# 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."*