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."