E9 - Shanghai, City of Devils

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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:31] Mao
    Captain, what do you think?
[01:33] Captain
    The object you seek is at the location
    indicated by this map, right?
[01:38] Mao
    Yes.
[01:40] Captain
    I've come to Shanghai numerous times,
    but I have no idea what I'm looking at.
[01:45] Mao
    I see.
[01:47] Captain
    If there's something you want to
    know about cooking in Shanghai,
[01:51] Captain
    you should visit the Grand Alliance.
[01:53] Mao
    The Grand Alliance?
[01:55] Captain
    Yeah.
[01:56] Captain
    The Shanghai Chefs' Grand
    Alliance off Nanjing Road.
[02:02] Captain
    They say the Grand Alliance knows everything
    there is to know about cooking in Shanghai.
[02:07] Crew
    Shanghai is in sight!
[02:13] Captain
    Mao, I know you'll achieve your goals.
[02:17] Captain
    I'll be praying for your success.
[02:19] Mao
    Thanks, Captain.
[02:24] Narration
    A harbor city located where the
    Huangpu River meets the Yangtze estuary.
[02:30] Narration
    Though it was once little more
    than a rustic fishing village,
[02:33] Narration
    foreign capital flows into this new city,
[02:35] Narration
    and it is rapidly developing into
    an international trading port.
[02:43] Narration
    The people call this place
    the City of Devils.
[02:49] Shirou
    So this is Shanghai.
[02:51] Shirou
    This place is so busy, I can't relax.
[02:54] Meili
    Look at all the foreigners.
[02:58] Meili
    Guangzhou can't compare to this.
[03:00] Sailor
    Jerk!
[03:03] Meili
    Some sailors are fighting.
[03:05] Xielu
    It's got all the hot-blooded
    guys you'd expect
[03:08] Xielu
    from a young city with an unknown future.
[03:10] Xielu
    And it's crawling with shady types
     who have come from China
[03:15] Xielu
    and abroad dreaming the Shanghai dream.
[03:20] Fei
    No one from the Grand Alliance showed up.
[03:23] Shirou
    I'm hungry.
[03:27] Fei
    Yeah, right.
SIGN    Shanghai Grand Restaurant
[03:32] Mao
    Chinese mitten crab!
[03:40] Shirou
    It's so good!
[03:42] Xielu
    The real thing is in a league of its own.
[03:45] Mao
    Yeah. Shanghai never uses dead crab.
[03:49] Xielu
    Come to think of it, Mao.
[03:51] Xielu
    Didn't you serve me shumai packed with
    mitten crab eggs the first time we met?
[03:57] Xielu
    I only got to eat that because
     I was fed Shirou's terrible stir fry.
[04:02] Shirou
    You don't have to mention that part, bro!
[04:07] Leien
    According to Master Luo,
[04:09] Leien
    the second legendary utensil
    is somewhere in Shanghai.
[04:17] (Flashback) Luo
    The eight legendary utensils were scattered
    across the eight regions of China.
[04:23] (Flashback) Luo
    They're said to protect
    the Chinese culinary world.
[04:27] (Flashback) Luo
    Through your travels, you must
    decipher these maps more clearly
[04:31] (Flashback) Luo
    so that you may reach the legendary utensils.
[04:35] Mao
    But all we've got is a single, unlabeled map.
[04:41] Leien
    Our only clue is the Grand
    Alliance the captain mentioned.
[04:46] Xielu
    The Grand Alliance is a
    trade association of chefs
[04:49] Xielu
    like the Guangdong Chefs' Alliance.
[04:52] Xielu
    The difference is it's way more mobile,
[04:56] Xielu
    and uses its tremendous influence.
[04:59] Mao
    Why?
[05:00] Xielu
    The restaurants that have gathered in
    the new city of Shanghai have short histories.
[05:05] Xielu
    Lots of places don't know how
    to handle foreign customers.
[05:09] Xielu
    On top of that, tons of ingredients
     make their way here
[05:12] Xielu
    from China and abroad along
    the Yangtze River and the sea.
[05:16] Xielu
    People yearned for a
    powerful trade association
[05:19] Xielu
    to make sure they were distributed fairly.
[05:34] Cloak
    We've been waiting for you.
[05:35] Shaoan
    The results?
[05:37] Cloak
    The first step of our plan
    has already been completed.
[05:44] Cloak
    But, Governor,
[05:45] Cloak
    this morning, the group from Yang
    Spring Restaurant landed in Shanghai.
[05:50] Cloak
    What shall we do?
[05:54] Shaoan
    We'll have to crush them.
[05:56] Shaoan
    I hold a deep grudge against that boy.
[06:03] Mao
    Meili, let's be sure to make
    time to visit this place.
[06:08] Meili
    Longzhen Restaurant?
[06:11] Meili
    That's Sanjie's shop.
[06:12] Shirou
    Sanjie?
[06:14] Mao
    Didn't I tell you about him?
[06:16] Xielu
    Have you noticed, Lei En?
[06:17] Leien
    Yes. We're being followed.
[06:20] Xielu
    Is it the underworld?
[06:22] Leien
    I don't know, but...
[06:23] Mao
    Anyway—
[06:25] Mao
    Excuse me.
[06:27] Mao
    Huh?
[06:30] Shirou
    Who are these guys?
[06:36] Big Boy
    You're Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[06:40] Mob
    Lei En?
[06:42] Mob
    The rumored Lei En?
[06:44] Mob
    The underworld!
[06:45] Mob
    They belong to the underworld!
[06:47] Mao
    Underworld?
[06:50] Mob
    Death!
[06:51] Mob
    Death!
[06:51] Mob
    Death!
[06:53] Mob
    Death!
[06:54] Leien
    These men are insane.
[06:55] Shirou
    What do they think we did?
[06:55] Mob
    Death!
[06:58] Mob
    Death!
[07:00] Meili
    No!
[07:00] Mob
    Death!
[07:01] Sanjie
    Wait!
[07:02] Sanjie
    These guys don't belong to the underworld.
[07:07] Mao
    You!
[07:11] Mao
    Sanjie!
[07:14] Meili
    Sanjie!
[07:16] Sanjie
    What a surprise.
[07:18] Sanjie
    It's been forever.
[07:20] Sanjie
    Good to see you again, Meili.
[07:22] Sanjie
    You've finally become a woman.
[07:23] Meili
    What does that mean?
[07:25] Man
    Boss, you know these underworld men?
[07:28] Sanjie
    You idiot! How could they
    belong to the underworld?
[07:31] Sanjie
    This is the pride of Guangzhou, the youngest
     Super Chef ever, Liu Maoxing!
[07:37] Mob
    What?!
[07:39] Mob
    A Super Chef?
[07:41] Man
    Forgive us!
[07:43] Man
    We had no idea you were the boss's savior!
[07:47] Sanjie
    Come to my restaurant, brother.
[07:50] Sanjie
    As promised, I'll cook you a delicious meal.
[07:53] Mao
    Okay!
[07:54] Leien
    I'm going to head to the Grand Alliance first.
[07:57] Meili
    Now, now. Let's enjoy
    Sanjie's cooking together.
SIGN    Longzhen Restaurant
[08:03] Xielu
    The Longzhen Restaurant
    is one of a few places
[08:06] Xielu
    in Shanghai that have a long history.
[08:09] Meili
    Sanjie once trained at Yang Spring
    Restaurant as senior apprentice to Mao.
[08:14] Xielu
    Senior apprentice?
[08:15] Meili
    He always skipped work and teased Mao.
[08:20] Meili
    My dad expelled him for
    his lack of motivation,
[08:24] Meili
    but the truth was he couldn't hold a knife
    properly because of a childhood trauma.
[08:29] Xielu
    Huh...
[08:31] Meili
    Giving up on his dream of becoming a chef,
[08:33] Meili
    when Sanjie tried to leave the restaurant,
[08:35] Meili
    Mao dragged him back into the kitchen.
[08:39] Meili
    Ultimately, with Mao's help,
[08:42] Meili
    he completed the final task
    given to him by my dad.
[08:45] Meili
    He achieved his dream of becoming a chef
[08:48] Meili
    and returned to his hometown of Shanghai.
[08:52] Sanjie
    I'm not perfect yet, but...
[08:57] Meili
    You overcame your fear of knives.
[08:59] Sanjie
    Yeah.
[09:02] Snajie
    Here.
[09:03] Snajie
    This is the famous Guangdong dish
    Mao and I used to impress Zhou Yu.
[09:11] Meili
    That was delicious.
[09:13] Shirou
    The seasoning was perfect. I ate too much.
[09:18] Sanjie
    By the way, Mao, why did
    you come to Shanghai?
[09:25] Sanjie
    Th-The legendary utensils?
[09:27] Sanjie
    So you came looking for it, too.
[09:32] Mao
    What?
[09:33] Sanjie
    The truth is the Shanghai culinary world
[09:36] Sanjie
    is currently in an uproar
    over that legendary utensil.
[09:40] Mao
    What do you mean?
[09:42] Sanjie
    The Shanghai Chef's Grand Alliance
    receives threatening letters daily
[09:46] Sanjie
    from some mysterious group
    called the cooking underworld.
[09:51] Sanjie
    Everyone's on edge.
[09:55] Sanjie
    That's why they surrounded you earlier.
[09:58] Sanjie
    I'm really sorry about that.
[10:00] Mao
    So that's why...
[10:02] Xielu
    They must've realized it's here, too.
[10:04] Mao
    Could you take a look at this?
[10:08] Sanjie
    It's... a map, right?
[10:10] Sanjie
    But only a shape has been drawn.
[10:12] Sanjie
    There isn't a single label on it.
[10:14] Mao
    According to Master Luo
    of Yang Spring Restaurant,
[10:17] Mao
    a legendary utensil is
    hidden here in Shanghai.
[10:20] Mao
    This map apparently indicates its location.
[10:24] Sanjie
    Maybe my dad will know something.
[10:28] Mao
    Really?
[10:29] Meili
    Is your dad at the restaurant now?
[10:32] Sanjie
    Right now my dad and the other
    leaders of the Grand Alliance
[10:35] Sanjie
    are holding a meeting on the Huangpu River
[10:37] Sanjie
    to discuss how to handle the underworld.
[10:40] Sanjie
    They're supposed to come
    up with a clear strategy.
[10:47] Mob
    What's that?
[10:48] Mob
    Is that a person?
[10:50] Sanjie
    Elder Singchi of Jinjiang Restaurant!
[10:53] Sanjie
    That's impossible!
    He should be at the meeting!
[10:58] Sanjie
    Who's there?
[11:05] Mao
    Lei En, this is...
[11:07] Leien
    That's definitely the symbol of the cooking
    underworld, the Black Cloud Kirin.
[11:11] Cloak
    Tang Sanjie.
[11:13] Cloak
    In three days, we will be waiting
    for you on the Huangpu River.
[11:16] Cloak
    You cannot run.
[11:19] Cloak
    We've taken the leaders of
    the Grand Alliance hostage.
[11:23] Sanjie
    Dad?
[11:28] Xielu
    That's her...
[11:39] Xiang
    In three days, we shall reveal
    the secret of the legendary utensil
[11:44] Xiang
    if you can decipher this.
[11:53] Sanjie
    I'm sorry I dragged you into this.
[11:58] Mao
    No, this is what we want, Sanjie.
[12:02] Mao
    We won't learn anything
    unless we meet our enemies.
[12:15] Cloak
    Thank you for waiting.
[12:17] Cloak
    I'll take you to the meeting place.
[12:28] Leien
    Hostages, huh? Their methods
    are as underhanded as ever.
[12:32] Leien
    They're probably after our map
    to the legendary utensil.
[12:37] Xielu
    Yeah.
[12:39] Mao
    The winds have changed.
[12:41] Mao
    We're out at sea.
[12:47] Cloak
    Please remove your blindfolds.
[12:53] Shirou
    It's too dark to see.
[12:55] Xielu
    It's a shadow. We're inside a giant shadow.
[13:11] Both
    What?
[13:12] Sanjie
    That's...
[13:13] Sanjie
    A giant aquatic pavilion!
[13:17] Leien
    Could this be the rumored cooking
    underworld's Warship Pavilion?
[13:23] Xielu
    It's stupid big...
[13:25] Xielu
    I've never seen anything like it!
[13:30] Mao
    The entire ship must be
    full of enemies, Lei En.
[13:34] Leien
    We'll be cooking with enemies on all sides.
[13:37] Leien
    Be careful.
[13:38] Leien
    The underworld is always working to use
    cooking to force chefs to submit to them.
[13:43] Leien
    They're motivated by their twisted
    sense of pride and justice.
[13:48] Leien
    The ambition of those seeking the legendary
     utensil will become clear shortly.
[13:54] Man
    I'm impressed you didn't run.
[13:56] Man
    Now, enter our main battlefield.
[14:00] Leien
    Bring it on.
[14:02] Xielu
    Will we find a demon king waiting
    for us beyond that door?
[14:06] Xielu
    Or...
[14:16] Xielu
    It's larger than I expected.
[14:19] Mao
    This giant competition kitchen
    fits inside this ship?
[14:26] Shirou
    All these guys look shady.
[14:29] Shirou
    Do they all belong to the underworld?
[14:33] Xiang
    You know what we want: the legendary utensil.
[14:40] Xiang
    But can't unconditionally receive the Shanghai
     culinary world's legendary utensil.
[14:46] Xiang
    That is why we have fairly and openly
    requested a contest to earn the utensil.
[14:52] Sanjie
    There's nothing fair or open
     about taking hostages!
[14:55] Sanjie
    Return my dad and the others!
[14:58] Xiang
    Hostages? Don't say it like that.
[15:00] Xiang
    The elders are waiting in another room.
[15:03] Xiang
    You can leave with them once
    the contest has concluded.
[15:09] Xiang
    Tang Sanjie, your father has
    gladly offered us something
[15:13] Xiang
    that shows the location
    of the legendary utensil.
[15:17] Xielu
    That can't be!
[15:19] Leien
    That's one way to put it.
[15:22] Xiang
    But this is not enough
    for us to figure it out.
[15:25] Xiang
    We've heard you hold the key
    to deciphering this code.
[15:29] Sanjie
    You seem to have the wrong idea.
[15:32] Sanjie
    I'm not the one who holds the key.
[15:34] Sanjie
    It's my friend here,
[15:36] Sanjie
    Super Chef of Guangzhou, Liu Maoxing!
[15:41] Xiang
    That must be it.
[15:44] Xiang
    No!
[15:48] Mao
    Only the winner will hold
    both the code and the map!
[15:52] Mao
    I challenge you, cooking underworld!
[15:57] Xiang
    Very well.
[15:58] Xiang
    Then let us begin the Huangpu River
    Warship Pavilion banquet contest.
[16:03] Xiang
    Each side will choose three
    chefs to participate.
[16:06] Xiang
    The subject of the contest
    will be determined then.
[16:08] Xielu
    Three each? You're down one.
[16:12] Xiang
    Do not worry. He will be arriving later.
[16:16] Xielu
    "He?" No matter who comes,
    our victory is certain.
[16:21] Sanjie
    That's right. We'll crush you
    guys and take back the elders.
[16:26] Sanjie
    Mao, let me go first.
[16:29] Mao
    Okay.
[16:32] Xiang
    Then allow me to introduce the judges.
[16:38] Sanjie
    Impossible! You're...
[16:40] Meili
    Who are they?
[16:43] Sanjie
    That's the boss of Shanghai's
    marketplace, Governor Zhang.
[16:48] Sanjie
    Leader of the sailors, Governor Hu.
[16:51] Sanjie
    Union president of the shopping
    center, Governor He.
[16:54] Sanjie
    In other words, the top men who lead
    Shanghai's various associations.
[16:59] Sanjie
    The Grand Alliance is one such association.
[17:03] Sanjie
    But...
[17:05] Sanjie
    but why are you working with the underworld?
[17:09] Sanjie
    You and the Grand Alliance
    have always worked together.
[17:14] Zhang
    Listen, Sanjie. Don't get the wrong idea.
[17:17] Zhang
    We don't care whether
     the Shanghai culinary world
[17:20] Zhang
    is controlled by the Grand
    Alliance or the underworld.
[17:25] Hu
    All we want is for the strongest group
[17:29] Hu
    to rule Shanghai and maintain order.
[17:32] He
    We hear the cooking underworld
    has plenty of chefs
[17:36] He
    who outstrip even Super Chefs.
[17:39] Hu
    We thought we'd see that strength for
    ourselves with our tongues today.
[17:45] Zhang
    Don't worry, Sanjie.
[17:47] Zhang
    We'll only vote for the dish we
    truly believe to be delicious.
[17:51] Zhang
    Naturally, we won't go easy on you.
[17:54] Zhang
    But...
[17:56] Sanjie
    But?
[17:57] Zhang
    The skills of the young chef of Longzhen
    Restaurant have improved considerably.
[18:01] Zhang
    But the uneven ingredients we sometimes find
    mixed into your dishes are unsatisfactory.
[18:07] Mao
    These guys aren't just talk.
[18:10] Mao
    They even know Sanjie's weakness.
[18:16] Zhang
    Take my advice.
[18:18] Zhang
    Let your friends handle the contest
[18:22] Zhang
    so you can go back home with your father.
[18:26] Mao
    Sanjie.
[18:27] Meili
    Sanjie...
[18:28] Xielu
    Unfortunately, the judges know your weakness.
[18:32] Leien
    They may be impartial,
[18:34] Leien
    but they'll be harsh judges of
    a chef whose weakness they know.
[18:40] Mao
    Sanjie...
[18:43] Sanjie
    I know, Mao.
[18:46] Sanjie
    I'll let you guys handle this contest
[18:48] Sanjie
    for my dad and the future of
    the Shanghai culinary world.
[18:55] Xiang
    In that case, the first subject
    of the banquet contest is...
[19:03] Xiang
    Dim sum!
[19:05] Xiang
    Now choose your chef!
[19:09] Xielu
    Who else could we choose?
[19:11] Xielu
    The country's greatest dim sum master,
[19:13] Xielu
    Xie Lu of the Steel Staff, will take you on!
[19:17] Xiang
    So you're the famous Xie Lu
     of the Steel Staff.
[19:20] Xielu
    Who will it be?
[19:22] Xielu
    Which unfortunate soul will I fight?
[19:26] Cloak
    Such a lively challenger.
[19:31] Both
    That old fogy?
[19:31] Both
    That man?
[19:33] Xielu
    The old man is my opponent?
[19:35] Xielu
    Try not to suddenly die
    from overexerting yourself.
[19:39] Luokong
    Don't be a showoff, youngster.
[19:41] Luokong
    If you're a novice dim sum master,
    you must recognize this mark.
[19:47] Xielu
    What?
[19:47] Leien
    Is that the crest of the Bai Luo family?
[19:52] Zhang
    Impossible! One of them yet lives?
[19:56] Mao
    Lei En, what's the Bai Luo family?
[19:56] Mob
    The Bai Luo family?
[19:58] Mob
    Luo Kong?
[19:59] Leien
    The Bai Luo family is a family of dim
    sum masters descended from the chef
[20:03] Leien
    who served Zhuge Liang of Sichuan
    during the Three Kingdoms Era.
[20:07] Leien
    But I'd heard their line died
    out 50 years ago with Luo Kong,
[20:12] Leien
    the man known as the dim sum king.
[20:15] Both
    What?
[20:16] Xielu
    Gramps, are you...
[20:19] Luokong
    That's right.
[20:21] Luokong
    I am the sole living survivor
    of the Bai Luo family, Luo Kong.
[20:28] Xielu
    The legendary dim sum master
    who perfected dim sum
[20:32] Xielu
    and was invited to work for
     the emperor stands before us...
[20:36] Mao
    But you said he died 50 years ago.
[20:39] Leien
    That's right. If he were alive,
    he'd be over 100 years old.
[20:44] Leien
    A living fossil.
[20:45] Xielu
    Why? All dim sum masters
    aspire to be like you.
[20:50] Xielu
    Why work with the underworld?
[20:52] Luokong
    That goes without saying.
[20:54] Luokong
    I came to learn the underworld's secret
    dim sum technique not even known to me.
[21:01] Luokong
    Just as the sweet bun created by my family's
    founder consoled the spirits of soldiers fallen
[21:08] Luokong
    in battle and quelled agitating
    streams cutting through the lines,
[21:12] Luokong
    the true path of dim sum
    is the repose of souls
[21:15] Luokong
    from which gently suppresses the waves
     of an unsettled mind and body.
[21:26] Xielu
    Named for the way it renews the heart,
[21:30] Xielu
    dim sum is meant to be eaten when you are
    troubled for a refreshing change of mood.
[21:34] Xielu
    Rather than boasting about ourselves,
    why don't we take it easy, Gramps.
[21:41] Luokong
    You do not quail before me.
    You truly are lively prey.
[21:45] Luokong
    Now choose the subject of our contest.
[21:54] Xiang
    The subject is sweet buns!
[21:57] Leien
    He shouldn't have hit that.
[22:00] Leien
    The Bai Luo family's greatest secrets
    must be hidden in sweet bun making.
[22:09] Luokong
    Dim sum boy.
[22:11] Luokong
    You've erased any chance you had of winning.
[22:15] Xielu
    I'll carve a star for you and your
    big mouth onto my staff, gramps.
[22:22] Mao
    The sweet bun contest of
    the century has begun.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Clash of Super Dim Sum!"
[24:08] Narration
    "Clash of Super Dim Sum!"