Recaps

Heath decided to sell affordable fruit shaved ice despite its low profit, then helped Sabrina interpret a recipe’s vague seasoning instructions. After Sabrina paid him, Heath headed back to the dormitory and looked forward to visiting Pallet Town the next day.

• Heath decided to sell fruit shaved ice for a small profit per serving, hoping to attract customers with a cheaper version.
• Sabrina gave Heath a cookbook and asked what “a pinch” of salt and “an appropriate amount” of seasoning meant.
• Heath estimated the quantities for Sabrina’s seafood fried rice and explained that cooks should adjust recipes to suit their own tastes.
• Sabrina paid Heath over a thousand League Coins and left.
• Heath drove toward the dormitory and planned to visit Pallet Town the next day to explore its local mushrooms.

Heath went to a fishing pond hoping to attract two customers and complete his Intermediate Chef's Eye quest. He cooked grilled grass carp, and its aroma began drifting toward the anglers.

• Heath saw that his Chef's Eye quest needed only two more satisfied customers and chose the fishing pond over the nursing home.
• Heath arrived at the pond, bought a grass carp from its owner, and returned to his Food Truck.
• Heath cleaned and seasoned the fish, then poked holes in its flesh to help the flavor penetrate quickly.
• Heath had Charmeleon light firewood with Ember and grilled the fish, sending its aroma downwind toward the anglers.

After upgrading his chef’s eye while selling grilled fish, Heath discovered that it revealed customers’ food preferences and allergies when he accidentally entered Giratina’s dark world. Giratina asked him to prepare a strongly salty meat dish, leaving Heath to cook for the masked legendary Pokémon.

• Heath sold grilled fish to satisfied anglers and completed the intermediate chef’s eye mission, upgrading it to advanced.
• Heath saw that the advanced mission required satisfying one hundred thousand customers and wondered what his upgraded ability could do.
• Heath caught Officer Jenny Qian secretly reaching toward something in the cafeteria, then collapsed after touching the same spot.
• Heath awoke in a pitch-black world and met Giratina, who changed into a masked human form.
• Giratina asked Heath to cook, and Heath used his intermediate chef’s eye to learn Giratina wanted strongly salty meat and disliked sweet, spicy, and vegetarian food.

Heath prepared salted duck for Giratina in the Ghost Type World and received a chance to draw a random move. After Giratina sent him to Snowpoint City, Heath discovered that people there treated the young with greater respect.

• Heath made salted duck for Giratina in a kitchen in the Ghost Type World, and Giratina used its power to speed up the cooking.
• Giratina enjoyed the duck, and Heath received one chance to draw a random move for completing I'm Done Being Human.
• Heath declined to use the draw and asked Giratina to let him explore the world outside.
• Giratina kicked Heath off a snowy mountain, then let him drift safely down to a road in Snowpoint City.
• Heath noticed that people in the city were like those in the real world, but younger people received more respect.

Heath toured the Distortion World with Dusknoir, who explained how human and Pokémon souls lived there before reincarnation. After Giratina sent Heath back to the human world, he woke surrounded by Officer Jenny Qian, Zorua, and Farfetch'd.

• Dusknoir explained that the dead grew younger in the Distortion World and were reincarnated as infants.
• Dusknoir took Heath to the Place of Reincarnation, where he saw an infant enter a dark delivery room and disappear.
• Dusknoir told Heath to keep the Ghost Type World secret and explained that Pokémon souls also lived there before reincarnation.
• Heath completed the Death and Life achievement, received a Special Lottery Ticket, and learned Giratina might visit him for another meal.
• Heath woke on the ground beside Officer Jenny Qian and Zorua, with swollen, wet marks on his face that resembled Farfetch'd's wings.

After returning from the Ghost Type World, Heath mastered Calm Mind and prepared to leave for Pallet Town, where Officer Jenny Meng was squad captain. He won a Mini Portable Farm Set in the lottery and left with clean clothes, while keeping his strange journey secret.

• Heath woke in the cafeteria after briefly entering the Ghost Type World, then used his random move mastery reward and obtained Calm Mind.
• Heath told Officer Jenny Qian he was heading to Pallet Town the next day and asked if she wanted a gift; she asked him to make delicious food instead.
• Officer Jenny Feng told Heath that Officer Jenny Meng led the Pallet Town squad, and Heath worried about working under her.
• Heath used his Special Lottery Ticket and won a Mini Portable Farm Set, which he decided to keep hidden from Sister Feng for the time being.
• Sister Feng washed Heath's clothes, and Old Wind used Fire Spin to dry them before Heath left for Pallet Town.

Heath discovered that Calm Mind left him mentally refreshed and unable to sleep, then prepared to leave Viridian City after a heartfelt farewell from Officer Jenny Aya. Back at his Food Truck, he found Mew exercising and wearing a colorful mohawk wig.

• Heath used Calm Mind twice overnight and found that it made hours pass unnoticed while refreshing his mind and relieving his fatigue.
• Heath left the dormitory, and Officer Jenny Aya gave him Sister Feng's farewell message and a suspiciously shaped present before he ran off.
• Heath returned to the Food Truck and saw Charmeleon exercising while Mew lifted a dumbbell with its tail.
• Heath joined his Pokémon for their morning wash and discovered that Mew had put on a multicolored mohawk wig, which it called “cool.”

Heath drove his food truck from Viridian City to Pallet Town, planning to serve his homemade curry there. He arrived and reunited with Officer Jenny Meng, who effortlessly lifted and turned his truck to park it.

• Heath bought ingredients in Viridian City and made curry noodles while traveling toward Pallet Town.
• Heath arrived in Pallet Town, where residents gathered to watch his unusual food truck.
• Heath fed Mew a bowl of curry noodles, and Mew flew off to play.
• Officer Jenny Meng greeted Heath and told him to park near her so she and the others could eat his cooking.
• Officer Jenny Meng lifted Heath's food truck, turned it around, and set it down in the parking spot.

Heath followed Officer Jenny Meng to the Officer Jenny Dormitory in Pallet Town and prepared lunch for the Officer Jennys. After making tomato and egg soup, he asked where he could park his food truck, and Officer Jenny Meng told him he could set up almost anywhere except near Professor Oak’s laboratory.

• Officer Jenny Meng lifted Heath’s food truck and brought him to the Officer Jenny Dormitory on a Tauros.
• Heath discovered the dormitory was a self-sufficient farm and went to its canteen to cook lunch.
• Officer Jenny Meng explained that the dormitory grew its own crossbred rice using a Galar specialty variety.
• Heath made a large pot of tomato and egg soup with solid pieces of egg for the Officer Jennys.
• Heath asked where he could set up his food truck, and Officer Jenny Meng said he could park anywhere except near Professor Oak’s laboratory.

Heath set up his food truck near Pallet Town’s Pokémon Center, learned about the town’s quiet pace and its mushroom specialty, and discovered that the mushrooms were sold at a nighttime Ghost Market. The chapter ended with Ash finding Heath’s truck and greeting him.

• Heath chose to park near Pallet Town’s Pokémon Center and chatted with Nurse Joy, who told him that the town’s newest resident was a girl named Red.
• Nurse Joy described Pallet Town as a quiet place with few patients and praised Ash as a promising trainer.
• Heath asked Nurse Joy about local specialty ingredients, and she told him Pallet Town Mushrooms were available at the Ghost Market after eleven at night.
• Heath returned to his food truck and considered selling shaved ice in the hot weather.
• Ash came across Heath’s truck, and Heath cheerfully offered him something to eat.

Heath met Ash in Pallet Town and learned that he was helping his teacher at the Pokémon Center. After Ash hurried off, Heath’s first customer arrived: a Dragonite that ordered pork cutlet curry.

• Heath told Ash that he was traveling around Kanto to find distinctive ingredients and offered him curry.
• Ash declined the food because he was full and offered to show Heath around Pallet Town, but Heath said he needed to observe local customer traffic.
• Ash explained that his teacher had sent him to the Pokémon Center for Potions, then rushed off after remembering his errand.
• Heath waited through a quiet afternoon and briefly dozed off before a Dragonite arrived at his food truck.
• Dragonite ordered pork cutlet curry with rice and paid Heath with a hundred League Coins.

Heath served Dragonite curry pork cutlet rice and shaved ice before a scholarly-looking man ordered beef curry rice. The chapter left Heath serving the new customer, whose unusual preferences Chef’s Eye revealed.

• Heath prepared curry pork cutlet rice for Dragonite, which swallowed the meal in a few chews and earned him a Speed Effort Values-Boosting Potion.
• Dragonite ordered shaved ice, and Heath guided Snorlax through making a large serving.
• Dragonite finished the shaved ice and flew away, leaving Heath waiting for more customers.
• A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses arrived and ordered beef curry rice.
• Heath prepared the meal to match the man’s preferences, and the man praised his cooking before sitting down to eat.

Heath served Luodan curry rice and received Salt in Memories, an ingredient that could bring a dish closer to the taste in a diner's memories. After eating at Heath's food truck and having something cold, Professor Oak's Dragonite Ada developed diarrhea, leaving Professor Oak concerned and Ada deeply embarrassed.

• Heath received Salt in Memories after serving Luodan, and considered how it could help recreate flavors customers remembered.
• Luodan praised Heath's curry rice and left with a gentle, distant expression.
• Ada told Professor Oak about the food truck's excellent food and the cold treat he had afterward.
• Ada struggled to reach a restroom while Professor Oak repeatedly tried to check on him.
• Ada had diarrhea, and Professor Oak suspected the food was bad while Ada regretted eating something cold after a hot meal.

Heath served Professor Oak milk tea and learned that Dragonite’s love of icy food had given it diarrhea. After Professor Oak left, Heath was about to close his food truck when Luodan arrived and asked whether he could cook pork intestines.

• Professor Oak told Heath that Dragonite had developed diarrhea after eating shaved ice, despite warnings that cold food could upset its stomach.
• Professor Oak explained that Dragonite loved icy things and had been trained to endure Ice-type attacks because of its quadruple weakness to Ice.
• Heath served Professor Oak milk tea and received a complete Pokémon encyclopedia as a reward.
• Professor Oak warned Heath about drinking cold water after strenuous exercise, then left.
• Heath began packing up his food truck to return to the Officer Jennys’ dormitory and make dinner.
• Luodan arrived before Heath closed and asked whether he knew how to cook pork intestines.

Heath cooked a bowl of braised chitterlings for Mr. Luodan, who rewarded him with Memory MSG. After closing his food truck, Heath headed to the Officer Jennys' Dormitory Area and planned to visit Pallet Town's Ghost Market that night.

• Mr. Luodan brought Heath pork intestines and asked him to cook them according to his detailed preferences.
• Heath cleaned and braised the chitterlings, then served them over rice with chives.
• Mr. Luodan eagerly ate the dish and gave Heath Memory MSG, which made soup taste like a wonderful flavor from his memories.
• Heath stored and labeled the new MSG and Salt in Memories, then set his truck on autopilot toward the Officer Jennys' Dormitory Area.
• Heath planned to visit Pallet Town's Ghost Market after making dinner and warned Farfetch'd not to use the seasonings carelessly.

Heath visited Pallet Town’s Ghost Market and bought poisonous see-the-light-die mushrooms after learning how to prepare them safely. Back at his Food Truck, he began cooking and received a new Pokémon Chef task to teach Farfetch'd to make the dish independently.

• Heath went to the late-night Ghost Market with Farfetch'd and discovered that it was an ordinary, bustling market.
• Heath learned that see-the-light-die mushrooms were poisonous but could be made safe by thorough cooking, then bought eleven of them.
• Heath returned to his Food Truck and prepared to stir-fry the mushrooms with garlic and green pepper.
• Heath received a task to teach Farfetch'd to independently prepare safe see-the-light-die, and noticed Farfetch'd eagerly watching the mushrooms.

Heath explained why preparing poisonous wild mushrooms required extreme care, then agreed to help Farfetch'd learn to make See-the-Light-Die safely. That night, Darkrai approached Heath’s food truck to feed on Mimikyu’s nightmare, but an unseen force made it open the door to a bizarre group of Pokémon.

• Heath explained the dangers of poisonous mushrooms while Farfetch'd asked to learn how to cook See-the-Light-Die.
• Heath agreed that Farfetch'd could practice making a safe, delicious serving, then went to sleep with Zorua.
• Mimikyu fell from the food truck’s warm water tank and fled inside after noticing Darkrai watching from the woods.
• Darkrai sensed Mimikyu’s unusually appealing nightmare and entered the truck, where it saw Heath sleeping with Zorua.
• Darkrai tried to reach Mimikyu, but its body moved against its will and opened the door to Machamp in black lace maid outfits and two apron-clad Conkeldurr playing rock, paper, scissors.

Heath woke in Pallet Town after hosting Darkrai but received no reward, then began a quiet morning with his Pokémon. He planned steamed buns for breakfast and discovered the local Jennys were tending their gardens for exercise.

• Heath wondered why Darkrai’s visit had earned him an evaluation but no reward, and recalled meeting Darkrai before in Viridian City.
• Heath greeted Farfetch'd and saw Charmeleon lifting weights, prompting him to consider buying more protein powder.
• Heath found Mew missing from the bathroom and reflected on Mew’s intense curiosity.
• Heath told Zorua they would have steamed buns for breakfast and planned to buy special ingredients at the Vegetable Market.
• Heath saw that the Pallet Town Jennys were quietly working in the fields and tending their crops for exercise.

Heath waited for Pallet Town’s produce market to open, then bought ingredients for thin-skinned lamb buns. He returned to his food truck and began preparing the buns, planning to cook them like pan-fried buns.

• Heath found Pallet Town’s produce market deserted and used Calm Mind while waiting for the vendors to arrive.
• Farfetch'd woke Heath when the market began opening around eight o’clock.
• Heath discovered that many vendors left their produce unattended with prices and payment boxes, and he paid for the ingredients he took.
• Heath bought additional meat and lamb from a butcher before returning to his food truck.
• Heath prepared distinctive thin-skinned buns with lamb and sheep tail fat, intending to cook them like pan-fried buns.

Heath brought his food truck to Nurse Joy Light’s Pokémon Center in Pallet Town and sold her his thin-skinned buns. He learned that Professor Oak offered trainers rewards for sharing rare Pokémon for research, but decided not to pursue the assignment.

• Heath watched Snorlax eat the buns and added them to his menu alongside curry.
• Heath drove to Pallet Town’s Pokémon Center and greeted Nurse Joy Light, who explained how quiet the town was in the morning.
• Nurse Joy Light tried Heath’s thin-skinned buns, enjoyed them, and bought two.
• Heath asked about part-time jobs, and Nurse Joy Light described seasonal farmwork and Professor Oak’s paid research assignment for rare Pokémon.
• Heath realized Zorua and Snowman Snorlax might qualify, but decided he did not need the money.

Heath learned about an absurd part-time job seeking information about Celebi and Mew, then served Nurse Joy Light and received a Hyper Potion. Ash visited with his mother, bought breakfast, and asked Heath to demonstrate a Pokémon release; Heath theatrically sent out Farfetch'd.

• Heath read about Blaine's job offering rewards for information about Celebi and Mew and recalled that he had never seen Celebi.
• Nurse Joy Light told Heath about a Trainer who had tried to fool Professor Oak with a pink Wobbuffet, then left to read medical papers.
• Heath received a Hyper Potion for serving Nurse Joy Light.
• Ash arrived with his mother, bought a steamed bun, and praised Farfetch'd for helping Heath run his business.
• Ash asked Heath to repeat a Pokémon release, and Heath recalled Farfetch'd and dramatically sent him out before Ash's mother.

Heath encountered Ash and his mother, then served Mr. Luodan a new dish at his food stall. Mr. Luodan’s strange gaze left Heath uneasy.

• Heath asked Ash’s mother whether she wanted Ash to be unable to become a Trainer after learning that Ash planned to study at Viridian City’s Gym under Giovanni.
• Ash said he liked Ground-types, then left with his mother after chatting with Heath.
• Mr. Luodan brought Heath washed pig intestines and asked him to make pig intestine noodles.
• Heath prepared the dish for twelve League Coins and grew uncomfortable when Mr. Luodan watched him strangely.

Heath received the Dreamlike Illusion token after serving Luodan pork intestine noodles that reminded him of his late mother. Luodan saw his mother in an illusion and collapsed into her arms, grieving the everyday moments he had lost.

• Heath served Luodan noodles made to match his remembered preferences and realized Luodan was mourning someone who had made the familiar dishes.
• Heath received the Dreamlike Illusion token, which could show a target the scene they most wished to see.
• Luodan's deceased mother appeared in the food truck and gently scolded him as she used to.
• Luodan remembered how his mother's death had left him numb until the familiar flavors brought his grief back.
• Luodan fell to his knees and sobbed in his mother's arms, recognizing how much he missed her ordinary complaints and care.

Heath used the Dream Token on Mr. Luodan, who woke from a dream of someone he loved and left disappointed. After more locals tried Heath’s food, a farm girl asked about Mr. Luodan’s pork intestine noodles, but she could not provide the pork intestines needed to make them.

• Heath watched Mr. Luodan sleep after using the Dream Token and saw him wake with tears and disappointment.
• Heath told Mr. Luodan he had fallen asleep and advised him to rest, while keeping the Dream Token secret.
• Mr. Luodan brought his dishes to Heath and left, and Heath resolved to use the Dream Token more carefully.
• Several Pallet Town locals tried Heath’s food, helping him gain a foothold in town.
• A farm girl asked what Mr. Luodan had ordered and learned it was pork intestine noodles.
• The girl said her family raised cattle and sheep but had no pigs, so Heath could not make the dish for her.

Heath prepared scallion intestine for Ember, who eagerly ate six skewers. Serving her earned him Miltank’s premium milk, which could strengthen young Pokémon but cause severe allergic reactions.

• Ember explained that her family and Luodan’s family liked pork intestines, then rode off on a Tauros to obtain some for Heath.
• After asking customers about the town’s pork intestine eaters, Heath learned Ember likely belonged to the family at Flame Farm.
• Ember returned with fresh pork intestines and asked Heath to cook them using the method he had mentioned.
• Heath simmered the intestines, stuffed them into scallions, and grilled them with Charmeleon’s help.
• Ember bought six skewers and ate them delightedly, and Heath received Miltank’s premium milk as a reward.