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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| 变魔术 變魔術 | to perform magical tricks | |
| 烹煮 烹煮 | to cook; to boil | |
| 柔嫩 柔嫩 | tender; delicate (texture) | |
| 小屁孩 小屁孩 | kid; youngster; (derog.) brat | |
| 清爽 清爽 | fresh and cool; relaxed | |
| 甜腻 甜膩 | sweet and unctuous; (fig.) overly sentimental | |
| 拿捏 拿捏 | (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten | |
| 肥腻 肥膩 | (of foods) fatty; greasy | |
| 清甜 清甜 | (of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 仪态 儀態 | bearing; deportment | |
| 胜败乃兵家常事 勝敗乃兵家常事 | 胜: victory; excel, be better than · 败: be defeated, decline, fail · 乃: then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely · 兵: soldier, troops · 家: house, home, residence; family · 常: common, normal, frequent, regular · 事: affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident | |
| 蒸锅 蒸鍋 | steamer | |
| 出赛 出賽 | to compete; to take part (in a sports event) | |
| 实不相瞒 實不相瞞 | truth to tell; to be quite honest... | |
| 最优 最優 | optimal; optimum | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 蒸笼 蒸籠 | steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum) | |
| 有料 有料 | impressive | |
| 凤爪 鳳爪 | chicken feet (cuisine) | |
| 虾饺 蝦餃 | prawn dumplings | |
| 杂念 雜念 | distracting thoughts | |
| 赌城 賭城 | casino town; nickname for Las Vegas | |
| 御膳房 御膳房 | imperial kitchen | |
| 石磨 石磨 | grindstone | |
| 墨鱼 墨魚 | cuttlefish | |
| 吞拿 吞拿 | tuna (loanword) | |
| 分子料理 分子料理 | molecular gastronomy | |
| 讲评 講評 | to criticize; to evaluate | |
| 豆瓣酱 豆瓣醬 | sticky chili bean sauce; doubanjiang | |
| 大理石 大理石 | marble | |
| 姜汁 薑汁 | ginger ale | |
| 大红袍 大紅袍 | an expensive type of oolong tea | |
| 甘草 甘草 | licorice root | |
| 清香 清香 | sweet scent; fragrant odor | |
| 舌尖 舌尖 | tip of tongue; apical | |
| 承蒙 承蒙 | to be indebted (to sb) | |
| 不怎么样 不怎麼樣 | not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it | |
| 本期 本期 | the current period; this term (usually in finance) | |
| 馒头 饅頭 | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread | |
| 拆迁 拆遷 | to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants | |
| 酱油 醬油 | soy sauce | |
| 橙 橙 | orange tree; orange (color) | |
| 低温 低溫 | low temperature | |
| 评选 評選 | to select on the basis of a vote or consensus | |
| 必将 必將 | inevitably | |
| 祝愿 祝願 | to wish | |
| 上当 上當 | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped | |
| 小麦 小麥 | wheat | |
| 联手 聯手 | lit. to join hands; to act together |