- Hurry up!
You better finish this before lunch!
Do you hear me?
Dong, go wash this.
Qiang, focus!
- Tilt the knife a little bit!
Good.
Now open the belly.
Careful.
Take the guts out.
Now fry the fish.
No, no, no.
Look.
Like this.
Got it?
- All right, people!
Meet our new colleague, William.
He'll be shadowing Chef Pu until
he gets the hang of our kitchen.
Be nice to it.
Chef Pu, come over and say hello?
- Nice to meet you, Chef Pu.
- Look.
We'll go out of business if we don't hire those things.
If anyone can teach them, it's you.
- You massage the meat, so it's more tender.
As they say, it's all on the wrist.
Now you try.
Go check if the oil is hot enough.
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
- 345 Fahrenheit.
Perfect temperature for deep fry.
- See?
If the bubbles are fast and dense,
that means it's ready to fry.
- My temperature detector is more accurate.
- Get the meatball in, now!
While we wait for the meatball to fry,
go make some braise sauce.
Get some sugar, soy sauce.
- How much soy sauce?
- Three spoons.
- Spoons are variable.
How many milliliters do we need?
- There.
You can't put everything either
under microscope or on scale.
Chinese cooking is not science, it's a feeling.
- 12 milliliters of soy sauce, got it.
- Not a bad start for a first timer.
Keep going!
- Qiang.
- It won't take long for those things to take over our jobs.
- Don't worry about it.
- What do you mean?
- You'll see.
- Stop being so mysterious. We better look for jobs.
- Where else can we go?
- Qiang.
Why aren't you focused lately?
Are you still doing the protest thing?
Don't worry.
Cooking is meant to be for humans.
You saw how bad it was today, right?
No matter what, it won't learn.
- Braised Meatball was also the first dish you taught me.
- What's up with you? Such a kid.
- No I'm not.
- I know it's difficult.
Just work harder.
You won't be replaced.
You hear me?
- [Newscaster] Protests that began on Tuesday afternoon
spread across the city with factory workers,
farmers, and truck drivers taking to the streets
in protest about worsening conditions.
Local police reported that an organized group
has started a movement to destroy robots
and hope to get their jobs back.
- Where is the Chrysanthemum Tofu for table 2 and 4?
Hurry up!
- Just a second.
Where is the tofu? Qiang?
Where is Qiang?
- Haven't seen him today.
- Then who's prepping now?
Go and call him back!
Hurry up!
- Put your knuckles against the side
of the knife so it won't hurt your fingers.
See?
Make sure your knife doesn't touch the board.
- Dropped goji berries may contain multiple
strains of bacteria and is harmful to your health.
- A little dirt won't kill us humans.
Wanna try?
Make sure you put your knuckles...
Go and garnish the fish heads.
- Chef Pu, Qiang didn't answer.
- Well, keep trying!
- Smoking is bad for your health.
I'm under legal obligation to let you
know that cigarette causes high blood pressure,
increases heart rate, and clogs your artery.
- Can you leave me alone for a while?
I just want to relax for a second.
- Well, there are many other healthy ways to relax.
Meditation, cardio, soothing music, herbal tea.
- My master used to smoke three packs a day.
And he died at the age of 90.
- Impressive longevity for a human.
- He used to say this when he was mentoring me.
The master will starve to death once
the apprentice learns the skill.
Who would've thought, now that I'm ready for my
fate as a mentor, my disciple has abandoned me.
- You can always find someone.
- Of course.
But the hard part is how do you keep him around.
Inhale.
You know how to inhale?
Just suck it.
Carrots.
Pepper.
(techno music)
- Anything else?
- Yes.
Garnish this with some sesame.
Oh nice.
This over here.
- Hurry up! Alley is behind the back door!
Hurry up!
- Qiang, what are you doing? You're bleeding!
- Mr. Pu?
(sirens)
Are we ready to go, Mr. Pu?
What are we going to buy, Mr. Pu?
- Nothing.
- Then why are we here?
- To be a chef, you need to be
intimate with your ingredients.
There's no better place to do that than here.
Do you get that?
Good thing is someone appreciates this.
Toona?
- [Vendor] Yes!
Hand pickled since this spring.
- May I?
I'll take some.
William?
- I'm right here, Mr. Pu.
- Don't wander around.
- Yes, sir.
What's this?
- Toona.
I used to eat this a lot when it's spring.
- You haven't taught me how to cook this.
- Not fancy enough for our restaurant, but scramble
eggs with it is the best drinking dish at home.
- [Vendor] Don't use your hand, it's not clean!
- A little dirt won't kill us humans.
- That was pretty impressive!
Your Chinese.
A little dirt won't kill us humans.
I'm going to teach you how to make a new dish.
It's the toona and the scramble eggs.
(shouting)
- Is that the robot guy from our kitchen?
- Come on! Let's get it!
- Run!
William!
Run!
- Qiang! What are you doing!
- You stay out of this!
- Stop!
Qiang! Tell them to stop!
- Why are you defending it!
- He's not hurting anyone!
Don't hurt him!
Stop!
Tell them to stop!
Qiang! Please...
Qiang!
Please...
- Who's side are you on?!
Smash its head!
- Qiang, let's go!
- Hurry up, Qiang!
- Go! I'll follow.
(somber music)