E3 - The Strange Invitation
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SIGN True Cooking Master Boy
[01:56] Man
Do you understand?
[01:57] Man
Yes, sir.
[02:07] Man
Have you told him about the Super Chef?
[02:12] Man
We have a different target this time.
[02:14] Man
He has his own personal reasons.
[02:16] Man
It's too soon to deal with the Super Chef.
[02:20] Man
Understood.
SIGN Yang Spring Restaurant
[02:44] Shirou
Sis.
[02:46] Shirou
Sis!
[02:48] Shirou
What's wrong with you? At least answer me.
[02:51] Meili
Would you shut up, already?!
[02:53] Meili
I told you to stop calling me that, too!
[02:56] Shirou
What are you putting on airs for, Sis?
[02:59] Shirou
What's that?
[03:00] Meili
It's nothing.
[03:02] Shirou
Oh, wow!
[03:04] Shirou
It's an ice sculpture!
[03:06] Zhouyu
Mao.
[03:06] Mao
Yes, sir.
[03:09] Shirou
Isn't it amazing, Mao?
[03:10] Mao
Yeah. His skills are on another level.
[03:13] Mao
There isn't another chef in
Guangzhou as talented as Zhou Yu.
[03:17] Shirou
But, Mao, what does this sculpture have
to do with the flavor of his dishes?
[03:22] Mao
Cooking isn't just about flavor, Shirou.
[03:24] Mao
Flavor, color, smell, form...
[03:27] Mao
Only when all four come together
is a dish truly great.
[03:30] Mao
And the ultimate manifestation of form
is the creation of ice sculptures.
[03:36] Meili
In a manner of speaking, my dad
is the ultimate cooking fiend.
[03:40] Meili
His passion for cooking was
so single-minded and strict
[03:44] ---
that he got into trouble when he was young.
[03:48] Mao
Trouble?
[03:52] Man
Impressive!
[03:56] Meili
I received this from a foreigner yesterday.
[03:59] Meili
I thought it was a prank,
so I was hesitant to give it to you.
[04:03] Zhouyu
"Tomorrow night, come to the Western-style
mansion in Haizhong Park South."
[04:08] Zhouyu
"We shall prepare the highest quality
dishes made with seasonal meats
[04:12] ---
and vegetables and await your arrival."
[04:15] Zhouyu
An invitation to a dinner party.
[04:18] Zhouyu
Who's it from?
[04:20] Zhouyu
This mark...
[04:25] Luou
With that mark on the letter, you have to go.
[04:29] Zhouyu
Master.
[04:30] Mao
Huh? What does this mark mean?
[04:32] Zhouyu
In the Guangzhou culinary world,
this mark means "absolute obedience."
[04:37] Mao
Absolute obedience...
[04:39] Meili
But why was I invited along with Dad and Mao?
[04:44] Luou
Indeed.
[04:45] Luou
Well, you'll all be together.
There's nothing to worry about.
[04:49] Luou
Zhou Yu, don't worry about the restaurant.
[04:53] Luou
Go enjoy your dinner party.
[04:56] Zhouyu
Understood.
[04:59] Mao
What a dense forest.
[05:02] Meili
Around here, it's even
dim during the daytime.
[05:04] Meili
The townsfolk find it creepy
and stay away from here.
[05:10] Zhouyu
Don't worry. It's just a bird.
[05:16] Meili
I was anxious when I received the letter,
[05:19] Meili
but I'm curious what they'll
serve at the dinner party.
[05:21] Mao
Yeah.
[05:26] Zhouyu
We're here.
[05:36] Meili
What?
[05:37] Mao
What is this place?
[05:40] Zhouyu
A group of foreigners once barricaded
themselves in this Western-style mansion
[05:43] Zhouyu
when we clashed with them.
[05:46] Zhouyu
It's been in ruins ever since.
[05:55] Old Man
We've been waiting for you.
[06:11] Old Man
In here.
[06:21] Mao
Those are titans of
the Guangzhou culinary world.
[06:25] Mao
Did they receive invitations
with that mark, too?
[06:29] Mao
And who invited them?
[06:36] Old Man
Prominent chefs of
the Guangzhou culinary world,
[06:39] ---
thank you for coming today.
[06:44] Old Man
Tonight, please enjoy the dishes
thoughtfully prepared by my master.
[06:51] Old Man
We shall begin with this.
[06:54] Old Man
Enjoy.
[07:00] Mao
Uh, what is all this?
[07:03] Zhouyu
From the outside. Use this for the soup.
[07:13] Meili
It's delicious!
[07:14] Zhouyu
It's onion soup.
[07:17] Zhouyu
The pieces floating in it are bread.
[07:19] Mao
This is bread?
[07:20] Mao
Anyway, I can't believe such a flavorful
soup can be made with onion.
[07:26] Zhouyu
Mao.
[07:28] Zhouyu
Eat quietly.
[07:30] Mao
Huh?
[07:35] Zhouyu
You mustn't make noise while you eat here.
[07:40] Mao
I'm sorry.
[07:41] Mao
It was just so good, I couldn't slow down.
[07:56] Old Man
Today's main dish is dove
fried in oyster sauce.
[08:07] Chef
Such unusual flavors.
[08:10] Chef
This isn't just oyster sauce.
[08:12] Chef
He's using interesting spices.
[08:14] Chef
It's good. It goes perfectly
with the vegetables.
[08:20] Meili
They're right. This dove isn't gamy at all.
[08:23] Meili
It has a kick to it, and it's really good.
[08:30] Zhouyu
This flavor...
[08:38] Mao
Guys, don't eat the food!
[08:41] Chef
What? Why not? But it's so good.
[08:44] Chef
I've never tasted a better
prepared dove dish.
[08:48] Mao
This isn't dove.
[08:50] Chef
Yeah, right.
[08:52] Chef
What do you know about cooking?
[09:00] Chef
My whole body is numb!
[09:06] Meili
Mao...
[09:10] Mao
Meili!
[09:24] Mao
Are you okay, Meili?
[09:27] Zhouyu
Her pulse is a little fast.
[09:29] ---
She's only paralyzed for now, but...
[09:32] Zhouyu
Anyway...
[09:34] Mao
This is the meat of the poisonous brown frog.
[09:37] Mao
It's a fake dish that cleverly disguises
it as the very similar dove meat.
[09:43] Mao
Who would do something like this?!
[09:49] Voice
The most prominent chefs of the
Guangzhou culinary world are such fools
[09:53] ---
even when they're lying on their backs.
[09:55] Voice
But I'm impressed, Zhou Yu.
You weren't fooled.
[09:59] Zhouyu
Who are you?
[10:07] Mask
Surely you haven't forgotten me, Zhou Yu.
[10:14] Mao
A masked chef?
[10:16] Mao
Was it you who poisoned the chefs?!
[10:38] Mask
It's been a while, Zhou Yu.
[10:41] Mask
Don't tell me you've forgotten me.
[10:43] Zhouyu
You're still alive?
[10:47] Zhouyu
After inviting us here
with your damned letter,
[10:49] ---
you cooked a poisoned main
dish using brown frog meat.
[10:53] Zhouyu
What do you want?
[10:55] Mask
Revenge.
[10:57] Mask
Zhou Yu, I have lived for the sole
purpose of getting revenge on you today.
[11:01] Mask
I challenge you, Zhou Yu. You cannot refuse.
[11:05] Mao
Revenge?
[11:07] Mao
What happened between the two of them?
[11:16] Mask
Unless I administer the antidote
before this clock runs out,
[11:20] ---
your daughter will die.
[11:23] Mask
You can't get the antidote
unless you defeat me, Zhou Yu.
[11:29] Mao
This is inhuman!
[11:39] Mask
Of course you can't reject my challenge
when your daughter's life is on the line!
[11:45] Zhouyu
It's fine. Take care of Meili.
[11:48] Zhouyu
How will we compete?
[11:51] Mask
It goes without saying.
[11:53] Mask
Just like then, three courses of longxia.
[11:57] Zhouyu
You...
[11:57] Mao
Like "then"?
[11:59] Mask
A three-round contest using
longxia, or spiny lobster.
[12:04] Mask
As you know, the first contest
is a contest of garnishes.
[12:08] Mask
We shall prepare these lobsters under
a certain condition, of course.
[12:13] Mao
What?
[12:17] Mao
Blindfolds?
[12:19] Mask
Eyes covered and in the dark, we will
blindly prepare a dish of live lobster.
[12:25] Mao
Zhou Yu can't lose a contest of garnishes.
[12:29] Zhouyu
Why are you doing this now?
[12:32] Zhouyu
No matter how many times
you try, you can't beat me!
[12:38] Mask
You've always been the same.
[12:40] Mask
You've always looked down on me.
[12:43] Mask
But I'm different now! And don't forget...
[12:46] Mask
Your daughter's life is
in my hands right now.
[12:51] Zhouyu
Shut up. Let's begin.
[12:54] Mask
Such an infuriating voice.
[12:55] Mask
It feeds my hatred for you.
[12:59] Mask
Zhou Yu, you don't stand
a chance against me now.
[13:07] Mao
The garnish contest in the dark has begun!
[13:17] Mao
Amazing. Even though he's blindfolded,
he uses his knife just the same.
[13:21] Mao
Impressive, Zhou Yu.
[13:59] Mao
Zhou Yu! Zhou Yu, wake up!
[14:06] Mao
A scorpion!
[14:07] Mao
Was it mixed in with the lobsters?
[14:15] Mask
What's wrong? Do you forfeit?
[14:17] Mask
What happened to your
extraordinary chef's spirit?
[14:21] Mask
As you can see, I've finished.
[14:23] Mask
Since you've forfeited the contest, I win.
[14:31] Mao
How could you do this?
[14:32] Mao
You're willing to cheat to win?
[14:35] Mask
Cheat? Boy, did you just say I cheated?
[14:40] Mask
Then let me tell you.
[14:42] Mask
That man Zhou Yu once did
the same thing in a match against me.
[14:57] Mao
No way... You're saying Zhou Yu cheated?
[15:01] Mask
I have achieved my revenge.
[15:04] Mask
It's all over now, Zhou Yu.
[15:06] Mask
You will know the full extent of the
humiliation I have tasted since that match.
[15:18] Mao
Hey, wait.
[15:21] Mao
Are you forfeiting the match?
[15:23] Mask
What was that, boy?
[15:26] Mao
Two contests remain.
[15:38] Mao
Your opponent will be Chef Zhou Yu's
apprentice, Liu Maoxing the Super Chef.
[15:46] Mask
You're a Super Chef?
[15:55] Mask
I will grant that is indeed
the mark of a Super Chef.
[15:59] Mask
However, my revenge is complete.
[16:03] Mask
You have no right to challenge me.
[16:12] Mao
Tell me! What's the second contest?
[16:15] Mask
I suppose I can tell you.
[16:17] Mask
The next contest is fried foods.
[16:20] Mask
Are you saying you can beat
me at fried foods, boy?
[16:24] Mao
What's the condition?
[16:26] Mask
The second contest is a contest of speed.
[16:28] Mask
Our cooking time will end once
either one of us has finished.
[16:32] Mask
Then we will judge each other's dishes.
[16:35] Mask
I'll be finished cooking while
you're still heating your oil.
[16:40] Mask
Well? Are you still determined to engage
in this reckless battle, hatchling?
[16:45] Mao
Cook as fast as you can.
Otherwise, you won't beat me.
[16:49] Mask
What was that?!
[16:58] Mask
I see. You're better than I expected, boy.
[17:03] Mask
Either way, you're impudent.
[17:05] Mask
You'll regret picking a fight with me.
[17:11] Mao
Done!
[17:14] Mask
I-Impossible!
[17:15] ---
In so little time?
[17:18] Mao
Let's judge each other's dishes.
[17:20] Mao
Show me what you made.
[17:22] Mask
My dish is nut-crusted lobster.
[17:26] Mask
I coated the lobster in crushed nuts
and fried it until golden brown.
[17:30] Mask
Correctly managing the temperature of the oil
[17:33] ---
for both ingredients requires great skill.
[17:36] Mask
Frying the crunchy nut coating
amplifies their aroma.
[17:40] Mask
Nothing is more delicious.
[17:42] Mask
When combined with the special sauce,
together they create the ultimate flavor.
[17:46] Mask
This combination of fried lobster and
sauce is the quintessence of fried foods.
[17:53] Mao
So, where's the sauce?
[17:55] Mask
The sauce...
[17:56] Mao
Where is the sauce?
[17:57] Mask
The sauce...
[17:59] ---
would've been completed easily
if I'd had another minute.
[18:02] Mao
In other words, it's incomplete?
[18:08] Mao
An incomplete dish doesn't need to be judged.
[18:13] Mask
You impudent brat!
[18:14] Mask
Boy! What did you make?
[18:20] Mask
Is this all?
[18:22] Mao
Yeah.
[18:24] Mask
Don't be absurd!
[18:25] Mask
Yours is incomplete, too!
[18:28] Mao
No, it's done.
[18:30] Mask
Boy, you don't seem to
understand. Listen closely!
[18:34] Mask
The essence of fried lobster lies in
the combination of the fragrant flavor
[18:38] ---
of lobster fried to a golden
brown color and a rich sauce.
[18:42] Mask
I refuse to consider your dish
complete without a sauce.
[18:45] Mask
And look how ugly it's been fried!
[18:49] Mask
You simply threw one whole
lobster into the oil!
[18:52] Mask
There's no way you fried it properly in
the short time it took for me to only fry mine!
[19:01] Mask
I can't believe I played
along with a stupid brat.
[19:05] Mask
You've ruined my victory over Zhou Yu.
[19:08] Mao
You don't get it.
[19:12] Mask
What don't I understand?!
[19:16] Mao
You'll see once you taste it.
[19:21] Mask
Impudent brat.
[19:25] Mask
Very well. I'll have one bite.
[19:32] Mask
What is this deliciousness?
[19:35] Mask
There's...
[19:37] Mask
sauce inside!
[19:39] Mask
Could it be?
[19:42] Mask
This smooth sauce is made
with egg yolks and oil,
[19:46] ---
with a touch of milk and sugar.
[19:48] Mask
The fragrant aroma of the fried
cashews coating and lobster.
[19:53] Mask
Together with the smooth sauce,
they form an impressive combination.
[19:57] Mask
But how?
[20:01] Mask
If you put the sauce inside the coating,
[20:04] ---
it should leak out while frying.
[20:10] Mask
That's...
[20:12] Mask
That's tofu skin.
[20:13] Mao
That's right. I wrapped tofu skin
between the lobster and coating,
[20:16] ---
sealing the sauce inside.
[20:19] Mao
The tofu skin protects the sauce,
preventing it from leaking out.
[20:24] Mao
Spiny lobster wrapped in clouds of tofu skin.
[20:27] Mao
I call it the Gold Rain Flying Dragon!
SIGN Gold Rain Flying Dragon
[20:39] Mao
I thought I told you to cook quickly.
[20:43] Mask
Th-This boy did all this work in the time it
took for me to simply fry the lobster.
[20:50] Mask
Such skill. Such awesome talent.
[20:53] Mask
He had the keen sense of taste to identify
the poison of the brown frog right away.
[20:58] Mask
And he's a Super Chef at such a young age...
[21:02] Mask
This boy is the apprentice Zhou Yu
raised with great care.
[21:07] Mask
He may one day become a dragon that
disrupts the world of Chinese cuisine.
[21:21] Mask
I underestimated you, boy.
[21:27] Mask
It seems my revenge is incomplete
unless I defeat you.
[21:32] Mask
Listen closely, boy.
[21:34] Mask
On the right is the antidote
to revive your friends.
[21:37] Mask
On the left is a poison that could
kill an elephant with a single drop.
[21:41] Mask
Our longxia battle has three rounds.
[21:43] Mask
I won the garnish contest,
and you won the frying contest.
[21:47] Mask
That makes us evenly matched.
[21:49] Mask
The next contest will determine the winner.
[21:51] Mask
If you win, I'll give you the antidote.
[21:54] Mask
But if you lose...
[21:58] Mask
You'll drink the poison.
[22:12] Mask
Well? Do you accept, boy?
[22:17] Mao
Yes!
SIGN Next Time
SIGN "Pot of Grudges"
[24:24] Narration
"Pot of Grudges."