The finals of the Canton Dumpling Tournament was a showdown...
... between the Dumpling Brothers and Yosen Shuka. We won hands down!
On top of that, I received a letter of recommendation from Admiral Lee to take the test to become a Super Chef!
You've progressed quicker than I expected.
It seems the time has finally come.
The time?
Mao, the reason I wanted you in Canton...
... was for you to challenge the Canton Super Chef licensure examination!
Super Chef licensure examination?
Super Chef licensure examination...
All right! I will take the challenge of the Super Chef licensure examination!
Challenge the Dream! Super Chef Examination
There we go!
Well done, Mao!
I hope you do just as well in the Super Chef licensure exam tomorrow!
Mao, that's great!
Oh, it's wine... and I drank it...?
Thank you, everyone.
Now then, I'll show you my drunken fist kung fu.
All right, all right!
Master Luo!
Are you all right?
I'm going to sleep now.
Really now. Wake up, Master Luo...
Oh, Mei Li! Did you drink some wine?
What? Is there a problem if I drink?
Do you have something on your mind, Mao?
How's that, huh?!
What's wrong, daddy? Why are you so deep in thought?
Drink with the rest of us! (Hic)
You reek of alcohol.
Oh?
Is that so?
Anyway, Daddy, is the Super Chef Exam difficult?
Of course it is!
You're sadly mistaken if you think it will be as easy as before.
The Super Chef Exam in Canton is said to be the most difficult in China.
That makes the honor and responsibility of becoming a Super Chef that much more serious.
Tell me, Daddy. How was it when you took the exam?
The theme dish was congee.
We had to express youth with it.
Express youth with congee?
So, what happened?
It was very puzzling.
So I...
Yes, yes.
Hey Mao! There's a lady who wants to see you.
Huh, a lady?
Really?
She wants to see me?
Why, what a stud you are!
Way to go, Mao!
Looks like you've made a fan with your performance at the dumpling tournament.
No way.
Did you want to see me?
Why, she's much older than you.
I'm younger and look much more beautiful!
Sis!
What? You're M-Mao's sister?!
I'm glad to see you're doing so well, Mao.
Sis! it's really you, Sis!
You're Karin, Mao's big sister? I-I'm... (hic)
You must be Mei Li. Mao talks about you all the time in his letters.
He says you take good care of him.
Of course I do!
Thank you.
Oh, this is my sister.
This is Mr. Chouyu, Mei Li's father and the assistant head chef of this restaurant.
I'm Karin. Thank you for being so kind to Mao.
No, the pleasure is ours. Welcome to Yosen Shuka.
Sis, is that?
That's right. It's your present!
It's the bag where Mom kept her secret spices and cooking oils.
I thought you might find some use for them.
Great! Mei Li, please help me!
Sure!
Now, please. Make yourself at home.
Thank you very much.
Mao, what's inside this? It's way too heavy!
For real...
Huh? What's this thing doing inside?
Heavy...
There we go!
Mei Li, come over here!
I'm coming!
Ah, it's much easier now!
These were all used by my Mom.
Mom's cooking knife.
With this, I can solve any problem they throw at me!
That's great, Mao!
Yeah!
They all seem to be skilled chefs...
Yeah.
This test may greatly direct your future path.
Wouldn't you like to challenge it to test your skills?
I must take this path...
... to be a Super Chef like my Mom.
If I take this exam, maybe I'll be a step closer to reaching her!
I will pass this exam, Mom!
H-Hey!
Move it, shorty. This is no place for a kid to hang around!
Mao!
Ow ow ow...
Are you all right, Mao?
That was so rude!
It looks like this is going to be a tough exam this year.
One of the best young chefs in Dung Jiang Kuan, Huang.
He uses his strong body to perform amazing techniques with a knife!
The lone female of the pack, Che Lin, the Witch.
The Assistant Head Chef of Woodside Restaurant, Tang.
His skills are said to rival even those of Yosen Shuka's Chouyu.
Mr. Chouyu?
Speaking of which, I heard Chouyu's best pupil will be competing as well.
He's supposed to be a young genius.
I wonder what sort of person this pupil of Chouyu is like?
Hmph, he was big enough for Chouyu to notice.
He must be like Huang. Only fatter.
Oh yes, there's one other.
The mysterious chef, Fei the Genius.
Fei the Genius?
Looks like it's starting!
Everyone, we will now commence the exam!
As usual, we will grade the dishes in the order of their completion.
The time limit is until sundown today!
Furthermore, only five contestants will pass this part of the test!
In other words, the test is over when the first five people have passed.
Just five people?
This means, whoever finishes first gets to pass!
Will you be alright, Mao?
We'll now reveal the theme!
The theme is...
Noodles!
Noodles. So that's the theme...
Here comes the difficult part.
Next, the content of the dish!
Country...
Scholar...
Without...
Peer.
It means, Incomparable!?
Incomparable. So that's what you want.
Bring your ingredients by noon, and give us your answer in the Cooking Arena!
That is all!
Cooking Arena?
It's a place specially constructed for the Super Chef Exam.
Well, I've got to hurry.
To the market!
Incomparable noodles!
What are you doing, Mao? Everyone's already on their way!
Wait a minute.
What is this 'Incomparable'?
It's not the name of an ingredient.
Xiao He said, "Every general is rare."
"But a man like Han Hsin is incomparable."
Um...
This was what Xiao He, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty,
once said about the great General Han Hsin.
Incomparable. Someone so great that there's no one else like him in the country.
No one else like him in the country...
You made the Rising Dragon Dumpling. It should be possible for you.
Hey, wait...
Thank you. My name is Mao.
And you are...?
Incomparable. No one else like him in the country...
But I still don't know what that has to do with noodles.
Mao, don't just sit there thinking. It's almost noon!
With the ingredients here, there's nothing you can't make.
After all, Yosen Shuka has the best ingredients in all of Canton!
Here, hurry up!
If you have everything ready, you may enter and get started.
I'm Tang, of the Woodside Restaurant.
You may enter!
I wonder what sort of noodle the others have come up with...
I'm Wang Hu of Shaolin Kuan. I have everything I need.
You may enter!
I'm Yang of Furin Restaurant.
You may enter!
I'm Huo of Nankuo Shuka.
You may enter!
Ah, wait!
I'm Liu Mao Xing of Yosen Shuka.
You may enter!
It's very heated in here!
Everyone must have found their answer to "Incomparable."
Your time is up when that incense burns out!
Yes!
That's the lady they called the Witch.
Snakes and frogs... She definitely seems like a witch.
Woodside Restaurant's Tang is using Canton's seafood to compete.
So that's Mr. Tang's answer for Incomparable.
He's the one who told me the meaning of Incomparable!
He's one of the participants?
He's wrapping the dough in something.
Geez, he didn't have to ignore us!
And he took the dough with him! What a weirdo.
Wow! That's quite a powerful soup he's making!
And he's using the whole bird?!
Mao, this is no time to watch other people!
Mao!
You've got guts prying into my cooking, boy.
If you value your life, don't get too close to me.
Are you all right, Mao?
Mao, can you hear me?
The Super Chef Exam occurs only once every four years.
Everyone here has given their all in order to come this far.
They're agitated and excitable.
I would advise you to concentrate on your own cooking.
I see.
The future of Canton's cooking world is in here.
They're taking the test with everything they've got.
And I...
I'm supposed to find my path, but I'm going to lose even before I start to fight!
Where do the roots of your cooking lie?
Roots of my cooking?
When in doubt, it is best to return to your roots.
Roots.
Geez, who does he think he is?
M-Mao!
The roots of my cooking.
Mom.
Ah, that's right. I got it!
That's it! It must be in here!
What are you looking for, Mao?
It's that thing. If I had it...
That's strange. It's got to be in here.
What exactly are you talking about, Mao?
Mei Li, is this everything that my sister brought with her?
I think so.
It can't be. How could it not be in here?
There was a knife, a soup ladle, spices...
There was some big black rock thing.
That's it! Where? Where did you put it, Mei Li?
I thought it was just a rock, so I...
It was heavy, so I threw it out in the yard.
Mao!
Once the participants pass through this gate, they can't leave until the end.
But...
If you leave, you will be disqualified!
Disqualified.
I'll go!
It was all my fault!
Mei Li.
I'll be back so you can make it in time!
Please hurry, Mei Li!
Make way, make way, make way!!!
Watch it!
Make way, make way!
This is second to none... my invincible soup!
Mei Li!
Calm down, calm down.
There....
Are you all right, Mei Li?
What happened, Mei Li?
That rock! I have to take Mao's rock to him!
Rock?
It's not here, it's not here! Where did it go?!
Mao's big rock.
I know I threw it somewhere around here.
A rock, you say?
I wonder if it's that thing.
You know about it?
Hey kid!
What's the meaning of this? You haven't even started!
This place is sacred ground to those who devoted their lives to cooking!
If you're here as a spectator, go home! It's annoying.
That's it!
It's too heavy, Mei Li! I'll take it to him.
I'm going. It's all my fault!
Besides...
This is all I can do for him now!
Then hurry, Mei Li!
Right!
Please, let me get there in time!
When Mei Li returns...
... there may still be enough time.
Mei Li will come. I know she will!
Go, go go!
"In the Bluest Sky, I Can Meet With You"
I felt a signal pass through me today
As I went out to meet up with you
In this crowded cityscape, an enlightening wind
Is blowing hard into my face
Up in the clouds, above the Earth, where the Angels' ladders reach with grace
I stretched out my arms, and climbed right on. Now I can go...
Everywhere, gently riding a white wispy cloud
In the bluest sky, I can meet with you
No matter what the time, where the place The path to take, I want to see it through
I will never give up until the end
I want to gather up all pieces of the dreams that shine with seven rainbow colors
Ahh… perhaps the answers that I want
Are there all along in front of me