Season 1
(1997)
Episodes
Young Cooking Master/Genius Cooking Boy, Mao! 0.0
April 27, 1997
Qing Dynasty, Imperial China, a small restraunt in Szechuan Province is messed up by a first grade cook, Shouan.To defe…
Fantastic Mapo Tofu/A Mystery Mapo Tofu 0.0
May 4, 1997
In the on-on-one cooking match Mao easily defeats Shouan. Shouan, shamed that he was beaten by a little boy, runs away …
Super Chef 0.0
May 11, 1997
Mao arrives at Guangzhou and goes to the Yang Spring Restraunt. At first he is ignored by the master chef of the restra…
Merciless Rules/The Cruel Rule of Yosen Shuka! 0.0
May 18, 1997
Sanche, also a young chef in Yang's Spring Restraunt, becomes jealous of Mao's talent and tries to spoil Mao's cooking.…
Destroy Old Tradition 0.0
May 25, 1997
Mao, Sanche and Meili open up a store to attract customers away from Yang's Spring Restraunt. They make 'stir fry capsi…
The Dumpling Brothers 0.0
June 1, 1997
The annual Guangzhou dumpling festival is nearing, and this year Yang's Spring Restraunt is hoping to win again. Howeve…
Despicable Trap!Cornered Mao! 0.0
June 8, 1997
The Guangzhou Dumpling Festival has arrived! The winner is the team who has the most eaten plates of dumplings. An old …
The Final Battle 0.0
June 15, 1997
At night, the stronger Dumpling Brother tries to sabotage Mao's indgredients before the dumpling challenge but is lucki…
Challenge the Dream! Super Chef Examination 0.0
June 22, 1997
Mao goes to the large castle which holds the Special Grade Cooking Tests. The tests are held every four years and only …
Ultimate Skill! Incomparable Noodles 0.0
July 6, 1997
When Meili finally comes back with the ingredients, two people has already finished the noodles and qualified (3 left!)…
The Last Battle! Taste Battle Stadium 0.0
July 13, 1997
There is only one more place left to enter the next round and somebody beats Mao in making the noodles. Luckily for Mao…
A Great Rival Appears. Talented Young Chef Fei 0.0
August 3, 1997
Mao decides to cook 'namazu noodles' (namazu is a type of fish, looks like a catfish). He quickly finishes and tells Me…
The Catfish Noodle Completed! Fated Decision 0.0
August 10, 1997
Mao finishes his noodles and is time is up! The judges must now taste the food..... But the judge tells the five chefs …
The Honorable Mark 0.0
August 17, 1997
The scores are announced, and Han believes that he had won. However the judge disqualifies him for using dirty tricks. …
Genius Boy Chef, Shilou!! 0.0
August 24, 1997
Mao and Meili travel to Wunam province in China and along the way meet a boy who has fainted from starvation. Mao makes…
Super Boobs! Sweet Trap. Beware of the Beauty 0.0
August 31, 1997
Mao and his friends go to Wu Nam province to seek new Chinese cuisines. They enter a village where they are welcomed by…
Return! Dreamy Singe Cuisine 0.0
September 14, 1997
Mao and Siro are found and untied by Meirii. Meanwhile the Official rejects Ang's dish because it does not taste like h…
Scary Red Congee. Secret of the Haunted Mansion 0.0
September 21, 1997
Mao is split up from Meirii and Siro in a forest at night. When they regroup they find a large house where they are ser…
Galaxy Noodles 0.0
October 26, 1997
Mao, Meili and Shilou are eating in a restaurant, but when they were about to pay, they found out that Shilou lost all …
The Ominous Black Chicken 0.0
November 2, 1997
Mao's party stay at 'Chicken Town' a village in south west china. This village is the largest provider of chickens in C…
Yang Spring Restaurant`s Challenge 0.0
November 16, 1997
Mao just returned from his trip and he is given a key for Yosen Shuka because Master Luo & Chouyu went to attend the ch…
The Battle of Two Chef 0.0
November 30, 1997
Mao was chosen to hold the restaurant key. Then, when he had to leave the restaurant for some pick-me-ups, he left the …
Big Universe Pork Dumpling 0.0
December 7, 1997
Mao doesnt believe that Shell has chosen the same ingredients as him and stolen his idea! Mao sits on the floor, cursin…
Mysterious Invitation, The trap of the masked Chef 0.0
December 14, 1997
It was a beautiful morning in the Yosen Shuka, and it was broken by an arrow hitting a wall with a note tied around it.…
Western Style Blood Match 0.0
December 21, 1997
The masked chef rejected Mao’s challenge, but Mao insisted. The next scene, we see Shilou working in the restaurant cl…
The Strongest Ace 0.0
January 18, 1998
The third round starts, and it will be a cooking in a pot. Mao has a choice of the freshest ingredients, while the Mask…
The Secret of the Masked Chef 0.0
January 25, 1998
Shilou was having a hard time picking the bowl, because he knew that all the lives depended on his judgment. Mao then t…
Wilderness Cooking 0.0
January 25, 1998
Yosen Shuka was closed and the employees of the restaurant had a picnic and a fishing tournament. The prize who caught …
Darkness Society`s Assassin! Cold Blooded Genius Leon 0.0
February 1, 1998
Mao was preparing a dish, and the employees at the restaurant are all fascinated with his knife skills. Luo arrived and…
Sharpness of Evil. Seven Star Knife 0.0
February 22, 1998
Mei Li goes to Mao’s room, but he’s not there and she and Shilou start searching for him. It turns out Mao is in the ki…
China within a Fish 0.0
March 1, 1998
The gong sounded and both chefs are finished. The chiefs of Guangzhou cooking are the judges of the match. Leon starts …
Ice and Fire`s Impulse 0.0
March 8, 1998
Leon breaks open the seal of the Northern Wolf knife, and it turns out to be a knife that has a blade made completely o…
The Legendary Cooking Utensils! The Secret of the Always-sharp Blade! 0.0
March 15, 1998
Finally, the winner is announced. It’s Liu Mao-Hsing! The tool now has a new owner. But there’s a tradition, the tool c…
Evil City Shanghai! The Underworld Declares War!! 0.0
March 22, 1998
The Yosan Shuka group composed of Mao, Leon, Shell, Shilou, and Mei Li are off to their first destination in search of …
Huge Floating Cooking Arena! Magical Iron Arm Soup 0.0
April 19, 1998
Mao’s group has arrived at the Lou Lin Vessel, a large cooking arena inside a huge boat. The underworld announces that …
Brother Sanche`s Cold Sea Turtle Soup 0.0
April 26, 1998
Rouko was angry when Sanche showed that a melon couldn’t be a soup. But Sanche replied that it is a soup, and it’s his …
Dim Sum king, Lakon 1600-years-old Soul-Calming Steamed buns 0.0
May 3, 1998
In this episode, King Lakon prepares the Spirit Calming Buns of the Hakura Family. The bun’s secret ingredient was a pi…
The Super Dim Sum Competition! The Startling Results! 0.0
May 10, 1998
Now that none of them lifted the red spoons for Shell, they were asked to lift the white spoons for King Lakon. Surpris…
Another Set of Seven-Star Knives! Enigmatic Beauty Shan 0.0
May 24, 1998
Matchup no. 3 involves Leon and Shan from the Underworld. The chosen ingredient is crab. What follows is demonstration…
Wake Up Leon! The Destiny of a Cook! 0.0
May 31, 1998
Finally, Leon decides to come clean. Leon had killed the blacksmith that made those knives, after he said that he would…
Destroy The Evil Sword, The Sacred Seven Star Knives 0.0
June 7, 1998
The judges awarded the verdict in favor of Shan. However, Mao finally figures it out. It was Shan’s soup. Shan’s soup w…
Final Battle, Shouan`s Revenge 0.0
June 14, 1998
Thanks to Shan’s trickery, now the banquet cooking competition is now tied. The results of the next dish will determine…
Mao's Real Ability! Magical Panda Tofu 0.0
June 21, 1998
Sabotaged by the Underworld, Mao had to wait for the tofu to harden. Shou An was cooking away as Mao sits besides his b…
Shocking Verdict! In the Palm of the Fairy 0.0
June 28, 1998
Now that the judges have savoured every bit of Mao’s tofu, Shou An’s dish is Three Harmony Tofu. Secret Ingredients: To…
Flame on the Yangtze River! Shouan's Death In The Ocean 0.0
July 26, 1998
Shou An triggered the self-destruct mechanism and the ship begins to sink, as explosions rip through the ship and destr…
Shell`s Rescue! Storm of Ramen! 0.0
August 2, 1998
Now they have gotten the Coiled Dragon Pot, Mao used the pot to cooked Pai’s famous Kikka sauce using the recipe in the…
The Meeting Of God And Devil! Mysterious Demonic Holy Instruments 0.0
August 9, 1998
Shilou found the other portion of the third map in the treasures stolen by the bandits. Putting the two maps together, …
Heaven's diminished star! Special Meteor Fried Rice! 0.0
August 16, 1998
Well Mao and his group of friends (Meiri, Siro, Shel, and Leon) arrive in a village and the village is empty because ev…
Labyrinth of Darkness! Soul-Connecting Serving of Porridge 0.0
August 23, 1998
After finding the third piece of kitchen utensils, the Magic Sacred Bronze Ware, the young masters continued their jour…
Imperial Capital Peking! The Underworld Cooking Society Bares its Fangs 0.0
August 30, 1998
The imperial capital Beijing, the clutches of the dark culinary world xa0 Hearing Admiral Li say that the dark culinary…
Secret Plan of Fei the Genius! Neo Manchu Han Imperial Feast 0.0
September 6, 1998
The genius A Fei's unique skill, the New Man-Han Feast Imperial Cuisine Showdown stipulates that one hundred dishes mus…
The Big Reversal! The Brave Chef`s Glory 0.0
September 13, 1998
While Fei and his team are working away cooking, Mao is still thinking of what to cook, with his friends anxiously wait…