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I haven't even given you a problem.

Why are you shivering?

Do you have any courage?

Ginseng.

Honey.

Dinner will start with these two items.

Do whatever you want with them.

I don't care how you use them.

I don't care and don't ask me.

That's all.

We'll eat in 30 minutes.

Why would you put Ginseng with carrots?!

White carrots are used to cool down the body.

Ginseng chicken is to nourish the body.

Now they're both useless.

You've wasted top quality ginseng.

Condensed milk with honey?

Do you want to give this old lady kidney stones?!

I told you to be creative,

not kill people.

You don't understand the properties of food at all,

and you still want to be a chef?

Come back tomorrow!

Honey has a lot of oxalic acid.

If it is eaten with food containing calcium

it will enter the bloodstream

and mix with the blood.

It can produce kidney stones.

It's actually true.

Condensed milk is made from milk.

It's rich in calcium.

Creative cooking is actually pretty hard.

Jin Dao Granny, please enjoy.

Bamboo stir fried with lamb.

Have you eaten that before?

You would never think of this.

I must say

because the bamboo's sweetness

can mask the scent of the lamb,

I think these two

should complement each other perfectly.

You never thought of this one.

No one's ever cooked it

because eating it will give you diarrhea.

Then I'll separate the bamboo and lamb for you.

Then you can eat it.

Then let me return to outer space

and make a different plate for you.

Bye bye.

I'll switch it right now.

You can nibble on peanuts for now.

Why did I say nibble?

I haven't eaten anything

since this morning.

The dish you've brought now

better be edible.

Medicinal herbs and eel mixed.

Very good.

The flavors are balanced.

Neither the eel or the herbs are overpowering.

Eel reduces the blood sugar level.

It must be cooked thoroughly to kill all bacteria.

Cooked with medicinal herbs.

Medicinal herbs reduce liver "heat."

It can increase immunities.

This dish was created for me as I am now.

Yep. You're correct.

Are you saying I have a short temper?

I wouldn't dare...

How could you have a temper?

It's just that I'm not talented enough.

It's not that you have a short temper.

So long as you know it.

It seems that you can't be taught.

You should have more confidence in yourself.

Confidence.

You should work hard to learn what you don't know enough of.

Don't always blame it on someone else.

A chef isn't a machine.

Don't just memorize all the steps like Zhi Tian does

and think it will be easy to be a chef.

Yes, I understand.

Also,

this week,

I have a really important guest coming.

The comments from this guest

will decide whether or not you are worthy of being a chef.

You must be joking.

I will let you find an assistant.

You're inventing new dishes again?

Yep.

Master Duo Feng, you'll get to try first later.

Take it slowly, there's no hurry.

Don't fight. Let me eat first.

Bai Hui, this is so good.

Don't fight, there's still more.

Eat slowly.

Bai Hui's Special Fishcake has arrived.

Try it.

I've waited a long time.

Master Duo Feng.

Here...

Not bad. Not bad.

The separate tastes of the vegetables and the fish

are very distinct.

The proportions are very good.

Good.

Eat some more.

Okay...

What are you doing?

Didn't you just say that I cut the fish really messy?

You're not allowed to eat it.

The rest of them can eat it.

You're not allowed to eat!

Not allowed, you're not allowed a single bite.

The whole dish is put together well,

but using mustard and mayonnaise together

seems a bit plain.

Bai Hui,

I think you can come up with

newer ways of putting together this dish.

What's wrong with you guys?

You...

You said mustard...

You can really taste the mustard?

Really.

Beef, ham,

duck pate with beef steak.

Smoked trout.

Baked Vanilla Chicken.

Ham...

Onion Ham and Cheese Roll.

He Ma.

You asked me to come help.

How come you aren't thinking

of what to do with today's dishes?

Dishes...

Right, I'm going to...

What should I cook?

Did Jin Dao Granny say who today's guest was?

She didn't say.

I was thinking it must be

a famous food critic.

Let's go sneak a peek, okay?

Good idea.

Who is today's guest?

Has he not arrived yet?

Yeah, I'm so worried.

She wouldn't say who it was.

How are we supposed to know what to cook?

What should we cook?

Let's look first.

Where's Jin Dao Granny?

Where is she?

Did she go to the door to greet the guest?

Maybe...

It must be an important person coming for her to act like this.

I think we should

just make what we usually make.

As long as we cook with confidence,

the guest will eat it and think it's good.

Right.

Don't be afraid.

Buck up!

Don't be afraid.

Master.

What are you guys doing?

What are you doing here, Master?

I came to eat.

You came...

to eat?

We're doomed.

How could this be?

Why does it have to be him?

The guest is Master.

The guest is Master, what should I make?

What on earth should I make?

Bacon...

Bacon with Beef.

No...

Chicken... No...

What am I going to do?

It's been a long time since I've cooked for Master.

What am I going to do?

What if he says I've gotten worse? What am I going to do?

What am I going to do?

We're doomed.

It's Master.

He's familiar with everything we can cook.

No matter what I make,

he'll think it's not special.

What are we going to make?

What am I going to do? He Ma.

What am I going to do?

I can't think...

What am I going to do? What am I going to cook?

I know!

Fishcake!

I'll make fishcake.

Master hasn't eaten my fishcake yet.

I need to find ingredients.

Then what about me? What am I going to do?

Cookbook!

There already isn't enough time to cook,

and you still have time to panic?

If you make me lose face today,

I'll cook you instead.

Cooked Hippo. (He Ma = Hippo)

Cooked Hippo.

Fishcake.

I'll make fishcake.

Master hasn't eaten my fishcake yet.

Master will probably like it.

We're done for...

Master isn't smiling at all.

Please, please.

Gods watch over me.

Heavens, please!

Zhi Tian,

today, you are the guest.

You comment.

Bai Hui.

Yes!

Your dish has no life.

If it was not for

you standing in front of me today,

I would've thought this dish was made by Gao Qiao.

You're only copying

Gao Qiao's taste.

He Ma,

this calf steak.

It's obvious

you want to use beef to please me

because I'm good at cooking beef,

but

you don't

want me to say that you're stealing my taste either,

so it's over the top.

You added raw sausage

and on the outside you wrapped it in bread flour.

Looking at the apperance...

This is not my style at all,

but when you cook your dishes,

all the details

and the way you blend the tastes

are all my flavor.

How does Master

even know what I'm thinking?

I don't know

what the difference is between

Master and He Ma's flavors?

Master has never made this dish before.

He Ma has already been by my side for so long,

he is very used to my cadence

and my quantity.

How cooked the beef has to be until it's done,

the time it takes to be cooked,

the amount of salt needed in sauces.

Whether to use pepper or ketchup,

he knows them all.

But a man's tongue

should not feel the same way

when it comes to flavor stimulation.

It's just like a sheet of music.

You can play according to the music,

as can everyone else,

but not everyone can play it with life.

Making dishes according to the recipe is the same.

It won't taste horrible,

but it will still lack some flavor.

Dishes need to have a life.

Gao Qiao and Zhi Tian's dishes

have their life's focus poured into them,

so they will forever have their own quality.

The dishes you two made

don't have character.

No character.

He Ma, you can get lost now.

Right now,

no matter how much I teach you, you just won't understand.

Master, are you staying here today?

You think Jin Dao will let me off?

Then why did you come today?

Jin Dao wanted me to come, so I just came.

Then... what about Nantes Forest?

All of a sudden, you came here today

just to eat the dishes prepared by He Ma and me.

Won't Miss Ke Xin be angry?

How do you know Ke Xin will be angry?

Why are you thinking so much about her?

What I'm going to say next

is probably going to be unpleasant.

But as Zhi Tian's girlfriend,

I have to tell you.

Please don't go looking for him too often.

Master,

you really don't understand

the way girls think,

especially...

when she already is

your girlfriend.

Why?

Why do you always think

she is my girlfriend?

I've already tried to cooperate and understand her.

You're right.

I really don't know what Ke Xin is thinking.

I think

she doesn't understand what I want either.

There are no feelings between us.

Master,

don't be too dispirited.

I'm only saying.

And besides, you've changed a lot

for Miss Ke Xin.

You aren't

the man with a bad attitude from before.

You...

He Ma, you've finished packing?

Yeah.

See you later, Jin Dao Granny!

What do you mean, "See you later?"

There is no later!

I apologize

for making you wait so long, Bai Hui.

Let's go.

Master.

Thank you for your advice.

I will definitely remember it.

Thanks for looking after me, Jin Dao Granny.

Don't yell at me anymore.

Granny, next time I'll make you something to eat.

Thank you.

Bye bye.

Master, bye bye.

Let's go.

Bye.

Bye, Master.

I didn't change because of Ke Xin.

Bai Hui, you've got it wrong.

I think it's because of...

You really are a person who discovers warmth late.

How can you still eat?

I don't have any appetite at all.

I was too nervous just then.

Now I can finally let my heart rest,

of course I should eat well.

Comfort myself.

But I'm still very nervous.

So nervous that my stomach is still hurting.

You're overreacting.

Just like Master said,

my dishes

are all copies of his flavor.

I really am a failure.

Failure?

Didn't you say so yourself before?

Master's criticism of someone still has some appreciation.

Didn't you hear it at all just then?

Appreciation?

Appreciates me?

No!

You're saying Master just...

I can't feel it at all.

Appreciate me? Doesn't feel like it.

This side dish doesn't seem too bad either.

I think Jin Dao Granny's

example just then was very great.

Just like learning to play the piano,

at first, man can only follow the notes and knowledge,

but then after much toil, you'll get used to it.

The notes and the tempo.

After you've gotten used to them,

then you can play

the music within your heart.

Just like us two right now.

We've already revised the notes and knowledge,

so your crafts will be like Master Zhi Tian.

My crafts will be like Gao Qiao's.

Think about it!

He meant

that our crafts have both improved,

and are able to catch up to their best parts!

That sounds reasonable.

We have improved. Improved!

So, from now on,

we must find a way

to play at our own tempo.

You are not Master Zhi Tian,

and I'm not Chef Gao Qiao.

We've never been to France,

and we weren't raised by Jin Dao Granny.

But my father trained my sharp sense of taste,

and, He Ma,

you're the second generation of your old shop.

Right?

I am He Ma Yang.

I will never be Master Zhi Tian.

We must take the part of the paths we are going to walk.

Maybe, some day, I will surpass Gao Qiao,

and you will surpass Master Zhi Tian.

Me...

So embarrassing!

Just not right now.

Little Bear now

belongs to He Ma.

Little Bear

will become better and better.

Right?

Little Bear...

Will become better and better.

The He Ma now

should, because of Little Bear, think a bit

of what can I do for it.

Sing it again!

Little Bear...

Will become better and better!

Little Bear...

Will become better and better!

Where'd you go?

What's wrong?

Did you meet Bai Hui and He Ma again?

Do I have to report to you?

Of course.

Can you put in a little bit more effort here?

Especially since you are Nantes Forest's chef,

not Bai Hui and He Ma's "Master" anymore.

You should think more about your future.

Only you

and Nantes Forest

can attain the results.

My future is my own problem,

it has nothing to do

with you and Nantes Forest.

You really don't understand

the way girls think,

especially...

when she already is

your girlfriend.

Did you say something to Bai Hui again?

Bai Hui once said something to me,

and I think you, more than me, need to hear it.

You have to understand to have tolerance.

Only then will your heart be free.

Ke Xin,

don't seize me and you

too tightly.

I'll go home first.

If you don't have anything to do, go home and rest, too.

Can I not hold on?

Nantes Forest is about to collapse.

It will collapse in my hands soon.

Everyone,

I'm sorry.

Causing everyone to be sick

is all my fault.

It has nothing to do with Boss,

nothing to do with Little Bear,

nothing to do with my master, either.

To clarify,

it's because I'm not trying hard enough,

not being serious enough.

I always thought that being a chef

was just doing things with all of one's might.

Here, I'll say to everyone,

I'm sorry.

I hope everyone

will give me another chance.

Come to Little Bear again.

I'll treat everyone.

This situation, we'll talk about it again later.

Tomorrow we have a game.

Everyone, go and practice.

Go!

You guys...

I...

Xiao En, you have to come today.

You have to tell everyone to come today!

Understand?

I will be waiting at Little Bear for everyone.

Good luck in your game!

Good luck, good luck!

Actually,

I think

our baseball team isn't that bad.

Tomorrow's game with the Da Rong Team,

we've never even won against them,

but

they will still come and play with us.

Yeah.

Half a year ago,

we were still a bracket at the chart's end.

If it wasn't for Da Rong team giving us a chance,

we couldn't have even fought these last 16 rounds.

So shouldn't we

give He Ma another chance?

Let's go eat hamburgers later.

Okay...

Eat burgers...

Still eating burgers?

No one will go eat hamburgers.

Hurry up, the dishes are up!

Hurry up.

Take it upstairs.

Diced chicken,

Shrimp tofu.

Mom.

Just pick our Ah Cai tofu...

Mom, I'm home.

When did you get back?

Just now. Which table is this for?

Number 9.

Okay, okay.

Your son's back home.

Yes, he comes when it's busy.

I just want shrimp...

Get Ah Cai tofu.

We'll also have Ah Cai tofu.

Okay.

Mom, go get busy, I'll do it.

Okay...

Go get busy!

What else do you want?

Gao Li smoked beef.

Gao Li smoked beef, okay.

2 bottles of beer as well.

2 bottles of beer.

Who needs to order?

Altogether, NT $700.

Okay, thank you.

Come again when you're free.

Mom,

this is for you to eat.

What's this?

This, I made it.

Great, eh?

French Lan Dai baked fish steak. (Le Cordon Bleu Paris - type of beer)

Today your Western restaurant is not busy?

How come you have time to come?

It's busy.

I'm going back now.

He Ma, you have to come home often.

Your father's health is bad.

Okay, I understand.

Then I'm going, Mom.

Okay.

Be careful.

Okay.

Dad, I'm going now.

When you're free, come often.

Smoke a little less.

Okay.

I'm telling you to smoke less!

Why don't you try this...

You, you're just a stubborn pig.

Today our chef has made new dishes.

They're French dishes.

We have baked salmon, farm cheese,

with vegetables, and rice.

Want to try it?

Okay.

Then which dish would you like?

Baked salmon.

One baked salmon.

And this Mrs...

I'll order later.

Okay.

Then I'll come again soon.

You guys came today?

How come you didn't call me?

Sorry, today we had so many guests

I didn't notice.

No worries.

How come you just came today?

Daddy's picking favorites?

No, that's not it.

Today is Xiao Qiang's birthday.

You're also called Xiao Qiang?

My name is Xiao Qiang too! What a coincidence!

But I'm Qiang Wei's Qiang.

What Qiang are you?

Big Sister's talking to you.

He's Qiang Zhuang's Qiang.

So cute.

Then for your birthday today, what do you want to eat?

Hamburger.

Okay, a hamburger for Xiao Qiang.

And for this big brother? What would you like to eat?

I just want to ask,

when I received your direct marketing,

it said if four people come here, one person eats free.

Then, for the two of us,

will there be something favorable

or something like a discount?

Big Brother, stop kidding me, okay?

I'm not the boss.

How about this then,

I'll treat Xiao Qiang to a cup of coke, okay?

Thank you, Sister.

Okay.

Xiao Qiang wants a hamburger.

Plus the coke, I'll take care of that.

And what about you?

Would like you to eat something?

We have the newest French dishes.

They have...

Miss.

That...

We don't have to pay a minimum fee, right?

Yes, that's right,

but aren't you hungry?

No.

But it's Xiao Qiang's birthday,

won't you accompany him to eat something?

He'll feel very bored.

How about you choose

one of our French dishes, okay?

The quantities are not much.

If it doesn't taste good, I won't charge you.

Okay.

I'll treat you to another coke.

He Ma.

For table six, first prepare

a French baked salmon

and another order

for table five, it's a big beef hamburger.

Today is the kid's birthday,

so you have to help him out and make it bigger!

Okay, big it is!

And the other?

French baked salmon.

That's it.

Okay, no problem.

Boss... plate...

Okay...

Boss, it's done.

Okay... here we go.

Little Xiao Qiang, this is your hamburger

and the coke I got for you.

Where's your daddy?

In the toilet.

How come he's been in there for so long?

Nothing would have happened, right?

Sister,

can you help me cut the burger in half

and wrap up the fries?

Okay.

But why?

Because I want to take it home

and share it with my little brothers and sisters.

They didn't get to eat.

Then why didn't you bring them here?

Because...

Because Daddy doesn't have money.

Only the one with a birthday can come.

Okay, later I will help you wrap it up.

What's wrong Xiao Qiang?

Being naughty?

No, he's very good.

Your dish will be done soon.

Thanks.

No problem.

Eat.

Why aren't you eating?

But I want to cut it in half.

Just eat it.

Brother He Ma,

can you help me prepare five more hamburgers?

A lot of customers came again?

The baseball team is here?

No.

It's takeout.

Take out?

Miss, the bill please.

Sure.

Here, here is NT $462.

You've calculated wrong.

Isn't it NT $420 plus the service charge?

Didn't you say the coke was free?

Yes.

But we don't collect a service charge here,

and since today is Xiao Qiang's birthday,

there is a 20% discount.

So it's NT $336 all together.

Thanks.

Hold on a second! Wait!

Brother He Ma,

where are my hamburgers?

There.

Wait up!

What's this?

This is Xiao Qiang's leftover hamburger and fries.

There wasn't this much, was there?

We made some extra for lunch,

so I figured that you could take them back.

Is that all right?

It's okay.

The next time someone else has a birthday,

you can bring them along.

We'll give you a discount.

Thank you.

No problem.

Xiao Qiang, thank her.

Thank you, Sister!

Good boy.

Let's go.

You must come again!

Bye, Xiao Qiang!

Goodbye, Sister!

He Ma!

Your French Styled Tart is really delicious!

And it's a big portion, too.

I'm not Master Zhi Tian,

I can't make that many dishes by myself.

So I strategized

and decided to change the menu,

adding more food that can be pre-prepared.

This way,

we won't be in such a frenzy.

He Ma,

you really are a big chef now!

The idea that I gave you

will definitely be a success.

Of course.

What are you doing?

Are you eating again?

What about the customers later?

It's already 4:30 PM,

there won't be many people coming.

Are you here to help

or to eat leftovers?

Quickly, arrange the plates.

Hold it properly.

Stop eating!

Look at you.

Hello, this is Little Bear.

Xiao Qiang? Hold on a moment.

Xiao Qiang, the phone!

Hello?

Hold on a moment.

Hello.

I went to look for them yesterday.

They were all really obedient.

He Ma,

I was thinking,

do you want to take part in this competition?

Competition?

France Lyon Culinary Competition.

A cooking competition?

Actually,

the dishes you've been making recently

have all been good.

Really?

And the new menu you invented

has been very popular.

Really?

Isn't it?

You...

It's just that... sometimes you lack confidence in cooking.

After you take part in this competition

and win something,

won't you be more confident in the future?

Yeah!

You have a point.

When you get a title,

everyone will say,

"Let's go to Little Bear to eat He Ma's cooking!"

It's really cool!

Yeah...

So how about it? Want to give it a shot?

It's not a bad idea.

Wasn't it a man

who called Xiao Qiang earlier?

Why was a man looking for Xiao Qiang?

A man?

Is Xiao Qiang being a good boy?

I told him to do his homework.

Who are you talking to?

Xiao Qiang,

who are you on the phone with?

Quick, come help out in the kitchen!

Hurry up,

we're really very busy now.

I'm dead tired.

Who are you talking to?

All right, stop talking so much!

Welcome!

- He Ma, we're here! - The baseball team is here!

We're here...

He Ma, we're here for your food!

Bye bye.

Welcome, what do you want to eat today?

The same dishes as the last time...

Hamburgers?

Okay.

We're so hungry!

Coming.

He Ma,

look, the baseball team is here again!

Sorry about the last time.

Don't worry about it, it's all in the past.

This time I guarantee you won't get diarrhea!

Guaranteed!

Okay!

Will this be a better arrangement?

Chef Gao Qiao.

Bai Hui, let's go take part in this!

What's this?

A culinary competition.

This is the International French Lyon Culinary Competition.

Yeah.

Bai Hui,

go take part.

Me...

in a culinary competition?

No way!

If you can't, who can?

You definitely can! You must take part!

I can't!

You must compete.

This is an international competition

that is only held once every two years.

First, they have to choose representatives from each country.

Then they'll compete

in the gourmet food capital Lyon.

In the past,

Zhi Tian and I both took part.

In that year, Zhi Tian was second.

I was third.

Master and you are both great.

He Ma and I won't even stand a chance!

It doesn't matter whether you stand a chance or not.

Why don't all of you take part

and get some experience?

The International French Lyon Culinary Competition

is the dream of chefs,

and also should be a chef's ambition.

Only after taking part in large-scale competitions,

can a chef be considered a true chef.

This is the path

first class chefs must take.

A first class chef.

A first-class chef!

This International French Lyon Culinary Competition

isn't like the competitions organized

by food companies or the fish market

to promote some products

and have a culinary competition.

To a chef,

it's like the Oscars for an actor.

Or the Emmys for a singer.

And what scientists and writers

strive for their whole life to win -

the Nobel Prize.

Wow, is it as great as you say?

I'm not exaggerating,

it's sacred.

I didn't think it was such a great competition.

I'm already excited!

I wonder what it is.

I bet it's something good.

I picked this up at Jin Dao Granny's house a few days ago.

When I was making new dishes for her,

she took this out very carefully,

then hid it back really carefully!

The important point is... it's locked!

It's locked!

It must be some secret manual,

or a cookbook which has been lost for a long time.

You stole Jin Dao Granny's stuff?

Once she finds out, you're dead!

It's okay.

If it's really a cookbook which has been lost for a long time,

we can learn together!

If it wasn't for Bai Hui,

you wouldn't be sharing this treasure with us.

Aiyoh, why say that?

We're all good friends, right?

We'll look at it and learn together!

It will be really valuable!

Okay...

How are you going to open it without a key?

Yeah.

Oh right.

I have a hair pin.

Isn't that how it's shown on TV?

It opens just like that.

If no one's been a thief,

they wouldn't know how to do it.

I have pliers.

That's not bad.

Nah, that's not good.

If the pliers damage the lock,

Jin Dao Granny will have you killed.

I'll give these back.

So how?

Actually, I can open it.

Then quickly open it!

You really know how to use a hair pin to open it?

Be careful!

If you spoil it, you're dead.

Quiet...