"Sky"
Haven't you ever desired to shine?
Don't you wish you could just laugh and smile?
That green plant in the room corner's vibrant and spry
But your most optimistic and dreamer friend seems to have given up and said goodbye
Does it not let you feel some sort of perverse relief
Deep within your emboldened heart?
The bus that's leaving to the beach I still have time enough to catch up to it
I just felt this time, that it is something that I should not miss out on.
Under the clear cerulean sky, on this bright morning
I can spread out my wings again
The life you live but only once
It's much too short, oh isn't that just a shame?
The flame-red sky pulsates and captivates I have embraced it
And chase the wind forevermore
I think this time I'll try a simpler and lesser traveled path to run down instead.
In my journey to train my culinary skills, I came to the village of Qujing.
Miss Anri, the Head Chef of the Qujing Restaurant,
asked me to recreate the Dreamy Singe Cuisine, which had disappeared 30 years ago.
And so, we actually solved the mystery!
However...
Lord Lien. I, Anri, the head chef of Qujing Restaurant, have solved the mystery of the Dreamy Singe Cuisine.
Why is she taking credit? What happened to Mao?
Return! Dreamy Singe Cuisine
Hey, I heard that Miss Anri solved the mystery of the cuisine!
She's not the head chef of Qujing Restaurant for nothing!
Mao! Shilou!
I wonder where those two went?
Something's wrong. She asked Mao to do it, but now she's the one making it.
Mao! Shilou!
Mmph!
I must say that cooking ability runs strong in your blood.
To think that Master Kayu's legendary cuisine is recreated by his granddaughter...
Show me what you got, Anri.
As you wish, Lord Lien. We will now recreate the Dreamy Singe Cuisine of my grandfather, Kayu.
Hey, what are they doing?
What's happening?
- Amazing!
Ready the chains!
Attach the iron orb!
Fire the oven!
Oh, how dynamic! So that's how it was made!
Mao! Shilou!
Where did they go off to? I guess I'll have to search the whole village for them.
Mao! Shilou...!
Such a wonderful aroma... This takes me back!
Yes, this is it! This very shape! This is Master Kayu's Dreamy Singe Cuisine, without a doubt!
Looks so delicious...
I-it's amazing!
This weird ball is the Singe?
I was 20 years old when I first ate this dish. I was in despair, having failed the Imperial examination for civil servants.
Damn it! How could I have failed after studying so hard?!
Don't sulk.
W-what is this?
Young man, eat this and cheer yourself up!
Not only did Master Kayu's dish amaze me with its majestic performance...
... it blew away my despair and gave me the will to start over.
It's starting! The moment just before the completion is key to the cuisine!
One moment please.
Ah, this fragrant smell!
Singe cuisine is indeed worthy to be named the pinnacle of Chinese dishes!
And this is the Dreamy Singe Cuisine!
It's ready, Lord Lien. Bon appétit!
First off, it's your fault for allowing that woman to seduce you! Serves you right, and I hope you enjoyed it!
Anyway, just to humor you, I'll listen to your excuses.
It can't! It can't be done!
What are you saying all of a sudden? What can't be done?
Just knowing how to use the tool isn't enough.
You can't make the Dreamy Singe Cuisine with just that knowledge!
What's going on?
My Lord.
Could you please repeat what you just said?
This is not the same dish as Master Kayu's Singe Cuisine, that I ate before.
That can't be...
It's too bad. I'm afraid the dish has passed into legend, deeply obscured in the mists of time.
I'm sorry to have made you go through all this just to satisfy my nostalgia.
I'll be off.
Wait a minute!
Please allow me to make the Dreamy Singe Cuisine.
Who is that kid?
Is this boy one of the cooks of your restaurant?
Well... he's...
Please, Lord Lien!
Give me another chance to make this!
Mao!
Don't worry, Mei Li.
Leave now and you'll forever regret what you've missed!
Brother Mao is a chef whose caliber is far above Boob Lady over there!
You brat!
Show some respect to the Governor!
Huh? What do you want?
Didn't you travel all this way to eat the Dreamy Singe Cuisine? If you don't want to, that's fine with us too.
Right, Brother Mao?
Why you...!
Wait. Very well. Make it for me.
Yes!
Now you're talking!
Is that kid serious?
He's going to be imprisoned, I'm sure of it!
Let's start, Shilou.
Aye!
Oh great. They're using those tools exactly like I did.
A ball-shaped Singe. It looks exactly the same! How is that supposed to be any different from ours?
What is this? It's what Miss Anri made.
That kid is just copying what Miss Anri did.
Mao! What will you do about the sauce?
That's right! Singe cuisine is incomplete without the sauce!
Or have you forgotten that, brat?!
Just sit back and relax.
I am about to complete this dish for you.
After I count down from three, the legendary dish that vanished 30 years ago will be recreated.
What?
What do you mean by that?
After I count down from three, the legendary dish that vanished 30 years ago will be recreated.
What?
What do you mean by that?
Whoa, hold your horses!
Three!
Two!
One!
Hah, this part is the same too!
Brat, is this what your big talk was all about?!
I won't allow any further attempts to deceive Lord Lien! Sto--
What's all this steam?
Augh! What is going on?!
This is...
The sauce came out from the cracked Singe on its own.
Master Kayu's Dreamy Singe Cuisine, is complete!
All right! All right!
What the...? What's going on? What just happened?
The sauce wasn't poured on. It came from within!
Amazing. It was like watching magic...
Mao!
Hooray!
Yay!
Such incredible cooking. This has to be the Dreamy Singe Cuisine. Grandpa's lost dish has been recreated here!
Lord Lien, please taste it.
Hmm, let me try it.
This is it. I remember this incredible fragrance!
I must eat it before it loses its crispness.
Ahh!
The crisp texture and fragrance of dynamically baked rice...
... and the rich taste of the sauce trapped within. This is one and the same!
Its taste is no different than from 30 years ago!
But the passion I feel in this cooking is more than what I remembered.
Please tell me the secret of the taste and majestic performance of Master Kayu's dish.
That's right! Please tell us!
What in the world was that magical ball?
Calm down. You'll get the explanation now.
Here, Professor Mao!
Everyone, give him a big applause!
First, we lined the insides of these semi-spherical tools with rice, and combined both into an iron ball.
Bake over a flame while rotating. Once the rice hardens, deep-fry it in hot oil to hollow out the Singe.
At this stage, the sauce is kept within the Singe instead of being made separately.
Hold on. If the sauce was already inside, the Singe should have burst upon frying.
In order to prevent that, I placed a layer of oiled beef inside the Singe.
The wall of meat guards the boiling sauce from breaking the ball.
But why was it necessary to go to all that trouble to put the sauce in?
It wouldn't make a difference in taste even if you poured the sauce on, afterwards.
There is a difference. As the pressure inside the ball increases,
the ingredients in the sauce combine to form a very rich flavor.
And it won't cool until you start eating.
Soon, internal pressure will force the steam out through the Singe,
creating small cracks that enlarge to break the outer rice shell wide open.
When this happens, the dish is complete.
I see. So that's the logic behind this majestic dish.
Utilizing cooking utensils that defy logic, creativity for the enjoyment of your eyes and ears...
And the passion to seek nothing but the best taste of all...
Master Kayu was truly an amazing chef!
Indeed, he was so warm. Almost like a child.
This is...
Do not lose the passion in your heart. Eventually, the time will come for it to flower.
I am 80 years old, but I think of my life as just starting.
I can't die without making more people happy with my dishes!
"Do not lose the passion in your heart. Eventually, the time will come for it to flower."
That's right! I know I still have a burning passion in here!
You should try doing the same, young man.
Ah... yes!
Good, good! That's a healthy appetite. Keep it up!
Yes! It's delicious, it's delicious!
The passion he had for cooking...
As you said, he was indeed an amazing chef!
Grandpa...
But you know, there are more amazing chefs in the world.
Than Master Kayu?
What? A more amazing chef than Master Kayu?
It's you!
Mao...?
Brother Mao!
To create a new dish takes enormous amounts of energy.
But to recreate the exact same dish that disappeared 30 years ago...
That requires a heart that can understand the chef who originally crafted it.
It requires a soul.
Can I ask you one thing, Mao?
Miss Anri.
What made you so diligently pursue the dish...
... when you must have known that it was almost impossible to do?
What drove you to do it?
Because I couldn't stand the idea of such a tasty and dreamy dish vanishing forever.
Your passion for cooking has recreated a dish that would have vanished into the darkness of history.
Well done.
That's Brother Mao for you!
That was great, Mao!
I think I got a compliment.
Yay! Yay!
You've hired a wonderful cook, Anri.
No, my lord. Master Mao Xing is not from Qujing restaurant.
What, he's not?
Actually. he is the...
The youngest Super Chef ever...
Liu Mao Xing!
Liu Mao Xing, the young genius chef that rumor speaks of... is you?!
Yes!
I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you, Mao.
Nah, just seeing Master Kayu's dish was well worth it...
After she treated us like that? Brother Mao is too nice.
Why bother? It's all over now.
Huh? You're not jealous of that Boob Lady any more?
Why should I be? Mao never had any feelings for Miss Anri.
Mao just just being a cooking maniac again.
Is that so?
People always compared me to my legendary grandfather.
Before I knew it, I lost all my desire for cooking.
But after watching you, I think I might try again.
Miss Anri.
Thank you, Mao.
Ahh! No! Don't look!
Mao, you lecher!
Mei Li, let's go. There's no need to worry.
Just look at that Mao! How shameless can he be?!
I won't forgive him this time!
Can't breathe... Don't take out your anger on me! Help!
"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