Recaps

Heath learned that Luota, a resident of Dàkōng’s nursing home, claimed his deceased wife still lived with him, and Heath found clues that seemed to support the claim. Dàkōng explained why vulnerable elders had gathered at the remote home, and Heath left troubled before waking from a dream and discovering Zorua’s latest illusion trick.

• Dàkōng told Heath that Luota had been an award-winning dancer and had insisted his dead wife was still with him, while Heath learned she had preferred sour food.
• Heath recalled that Luota’s flavor preference changed to sour when he turned around and wondered whether his wife was somehow living through him.
• Dàkōng explained that the nursing home had become a refuge for elders abandoned or mistreated by their families, who sometimes came to pressure them into signing wills or returning home.
• Heath drove away from the remote nursing home, reflected on the residents’ circumstances, and dreamed of evil spirits trying to push the home into an abyss.
• Heath woke without a notification about serving Darkrai or Cresselia, then found Zorua’s illusion hiding the real, still-sleeping Pokémon in the bed.

Heath discovered that Charmander had evolved into Charmeleon overnight and promised him a reward, then caught up on bizarre news while washing up. He planned to buy groceries, make breakfast, and process edible quartz.

• Heath found that Charmander had evolved into a muscular Charmeleon while he slept.
• Zorua translated that Charmeleon wanted more protein powder as his reward, and Heath agreed.
• Heath greeted Mew brushing its teeth in the bathroom, then listened to the radio news.
• Heath heard that two people had been found dead and that laxative-laced feed had caused chaos among Wingull at Golden Beach.
• Heath planned to buy groceries, make breakfast, and process edible quartz.

Two Officer Jennys questioned Heath about Kailunya after a fire killed Kailunya’s adoptive parents. Heath noticed a possible discrepancy in the time Kailunya left his food truck and began to suspect Kailunya might have used him to create an alibi, just as Kailunya arrived dressed in mourning.

• Heath tested Farfetch'd’s crab roe soup dumplings and confirmed the breakfast counted toward his daily total.
• Two Officer Jennys asked Heath whether he recognized photographs of a middle-aged couple and Kailunya, and questioned him about Kailunya’s social practice report and departure time.
• The Officer Jennys told Heath that Kailunya’s home had caught fire at three the previous afternoon and that his adoptive parents had died.
• Heath recalled checking his phone after two and wondered whether Kailunya had deliberately given him a later time to create an alibi.
• Kailunya arrived dressed in black mourning clothes, and Heath greeted him with suspicion.

Heath questioned Kailunya about the timing of his community work and suspected he was connected to his adoptive parents’ deaths. A clue from the Magic Conch revealed that Kailunya had once been named Kailun Ya and that his Gengar may have killed them, so Heath alerted Officer Jenny Jing before returning to his food truck and greeting Jessie.

• Heath noticed Kailunya’s red-rimmed eyes and asked whether he had worked until after two the previous afternoon, though Kailunya’s report listed a later time.
• When Heath asked Kailunya directly if he had done it and showed him the news, Kailunya burst into tears and left with his food.
• Heath asked the Magic Conch how Kailunya’s adoptive parents had died and saw the clue, “Kailun Ya’s Gengar.”
• Officer Jenny Jing confirmed that Kailun Ya was Kailunya’s former name, and Heath messaged her about the discrepancy in the reported time.
• Heath decided to leave the investigation to the Officer Jennys and prepare edible quartz while serving customers.
• Jessie arrived at Heath’s food truck, and he greeted her and asked what she wanted to eat.

Heath made Jessie a warm, sweet bowl of eggs in brown sugar water, and Saya joined her at his food stand. As Heath worked on edible quartz, he overheard the two discussing Pokémon medical care and spotted a familiar Pokémon.

• Jessie shyly asked Heath for something warm and sweet, and he prepared eggs in brown sugar water for her.
• Saya arrived, greeted Jessie, and ordered a bowl of the same dish.
• Heath returned to serving customers and working on the edible quartz while Jessie and Saya talked about Pokémon medical care.
• Heath handed a pancake to a customer and noticed a familiar Pokémon nearby.

Heath used his Ingredient Identifier and accidentally made the Darkrai hiding above his food truck believe he planned to eat it. Darkrai fled in terror, while Heath received Hoopa’s Golden Ring for completing a hidden achievement.

• Heath spotted Mimikyu hiding behind his food truck and asked Saya what Ghost Pokémon ate.
• Heath used his Ingredient Identifier and discovered that Darkrai was hiding above the truck.
• Darkrai sensed the Identifier’s power, feared Heath intended to eat it, and fled from the Indigo League.
• Heath received the hidden achievement Conqueror of Legendary Pokémon and obtained Hoopa’s Golden Ring.
• Heath examined the ring and wondered what he could summon with it, while Darkrai vowed to torment him with nightmares.

Heath tested his golden ring and accidentally pulled Ho-Oh from a forest near Ecruteak City into the Indigo League in human form. Ho-Oh demanded a cooling dish before deciding whether to forgive him, while Heath realized the ring had a month-long cooldown.

• Heath examined his golden ring and discovered that reaching into it let him try to pull out something he imagined.
• Ho-Oh complained to Entei, Raikou, and Suicune about working and about being mocked in a game for getting caught in a fishing net.
• Heath reached through the ring while imagining a red-haired girl, and the ring pulled Ho-Oh from the forest into the Indigo League as a red-haired Loli.
• Heath learned that the ring could not be used again for a month and wondered whether imagining other powerful beings could summon them.
• Ho-Oh threatened Heath and demanded something to cool her down, leaving him to prepare food under her watchful gaze.

Heath made shaved ice to help Ho-Oh and his customers cope with the scorching summer heat, and it quickly became a popular treat. He left a serving for the wary Mimikyu, which emerged from the sewer to take it after he walked away.

• Heath used Snowman Snorlax’s Ice Beam to make ice and prepared shaved ice with jam, fruit, and syrup.
• Ho-Oh tried the shaved ice, enjoyed its cooling effect, and paid Heath eight League Coins despite claiming it tasted awful.
• Heath sold shaved ice to passing customers and made portions for his Pokémon.
• Heath set a bowl of shaved ice beside the sewer drain for Mimikyu and gave it space.
• Mimikyu emerged after Heath left, picked up the shaved ice, and retreated into a dark corner.

On his day off, Morty visited Heath’s food stall after sleeping for fourteen hours. He was startled when the wealthy customer who arrived turned out to be his boss, who praised his department and promised a week off after their project was finished.

• Heath watched Mimikyu shudder with each bite of shaved ice, then turned back to serving customers.
• Morty came in on his day off after sleeping until late morning and ordered brown sugar eggs and a Crab Roe Soup Dumpling.
• A wealthy middle-aged man ordered Crab Roe Soup Dumplings and Da Su Beef Noodles with extra beef.
• The man recognized Morty as an employee in the game development department, and Morty greeted his boss nervously.
• Morty’s boss praised the department’s annual party performance and promised everyone seven days off after the project was completed.

Heath served customers during a busy morning while Farfetch'd revealed that a customer had run off with Crab Roe Soup Dumplings without paying. Heath comforted Farfetch'd and returned to cooking edible quartz, which still needed about two more hours.

• Morty received seven days off from his boss, then bought brown sugar eggs to take away.
• Heath served a crowd of customers and noticed Giovanni, Sabrina, and Brock's father were absent after the Gym Leaders' meeting ended.
• Farfetch'd told Heath that a customer had taken Crab Roe Soup Dumplings without paying.
• Zorua explained that Farfetch'd had trusted the customer's promise to pay and felt too embarrassed to insist on payment first.
• Heath comforted Farfetch'd and advised him to learn from the incident.
• Heath checked on the edible quartz and continued cooking it for another two hours.

Officer Jenny Jing asked Heath and Snorlax to compete against a group of Exploud in a folk song contest, which had been moved up at short notice. As they traveled to the contest near Victory Road, Jing asked Heath whether a rumor about him stealing Officer Jennys’ stockings was true, leaving him stunned.

• Officer Jenny Jing told Heath that Snorlax’s contest against the Exploud had been moved up and asked if Snorlax was ready.
• Heath asked Snorlax about his preparations, and Zorua translated that he was fully prepared.
• Heath and Officer Jenny Jing drove toward the outskirts of the Indigo League, where the contest would take place with few people present so the Exploud would not get nervous.
• Officer Jenny Jing explained that the Exploud would leave with their group if they lost and that wild Pokémon generally accepted defeat honestly.
• Officer Jenny Jing asked Heath whether he used to take Officer Jennys’ stockings into the bathroom, and Heath realized Officer Jenny Aya had spread the rumor.

Heath and Officer Jenny Jing brought Snorlax to the mountains for a singing contest with the Exploud, whose song exchange left Heath bored and unable to understand them. The wait ended when Farfetch'd, Charmeleon, and Zorua appeared with instruments, and Snorlax began singing Qilixiang along with them.

• Heath reminded Officer Jenny Jing that Officer Jenny Aya had said her shocking claim was a joke, and Jing blushed after realizing she had missed that part.
• Officer Jenny Jing explained that Snorlax would call to the Exploud with a mountain song, and Heath summoned Snorlax and put in earplugs.
• Snorlax and the Exploud traded loud mountain songs while Heath and Officer Jenny Jing waited; Jing explained that such exchanges used regional phrases.
• Farfetch'd arrived with a bass guitar, Charmeleon took a place at a drum kit, and Zorua appeared disguised as Pikachu with an electric guitar.
• The Pokémon began playing Qilixiang, and Heath removed his earplugs when he realized Snorlax was singing the same song.

Heath and his Pokémon used Snorlax’s singing to persuade the Exploud to leave, and Snorlax discovered it wanted to become a singer. After paying Heath for completing the commission, Officer Jenny Jing returned to report the result while Heath headed back to his Food Truck and wondered what Zorua’s dream was.

• Zorua used illusions to make it seem as though Snorlax and the others were performing with instruments while Snorlax sang “Qilixiang.”
• The Exploud watched the performance, then left for another hill after Snorlax finished singing.
• Snorlax’s quest changed to becoming a singer, and Heath received throat lozenges as compensation.
• Officer Jenny Jing paid Heath for completing the commission, and Heath planned to let Snorlax decide what to do with the money.
• Heath forgave Zorua’s debts for its performance, then wondered what Zorua wanted to become.

Heath prepared edible quartz as cold jellyfish salad, but its flavor was weak and it did not complete his task, so he headed to the nursing home to ask Chef Dàkōng for advice. There, he witnessed an angry man trying to force his way in to see his mother and drove uphill to avoid another visitor causing trouble.

• Heath dressed edible quartz as cold jellyfish salad, tasted it, and found its flavor lacking while his task remained unfinished.
• Heath drove to the nursing home to ask Chef Dàkōng how to make jellyfish taste better.
• At the entrance, Heath saw a middle-aged man and his wife demand access to the man's mother and accuse the nursing home staff of seeking her house.
• The old man said the mother did not want to see her son, and his Arcanine drove the couple away.
• The old man welcomed Heath, poured him tea, and warned him that another troublesome visitor had arrived.
• Heath drove uphill and rudely gestured at the woman shouting about his entry, which improved his mood.

Heath asked Mr. Dàkōng about edible quartz recipes and learned that chefs had traditionally made it as a display of patience rather than as tasty food. After realizing it kept him full, Heath planned to try making crossing-the-bridge rice noodles with it, then encountered Lance at the cafeteria.

• Heath returned to Mr. Dàkōng to ask how to make edible quartz taste better, while an elderly woman sat nearby with red eyes.
• Mr. Dàkōng explained that edible quartz was difficult to flavor and that chefs treated making it as an expression of their attitude toward cooking.
• Heath returned to his Food Truck and realized that eating edible quartz had kept him from feeling hungry.
• Heath decided to make an edible-quartz version of crossing-the-bridge rice noodles and went to the cafeteria with Farfetch'd.
• Heath saw Old Officer Jenny talking with Lance, the Dragon-type Elite Four member.

Heath cooked a meal for Old Officer Jenny and Elite Four Lance, who had come to eat and drink together. After receiving payment and a reward for serving Lance, Heath returned to preparing food for the Officer Jennys.

• Old Officer Jenny introduced Elite Four Lance and asked Heath to cook them an ordinary meal with a dish suited to drinking.
• Heath prepared braised meats, tomato and egg stir-fry, Chongqing spicy chicken, stir-fried bok choy, and pea shoot soup.
• Heath served the dishes, and Old Officer Jenny paid him with a 1.3-kilogram piece of Edible Quartz.
• Heath received a bottle of Flying-type Pokémon Coat Conditioner as a reward for serving Lance.
• Heath left Lance and Old Officer Jenny to their meal and returned to preparing lunch for the Officer Jennys.

Heath drove toward a bookstore with Zorua but got stuck in a traffic jam caused by a man threatening to jump from a rooftop. After hearing that the man was facing foreclosure and unemployment, Heath watched as the crowd and rescue workers helped him and Flying-type Pokémon brought him to safety.

• Heath and Zorua set off for the bookstore in the food truck after Heath decided to postpone making edible quartz.
• Heath encountered a traffic jam and saw a desperate man standing on a rooftop while Officer Jennys and firefighters prepared a rescue.
• Mrs. Xiaokang told Heath and the nearby crowd that the man had lost his job and could no longer keep up with his mortgage.
• Heath reflected on the burdens people carried and disapproved of anyone who mocked a person in danger.
• Flying-type Pokémon rescued the man, and Heath felt grateful for how Pokémon helped make the world safer.

Heath left after witnessing a man being saved from despair, then took Zorua to the Indigo League bookstore to buy books. He hid Zorua’s embarrassing fiction purchases from Saya at the self-checkout with Zorua’s illusion.

• Heath reflected that although Pidgeot had saved the man, he did not know whether the man’s troubles would end.
• Heath accompanied Zorua to the bookstore, where Zorua picked out five novels from the fiction section.
• Heath browsed the novels’ absurdly long titles and nearly bought a suggestive book about a Champion girlfriend before putting it back.
• Saya recognized Heath at the checkout and assumed he had bought cookbooks.
• Heath asked Zorua to disguise the novels as cookbooks, then began scanning them while hiding their real titles.

Heath explained to Saya why he had chosen a quieter life serving customers instead of becoming a Trainer, then woke early to begin preparing edible quartz. As he started work, he noticed a shy Mimikyu secretly watching him outside the Food Truck.

• Heath asked Saya why she had become a Trainer, and Saya said she had wanted to travel and thought it sounded fun.
• Saya asked why Heath had not become a Trainer, and Heath said serving customers suited his personality better.
• Heath returned to his dormitory area, went to bed early, and woke at four thirty to prepare the edible quartz.
• Heath found Charmeleon and Snorlax asleep and left them to rest before starting work in the Food Truck's kitchen.
• Heath spotted Mimikyu hiding behind a pillar and considered making breakfast for the timid Pokémon.

Heath made Mimikyu a Jianbing Guozi while boiling Edible Quartz, which he planned to turn into rice noodles for a Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles dish. He drove silently to the vegetable market, leaving Mew confused when it arrived and found the food truck gone.

• Heath used the leftover ingredients to make Mimikyu a Jianbing Guozi with Oran Berry jam, then left it beside Mimikyu’s hiding place.
• Heath planned to shape the cooked Edible Quartz into rice noodles and prepare them like Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles.
• Heath enabled Silent Mode and drove the food truck to the vegetable market using Autopilot.
• Mew arrived at the empty parking lot, discovered Heath’s food truck was gone, knocked over an Officer Jenny’s Motorcycle, and flew off in a huff.

Heath learned that Crab Roe Soup Dumplings had become popular after Cynthia praised them, driving up crab prices and attracting imitators. He prepared pickled vegetable and pork noodles for breakfast, discovering that Mew had joined his usual group of Pokémon waiting to eat.

• Heath noticed that crab prices had risen and learned from Uncle Dali that Crab Roe Soup Dumplings had become popular across the Indigo League.
• Heath discovered that Cynthia had praised the dumplings online, bringing attention to the dish and to places that served it.
• Heath decided to focus on making new foods rather than dwell on others copying his recipes.
• Heath took out his fermented pickled vegetables and planned to make pickled vegetable and pork noodles for breakfast.
• Heath counted six servings and found Mew seated with Zorua, Farfetch'd, Snorlax, and Charmeleon.
• Heath began cooking minced pork with pickled vegetables, salt, and a little sugar.

Heath served mixed noodles with stir-fried pork and pickled vegetables, and Mew’s clue suggested that Rayquaza would pass over the Indigo League that day. As Heath prepared to open his food truck and consider using the Ingredient Identifier to attract the Legendary Pokémon, he spotted Kailunya.

• Heath finished cooking breakfast and served bowls of mixed noodles to his Pokémon and Mew.
• Mew vanished after eating, leaving Heath a clue that a green meteor crossed the sky above the Indigo League every seventy-two days.
• Heath learned from Jing that the green meteor was due to appear that day and considered using the Ingredient Identifier to draw Rayquaza’s attention.
• Heath arrived at his usual business spot and saw Kailunya.

Heath watched Kailunya evade suspicion after investigators ruled the fatal fire accidental, while the Officer Jennys remained uneasy about the case. Kailunya received an insurance payout and returned to her ruined home as the investigation closed without evidence against her.

• Heath recalled that Kailunya may have left his food truck before three, but her account, his signed internship sheet, and camera footage gave her an alibi.
• Kailunya asked Heath to make breakfast, and he served her noodles with stir-fried pork and pickled vegetables.
• The radio reported that investigators classified the fatal fire as accidental, citing aging gas pipes and suspected faulty wiring.
• Kailunya finished breakfast and returned to her former home, where neighbors and the insurance company were waiting.
• Officer Jenny and her squad discussed the possibility of revenge and questioned the insurance policies, but found no evidence to challenge the accidental-fire ruling.

Heath discovered that Farfetch'd had become popular for cooking Crab Roe Soup Dumplings, and the fame triggered a quest to raise Farfetch'd's popularity above 100,000. A food program arrived to film Farfetch'd at work, giving Heath a chance to boost that popularity.

• Heath sold out of Farfetch'd's Crab Roe Soup Dumplings during the morning rush and ordered more crabs from Uncle Dali.
• Heath told Farfetch'd that he had become a famous duck, and Farfetch'd's popularity score rapidly climbed past 20,000 as a quest appeared.
• A reporter from Quartz Gourmet Trendsetter arrived to interview Heath about the restaurant's popular dumplings.
• Heath introduced Farfetch'd as his kitchen assistant, and the reporter and Machoke filmed Farfetch'd making Crab Roe Soup Dumplings.
• Heath learned that Farfetch'd was an unusual Pokémon chef because Farfetch'd had once been eaten into becoming a Protected Pokémon, and he expected the quest to be easy to complete.

Heath finished preparing edible quartz for Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles while Farfetch'd’s televised dumpling appearance completed its popularity quest and earned Heath the Supreme Roast Duck recipe. After discovering the recipe’s remarkable claim about its value, Heath stored it away and returned to his noodles.

• Heath sold out of Farfetch'd’s Crab Roe Soup Dumplings and drove to the Officer Jennys' Dormitory Area to prepare edible quartz.
• Heath cooked and shaped the quartz into rice noodles while Farfetch'd rested after a tiring day making and selling dumplings.
• Zorua watched Farfetch'd appear on “Indigo Food Trends Guide,” and the broadcast brought the dumplings renewed attention.
• Heath’s quest completed, rewarding him with the Supreme Roast Duck recipe, which he found more detailed than his own method.
• Heath read the recipe’s claim that one roast duck could be worth several homes, memorized it, and put it away before returning to the edible quartz.