Cooking Master Boy — Season 1, Episode 37: Dim Sum king, Lakon 1600-years-old Soul-Calming Steamed buns

Episode synopsis

In this episode, King Lakon prepares the Spirit Calming Buns of the Hakura Family. The bun’s secret ingredient was a piece of 1600 year old ‘lao mien’, a piece of fermented dough passed on from his ancestors (apparently the older the better). The 8 types of buns altogether: all of them first rate seafood which includes shark’s fin, abalone, lobster and sea cucumber, served in a bamboo boat. Method of preparation: Clay pots. The judges give the dish a thumbs up. While Lakon cooked up his dish using the traditional methods passed on for generations, Steel Stick Shell used his own creativity to cook up: Fried Laughing Buns. Even King Lakon was shocked when it laughed in his hand. Secret ingredients: diced steak (not minced) and vermicelli (to retain the juices during frying). Secret method: To make the buns laugh, Shell made a slit on each bun. While frying, the oil will rush in and cook the insides. However, the slit will be sealed trapping the juices inside. Once taken out of the fryer, the pressure inside the bun will reopen the slit and the air coming out of it creates the laughing effect. The judges loved the buns, delicious and fun. Now comes the judgement: the judges were told to raise a red spoon for Shell and a white spoon for King Lakon. It ends with a cliffhanger: None of them lifted their red spoons when asked to do so!

About Cooking Master Boy

After the death of his mother, a young boy travels to China and become a master chef, in his attempt to become head chef of his late mother's restaurant

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Young Cooking Master/Genius Cooking Boy, Mao!
• E2Fantastic Mapo Tofu/A Mystery Mapo Tofu
• E3Super Chef
• E4Merciless Rules/The Cruel Rule of Yosen Shuka!
• E5Destroy Old Tradition
• E6The Dumpling Brothers
• E7Despicable Trap!Cornered Mao!
• E8The Final Battle
• E9Challenge the Dream! Super Chef Examination
• E10Ultimate Skill! Incomparable Noodles
• E11The Last Battle! Taste Battle Stadium
• E12A Great Rival Appears. Talented Young Chef Fei