I'm Sun, I work for a development agency.
This is my own business card.
Sorry!
This is our development zone.
Not as big as Pudong,
but it's a commercial centre.
We'll have a hotel, a golf course,
and even a crematorium.
The plans are facing you.
As you like.
The environment is a priority for us.
There'll be farms,
plantations, protected zones.
Isn't this area a little too built up?
This amusement park will be converted to process compost.
We might also add a Nuclear Power Plant.
And an artificial lake.
Is Mr. Liu there?
Do you know when he'll be back?
You don't know!
You're not in charge. Who should I speak to?
What about this merry-go-round?
You want to develop our nation.
An old comrade!
I can say it again?
Sure, but in a little bit.
We'll tear down these public toilets.
Don't worry, you'll each get a share.
You must come speak to my manager.
You want to develop the nation.
Don't say it again. Got it?
Who's your manager?
You know him,
but you may not recognize him.
I have a great memory.
I know the Canton evacuation plan by heart.
There's an agency in Canton,
but there's no Mr. Sun.
There are three of them in Hong-Kong.
A loan shark, a homosexual, a taxi driver.
Which one are you?
Miss Cheuk, listen!
A friend wants to see you.
Miss Cheuk...
He really wants to see you. You'll be delighted.
You want to develop the nation!
You must meet someone!
You can't catch me!
Let's take the car.
Let me in!
- What are you doing? - Do you want to catch that girl?
This way!
How do you know?
I feel it!
There!
Can you see me?
- Let's get her. - What is it?
A purse snatcher on the 3rd floor!
Open the door!
Anyone in there?
Someone wants to see you!
She stole my purse.
Quick!
This way, here!
How do you know?
I'm psychic.
Open the door!
I have a phone, should I call the police?
Alright.
Why are you knocking on that door?
There's a thief inside.
You live here?
I'm the caretaker.
Hurry!
That's not her.
Check out this wall!
You haven't changed.
5 years, I've waited for you.
Really? That's great.
You'll be happy to know
your son is getting big.
Really?
Our child was born?
You did this on purpose!
I only want him to prepare an imperial feast.
Do you know anyone else who can do that?
I don't give a shit!
Have some compassion!
He's not the type for that.
You're more than a friend, you're his wife.
Once, I was down.
He told me I had to get myself up.
Now, it's the same thing. Let him save himself.
Don't worry!
Let go, I'll catch you!
I can't, I'm scared!
Be brave!
I'm brave, I'm letting go!
No! There's a hole.
Now, you say don't let go?
I've proven I'm brave.
She stole the purse!
She needs help!
She can't jump down, we must help.
Help!
Careful.
Grab on to me.
Don't be scared. Grab on.
Tighter!
Don't grab my pants.
Don't cry.
- That was nothing. - I was scared.
We landed well.
It was a misunderstanding.
We know each other.
Thanks, chief.
We'll take Kit's place while he's in Hong-Kong.
Nice to meet you!
Boss!
Master Kit, you're back!
The restaurant industry
welcomes you back.
I'm from the North-West Restaurant.
I'm from the Chefs' Association.
The Drunk Fairy Restaurant.
Best Restaurant.
Imperial Restaurant.
Golden Dragon Restaurant.
I admire what you've done.
Despite all my success,
I can't ever hope to get such applause,
and such respect.
Qing Han Restaurant.
Do I look Japanese?
Is it a wig?
The red made me look like a pig.
What about now?
I look like a mushroom.
Booze!
Master Kit, allow me.
Soup-filled Fish.
I've waited a long time for this.
Impressive!
That looks tasty.
He put in little meatballs, too.
Too salty.
Too bitter.
Disgusting.
- Impossible. - Let me try.
- The fish must have been bad. - Too bitter.
It looked good!
Kit, you know how to cook,
but you've lost your sensibility for it.
What do you mean?
He drank so much that he no longer has the touch, the feel for cooking.
His senses have been dulled.
We have to retrain him.
Let's start with taste.
All the alcohol destroyed his sense of taste.
Cool, then heat his taste buds.
That'll stimulate circulation.
These flavours will kick-start his tongue.
Don't move.
- Nothing. - Maybe we're too late?
Impossible!
His legs must be strong for him to stand all day
in the kitchen.
Let's work on his sense of smell.
We'll clean out his nose.
It's filthy in there!
Give him some pure oxygen.
Breathe slowly.
It feels good!
Hey! Who farted?
Sorry, I was only thinking about it.
Is his sense of smell back?
Maybe he's got a super-nose now?
Something's wrong.
Why?
Because I farted.
The 3rd sense is sight.
You have to be able to see the food you're cooking.
This'll sharpen your eyesight in a tight, smoky space.
They key is inside. Find it to get out.
Start the smoke!
He's gonna cough like crazy.
Where is that key?
These onions are gonna choke me.
I'm passing out!
Where is that key?
I can't take this.
Let's go!
I'm outta here!
Where's the exit?
Help!
Kit is quiet. Did he faint?
We should save him.
Master Kit has the talent.
His eyes are sharp again, he got out before you.
I'm not the one who needs the training!
Acupuncture helps the hearing.
What?
I didn't say anything.
I saw your lips move.
Bo, are you messing with her brain?
What are you hearing?
Commercial Radio 1.
Now, it's Commercial Radio 2.
Maybe I put one in the wrong place.
What song is on?
Leon Lai.
By Leslie Cheung.
Where's the photo of my Japanese girl?
You can't tear up my picture!
Wait, I'm not done punishing you!
Don't look at me!
His 5 senses are back.
But he's just a soulless shell.
Sorry I'm late.
What's with you two? Listen.
I heard you.
The soul is the heart.
What?
Cooking takes passion.
It must be done from the heart.
There's a problem!
Where is Lung Kwan Bo?
I don't know.
I'm just an employee.
What an attitude for an employee!
Liar!
I'll take care of it!
Stay here! Who was it they were looking for, huh?
Let the police know.
Call the police?
Dial 999.
Hide!
Can we talk?
I'm working here.
Master Bo,
have a drink.
I wanna fight, too!
who called the police?
I did.
I want to make a statement.
New bet?
If you lose,
you come and work as a dishwasher here at the Qing Han.
If the Qing Han loses,
I'll fry your right hand.
I'll make a contract, we can sign it tomorrow.
Fine.
No, it was him!
Let go!
Gimme that!
Steamed fish, egg, and vegetables.
Pork meatball soup.
I made it for you.
I haven't cooked for you in a long time.
You always said my cooking was bad.
It's not the best of the best,
but it's not bad at all.
Being used to the best,
it's hard to appreciate the rest.
I'm so busy I don't eat regularly.
I haven't had your cooking in so long.
I'm so busy.
I've stopped eating meat, and become a vegetarian.
So why eat that?
I want you to cook again
so I can love food again.
When you make the imperial feast, do it for me.
For you...
it will all be for you.
Wow!
- Take it. - Careful.
Look at this.
Here's your little Japanese.
I thought you burned it.
I'm not that cruel.
And you tore up my photo!
I'm sorry.
What's more important? A girl or her picture?
Both.
If you love her, you still would, even if the photo was ash.
There's no need to burn pictures.
I'm jealous
of that picture.
"The Imperial Feast of the Qing and the Han" tournament begins now!
The chefs are required to prepare 3 main dishes in 3 days.
Master Fung from Qing Han restaurant
versus master Wong of Super Group.
Please meet our judges,
The 2nd generation chef and owner of Imitation restaurant,
Master Hau How Tin.
Consultant for the food industry, Mr. To.
From Japan, an expert in the history of the Han, Mr. Kawasaki.
The judging will be based on appearance, smell, taste and presentation.
We begin with "The Door of the Dragon".
18 dishes make up the feast of the dragon door.
The first challenge is to prepare
the main dish of the feast, a bear paw.
I'm making a "Bear Paw on the Snow".
So I'll use a paw from a polar bear.
That's not savoury!
It sat in a
a marinade for 3 days.
Then I sautéed it with onion
and white wine.
Then, it was deboned.
A plank!
I hope he drops it on the ground!
What is he doing?
It's not a traditional technique.
A new type of massage?
Golden sturgeon soup.
Sturgeon is rarely used in soup.
It's a velouté.
There are many types of sturgeon.
This is the best for soups.
It's almost impossible to unite so many ingredients.
Pressured syringe.
I'm injecting it with liquid nitrogen.
It has no negative effect on the meat.
What's he doing?
Giving anesthesia.
Plastic surgery!
It's not the time for jokes!
Sturgeon caviar is the best in the world.
The warmed liquid nitrogen
creates a slight pressure
so the paw absorbs the soup.
It's inflating!
It's huge!
What does that do?
I can't believe it.
Now, it's chilled to -10 ° C.
I'll sculpt some pears in the meantime.
It's pretty and elegant.
It's been chilled long enough.
Here is my "Paw on the Snow".
The judges may sample it now.
Delicious, a bear paw filled with cold soup!
So many different flavours!
The taste of sturgeon is captured in the meat.
I can taste the fish and the bear all at once.
And the sculpted pears,
appetizing.
They counter any fat.
Refreshing, just like snow itself.
A circle represents a positive mark, an X a negative one.
The number of circles at the end of a challenge decides the winner.
It's time to see the marks.
Mr. Kawasaki, 10 out of 10.
Master Hau, 10 out of 10.
Mr. To, 10 out of 10.
10/10.
The best we can do is tie.
Let's do our best.
I will be making a "Magic Paw".
The bear is from northeastern China.
The paw can be braised.
Myself, I prefer to steam it.
What's the point of that?
I add wild honey.
I will carve a melon.
Let me.
I'm using swallows' livers as decorative trim.
I'll put the paw into a swallow's nest.
That's marvelous.
Honeyed bear paw.
The sauce will coat the nest.
What a Master!
The "Magic Paw"!
The beeswax absorbed the flavour of the meat.
Very savoury!
Delicious!
The judges' marks are,
Master Hau, 10 out of 10.
Mr. To, 10 out of 10.
We have a tie in the first challenge!
Tie?
Do you know what "eating" means?
I thought they had taste.
Tonight, we've seen the "dragon's door" feast.
This Japanese has his own opinions.
The "Cold Paw of the Dragon" by Master Wong
is quite a marvellous dish.
He's smart.
This Japanese must be nuts!
The bear paw is the 6th plate on the day's menu.
Fish is the 5th plate.
So, according to the menu,
fish is repeated in Master Wong's feast.
Thus, the winner must be Qing Han restaurant.
Traitor!
Qing Han restaurant wins the first challenge!
Tomorrow's challenge will be preparing an elephant trunk.
The second challenge begins.
I'm making "The Climb to the Mountaintop".
This trunk is from Thailand.
It was steamed.
And then braised.
Then simmered with various fowl.
Nail clippers.
Now, the final steps.
That doesn't sound right.
The flame isn't strong enough.
Turn it up.
He's on fire!
Tonight, boiled elephant trunk.
Here's the frozen trunk.
I coated it with yogurt 15 days ago.
Trunk meat is excellent.
Today, you'll discover a new method
of preparing the trunk.
How did the napkin catch fire?
Someone put phosphorus on it.
How's your hand?
Let's keep going.
I can't do any cutting.
Make sure you use the sharp side of the knife.
Ginseng boiled with chicken and spices.
Did you nick yourself?
Put the cubes into the casserole.
Don't look at what they're doing.
The tongs broke!
It is ready!
Notice the elegance.
It is perfect.
The chef from Han Qing did not complete the challenge.
Super Group is the automatic winner.
I'm sorry.
I know saying that has no point.
It's useless.
Delicious!
This has to be better than Wong Wing's dish.
It's still juicy.
Let's concentrate.
We have to get ready for tomorrow.
Who's gonna do it?
Are you gonna sharpen that blade into eternity?
Here's the key.
It's illegal to kill a monkey.
So what do we do? Drop out?
If we don't do it, we'll lose.
But, look, he's so cute!
You didn't have a problem when we caught him yesterday!
There's no other choice. The knife.
Let me.
You wanna do it?
No, I want to leave.
I'm coming too.
I have to use the bathroom.
It's all you, buddy!
No problem.
After 2 challenges,
we have a tie.
The best prepared monkey brain will decide the winner.
Please welcome our challengers.
Representing Qing Han...
Master Kit must be scared and decided to quit?
Representing Qing Han...
Has the challenge started?
It is time.
If Qing Han isn't represented, they will be eliminated.
You may begin.
This evening, I will make monkey with shark.
To keep it savoury, the brain must be cooked very quickly.
But its aroma is unpleasant.
So, to neutralize the scent,
I'll use a shark fin.
It has a strong odour to cover that of the monkey.
It stimulates human brutality.
Successful men love shark fin.
I'll fry it in oil.
As the aromas mix, the taste becomes excellent.
I add powdered shark teeth.
"The Monkey Crosses the Volcano."
It is ready!
Judges,
try my monkey with shark.
It tastes primitive and wild.
The brain
and the shark fin
are exquisite.
10 out of 10.
10 out of 10, obviously.
Some more?
The monkey with shark
is a magical dish.
But this brain...
Whatever you're gonna say,
I'm the only contestant!
There's only 5 minutes left.
Qing Han can't come up with anything.
Wrong!
Monkey brain must be fresh.
It should be eaten within
3 minutes of harvesting.
"Golden Eyes and Brain of Fire."
Cooking fresh food is pointless.
It must be savoured with its natural flavour as the highlight.
It's enough to scald it with hot oil.
"Golden Eyes and Brain of Fire." Taste it.
The Japanese are renowned for our raw food.
But no sashimi can compete with this monkey brain.
This is no ordinary monkey.
It's a snowy mountain monkey,
or a monkey with 6 ears.
Regarding the imperial feast,
I declare this dish to be the best of them all.
- What do you think? - I agree.
Please submit your marks.
According to the marks given by the three judges,
the winner is...
Animal Protection Agency.
It seems you've been cooking with protected animals.
Me, I obey the law.
In fact, I used a goat brain.
That isn't illegal. But, my opponent is cruel.
He killed a monkey by scalding its brain with oil.
Arrest him!
The audience are witnesses.
We guessed your plan. That wasn't a monkey
We made that monkey brain.
How?
It's tofu.
We gave it the right taste.
Thanks to my preparation, it became a brain.
We let it simmer with various fowl brains.
So the tofu absorbed
the flavour of brains.
Coconut hid the taste of soya.
Everyone believed it was a brain.
The monkey skull is also just a coconut.
So it's not a brain!
They cheated! They should lose!
You cheated too.
I still used a brain.
You went too far by using tofu!
Stop arguing.
The judges must deliberate.
No one used a monkey brain.
Your abilities with the 5 senses are exceptional.
The marking system isn't fit to determine this.
Each dish is sublime.
Kit and Bo used tofu.
That goes way above any culinary talent.
While Master Wong's attitude throughout the tournament...
Qing Han restaurant takes it.
So, the winner is Qing Han restaurant.
How's the business in San Francisco?
It's going great.
Love is just a little game...
Ka Wai is in the kitchen!
Giving instructions the cooks. Is she going to come out?
Are the pig eyes ready?
Has Sun written you?
No, he's probably on a honeymoon.
And the sparkling water?
Wash it and start again.
That's shark fin, you can't use water!
What's going on in here?
- Where's the roast piglet? - We don't have batteries.
The eyes won't light up.
Use candles instead.
Go and sit down.
Happy birthday...
It's a wedding banquet,
not a birthday party!
Need some help, my dear?
Damn right.
I'm not qualified for this.
I found you an assistant. Look.
Give me that!
I never went to Canada.
You're prettier than that Japanese chick.
It's hot as hell wearing a wig!
Where are they? Did they get a divorce?
Get married quick, get divorced quick.
There's not enough!
Lower the microphone. Perfect.
To your health!