao An, your dish isn't original.
[08:28] Mao
    Not original?
[08:30] Shaoan
    What do you mean?
[08:32] Zhang
    I've eaten this dish before.
[08:37] Shaoan
    You... what?
[08:41] Zhang
    It was seven years ago.
[08:44] Zhang
    Though I've since settled down
    in Shanghai's marketplace,
[08:47] Zhang
    at the time I was a foodstuffs merchant
[08:50] Zhang
    who traveled up and down
    the Yangtze River basin.
[08:52] Zhang
    That's when I encountered that dish
    at a certain restaurant.
[09:03] Zhang
    Meat, but not meat.
[09:05] Zhang
    Noodles, but not noodles.
[09:07] Zhang
    I was intoxicated by the earthy fragrance
    that spread through my mouth
[09:10] Zhang
    and fleetingly gentle feel
    of the dish sliding down my throat.
[09:12] Mao
    That restaurant... Could it be?
[09:15] Zhang
    That's right. It was
    the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[09:19] Zhang
    In other words, Shao An, your tofu
    trio is Master Bei's original dish.
[09:33] Mao
    You learned that dish from my mom?
[09:37] Shaoan
    Impossible. She didn't teach me.
[09:39] Shaoan
    The tofu trio is my original dish!
[09:43] Shaoan
    I was able to produce that dish
    because I left Bei,
[09:45] Shaoan
    crossed the mountains,
    and swam in the ocean!
[09:49] Shaoan
    It's mine. Mine...
[09:52] Zhang
    It's ironic, Shao An.
[09:54] Zhang
    You tried to put distance
    between yourself and Bei,
[09:58] Zhang
    but the destination you arrived at
[09:59] Zhang
    was Bei's own dish, and one
    she never taught you to make.
[10:04] Zhang
    People's hearts always return
    to their homeland.
[10:09] Zhang
    Perhaps the city of Shanghai
[10:11] Zhang
    at the end of the 16,000 kilometer
    Yangtze River was your limit.
[10:24] (Flashback) Bei
    That's it.
[10:26] (Flashback) Bei
    Place the first knuckle of your
    left middle finger against the knife.
[10:32] (Flashback) Bei
    You pass.
[10:33] (Flashback) Bei
    Shao An, you have great instincts.
[10:35] (Flashback) Bei
    I'm excited for your future.
[10:37] (Flashback) Shaoan
    Thank you, Master Bei.
[10:42] Zhang
    And Mao, the deciding factor
    for your dish's flavor
[10:47] Zhang
    may have been the aroma
    of the bamboo leaves.
[10:50] Mao
    The aroma of the bamboo leaves?
[10:52] Zhang
    This sweet fragrance added depth
    to your otherwise flashy dish.
[10:59] Zhang
    It added the beautiful color of nostalgia.
[11:05] Zhang
    And now for the results.
[11:06] Zhang
    With a score of three to two,
    the winner is Super Chef Liu Maoxing.
[11:11] Zhang
    The winner of the three round cooking battle
    is the Shanghai Chef's Grand Alliance.
[11:21] All
    Yes!
[11:36] Fei
    Hey, are you okay?
[11:40] Man
    Sir, how did the match go?
[11:43] Man
    Wait, who are you?
[11:44] Fei
    That's my line.
[11:45] Fei
    Why were you sleeping here?
[11:47] Man
    I was guarding an important
    document hidden in the ceiling.
[11:53] Man
    What's the meaning of this?
[12:01] Fei
    Looks like they put you to sleep.
[12:04] Man
    Damn!
[12:05] Man
    More importantly, how did
    the contest turn out?
[12:08] Fei
    Contest?
[12:08] Man
    The young master's acquaintances are
    facing off against the Cooking Underworld.
[12:12] Man
    Crap, I don't have time for this!
[12:14] Fei
    Do you work for at the Longzhen Restaurant?
[12:16] Man
    What? Yeah, I do.
[12:18] Fei
    I want to ask you about Master Tang Li.
[12:21] Man
    What are you talking about?
[12:32] Man
    There's nobody here.
[12:33] Fei
    They were here a moment ago.
[12:36] Man
    Master!
[12:40] Man
    Are you all right?
[12:42] Man
    Let's leave this place immediately.
[12:45] Fei
    Let's hurry off this ship.
[12:46] Fei
    It's odd that there aren't any guards.
[12:48] Man
    The young master and his friends
    are still up above.
[12:51] Man
    We need to notify them.
[12:52] Fei
    Young master?
[12:52] Man
    Yeah. He's battling the Underworld
    on the rooftop deck right now.
[12:57] Fei
    We should prioritize rescuing
    the wounded Master Tang Li for now.
[13:01] Fei
    If we lose this opportunity, it will become
    even more difficult to rescue him.
[13:04] Man
    Got it.
[13:07] Cape
    This is the document.
[13:09] Cape
    Is this what you wanted?
[13:10] Xiang
    Now that defeat is a possibility,
[13:13] Xiang
    we must proceed
    to the next course of action.
[13:16] Cape
    Yes, ma'am.
[13:18] Xiang
    The result of the battle
    is not our priority.
[13:20] Xiang
    This is all that matters.
[13:22] Xiang
    I must deliver this to him.
[13:25] Xielu
    What's the big hurry, Miss?
[13:28] Xielu
    You haven't heard
    the results of the contest.
[13:31] Xielu
    I know exactly what you're thinking.
[13:34] Xielu
    Now return that piece of paper.
[13:42] Xielu
    Xiang, you bitch!
[13:48] Xiang
    Your thinking was too shallow,
    Dim Sum Master.
[13:57] Mob
    What's going on?!
[13:59] Meili
    Mao, hurry!
[14:02] Mao
    What have you done, Shao An?!
[14:03] Shaoan
    We've been forsaken, myself included.
[14:07] Shaoan
    I guess they never expected me to succeed.
[14:11] Mao
    What?
[14:13] Shaoan
    We're 100 kilometers offshore
    from the mouth of the Yangtze River.
[14:16] Shaoan
    Not a single person will survive.
[14:19] Shaoan
    We'll all disappear into watery graves.
[14:23] Zhang
    Lead our guests!
[14:25] Zhang
    The lifeboats are on the rear port side!
[14:27] All
    Yes, sir!
[14:28] Xiang
    The legendary utensil is mine.
[14:31] Xiang
    Judges who underestimated
    our strength, foolish losers,
[14:35] Xiang
    and the foolish chefs who naively
    challenged us to a contest...
[14:44] Xielu
    Whoops.
[14:46] Xielu
    Taking that woman down will be easy enough,
[14:48] Xielu
    but I've got to take back
     that document, first.
[14:51] Xielu
    Hold it right there, Xiang!
[14:52] Xielu
    I won't let you have your way!
[15:08] Xielu
    Crap!
[15:15] Xiang
    How unsightly.
[15:19] Xielu
    Nobody likes a stubborn man, Dim Sum Master.
[15:27] Xielu
    Mao, the rest is up to you.
[15:39] Man
    Sir, your father is all right!
[15:41] Man
    You need to flee!
[15:43] Sanjie
    Got it!
[15:45] Sanjie
    All right, let's go.
[15:47] Shirou
    Yeah!
[15:48] Shirou
    Oh man, we'd better hurry!
[15:57] Zhang
    Those assholes. How dare they?
[16:01] Man
    Are there no other boats?
[16:03] Zhang
    No. We'll have to swim back to Shanghai.
[16:09] Cape
    Do you have it?
[16:10] Xiang
    I failed to steal it.
[16:12] Xiang
    But no one will escape this ship alive.
[16:16] Xiang
    Cast off.
[16:18] Xiang
    We're leaving this place.
[16:22] Leien
    Turn back, or else leave this place.
[16:26] Leien
    You can't seriously think you're the only
    ones who will escape on this boat.
[16:31] Xiang
    How will you fit all those people
    on this little boat?
[16:37] Leien
    She's right.
[16:40] Xiang
    This isn't over.
[16:42] Xiang
    Today is just the start of the war!
[16:51] Xielu
    Let's turn this boat around, Lei En.
[16:53] Xielu
    All we can do is prioritize
    people who can't swim.
[16:55] Leien
    Right.
[17:06] Shaoan
    In other words, not only
    did I fail to surpass Bei,
[17:09] Shaoan
    but I'm still standing
    in the palm of her hand.
[17:17] Man
    Sorry, Boss. We're heading out.
[17:20] Sanjie
    Take care of my dad!
[17:25] Meili
    Huh? Fei?
[17:28] Shirou
    Who's that?
[17:30] Meili
    It couldn't be him.
[17:32] Shirou
    Huh? Come to think of it, where's Mao?
[17:34] Meili
    What?
[17:35] Sanjie
    Impossible. He was with us
    until a moment ago.
[17:44] Shaoan
    It seems I've been completely
    abandoned by the heavens.
[17:49] Shaoan
    I can't believe I even failed in
    my duty as an Underworld chef.
[17:54] Mao
    Who cares about the Cooking
    Underworld anymore?
[17:57] Mao
    They abandoned you!
[18:00] Shaoan
    That's right.
[18:01] Shaoan
    It's what I deserve for abandoning
    the Chrysanthemum Tower and Master Bei.
[18:05] Shaoan
    Go ahead and laugh, Mao.
[18:06] Shaoan
    I never got away from the person
    I thought I'd left behind.
[18:13] Mao
    If we don't leave now,
    we won't make it back alive.
[18:17] Shaoan
    Then you alone should live, Mao!
[18:29] Mao
    Shao An!
[18:51] Shaoan
    What do you think you're doing?
[18:54] Mao
    Hurry. Grab onto me with both hands!
[18:59] Shaoan
    I'm the man who betrayed your mother
    and drove her to her death.
[19:03] Shaoan
    Why, Mao? Why save me?
[19:06] Mao
    I don't know.
[19:09] Mao
    But you made a dish of my mom's
    that even I didn't know about.
[19:13] Mao
    I won't let you die!
[19:27] Shaoan
    Take this, Mao.
[19:29] Shaoan
    Someday it'll prove useful.
[19:33] Shaoan
    I'm not going back
    to the mountains of Szechuan.
[19:37] Shaoan
    Shanghai is my final resting place.
[19:39] Shaoan
    I'll lay myself to rest in the ocean
    I long admired and dreamed of.
[19:46] Shaoan
    As long as you live, remember me, Mao!
[19:48] Shaoan
    Master Bei's top student, Shao An!
[19:54] Zhang
    Men, let's get this fun
    long-distance swim started!
[19:57] Zhang
    If you're not confident in your swimming,
[19:59] Zhang
    tie some planks to yourself
    and swim! Got it?!
[20:02] All
    Yeah!
[20:03] Meili
    Yeah!
[20:04] Shirou
    Sis, won't that make you sink instead?
[20:07] Meili
    What?
[20:09] All
    What?
[20:13] Sanjie
    That's...
[20:14] Shirou
    That's the boat we rode to Shanghai.
[20:20] Hu
    Captain.
[20:21] Captain
    That's Master Hu of the Shipping Federation.
[20:26] Captain
    Men, pull up alongside!
[20:28] All
    Yes, sir!
[20:31] Mob
    Good grief.
[20:32] Mob
    We're saved!
[20:45] Captain
    Are you all right, Governor Hu?
[20:47] Hu
    Yeah. Tend to the wounded.
[20:50] Captain
    Got it.
[20:54] Xielu
    It's ironic.
[20:56] Mao
    Huh?
[20:57] Xielu
    He was once kicked out of the culinary world
    because he couldn't make his master's dish.
[21:05] Xielu
    And in the end, he made the same dish
    as his master and lost everything.
[23:01] Mao
    The smell of bamboo leaves.
[23:04] Mao
    My mom's smell.
[23:05] Mao
    If my mom has been guiding everything,
[23:08] Mao
    then maybe I'm still a fledgling*
    in the palm of my mom's hand.
[23:14] Shirou
    Huh? Isn't this...
[23:21] Mao
    The second legendary utensil,
SIGN    Coiled Dragon Pot
[23:25] Mao
    the Coiled Dragon Pot!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Advent of the Devil"
[23:57] Narration
    "Advent of the Devil."