Pleasantly Surprised (Love Myself or You / Xi Huan · Yi Ge Ren / 喜歡·一個人)

I sleep alone,

because

I like to be by myself.

Love Myself Or You

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This is the 3A grade white asparagus.

Peach-like texture with a combination of caviar sauce.

Don't know whether the performance of the next pan fried duck breast dish will be this great.

The skin is crispy, the meat...

is tender and delicious.

The sauce...

This sauce...

Black dates and chocolates...

Such a bold combination!

Louis?

From the soup, appetizer to the main dish...

are close to full marks.

I can't believe that this is the last dish.

Miss! Can I meet the head chef?

I'm only covering for my friend for a day.

She really likes your culinary skills.

Don't tell me that she's a reporter or a food blogger?

I asked about it, she just simply like Mr Fu's, your food.

Louis

Please wait for a while, the head chef will come soon.

That's great! The head chef is willing to meet me.

Thank you.

How could I never heard from others about such a delicious restaurant?

It's even located in such a quiet alley.

What kind of person is the head chef of this place like?

What did you say about my mom?

I'll head over now.

Miss, get the bills please.

Don't forget to add geranium when you serve the white asparagus.

Miss, are you alright?

Taxi!

Where is the person? - Sorry, she suddenly settled the bills.

Did that person come to ask for money again?

Kai Qi...

What happened to your arm?

Why is it so serious? - He hit you?

It's fine, I'm used to it anyways.

No way, I'll go and find him.

Don't go! Finding him is useless anyways.

At least I can report him to the police.

He treats you like this, I'll definitely make him suffer!

He's still your dad after all!

This is not what I can decide on!

Sorry.

As a mother, I'm like this...

I'm really useless.

Mom.

Sit down first.

Are you alright?

It's an old illness.

It's fine.

Mom, don't put up the stall anymore.

As long as you have a job, he'll find you.

So...don't put up the stall anymore. Okay?

You alone living is hard enough,

how are you able to take care of me?

Don't worry. Soon, I'll be promoted.

Really? - Yes.

The restaurant specially holds a promotion test for me.

After I pass the test tomorrow, I'll become the sous chef.

The salary is double the current salary.

If you're earning money, you should just take good care of yourself.

Don't keep on saying, "I like living alone".

Mom...

Aside from family members, I just like being by myself.

Does it hurt? I'll get the medicine to apply on it.

There's no need. You're the one that needs the medicine, I'll go get it.

The rohan salty pie looks good.

The bouillabaisse is sweet and doesn't smell fishy. The color is good too.

You selected a good crocus.

This is freshly plucked and processed from the crocus festival I went to in Consuegra

That's even better!

As for this dish...

Enough, are you not yet done with the exam?

Don't you see that these dishes are already calling for me?

Can I start eating?

Here, mom.

Not bad! You're certainly Fu Zhi Yuan‘s, my son.

I knew that you would like it. In the first place, I learnt this steak with bearnaise sauce from dad.

Both of you, father and son.

Now, I will personally feed my dear wife.

It's delicious! Bravo! Excellent!

Delicious.

It's just a pity that your brother is still busy working in the company, he can't make it back to eat your cooking.

If not, he'll definitely be very happy.

Right.

You went to study culinary in France for so many years,

There's been no one to take over that French restaurant that dad started.

Taking over... there's brother to take over.

There's no problem with your brother taking over other business.

But he's totally not interested about cooking and managing a restaurant.

I also only like to cook and study about cooking.

I've no interest in managing a restaurant.

Moreover, if you guys continue to be like this, I may have to buy ticket to go back to France.

Zi Jie.

One month, just one month okay?

You're an intern in every restaurant you stayed in Europe anyways.

Come and be an intern at father's restaurant.

Just be an intern? - Just be an intern.

I will definitely not ask for more.

Just one month then.

After one month, I'll go and work at Brussels restaurant.

Okay! Then I'll go up and tidy up your room later.

Mom, there's no need for that. I'm just an intern.

I just want to rent a house nearby the restaurant and live there. Okay?

Okay. - Okay.

Why is it so serious?

I'm clearly still competing for the sous chef position,

but I still boasted to my mom that it was a test prepared especially for my promotion.

With my arm like this, there's no way that I can practice tonight.

What should I do?

Where did you go this time to eat and study the meal?

Did you pick up some energy today?

Good luck on your competition with Le Xuan tomorrow.

I'm all prepared to call you sous chef!

I don't care. I have to believe myself.

I won't disappoint my mom.

I definitely have to win this sous chef position.

Louis.

Louis, please let me borrow your skill.

Hey, bonjour.

Good morning.

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Oh, morning.

Hey,

I have something I want to tell you.

Does Ji Yong Qian have something to say to me or does the executive chef have something to say?

Ji Yong Qian.

The executive chef.

Excuse me, Executive Chef, what would you like to say?

You should know that Figaro Cuisine

is one of the top French restaurants in Taiwan.

And you should also know that becoming the executive chef of this restaurant

is not easy to do.

You also probably know that an independent woman as yourself will have a hard time getting married.

So?

So... It just so happens that I'm at the age where I'd like to have kids.

If you agree to marry me,

I'll give you the position that you want the most.

What do you think?

Let me get this straight.

It must have been tough for you to become the executive chef, right?

Mhm.

You think it's time for you to find a wife. - Mhm.

So, if I agree to marry you,

you'll let me become the sous chef.

Chief, did you know,

when a tiger is sleeping, it's just like a big cat.

It's really cute.

It's fur is all fluffy, and it's smiling.

But, when it's being disturbed--

Then what?

It can tear you apart to pieces.

Don't go disturbing a sleeping tiger.

Sleeping tiger?

What's wrong? Wouldn't being my wife be great?

Figaro Cuisine

Figaro Cuisine

Whose side are you on?

You scared me!

I bet on Le Xuan. - Hey, who are you trying to scare?

I bet on Le Xuan too. She studied abroad in France.

She's famous on TV as a beautiful chef.

And they say she's got a pretty face and a great body - she does.

So they say she can cook well, so she must cook well.

Not counting her culinary skills yet, just based on Kai Qi becoming a different person in the kitchen,

I'm so scared of her becoming the sous chef.

That's right.

Who do you think is the foundation of this kitchen?

Kai Qi spends more time here than the executive chef does.

She spends at least 15 hours here everyday.

It's just that she's never been to France.

And the scent of this restaurant...

It's definitely Kai Qi's scent.

Then, whose side are you on?

Le Xuan.

Good eye.

No...

When Kai Qi's in the kitchen, she's really scary.

D-Don't look at me like that.

I'll cry.

Come on!

When will you ever throw away that gangster aura of yours?

When Kai Qi becomes the sous chef.

Attention, everyone.

I'm sure you're all aware

of the reason that we're all here on this day off.

Because we're going to choose between Kai Qi and Le Xuan for the next sous chef.

Ever since our sous chef was poached off by the French restaurant in Xinyi District,

the boss told me that rather than inviting an unfamiliar person to work,

it would be better to choose a talented person from our restaurant.

It's also a chance for you young chefs.

I'd also like to quickly find a new sous chef,

but our two second chefs