E2 - Dim Sum Master

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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:31] Chouyu
    It's been a while, Mao.
[01:33] Chouyu
    Tell me: what is the answer
    to your journey this time?
[01:37] Chouyu
    What is the purpose of cooking?
[01:43] Mao
    It's to make people happy.
[01:46] Chouyu
    That's right.
[01:48] Chouyu
    Chefs must grant all manner of
    happiness to people, large or small.
[01:54] Chouyu
    It is the mission of Super Chefs in particular
     to bring great happiness to people.
[01:59] Mao
    Yes, sir!
[02:01] Chouyu
    Now, continue diligently forward.
[02:05] Mao
    Yes, Chef Zhou Yu.
[02:08] Mao
    I, Liu Maoxing, shall
    devote myself to cooking!
[02:12] Shirou
    Guangzhou, the capital of food,
    has over a thousand restaurants.
[02:18] Shirou
    And this is Guangzhou's greatest and
    most famous, Yang Spring Restaurant.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[02:23] Shirou
    Come lunchtime, the kitchen
    becomes a battlefield!
[02:28] Shirou
    This is my brother Mao,
[02:30] Shirou
    the boss, Chef Zhou Yu,
[02:33] Shirou
    and Chef Zhou Yu's only daughter Meili.
[02:36] Shirou
    Then there's me, the pub's newest
    apprentice and lowest-ranking errand boy.
[02:40] Chef
    Shirou, I'm out of firewood.
[02:42] Chef
    Shirou, me, too!
[02:43] Shirou
    I know, I know!
[02:47] Shirou
    Damn it. Mao's my only master.
[02:52] Shirou
    Then there's Head Chef Luo.
[02:55] Shirou
    I heard that even in
    Guangzhou, a genius like him
[02:58] ---
    might only be seen once every 50 years...
[03:00] Shirou
    but to me, he just looks like an old drunk.
[03:07] Chouyu
    Master Luo and I are off to the
    Guangdong Chefs' Alliance meeting.
[03:12] Chouyu
    You're responsible for
    the kitchen for a while.
[03:15] Chouyu
    We'll be back this evening.
[03:17] Mao
    Yes, sir.
[03:20] Meili
    Mao's been so strong since
    we returned from our trip.
[03:25] Meili
    We began our journey after Dad told us to.
[03:30] Meili
    We went through a lot together.
[03:33] Meili
    I need to work harder
    so I can keep up with Mao.
[03:39] (Flashback) Man
    Hey! Hold up, kid!
[03:42] (Flashback) Shirou
    Brother, I bought pork buns!
[03:45] (Flashback) Shirou
    Hurry up and pay him!
[03:49] Meili
    Jeez! Nothing good happened
    on that trip after that.
[03:53] Meili
    But still, Mao...
[03:55] Shell
    One vegetable stir fry, please.
[03:57] Meili
    Got it!
[03:59] Meili
    Mao, one vegetable stir fry.
[04:03] Shirou
    Huh? Mao...
[04:05] Shirou
    Oh, right. Come to think of it...
[04:08] Mao
    I'm going to the storage shed
    out back to get some spices.
[04:12] Shirou
    All right, I'll give it a shot!
[04:15] Shirou
    How simple is this?
[04:17] Shirou
    Anyone can make a vegetable stir fry.
[04:21] Meili
    Oh, it's already done.
[04:24] Meili
    Mao could've said something.
[04:31] Mao
    Huh? Where'd this vegetable
    stir fry come from?
[04:34] Shirou
    Oh, I made some so I could eat it myself.
[04:37] Mao
    Really? You did?
[04:39] Mao
    Let me have some.
[04:46] Mao
    You can't skip key steps
    while cooking, Shirou.
[04:49] Shirou
    What? Key steps?
[04:52] Mao
    I'm telling you—
[04:53] Shell
    Hey! Get your manager out here, now!
[04:58] Shell
    I heard Yang Spring Restaurant
    was supposed to be the best...
[05:03] Shell
    But you have no problem
    serving soggy vegetable stir fry
[05:07] ---
    that hasn't been quick-fried first?
[05:10] Shirou
    Quick-fried? Oh, right.
[05:14] Shirou
    He means deep frying the ingredients before
    sauteing in order to harden their surface,
[05:18] ---
    trapping their flavor and juices inside.
[05:21] Shell
    Hey, kid.
[05:22] Shell
    Bring me the man who made
    this vegetable stir fry.
[05:28] Mao
    I'm responsible for this kitchen.
[05:30] Shell
    What? You?
[05:33] Shell
    Just so you know, your customers
    don't care that you're only a kid.
[05:39] Shell
    Once he's received an order,
[05:41] ---
    a professional serves food appropriate
    for the price he's charging.
[05:45] Mao
    You're quite right to be angry.
[05:48] Mao
    If you don't mind, could you give
    me a chance to regain my honor?
[05:52] Mao
    I'll cook you a dish that will
    satisfy all your demands.
[05:59] Shell
    Interesting. In that case,
[06:03] Shell
    cook me an egg dish.
[06:07] Shell
    But an ordinary egg dish would be boring.
[06:10] Shell
    I want you to use three kinds of eggs!
[06:12] Meili
    What?
[06:13] Shirou
    Three kinds?
[06:15] Shell
    I want to eat an egg dish that
    draws out the flavor of all three.
[06:20] Shell
    Well? Can you do that, kid?
[06:22] Mao
    Your order has been received.
[06:26] Meili
    This is all your fault.
[06:28] Shirou
    It's your fault for being
    tricked by my cooking.
[06:31] Meili
    Anyway, it's ridiculously difficult
    to cook with three types of eggs.
[06:36] Meili
    And you can't draw out
    the flavors of all three.
[06:39] Meili
    Whether you fry, steam, or saute,
    the flavors are sure to mix.
[06:43] Shirou
    The bigger mystery is this man.
[06:46] Shirou
    Normally no one would notice something
    as subtle as quick-frying,
[06:50] Shirou
    but he noticed immediately
    and made strange demands.
[06:53] Shirou
    Then there's that long
    stick wrapped in cloth.
[06:56] Shirou
    Who is he, anyway?
[06:58] Mao
    Thank you for waiting.
[07:02] Shirou
    A steaming basket? All right, open it.
[07:10] Shell
    Ah, you made shumai.
[07:13] Shell
    Just so you know, I'm real
    picky when it comes to shumai.
[07:17] Shell
    Yellow skins topped with shiny black bits.
[07:21] ---
    How colorful.
[07:23] Shell
    I see.
[07:25] Shell
    The first is chicken eggs.
[07:28] Mao
    That's right!
[07:29] Shell
    The second is duck eggs.
[07:32] Shell
    And the black bits glistening on top
    of these shumai are century eggs.
[07:36] Mao
    All that just by looking?
[07:38] Shell
    It seems I'll have to try them
    to know what the third is.
[07:48] Shell
    So, this is the third egg.
[07:52] Shell
    Delicious!
[07:53] Shell
    The sweetness of the chicken
    eggs mixed into the skins
[07:56] ---
    and exquisitely enhanced by the saltiness of
    the century eggs together play the prelude.
[08:00] Shell
    The lively melody of the third
    egg mixed into the stuffing
[08:04] ---
    makes all the flavors
    move in an animated way.
[08:06] Shell
    The identity of the third egg is...
[08:11] Shell
    Crab eggs.
[08:15] Mao
    That's right.
[08:16] Mao
    I stuffed the meat jam full
    of Shanghai crab eggs,
[08:20] ---
    which are at their most
    delicious this time of year.
[08:24] Shell
    Chicken, duck, and finally crab eggs.
[08:28] Shell
    Three choices with impressive synergy.
[08:32] Shell
    I'm also impressed by your spirit
    to serve a shumai egg dish.
[08:38] Shell
    Interesting.
[08:40] Shell
    Bluntly speaking, you're quite interesting.
[08:44] Shell
    I'm Xie Lu, a dim sum chef
    from Shanxi Province.
[08:47] Shell
    When it comes to shumai, I consider
    myself the best in the land.
[08:52] Shell
    I need you to accept my challenge
[08:56] ---
    so I can do something with my boiling blood.
[08:58] Shell
    I have no reason. No wager is necessary.
[09:02] Shell
    I challenge you to a shumai
    contest, man-to-man.
[09:08] Shell
    And besides, you can do better than this.
[09:12] Shell
    The time has finally come
    for me to use this again.
[09:18] Mao
    What are those marks?
[09:20] Shell
    My personal history.
[09:23] Shell
    I carve a mark into my staff for
    every top class chef I defeat.
[09:32] Luou
    Walking around with that
    vicious looking thing.
[09:35] Luou
    You must be Xie Lu.
[09:37] Meili
    Xie Lu?
[09:38] Luou
    Traveling all across the land,
[09:41] ---
    the young prodigy who never
    stops studying cooking:
[09:44] Luou
    Dim Sum Master Xie Lu of the Steel Staff.
[09:47] Cook
    The Dim Sum Master?
[09:48] Cook
    I've never seen him before.
[09:51] Shell
    So the eminent Master Luo
    and Chef Zhou Yu have arrived.
[09:56] Shell
    Interesting.
[09:57] Shell
    You'll be the ones to judge this contest.
[10:01] Cook
    Who does he think he's talking to?
[10:03] Luou
    I work here.
[10:05] ---
    I might judge in Mao's favor.
[10:09] Shell
    Regardless, you'll choose me.
[10:12] Luou
    You heard him, Mao.
[10:15] Mao
    I won't lose.
[10:20] Chouyu
    You have two hours.
[10:21] Chouyu
    You can use any of the ingredients and
    tools available to you in this kitchen.
[10:26] Chouyu
    Your goal is to cook enough
    shumai for 50 people.
[10:31] Chouyu
    Master Luo will judge their taste.
[10:39] Chouyu
    Begin!
[10:43] Shirou
    Fifty people?
[10:45] ---
    That old drunk makes some
    ridiculous requests.
[10:49] Cook
    So fierce.
[10:50] Cook
    I've never seen anyone use
    their hands like that.
[11:00] Cook
    Xie Lu set a bunch of dough balls in a row.
[11:04] Shell
    Now, then.
[11:11] Mao
    He's finally going to use his steel staff.
[11:24] Both
    What?!
[11:44] Cook
    Unbelievable.
[11:45] Cook
    He flattened dozens of skins in an instant.
[11:48] Mao
    H-He's amazing...
[11:50] Shirou
    Mao, this is no time to be gawk!
[11:54] Shirou
    What are you going to do?!
[11:55] Mao
    I'm actually going to spin mine, too.
[11:57] Shirou
    What?
[11:59] Mao
    Here we go.
[12:04] Meili
    He's spinning the skin itself. The skin...
[12:07] Meili
    The skin keeps...
[12:09] All
    Getting bigger!
[12:12] Mao
    Shirou, prepare the round table!
[12:14] Shirou
    G-Got it!
[12:21] Shirou
    Wow, Mao! They're super thin!
[12:25] Both
    Yes!
[12:28] Cook
    Xie Lu is choosing his
    ingredients for his filling!
[12:33] Shell
    The Yang Spring Restaurant
    doesn't disappoint.
[12:35] Shell
    I'm impressed that you have this.
[12:38] Chouyu
    He's taking the Kinka pork I planned
    to use in tonight's main dish.
[12:42] Meili
    Kinka pork?
[12:44] Chouyu
    Famous for producing the highest quality ham,
[12:46] ---
    it comes from the rarest and finest
    pigs raised in Zhejiang Province.
[12:53] Cook
    What's he doing now?
[12:56] Cook
    He split his staff in two!
[13:00] Cook
    He's pounding the meat with brute force!
[13:02] Cook
    I don't believe it!
[13:03] ---
    The Kinka pork's turning
     right into minced pork!
[13:05] Cook
    He knows exactly how to cut the pork!
[13:12] Shirou
    Mao, this isn't good.
[13:13] Mao
    Don't worry, Shirou. I have a secret plan.
[13:17] Shirou
    A secret plan?
[13:25] Cook
    The pouch is split into four sections!
[13:27] Cook
    Each one has a different filling. How clever.
[13:30] Cook
    What's up with their weird shape?
[13:32] Cook
    You should've made all four the same.
[13:39] Shell
    You don't understand.
[13:42] Shell
    This is the ultimate form of shumai:
    the Golden Ratio Shumai!
[13:46] Cook
    Golden ratio?
[13:47] Cook
    What does that mean?
[13:49] Shell
    Try one and you'll understand.
[13:51] Luou
    I shall.
[14:06] Luou
    Marvelous.
[14:08] Luou
    The tender mouthfeel of the minced shrimp.
[14:10] Luou
    The brilliantly fresh
    crispness of the greens.
[14:14] Luou
    The soft sweetness of the yolks.
[14:17] Luou
    And finally, the supremely rich and
    smooth flavor of the Kinka pork.
[14:22] Luou
    Its greatest achievement lies in the balance
[14:25] ---
    of not only the colors but also the
    amount of each ingredient used.
[14:29] Luou
    Isn't that right, Xie Lu?
[14:31] Luou
    I'm impressed, Master Luo.
[14:34] Luou
    All my shumai follow the same ratio
    of meat to other ingredients.
[14:39] Luou
    8 to 5.
[14:40] Shell
    In other words, the golden ratio.
[14:44] Meili
    So that's why they have such a strange shape.
[14:47] Cook
    I see. They're delicious!
[14:49] Cook
    The ingredients work so well together!
[14:52] Cook
    I had no idea the ratio had
    such an effect on the flavor.
[14:54] Cook
    And the techniques he used
    to create it were impressive.
[14:58] Cook
    No wonder they call him the Dim Sum Master!
[15:02] Shirou
    What? That's nothing.
[15:04] Shirou
    After all, Mao has a secret strat—
[15:08] Shirou
    Mao?
[15:11] Mao
    I can't do it, Shirou.
[15:13] Mao
    I lost this contest.
[15:16] Shirou
    What?
[15:16] Mao
    My dish is exactly the same as his.
[15:19] Mao
    My secret strategy was to cook
    with four different ingredients.
[15:32] Mao
    What should I do?
[15:33] Mao
    I chose to accept his challenge.
[15:37] Mao
    I want to fight back.
[15:40] Mao
    Is there anything I can do?
[15:43] Shirou
    Mao, there's no time!
[15:45] Shirou
    Fifty people! You have to make at
    least enough shumai for 50 people!
[15:51] Mao
    Fifty.
[15:56] Shirou
    Mao!
[15:58] Meili
    Fresh flour? You're going to start over now?
[16:02] Shirou
    What are you thinking, Mao?
[16:05] Shell
    Th-This kid...
[16:09] Cook
    But he has only half the time left!
[16:11] Cook
    He can't cook a dish to beat Xie Lu's now.
[16:13] Cook
    Not even Mao can pull that off.
[16:17] Shirou
    Believe in Mao!
[16:21] Shirou
    Mao, what should I do?!
[16:24] Mao
    Get the steaming basket in the back!
[16:27] Shirou
    Got it!
[16:36] Chouyu
    It's time, Mao. Present your dish.
[16:42] Cook
    What is that?
[16:43] Cook
    What's he thinking?
[16:47] Chouyu
    Open it, Mao.
[16:55] Mao
    I call it the Big Bang Shumai.
SIGN    Big Bang Shumai
[16:57] Mao
    It's done!
[16:59] Cook
    This shumai certainly would feed 50 people.
[17:03] Shell
    A desperate bluff.
[17:06] Shell
    A giant shumai like that won't
    be cooked properly in the middle.
[17:12] Cook
    It's shaped like a shumai.
[17:14] Cook
    But how does it taste?
[17:22] Shell
    I knew it. It's not cooked properly.
[17:25] Luou
    Mao.
[17:26] Luou
    You used that, didn't you?
[17:29] Luou
    Charcoal. Isn't that right, Mao?
[17:32] Mao
    Yes.
[17:33] Mao
    Before steaming it, I cooked
    the filling over charcoal.
[17:37] Mao
    A smokeless charcoal cooks
    from the inside out.
[17:53] Meili
    The master is taking bites
    from all over the place.
[17:56] Meili
    Why is he eating with such poor manners?
[18:00] Luou
    I see.
[18:04] Luou
    That's why you call it the Big Bang Shumai.
[18:09] Shell
    What?
[18:11] Shell
    The cross section looks like marble?
[18:14] Luou
    You understand the meaning of these
    ever-changing patches, don't you, Xie Lu?
[18:20] Shell
    Could it be?
[18:21] Luou
    Here he pounded tough flank meat,
[18:24] ---
    drawing out the gamy flavor.
[18:28] Luou
    These are boneless ribs.
[18:30] Luou
    He pounded these, as well, producing a
    marbled fatty meat with juicy flavor.
[18:37] Shell
    This is the womb.
[18:39] Shell
    This is chewy stomach.
[18:41] Shell
    This is pork feet.
[18:46] Shell
    You're one interesting guy.
[18:50] Shell
    In other words...
[18:51] Mao
    That's right.
[18:53] Mao
    I captured the deliciousness of
    an entire pig in this shumai.
[18:58] Luou
    That's right.
[19:00] Luou
    In this single shumai is a
    universe of one single organism.
[19:08] Shell
    You can wrap however much of whichever
    part you want in this silky skin.
[19:13] Shell
    The flavor changes from place
    to place. You can't stop eating.
[19:17] Shell
    Each section is delicious on its own,
[19:19] ---
    but even is better when two
     layers coincidentally overlap,
[19:21] ---
    creating unlimited combinations,
[19:23] ---
    playing a harmony of flavors
    beyond imagination!
[19:27] Cook
    Let me have some!
[19:28] Cook
    Me, too!
[19:31] Cook
    This is the head.
[19:33] Cook
    I found some heart.
[19:34] Cook
    You're taking too much at once!
[19:36] Cook
    This is great!
[19:37] Cook
    It's like a treasure hunt.
[19:39] Shell
    The Big Bang Shumai, huh?
[19:42] Shell
    As someone who only saw shumai as dim sum,
[19:45] ---
    it's a world a million light years away.
[19:47] Cook
    So good!
[19:49] Shell
    His imagination is on such an enormous scale.
[19:53] Shell
    It's amazing. You're truly
    amazing, Liu Maoxing.
[19:58] Shell
    You won this battle.
[20:00] Shell
    Right, Master Luo?
[20:05] Shell
    Kid, I now understand
    just how skilled you are.
[20:09] Shell
    But yours is no ordinary strength, is it?
[20:19] Shell
    I see.
[20:21] ---
    So you're the rumored youngest
    Super Chef ever, Liu Maoxing.
[20:28] Shell
    And you're the one who cooked that
    soggy vegetable stir fry, aren't you?
[20:35] Shell
    Thanks. Because of you, I met Mao.
[20:40] Shell
    And when Mao was cornered,
[20:42] ---
    you're the only one who didn't
    stop believing in him.
[20:47] Shell
    Thank you.
[20:49] Shirou
    What?
[20:50] Mao
    Of course, Xie Lu.
[20:53] Mao
    After all, Shirou is...
[20:56] Mao
    my one and only partner.
[20:59] Shirou
    Mao!
[21:01] Shell
    A spirit that doesn't give up
    even on the brink of despair.
[21:04] Shell
    A heart that fervently believes in him.
[21:08] Shell
    The Big Bang was born when
    those two came together.
[21:12] Shell
    You guys are the best!
[21:25] Meili
    I couldn't believe in Mao back there.
[21:29] (Flashback) Shirou
    Believe in Mao!
[21:31] Meili
    I've been studying cooking
    so I can be useful to Mao.
[21:40] Meili
    Maybe I'm not good enough.
[21:42] Meili
    Maybe I can't become Mao's partner.
[22:10] Meili
    What's this?
[22:11] Man
    An invitation to a dinner party.
[22:14] Man
    For you, your father, and one more.
[22:20] Man
    We'd like for your friend to come, as well.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Strange Invitation"
[24:23] Narration
    "The Strange Invitation."