# 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."*