Dating in the Kitchen (2020) s01e09 Episode Script
Episode 9
1
Looking into your eyes ♪
I see myself holding close to you ♪
Wherever I go ♪
I will never find someone like you ♪
So much in love tonight ♪
I know that it feels so right ♪
So special you and I ♪
You make my world go round and round ♪
Falling to you ♪
I’m falling to you ♪
All I ever want is to be with you ♪
Love is for you ♪
My love is for you ♪
You are my everything in my life ♪
Falling to you ♪
You’re the only one ♪
My love is for you ♪
= Dating in the Kitchen =
= Episode 9 =
I know
you want to innovate.
Every chef
wants to have his own creative dishes.
But it doesn’t mean you can mess around.
I know nothing about the rest.
But my teacher taught me that
freshness is the most important thing.
Local shiitake mushroom is much younger
than russet mushroom.
Gu Shengnan.
Miss Li, please don’t mind.
She’s just too young.
Only 21. Too naive.
I’m gonna teach her a lesson.
Sort of young and promising.
I need to go to the restroom.
Are you all right?
I need to talk to you.
I have nothing to say to you.
Li Man was really not specific to you.
She is also a great lover of cooking.
She went to Le Cordon Bleu for study.
So she just wants to talk to you
today about how
Wellington steak is made.
I think
you don’t have to be so hostile to her.
I mean it.
She loves cooking.
She went to Le Cordon Bleu.
She is innocent.
I don’t deserve it.
You’re right.
The value of a product
depends not on its own value,
but on
where it lies.
So she went to Le Cordon Bleu.
Then her dishes are supposed
to be expensive.
But you think my place is too expensive.
Gu Shengnan.
That’s not what I mean.
You’re just simply
discussing about how to make a dish,
what ingredients to use.
It has nothing to do
with I go to your place to eat.
Can you think of this
in the logical way of a normal person?
Right, I’m not normal.
I don’t have a logical thinking.
In your world,
I’m nothing but
a small cook.
I can’t reach to you.
I don’t care about your logic.
My logic is
you can’t eat
two women’s dishes.
Why?
Why what?
No means no.
I’m not here to discuss
whose dishes I’m supposed to eat.
I
You’re so naive.
Yeah, I used to get used to her cooking.
But now I’m used to your cooking.
I’m only used to yours.
I admit you’re special.
But please don’t be too special.
You’re so special already that
I’m beginning to hesitate.
I I I don’t know.
You have nothing to hesitate about.
I may be special, but to you,
I’m just a cook.
You’re a cook, but you
you’re not just a cook.
You are
You and I
Can you give me some time
to think about it?
I need to confirm.
Confirm what?
I
You need to confirm
which mushroom is more expensive?
Or you need to confirm
my dishes are better
or that Li
- Li
- Li Man.
I don’t need you to remind me!
Are you done confirming?
If you do, then go out.
Go back to the place you belong.
I don’t even know where I belong.
I can tell you.
Matsuhashi No.1.
Ferrari.
Presidential suite.
With Li-whatever-it-is.
Anyway,
you’re not supposed to be in this kitchen.
You’ll know where I’m supposed to be.
The overall environment and atmosphere
= Matsuhashi No.1 =
The overall environment and atmosphere
of the Bauhinia Hotel is quite good,
so is the location.
If we can get this project,
it’ll be good for the development.
Are you hungry? I’ll make you something.
Didn’t we just eat?
- Today, I’m
- I’m tired.
I’m going to rest.
You should rest early as well. Good night.
I’m going back to Switzerland tomorrow.
Lu Jin.
When you’re done here,
go back home.
You mother is old.
You should be with her more.
OK.
You don’t belong here.
Better go back to your position soon.
But I know how I feel ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
= Gu =
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
Shengnan.
Your new neighbor is rich.
Look at them.
Will rich people live here?
You don’t know that.
Rich people buy houses here
so their kids can go to school here.
It’s expensive.
Yeah, right.
The big boss Lu Jin
used to come here quite often.
From now on,
don’t mention Lu Jin in front of me.
I never want to hear the word
“Lu” or “Jin” in my life. Got it?
Got it.
I won’t mention it again.
Just two words. Easy-peasy.
But Shengnan.
You can’t be like this.
You’ve been lying on the sofa
or the bed these days.
Life is long.
How can you be so unenterprising?
Yes
Xu Zhaodi!
What’s wrong with you?
Our Shengnan is not in a good mood.
Save your chicken soup for the soul.
I
I’m talking about her.
I’m criticizing her.
So can you please stop talking?
Shut up, will you?
Alright. No more talking.
We’re silenced.
No, no.
- Shengnan. Shengnan.
- Shengnan. Shengnan.
- Shengnan.
- I’m leaving. Let’s go.
- Yeah, yeah. We’re leaving.
- We’re leaving.
Easy, easy. Put it down.
You take care of yourself.
Be good.
We’re leaving.
Call me if you need.
Yes, that’s right.
Wanna give me a ride?
No, I didn’t drive my car today.
Are we going back on foot?
No. It’s close to the subway.
Yeah. The subway. Right.
Listen to me.
There’s no movement in the next room.
Are all rich people so weird these days?
Do I look weird?
I just saw Lu Jin.
Am I losing my mind?
He was at the door.
Switch to video call!
Give us a live feed.
Live? No.
Maybe I just
OK, alright, alright.
Why are you moving in next door?
I’ve told you
I’ll let you know
where I’m supposed to be.
Then, you mean,
you’re supposed to be my next door?
Yes
Now, we are
We’re neighbors now.
Yes
Neighbors.
What do you want
in the morning, neighbor?
Here you are.
What’s this?
Sweetheart Pastry.
Why did you bring me this?
It’s embarrassing.
As a new neighbor,
I have to show my attitude.
Old Zhang next door has one, too
He does?
Old Zhang has diabetes.
He can’t eat this sweet.
I got him sugar-free.
Go back.
I don’t wanna talk to you.
Go back. Go.
I got him sugar-free.
Who is it?
Can I borrow your kitchen?
My kitchen?
It’s yours.
Housewarming.
And borrow your cooking skill by the way.
No.
I’ll wash vegetables.
I go to the bathroom.
Mr. Lu?
Who is knocking?
Nobody.
What are you doing here?
You are?
I’m Cheng Ziqian.
I
Visit the staff.
I’m going back.
Then I’ll walk you.
Mr. Lu.
What are you doing here?
Shengnan hasn’t shown up
for work these days.
I came to see her.
Let’s go.
No need.
I’m home.
Home?
Why does Mr. Lu live next door to you?
How should I know?
God knows what’s wrong with him.
Don’t you think that’s
a little out of the ordinary?
Well, that makes sense.
He just wants to eat my dishes.
If so, he can live in Bauhinia.
Why would he bring food here?
He’s stingy.
Stingy? He rented a room next to yours.
Don’t read rich people’s mind.
When I’m worth billions,
you’ll be the first one to know
if that’s what I think.
You didn’t bring food just for
checking on employee, did you?
Of course not.
A chef training program
at the Sakura Bay Hotel.
It’s run by my Australia alumnus.
Would you be interested in it?
I can go?
Of course. I’ll go with you.
Great. When?
This weekend.
OK!
Eat.
Cell phone, keys, and ID card.
All check.
Let’s go.
Where are you going?
What does it have to do with you?
Mr. Cheng.
May I speak with Gu Shengnan in private?
Thank you.
I’ll be waiting for you downstairs.
Are you free this weekend?
No, I’m not.
I’m going to a program
at Sakura Bay Hotel.
What program?
With who?
With my brother Ziqian.
Him?
No way. It’s not happening.
Why?
Because
Bauhinia is having a big party
this weekend.
All the cooks have to work overtime.
You don’t have time to go.
A very big party?
Yes.
Why didn’t I get the memo?
You’ll be notified shortly.
But it’s OK.
Even with such a notice,
I had already submitted
my annual leave report
to Manager Shen
and got approved.
What?
What “what”?
You know, as a CEO,
why do you care about a cook’s attendance?
That’s weird.
That’s a lot of control.
I’m notI’m not trying to control you.
You want to go, fine.
I’ll ask Meng Xinjie to go with you.
No!
How can you let your assistant
come with me?
My Ziqian is enough.
You just can’t go with him!
You just can’t go with him!
Why can’t I go with him?
Whoever I go with,
whatever I do,
it’s none of your business.
Who are you to me?
I am
I am your leader.
Used to be.
Not now.
Ziqian is my direct supervisor.
Bye-bye.
Brother Ziqian!
Brother Ziqian!
Brother Jin sounds better.
Which one do you like?
I’ll take this one.
So casual.
I have a hard time choosing.
Shouldn’t that be harder to choose?
No.
I have a hard time
buying things on my own,
but I pick them up really quickly
when someone else gives them to me.
Because I don’t want them to back out.
Well, I have to settle up soon.
Excuse me.
Hello.
One for the blue one.
The red
Can I have two?
Anyone else want to join us?
I want Trumpet to go with us.
Trumpet?
That’s my boy in Bauhinia.
My sidekick.
I thought it is a great opportunity,
and I want to take him with me.
Our Shengnan is so good to friends.
No problem for me.
Two for this one.
I’ll take one of these.
Wrap them up for me.
OK.
Bought three suitcases?
Yes.
Which means
she got me one, too.
You’re over-thinking about this, Boss.
Shut up.
Then why didn’t she tell me?
She could have just told me.
Go check
who got the third suitcase.
I already did.
You did. Why didn’t you say anything?
Trumpet.
Trumpet?
That sidekick.
That’s more like it.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Go, go, go.
It’s really beautiful.
Let’s take a picture.
OK.
Hi, how are you?
Could you take a picture for us?
All right.
Thank you.
Come on.
Here we go. One, two, three.
All right.
Thanks. Thank you.
It’s beautiful.
Big flowers. Come on,
let’s go see the flowers.
Flowers!
Be careful.
Boss, Boss, Boss.
Did you see this picture?
Look at that.
I
Her hand.
Yes, that’s right.
Look. Look at her hand
I can see it.
Look, look.
No need to zoom in.
Where’d you get that picture?
Just posted by Miss Gu in her Moments.
It’s impossible.
You’re blocked.
Why don’t you make another call?
All right.
I’ll make a call.
Do it.
Let me say this again.
Two words to distinguish clearly
in western food.
Seasoning and flavoring.
Seasoning
is adding flavor to a food
without significantly changing the flavor
of the main ingredient.
Thank you.
Flavoring
is adding a new flavor
to an ingredient,
thereby altering or improving
the original flavor
of the main ingredient.
Let’s move on to the rest.
Thyme.
= Fussy Lu =
Thyme, also known as beach grass,
grows on rocky slopes.
The variety grown in France is different
from those grown in other parts of Europe.
The plant is thin, with small leaves
Manager Shen, I’m having a class.
grayish-green leaves
- a slight spicy sweet taste.
- OK, got it.
It is often used in stews,
cooking eggs or soups.
Shengnan.
In traditional European cuisine,
Manager Shen said
there will be a banquet tomorrow.
- thyme symbolizes courage.
- I was asked to go back now. I gotta go.
So in the Middle Ages,
Bye-bye.
it was often given
to knights on war trips.
Let’s move on to the next one,
Tarragon.
Tarragon
= Recipe =
Shengnan.
Take a look. This is
their service skills training courseware.
I got it for you.
It’s pretty comprehensive.
It should be the same
as the one in this book.
Check it out.
Yes.
= Fussy Lu =
Are you all right?
I’m fine.
Why don’t we just go?
The car’s down there ready.
I’m hungry. I’m not going.
Hungry?
Fine.
I’ll take you out for some food.
OK?
I lost my appetite.
You said you were hungry just now.
You were sitting there just now.
One more call, one more
Dust Dust.
Sorry,
the subscriber you dialed
cannot be connected for the moment,
please try again later.
Where’s your phone?
My phone?
Open your Moments.
I’ll take another look.
No need.
Let me take a look.
There is some
space between them.
This is obviously friendship.
Yes, that’s right.
Grew up together, like you and me.
Right, right.
Can’t you see that?
I can!
A lover’s hand should be like this.
Stop!
He made this gesture.
Tacky.
Lovers don’t do that.
Yes, that’s right.
Right?
Yes.
What’s with Trumpet in the back?
A sidekick.
Can’t he just stand in the middle?
I’ll criticize him later?
No, no, no!
For appetizer,
baked Pacific scallop slices
with Paris-marinated mushrooms,
black truffle butter sauce.
Main course, Challans steak.
Dessert, lemon tart with ice cream.
The drink is special blend.
Mr. Cheng, you went to a lot of trouble
to improve the dining standards
of the Bauhinia Hotel.
Brought me here
to such a fancy restaurant.
But
are we paying for this?
You don’t have to worry about that.
Just taste it and study it.
Don’t go
asking for the receipt.
I’m dressing so elegantly today.
How can I do something
so stupid?
I’m just reminding you.
Money is not the problem.
Enjoy the food.
I understand.
I will certainly well control emotions
and learn with a modest heart.
Even if the taste is bad,
I will smile and eat.
It’s not that bad.
The restaurant’s chef, Mason,
had worked on Royal Caribbean
for more than a decade,
serving only guests
in the presidential suite.
The restaurant where he cooked
was called the Sea Michelin.
He returned to Suhai the year before last
to open this restaurant.
Less than two years,
he made it to the top in Suhai.
Many old guests flew thousands of miles
to here to taste it.
That good?
Then I’ll be
Boss Gu today, okay, Cheng?
At your service.
Sir.
This is our limited edition special
for today.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Here, try it.
Cheng.
This really should be studied
by everyone in the Liquor Department.
Bauhinia can also make some special liquor
for guests.
A five-star hotel is not the same
as a private restaurant.
Five-star hotels are about standards,
while a private restaurant
is about specialty.
Not only the food should be unique,
but also the dish plates
must be particular.
Even
the height of the table,
the softness of the chair,
the lightness of the light,
and the decoration style
of the whole restaurant
must be unified in a specific aesthetic.
It means if I want to open a restaurant,
I have to learn interior decorating first.
You want to open a restaurant?
Of course.
Every chef wants its own restaurant.
That Mason guy, he was at
Cruise Caribbean.
Cruise Caribbean,
and he made a sea Michelin.
Then why did he go back and do this?
Looks like,
I have to call you Boss Gu.
Sooner or later.
If you’re expelled from Bauhinia by then,
you can think about coming to me.
I’ll take you in.
You said it yourself.
I did.
Let’s drink.
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Get me a room at Sakura Bay Hotel.
Tomorrow. No.
Right now.
Go with me. That’s it.
Wear something casual.
That’s how I see it ♪
I’m impressed.
Teach me, teach me, teach me. I’ll do it!
Come here.
Hold here.
Yeah, hold here with left hand.
Give me your right hand.
Put it on your middle finger.
Are they supposed to be in a class?
I heard from Trumpet
that no class for today.
It’s free today.
Free?
Free means shooting arrows?
Yes.
Let’s load the arrow.
Archery’s good. It keeps one fit.
No, no, no.
Not good at all. Sorry.
Here, right.
Put the black side towards yourself.
What What is he doing?
What kind of coach is that?
Sorry.
Look at his hands.
What’s he doing?
Oh, yeah. Is that how he coach?
Does a coach have to hold people’s hand?
The man is a self-serving hypocrite.
- What a bad guy, oh my god!
- Three points and one line.
Aim for the bull’s-eye.
Good, good.
Get a new set of all the equipment here
and send them to my apartment.
Put the black side towards yourself.
All right.
Aim it.
Let’s try it again.
I remember you used to like these.
Like?
I love them.
Very much.
Look, look.
It’s all over your mouth. Wipe it
Look at my tongue.
What’s she eating? She’s so happy.
Cotton candy.
Is it good?
You want one?
How can I eat that thing?
Here.
So soon?
Well, theirs look like fun,
so I bought one.
It’s like cotton wool.
How am I supposed to eat?
Bury your face in it.
Open your mouth.
It’s made of saccharin. It’s got pigment.
Too sweet.
I can’t believe she’s having so much fun
with this bad saccharin.
I don’t know about that.
As a cook,
what happened to her taste?
It’s not working now?
In 3 minutes and you can still
pick it up and eat.
Where is she?
Where is she?
They were just here. Where are they?
They They
I was poking this
I didn’t
I’llI’ll find them.
= Futian Attie =
What are they doing?
They have just finished praying
and are now hanging a wishing board.
Childish.
= Qifu Pavilion =
It fits you.
Absolutely. Hang on tight.
What does it say?
It says.
Never leave the true love of my life.
I can’t take it anymore.
Calm down. Calm down, brother.
Listen,
it’s the same with business.
You’re showing your cards now
and then you’re being defeated.
Hit me. Hit me.
Hit me and don’t go there.
Calm down. Chill.
Xinjie.
You’re not all bad.
Good.
Thanks.
Keep looking.
= Cheng Ziqian: Peace and love =
= Gu Shengnan: Losing weight overnight =
Where is the true love?
I made a mistake.
Cheap things are bad.
Buy me a board.
Seeing you walking up to me ♪
You just make me wanna smile ♪
Only for you
You’re the only one My love ♪
It’s so overwhelming Baby ♪
OK.
I won’t ever let you go
cuz you’re the one ♪
OK.
= Gu Shengnan: Losing weight overnight =
= Lu Jin: Approved =
Beautiful lady
I’m dreaming every night and day ♪
Boss,
did you notice that
the flowers are in full bloom over there
and ours here are all dried up?
I fall in love in love
in love with you ♪
Does it have to be so irony?
My main point is that
Cheng is good at
picking up girls.
He knows how to pick a place
to take pictures.
It’s just a stupid camera.
What’s there to shoot?
That’s what you don’t understand.
Let me tell you something.
It’s not easy for a man
to take good pictures
of a woman.
Several of my friends
almost went through a divorce
because they made their wives
look so ugly.
Look.
Miss Gu is happy.
Smile.
Head up higher.
One more.
Listen.
It is the first time
that I found Miss Gu so beautiful
and graceful.
She was always mean to me.
Am I usually mean?
No, you’re not.
Affable.
Boss, I think you’re hungry.
We’ve been following them all day.
I’m not hungry.
Anger makes me full.
Go on.
I’m hungry.
I can’t walk anymore.
Hang in there. Almost there.
Look at the noodle. So long and wide.
- Good. Wide and wide. This way.
- So long and wide.
Hang in there. Almost there.
So long and wide.
Come here, come here.
He’s in the room.
She approved his entrance.
Don’t over-think about it.
She’s drunk. It’s normal.
Normal?
Yeah.
No, no, no.
Grace. Grace.
Don’t touch me.
How about this?
We’ll get a room next door.
I’ll see what I can do.
Grace.
Grace.
Be careful.
Okay, okay.
Strategy, strategy, strategy.
Strategy, strategy.
Strategy, strategy. Think.
I’m thinking. I am.
I don’t think we can make it this way.
Can’t make it.
I asked you to come up with a plan
and you’re eating bananas?
I
We haven’t eaten all day.
OK. Eat, eat.
OK. A plan.
Strategy, strategy.
Yes. I got it.
Let the hotel handle it.
Just one?
Here are your slippers, sir.
I didn’t ask for slippers.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
Enjoy your stay, sir.
Is there
a woman in the room?
Yeah, there’s a woman sleeping in bed.
Bed.
What about the guy?
The guy’s not on the bed.
Did he take his clothes off?
Yes.
Only his jacket.
I have to take a look.
No, no, it’s fine,
just a jacket.
I’ll handle it. Sit.
Grace. Grace.
Grace.
Here’s the deal.
Go there again.
Take a good look around.
All right.
Go ahead.
Take a closer look.
Okay, yeah, yeah.
How did it go?
Excuse me, the man left
and this woman gave me 400 yuan.
I can’t tell if this is real love ♪
But I know how I feel ♪
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
You don’t need to say anything special ♪
Cause I’m pretty sure ♪
You’re the morning dew
that has fallen soft ♪
During the night on me ♪
So naturally ♪
Like we’re meant to be together ♪
That’s how I see it ♪
Though it seems illusive ♪
Can you tell how much my love is pure ♪
You can’t buy it or sell ♪
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
Looking into your eyes ♪
I see myself holding close to you ♪
Wherever I go ♪
I will never find someone like you ♪
So much in love tonight ♪
I know that it feels so right ♪
So special you and I ♪
You make my world go round and round ♪
Falling to you ♪
I’m falling to you ♪
All I ever want is to be with you ♪
Love is for you ♪
My love is for you ♪
You are my everything in my life ♪
Falling to you ♪
You’re the only one ♪
My love is for you ♪
= Dating in the Kitchen =
= Episode 9 =
I know
you want to innovate.
Every chef
wants to have his own creative dishes.
But it doesn’t mean you can mess around.
I know nothing about the rest.
But my teacher taught me that
freshness is the most important thing.
Local shiitake mushroom is much younger
than russet mushroom.
Gu Shengnan.
Miss Li, please don’t mind.
She’s just too young.
Only 21. Too naive.
I’m gonna teach her a lesson.
Sort of young and promising.
I need to go to the restroom.
Are you all right?
I need to talk to you.
I have nothing to say to you.
Li Man was really not specific to you.
She is also a great lover of cooking.
She went to Le Cordon Bleu for study.
So she just wants to talk to you
today about how
Wellington steak is made.
I think
you don’t have to be so hostile to her.
I mean it.
She loves cooking.
She went to Le Cordon Bleu.
She is innocent.
I don’t deserve it.
You’re right.
The value of a product
depends not on its own value,
but on
where it lies.
So she went to Le Cordon Bleu.
Then her dishes are supposed
to be expensive.
But you think my place is too expensive.
Gu Shengnan.
That’s not what I mean.
You’re just simply
discussing about how to make a dish,
what ingredients to use.
It has nothing to do
with I go to your place to eat.
Can you think of this
in the logical way of a normal person?
Right, I’m not normal.
I don’t have a logical thinking.
In your world,
I’m nothing but
a small cook.
I can’t reach to you.
I don’t care about your logic.
My logic is
you can’t eat
two women’s dishes.
Why?
Why what?
No means no.
I’m not here to discuss
whose dishes I’m supposed to eat.
I
You’re so naive.
Yeah, I used to get used to her cooking.
But now I’m used to your cooking.
I’m only used to yours.
I admit you’re special.
But please don’t be too special.
You’re so special already that
I’m beginning to hesitate.
I I I don’t know.
You have nothing to hesitate about.
I may be special, but to you,
I’m just a cook.
You’re a cook, but you
you’re not just a cook.
You are
You and I
Can you give me some time
to think about it?
I need to confirm.
Confirm what?
I
You need to confirm
which mushroom is more expensive?
Or you need to confirm
my dishes are better
or that Li
- Li
- Li Man.
I don’t need you to remind me!
Are you done confirming?
If you do, then go out.
Go back to the place you belong.
I don’t even know where I belong.
I can tell you.
Matsuhashi No.1.
Ferrari.
Presidential suite.
With Li-whatever-it-is.
Anyway,
you’re not supposed to be in this kitchen.
You’ll know where I’m supposed to be.
The overall environment and atmosphere
= Matsuhashi No.1 =
The overall environment and atmosphere
of the Bauhinia Hotel is quite good,
so is the location.
If we can get this project,
it’ll be good for the development.
Are you hungry? I’ll make you something.
Didn’t we just eat?
- Today, I’m
- I’m tired.
I’m going to rest.
You should rest early as well. Good night.
I’m going back to Switzerland tomorrow.
Lu Jin.
When you’re done here,
go back home.
You mother is old.
You should be with her more.
OK.
You don’t belong here.
Better go back to your position soon.
But I know how I feel ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
= Gu =
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
Shengnan.
Your new neighbor is rich.
Look at them.
Will rich people live here?
You don’t know that.
Rich people buy houses here
so their kids can go to school here.
It’s expensive.
Yeah, right.
The big boss Lu Jin
used to come here quite often.
From now on,
don’t mention Lu Jin in front of me.
I never want to hear the word
“Lu” or “Jin” in my life. Got it?
Got it.
I won’t mention it again.
Just two words. Easy-peasy.
But Shengnan.
You can’t be like this.
You’ve been lying on the sofa
or the bed these days.
Life is long.
How can you be so unenterprising?
Yes
Xu Zhaodi!
What’s wrong with you?
Our Shengnan is not in a good mood.
Save your chicken soup for the soul.
I
I’m talking about her.
I’m criticizing her.
So can you please stop talking?
Shut up, will you?
Alright. No more talking.
We’re silenced.
No, no.
- Shengnan. Shengnan.
- Shengnan. Shengnan.
- Shengnan.
- I’m leaving. Let’s go.
- Yeah, yeah. We’re leaving.
- We’re leaving.
Easy, easy. Put it down.
You take care of yourself.
Be good.
We’re leaving.
Call me if you need.
Yes, that’s right.
Wanna give me a ride?
No, I didn’t drive my car today.
Are we going back on foot?
No. It’s close to the subway.
Yeah. The subway. Right.
Listen to me.
There’s no movement in the next room.
Are all rich people so weird these days?
Do I look weird?
I just saw Lu Jin.
Am I losing my mind?
He was at the door.
Switch to video call!
Give us a live feed.
Live? No.
Maybe I just
OK, alright, alright.
Why are you moving in next door?
I’ve told you
I’ll let you know
where I’m supposed to be.
Then, you mean,
you’re supposed to be my next door?
Yes
Now, we are
We’re neighbors now.
Yes
Neighbors.
What do you want
in the morning, neighbor?
Here you are.
What’s this?
Sweetheart Pastry.
Why did you bring me this?
It’s embarrassing.
As a new neighbor,
I have to show my attitude.
Old Zhang next door has one, too
He does?
Old Zhang has diabetes.
He can’t eat this sweet.
I got him sugar-free.
Go back.
I don’t wanna talk to you.
Go back. Go.
I got him sugar-free.
Who is it?
Can I borrow your kitchen?
My kitchen?
It’s yours.
Housewarming.
And borrow your cooking skill by the way.
No.
I’ll wash vegetables.
I go to the bathroom.
Mr. Lu?
Who is knocking?
Nobody.
What are you doing here?
You are?
I’m Cheng Ziqian.
I
Visit the staff.
I’m going back.
Then I’ll walk you.
Mr. Lu.
What are you doing here?
Shengnan hasn’t shown up
for work these days.
I came to see her.
Let’s go.
No need.
I’m home.
Home?
Why does Mr. Lu live next door to you?
How should I know?
God knows what’s wrong with him.
Don’t you think that’s
a little out of the ordinary?
Well, that makes sense.
He just wants to eat my dishes.
If so, he can live in Bauhinia.
Why would he bring food here?
He’s stingy.
Stingy? He rented a room next to yours.
Don’t read rich people’s mind.
When I’m worth billions,
you’ll be the first one to know
if that’s what I think.
You didn’t bring food just for
checking on employee, did you?
Of course not.
A chef training program
at the Sakura Bay Hotel.
It’s run by my Australia alumnus.
Would you be interested in it?
I can go?
Of course. I’ll go with you.
Great. When?
This weekend.
OK!
Eat.
Cell phone, keys, and ID card.
All check.
Let’s go.
Where are you going?
What does it have to do with you?
Mr. Cheng.
May I speak with Gu Shengnan in private?
Thank you.
I’ll be waiting for you downstairs.
Are you free this weekend?
No, I’m not.
I’m going to a program
at Sakura Bay Hotel.
What program?
With who?
With my brother Ziqian.
Him?
No way. It’s not happening.
Why?
Because
Bauhinia is having a big party
this weekend.
All the cooks have to work overtime.
You don’t have time to go.
A very big party?
Yes.
Why didn’t I get the memo?
You’ll be notified shortly.
But it’s OK.
Even with such a notice,
I had already submitted
my annual leave report
to Manager Shen
and got approved.
What?
What “what”?
You know, as a CEO,
why do you care about a cook’s attendance?
That’s weird.
That’s a lot of control.
I’m notI’m not trying to control you.
You want to go, fine.
I’ll ask Meng Xinjie to go with you.
No!
How can you let your assistant
come with me?
My Ziqian is enough.
You just can’t go with him!
You just can’t go with him!
Why can’t I go with him?
Whoever I go with,
whatever I do,
it’s none of your business.
Who are you to me?
I am
I am your leader.
Used to be.
Not now.
Ziqian is my direct supervisor.
Bye-bye.
Brother Ziqian!
Brother Ziqian!
Brother Jin sounds better.
Which one do you like?
I’ll take this one.
So casual.
I have a hard time choosing.
Shouldn’t that be harder to choose?
No.
I have a hard time
buying things on my own,
but I pick them up really quickly
when someone else gives them to me.
Because I don’t want them to back out.
Well, I have to settle up soon.
Excuse me.
Hello.
One for the blue one.
The red
Can I have two?
Anyone else want to join us?
I want Trumpet to go with us.
Trumpet?
That’s my boy in Bauhinia.
My sidekick.
I thought it is a great opportunity,
and I want to take him with me.
Our Shengnan is so good to friends.
No problem for me.
Two for this one.
I’ll take one of these.
Wrap them up for me.
OK.
Bought three suitcases?
Yes.
Which means
she got me one, too.
You’re over-thinking about this, Boss.
Shut up.
Then why didn’t she tell me?
She could have just told me.
Go check
who got the third suitcase.
I already did.
You did. Why didn’t you say anything?
Trumpet.
Trumpet?
That sidekick.
That’s more like it.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Go, go, go.
It’s really beautiful.
Let’s take a picture.
OK.
Hi, how are you?
Could you take a picture for us?
All right.
Thank you.
Come on.
Here we go. One, two, three.
All right.
Thanks. Thank you.
It’s beautiful.
Big flowers. Come on,
let’s go see the flowers.
Flowers!
Be careful.
Boss, Boss, Boss.
Did you see this picture?
Look at that.
I
Her hand.
Yes, that’s right.
Look. Look at her hand
I can see it.
Look, look.
No need to zoom in.
Where’d you get that picture?
Just posted by Miss Gu in her Moments.
It’s impossible.
You’re blocked.
Why don’t you make another call?
All right.
I’ll make a call.
Do it.
Let me say this again.
Two words to distinguish clearly
in western food.
Seasoning and flavoring.
Seasoning
is adding flavor to a food
without significantly changing the flavor
of the main ingredient.
Thank you.
Flavoring
is adding a new flavor
to an ingredient,
thereby altering or improving
the original flavor
of the main ingredient.
Let’s move on to the rest.
Thyme.
= Fussy Lu =
Thyme, also known as beach grass,
grows on rocky slopes.
The variety grown in France is different
from those grown in other parts of Europe.
The plant is thin, with small leaves
Manager Shen, I’m having a class.
grayish-green leaves
- a slight spicy sweet taste.
- OK, got it.
It is often used in stews,
cooking eggs or soups.
Shengnan.
In traditional European cuisine,
Manager Shen said
there will be a banquet tomorrow.
- thyme symbolizes courage.
- I was asked to go back now. I gotta go.
So in the Middle Ages,
Bye-bye.
it was often given
to knights on war trips.
Let’s move on to the next one,
Tarragon.
Tarragon
= Recipe =
Shengnan.
Take a look. This is
their service skills training courseware.
I got it for you.
It’s pretty comprehensive.
It should be the same
as the one in this book.
Check it out.
Yes.
= Fussy Lu =
Are you all right?
I’m fine.
Why don’t we just go?
The car’s down there ready.
I’m hungry. I’m not going.
Hungry?
Fine.
I’ll take you out for some food.
OK?
I lost my appetite.
You said you were hungry just now.
You were sitting there just now.
One more call, one more
Dust Dust.
Sorry,
the subscriber you dialed
cannot be connected for the moment,
please try again later.
Where’s your phone?
My phone?
Open your Moments.
I’ll take another look.
No need.
Let me take a look.
There is some
space between them.
This is obviously friendship.
Yes, that’s right.
Grew up together, like you and me.
Right, right.
Can’t you see that?
I can!
A lover’s hand should be like this.
Stop!
He made this gesture.
Tacky.
Lovers don’t do that.
Yes, that’s right.
Right?
Yes.
What’s with Trumpet in the back?
A sidekick.
Can’t he just stand in the middle?
I’ll criticize him later?
No, no, no!
For appetizer,
baked Pacific scallop slices
with Paris-marinated mushrooms,
black truffle butter sauce.
Main course, Challans steak.
Dessert, lemon tart with ice cream.
The drink is special blend.
Mr. Cheng, you went to a lot of trouble
to improve the dining standards
of the Bauhinia Hotel.
Brought me here
to such a fancy restaurant.
But
are we paying for this?
You don’t have to worry about that.
Just taste it and study it.
Don’t go
asking for the receipt.
I’m dressing so elegantly today.
How can I do something
so stupid?
I’m just reminding you.
Money is not the problem.
Enjoy the food.
I understand.
I will certainly well control emotions
and learn with a modest heart.
Even if the taste is bad,
I will smile and eat.
It’s not that bad.
The restaurant’s chef, Mason,
had worked on Royal Caribbean
for more than a decade,
serving only guests
in the presidential suite.
The restaurant where he cooked
was called the Sea Michelin.
He returned to Suhai the year before last
to open this restaurant.
Less than two years,
he made it to the top in Suhai.
Many old guests flew thousands of miles
to here to taste it.
That good?
Then I’ll be
Boss Gu today, okay, Cheng?
At your service.
Sir.
This is our limited edition special
for today.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Here, try it.
Cheng.
This really should be studied
by everyone in the Liquor Department.
Bauhinia can also make some special liquor
for guests.
A five-star hotel is not the same
as a private restaurant.
Five-star hotels are about standards,
while a private restaurant
is about specialty.
Not only the food should be unique,
but also the dish plates
must be particular.
Even
the height of the table,
the softness of the chair,
the lightness of the light,
and the decoration style
of the whole restaurant
must be unified in a specific aesthetic.
It means if I want to open a restaurant,
I have to learn interior decorating first.
You want to open a restaurant?
Of course.
Every chef wants its own restaurant.
That Mason guy, he was at
Cruise Caribbean.
Cruise Caribbean,
and he made a sea Michelin.
Then why did he go back and do this?
Looks like,
I have to call you Boss Gu.
Sooner or later.
If you’re expelled from Bauhinia by then,
you can think about coming to me.
I’ll take you in.
You said it yourself.
I did.
Let’s drink.
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Get me a room at Sakura Bay Hotel.
Tomorrow. No.
Right now.
Go with me. That’s it.
Wear something casual.
That’s how I see it ♪
I’m impressed.
Teach me, teach me, teach me. I’ll do it!
Come here.
Hold here.
Yeah, hold here with left hand.
Give me your right hand.
Put it on your middle finger.
Are they supposed to be in a class?
I heard from Trumpet
that no class for today.
It’s free today.
Free?
Free means shooting arrows?
Yes.
Let’s load the arrow.
Archery’s good. It keeps one fit.
No, no, no.
Not good at all. Sorry.
Here, right.
Put the black side towards yourself.
What What is he doing?
What kind of coach is that?
Sorry.
Look at his hands.
What’s he doing?
Oh, yeah. Is that how he coach?
Does a coach have to hold people’s hand?
The man is a self-serving hypocrite.
- What a bad guy, oh my god!
- Three points and one line.
Aim for the bull’s-eye.
Good, good.
Get a new set of all the equipment here
and send them to my apartment.
Put the black side towards yourself.
All right.
Aim it.
Let’s try it again.
I remember you used to like these.
Like?
I love them.
Very much.
Look, look.
It’s all over your mouth. Wipe it
Look at my tongue.
What’s she eating? She’s so happy.
Cotton candy.
Is it good?
You want one?
How can I eat that thing?
Here.
So soon?
Well, theirs look like fun,
so I bought one.
It’s like cotton wool.
How am I supposed to eat?
Bury your face in it.
Open your mouth.
It’s made of saccharin. It’s got pigment.
Too sweet.
I can’t believe she’s having so much fun
with this bad saccharin.
I don’t know about that.
As a cook,
what happened to her taste?
It’s not working now?
In 3 minutes and you can still
pick it up and eat.
Where is she?
Where is she?
They were just here. Where are they?
They They
I was poking this
I didn’t
I’llI’ll find them.
= Futian Attie =
What are they doing?
They have just finished praying
and are now hanging a wishing board.
Childish.
= Qifu Pavilion =
It fits you.
Absolutely. Hang on tight.
What does it say?
It says.
Never leave the true love of my life.
I can’t take it anymore.
Calm down. Calm down, brother.
Listen,
it’s the same with business.
You’re showing your cards now
and then you’re being defeated.
Hit me. Hit me.
Hit me and don’t go there.
Calm down. Chill.
Xinjie.
You’re not all bad.
Good.
Thanks.
Keep looking.
= Cheng Ziqian: Peace and love =
= Gu Shengnan: Losing weight overnight =
Where is the true love?
I made a mistake.
Cheap things are bad.
Buy me a board.
Seeing you walking up to me ♪
You just make me wanna smile ♪
Only for you
You’re the only one My love ♪
It’s so overwhelming Baby ♪
OK.
I won’t ever let you go
cuz you’re the one ♪
OK.
= Gu Shengnan: Losing weight overnight =
= Lu Jin: Approved =
Beautiful lady
I’m dreaming every night and day ♪
Boss,
did you notice that
the flowers are in full bloom over there
and ours here are all dried up?
I fall in love in love
in love with you ♪
Does it have to be so irony?
My main point is that
Cheng is good at
picking up girls.
He knows how to pick a place
to take pictures.
It’s just a stupid camera.
What’s there to shoot?
That’s what you don’t understand.
Let me tell you something.
It’s not easy for a man
to take good pictures
of a woman.
Several of my friends
almost went through a divorce
because they made their wives
look so ugly.
Look.
Miss Gu is happy.
Smile.
Head up higher.
One more.
Listen.
It is the first time
that I found Miss Gu so beautiful
and graceful.
She was always mean to me.
Am I usually mean?
No, you’re not.
Affable.
Boss, I think you’re hungry.
We’ve been following them all day.
I’m not hungry.
Anger makes me full.
Go on.
I’m hungry.
I can’t walk anymore.
Hang in there. Almost there.
Look at the noodle. So long and wide.
- Good. Wide and wide. This way.
- So long and wide.
Hang in there. Almost there.
So long and wide.
Come here, come here.
He’s in the room.
She approved his entrance.
Don’t over-think about it.
She’s drunk. It’s normal.
Normal?
Yeah.
No, no, no.
Grace. Grace.
Don’t touch me.
How about this?
We’ll get a room next door.
I’ll see what I can do.
Grace.
Grace.
Be careful.
Okay, okay.
Strategy, strategy, strategy.
Strategy, strategy.
Strategy, strategy. Think.
I’m thinking. I am.
I don’t think we can make it this way.
Can’t make it.
I asked you to come up with a plan
and you’re eating bananas?
I
We haven’t eaten all day.
OK. Eat, eat.
OK. A plan.
Strategy, strategy.
Yes. I got it.
Let the hotel handle it.
Just one?
Here are your slippers, sir.
I didn’t ask for slippers.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
Enjoy your stay, sir.
Is there
a woman in the room?
Yeah, there’s a woman sleeping in bed.
Bed.
What about the guy?
The guy’s not on the bed.
Did he take his clothes off?
Yes.
Only his jacket.
I have to take a look.
No, no, it’s fine,
just a jacket.
I’ll handle it. Sit.
Grace. Grace.
Grace.
Here’s the deal.
Go there again.
Take a good look around.
All right.
Go ahead.
Take a closer look.
Okay, yeah, yeah.
How did it go?
Excuse me, the man left
and this woman gave me 400 yuan.
I can’t tell if this is real love ♪
But I know how I feel ♪
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
You don’t need to say anything special ♪
Cause I’m pretty sure ♪
You’re the morning dew
that has fallen soft ♪
During the night on me ♪
So naturally ♪
Like we’re meant to be together ♪
That’s how I see it ♪
Though it seems illusive ♪
Can you tell how much my love is pure ♪
You can’t buy it or sell ♪
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪