Cook Up a Storm 2017
决战食神
An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected turn when they discover a common foe and combine their skills in a fusion of East and West.
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Vocabulary
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| 辅以 輔以 | supplemented by; accompanied by; with | |
| 莅临 蒞臨 | to arrive (esp. of notable person); to visit (more formal than) | |
| 麻婆豆腐 麻婆豆腐 | mapo tofu; stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce | |
| 离谱 離譜 | inappropriate; improper; out of place | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 欢迎光临 歡迎光臨 | welcome | |
| 大排档 大排檔 | food stall; open-air restaurant | |
| 纠结 糾結 | to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused; to be at a loss; to struggle (mentally) with (sth); to overthink; to feel conflicted | |
| 慕斯 慕斯 | mousse (loanword) | |
| 惊艳 驚艷 | variant of | |
| 菠萝 菠蘿 | pineapple | |
| 乾坤 乾坤 | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe | |
| 施主 施主 | donor (Buddhist address) | |
| 不消 不消 | to not need; needless (to say) | |
| 泡菜 泡菜 | pickled cabbage | |
| 铲平 剷平 | to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc) | |
| 高手如云 高手如雲 | (idiom) teeming with experts | |
| 必经 必經 | unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc) | |
| 灵魂人物 靈魂人物 | key figure; the linchpin of sth | |
| 煸炒 煸炒 | to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil | |
| 渗入 滲入 | to permeate | |
| 蒸气 蒸氣 | vapor; steam | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 赐予 賜予 | to grant; to bestow | |
| 盛宴 盛宴 | feast | |
| 混血儿 混血兒 | person of mixed blood | |
| 大闸蟹 大閘蟹 | Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab | |
| 不咋地 不咋地 | (dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special | |
| 邪乎 邪乎 | extraordinary; severe; exaggerated; overstated; fantastic; incredible | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 南乳 南乳 | fermented soybean curd | |
| 秘制 秘製 | to prepare (food etc) using a secret recipe | |
| 小葱 小蔥 | green onion; spring onion | |
| 大限 大限 | the limit; maximum; one's allocated lifespan | |
| 凸线 凸線 | convex curve | |
| 下垂 下垂 | to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine) | |
| 铺张 鋪張 | ostentation; extravagance | |
| 清茶 清茶 | green tea; only tea (without food) | |
| 雅致 雅緻 | elegant; refined; in good taste | |
| 调味汁 調味汁 | dressing; sauce | |
| 创办人 創辦人 | founder (of an institution etc) | |
| 炮制 炮製 | to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine) | |
| 主菜 主菜 | main course | |
| 爆炒 爆炒 | to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame; to conduct a media blitz; to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling | |
| 不甘心 不甘心 | not reconciled to; not resigned to | |
| 盛事 盛事 | grand occasion | |
| 云集 雲集 | to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm | |
| 爆料 爆料 | to make explosive allegations | |
| 餐点 餐點 | food; dish; meal | |
| 椰汁 椰汁 | coconut water |