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People say that the types of Chinese food are as numerous as the stars.

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The food of wonder, Chinese cuisine, has become internationally known.

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The cuisine has a rich 4,000-year history.

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Honed to perfection by the efforts of countless Super Chefs,
who competed desperately to better their craft.

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Those days were known as the
"Cooking Warring States" period.

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During the 19th Century, a time of upheaval at the end of the Manchu Dynasty...

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Two thousand kilometers southwest of the capital Peking...

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In a rich land steeped with fog, where the Yangtze River flows...

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In a town in Szechuan province...

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A new Chinese chef legend is about to be born.

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Genius Cooking Boy, Mao!

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Yes!  I found it!

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The unique taste of this mushroom will make it the best ingredient.

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Ouch!

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Success!

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Whenever it gets crazy busy, he's never here.

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Miss Karin, is Mao searching for ingredients at the mountain again?

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He's probably playing around and skipping off from his work!

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There's nobody else in our family to help.
I wish he'd get more serious.

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You have so many problems, it's hard for you to get married.

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That's none of your business!

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It's been a month since the head chef, Ms. Pai, passed away.

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Yeah, but we all decided to work hard to maintain my mom's tastes.

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All of us customers come here so we don't forget about her dishes.

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<i>After Dad died 11 years ago, Mom protected Kikkaro Restaurant.</i>

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<i>She was one of the greatest head chefs ever.  She was called the Fairy of Szechuan.</i>

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<i>Many of her original dishes have changed this restaurant's history.</i>

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<i>Her cooking made the Kikkaro national restaurant famous throughout the country.</i>

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Thank you very much for coming!

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It was so good!

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- Thank you!
It was so good!

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What are you doing?

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Be more careful!

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W-welcome!

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I don't care what you serve me.

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Just as long as it's good.

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I'm sure of it, Miss Karin!

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Those weirdos will put down our food to pester us for money.

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So what will we do, Jun Shin?

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You can count on us.  As Master Pai's best students, we'll cook the best food ever.

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So they won't be able to complain.  Right guys?

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Yeah!

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Here you go.

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Didn't you hear what I said?

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What?

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I said, I wanted good food.  Feed this slop to the pigs or something!

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Why are you doing this?!

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What the heck are you doing?!

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Argh!

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Sis!

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I've got so much stuff!

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Sis, look at all these wild plants and mushrooms.

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I've got so much...

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Sis, what happened here?!

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Who are these people?

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They complained about our food.

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I just told you the truth.

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Liar!  How would you know?  You just had a sip of the soup!

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You were planning to do this from the very beginning!

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That's right!  It must be it.

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If I can't judge the quality with a sip...

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... then how can I call myself a Senior Chef?

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Senior Chef...

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You still don't have the right to destroy this place.

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Of course I do.

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Look at this.  It's from Admiral Lee, a leading figure in the central government cooking society.

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He sent me this order to be the new head chef of Kikkaro!

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In short, Kikkaro will be <i>my</i> restaurant from now on.

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I can't believe that Admiral Lee would give such orders to a complete stranger.

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A stranger?

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Have you already forgotten about me?

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That burn!  You must be...

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Shou An!

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It's you?

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So you remember me now?
I worked here for ten long years.

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You're all so cold-hearted.  I haven't forgotten about you, even for a day.

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<i>Shou An, you can't cook the food evenly that way.</i>

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<i>Put your heart into it.</i>

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<i>Shut up, old hag!  How many times must you tell me the same thing over and over?</i>

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<i>I've stolen all your techniques a long time ago.</i>

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<i>I don't need you any more!</i>

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<i>You can't cook my dishes with only techniques stolen from me.</i>

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<i>Unless you understand that, you'll never be a genuine chef no matter how long you try.</i>

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<i>You must wake up, Shou An!</i>

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<i>Shut up!  Don't treat me like a child all the time!</i>

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<i>Shou An, are you all right?!  You must get treatment right away!</i>

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<i>Shut up!  I don't need to be here any more!</i>

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<i>Shou An!!!</i>

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You can't imagine how miserably I was treated after that.

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However, I managed to put up with all the humiliation.

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I trained desperately to qualify as a Senior Chef.

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All I wanted during those years was to destroy Kikkaro Restaurant.

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That's nonsense.  You have no reason to blame us!

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Mom worked so hard to improve you, her favorite disciple!

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She worried about you until the day she died.

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Pai, the Fairy of Szechuan, is no longer alive.

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So I am now the head chef of Kikkaro Restaurant.

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Don't!

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Move out!

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Get off me!

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Damn it, I won't let him take over Kikkaro.

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You stupid brat!

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Wait.

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Clear the way!  Admiral Lee is here!

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So he's Admiral Lee.

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Admiral Lee?!

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So you're Admiral Lee?!

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Sir, I've been waiting for you.

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I'm Shou An, the one you appointed as the new head chef of Kikkaro.

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It's over now...

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Mom's restaurant...

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Shou An.

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Yes sir!

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I think you misunderstood something.

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I would never appoint a new head chef for a national restaurant...

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... without confirming how good the chef really is.

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Only when my seal is on the order will you be officially recognized as the new head chef.

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I don't understand.

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I will decide on your appointment after I try one of your dishes.

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I understand.  Please request anything that you like.

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I see.  All right, cook me some fried rice.

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Fried rice?

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<i>I get it.  Fried rice is the very basis of Chinese cooking.</i>

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<i>It clearly shows how good a chef is.  Clever choice.</i>

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Amazing.

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But why are there three woks?

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Besides that, what is he going to do with that soup?

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He may use it to season the fried rice,

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but it will ruin the rice's crispness, which is the key.

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<i>You people will never understand...</i>

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What's he going to do?

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I have astounded all the wealthy and the gourmets...

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... who have tried all sorts of luxurious delicacies.

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This is the divine technique of Senior Chef Shou An!

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He's mixing the stir-fried ingredients with the soup, and combining the mixture with the fried rice.

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What kind of fried rice is that?

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<i>It's hard to remove the fishy smell of shrimp, crab, and shark's fin.</i>

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<i>I wonder how he handled this problem.</i>

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<i>What a combination of sea delicacies and mountain food.</i>

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<i>He upgraded an ordinary dish like fried rice into such a luxurious dish!</i>

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Excellent work.  You really <i>are</i> the
number one disciple of Pai, Shou An!

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I thank you very much, Admiral.

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However, I'm sure that I have already surpassed her.

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You surpassed my Mom?!

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Now, please give me your seal as you have promised.

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Wait!  Let me try the dish too!

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Stay back, kid.

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Mao!

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It tastes good.

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<i>He removed the strong fishy smell of the seafood</i>

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<i>and locked the taste of the ocean into the flavor.</i>

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<i>I can taste it...</i>

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<i>It's the flavor of something special.</i>

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<i>I got it!  This is it!</i>

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He added coriander marinated in Kinka ham sauce!

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<i>Brat...</i>

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<i>Coriander!</i>

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But no.  This fried rice...

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It doesn't surpass my Mom's!

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Even though he's Pai's son, he's still just a child.

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What does a child know about cooking?

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I grew up in the kitchen where my Mom worked.

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I can remember all the tastes Mom created.

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That's why I know that Mom's fried rice tasted better!

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Shut up!

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Admiral Lee, please ignore what he said.  A child's memory can't prove anything.

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The reality is that Pai has passed away.  Her fried rice doesn't exist any longer.

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It's impossible to compare it with my fried rice.

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Of course...

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It would be another story if someone could reproduce Pai's fried rice.

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I can.

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What?

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Admiral Lee, please let me cook my Mom's fried rice.

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What are you saying?  You've only played around and never properly trained to cook.

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Let me remind you that the menu of a national restaurant

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affects the prestige of our country and our 4,000-year old cooking style.

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Serving a poor dish is equal to a serious offense.

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Your youth won't exempt you from that.

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Are you still prepared to continue?

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Yes.  I promise I'll reproduce my Mom's fried rice.

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<i>First, mix the eggs quickly.  Once they are half-cooked, add rice.</i>

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<i>Each grain of rice must not be sticky.  And the eggs must not be fluffy.</i>

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<i>Once the rice and eggs are mixed, season with salt and pepper.</i>

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<i>Lock up the taste and aroma of the food immediately.</i>

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<i>That's the life of Chinese cuisine - cooking with fire!</i>

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I did it!  It's complete!

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Humph.  A dish cooked by a child isn't worth trying.

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Mao has a big mouth.

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He used only eggs.  There's no way he can beat him.

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Please go ahead, Admiral Lee.

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Why is it shining?

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Is that really fried rice?

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What kind of fried rice is that?

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Golden fried rice...

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Yes!

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Golden fried rice?

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I thought I saw a light, but it can't be real.

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Don't be fooled by the fancy name of that golden fried rice.

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The truth is, eggs are the only ingredient other than rice.

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It's just egg-fried rice without any special inspiration.

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There's nothing to get excited about.

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What's wrong?

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It's over.

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I knew it.

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This... really is... Pai's fried rice!

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No way!  That can't be true.

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It's true that golden fried rice is just a mixture of rice and eggs.

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But only after each grain of rice is securely coated with eggs...

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... can it shine as perfectly as gold.

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Only Pai could cook this golden fried rice in Szechuan province.

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Now, this mere 13 year-old boy has reproduced it!

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Even next to Shou An's luxurious fried rice...

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... it's quite hard to compare the two.

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Admiral Lee!

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You did well!

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Mao.

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My cooking has received praise from many gourmets.

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I can't believe you equated my cooking with Mao's!

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Even if you were once the general managing officer of the Imperial kitchen.

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If you really think that, Admiral,
then I have my pride as a Senior Chef.

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Please allow me to officially compete against Mao.

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I would like you to permit us to have a national restaurant cooking competition.

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One officially sanctioned by the Szechuan Chef Alliance.

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A traditional cooking competition happens once every ten years.

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Once you lose, your career as a chef ends right there and then.

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It's a very serious fight within the Chinese cooking society.

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You should know the rules of the cooking competition, Shou An.

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If you lose, not only would Mao become the new head chef...

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... You would be stripped of your qualifications as a Senior Chef.

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It will never happen unless a miracle occurs.

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What do I have to worry about, going up against such a child?

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I ask you as well, Admiral.
Please let me compete with Shou An!

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Mao, if you lose, it would be considered an insult to a Senior Chef.

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Leaving Kikkaro with your employees won't be the only punishment.

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Fine.  I'm prepared for any kind of punishment.

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A cooking competition to be the new head chef of Kikkaro Restaurant.

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We mustn't miss it!

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He decided without asking me!

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I wonder what the subject will be.

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There's no way he can win if it's a difficult one.

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Now, let me announce the subject.

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Shou An.  Mao.  I want you to cook Mapo Tofu.

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All right!  I know how to cook that!

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But not just any ordinary Mapo Tofu.

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It must be a mystery Mapo Tofu.

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Mystery.

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Originating from Szechuan...

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Spiciness. Aroma. Color. Heat. Numbness.

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The unity of these five factors is the secret of Mapo Tofu.

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But mystery Mapo Tofu has <i>six</i> united factors.

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Six united factors.

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That's right.  A mystery Mapo Tofu with six united factors.

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That will be the subject.

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<i>One factor added to the other five.  What kind of taste does it have?</i>

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"In the Bluest Sky, I Can Meet With You"

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I felt a signal pass through me today

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As I went out to meet up with you

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In this crowded cityscape, an enlightening wind

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Is blowing hard into my face

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Up in the clouds, above the Earth,
where the Angels' ladders reach with grace

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I stretched out my arms, and climbed right on.  Now I can go...

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Everywhere, gently riding a white wispy cloud

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In the bluest sky, I can meet with you

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No matter what the time, where the place
The path to take, I want to see it through

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I will never give up until the end

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I want to gather up all pieces of the dreams
that shine with seven rainbow colors

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Ahh… perhaps the answers that I want

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Are there all along in front of me.