Recaps

Heath had Farfetch'd prepare the tofu for Wensi Tofu and cooked dinner for Giovanni and Sabrina. After Giovanni paid him generously, Heath promised the still-disgruntled Farfetch'd two ducks to practice cooking.

• Heath asked Farfetch'd to shape a bamboo knife and test his skill cutting tofu into fine, unbroken strands.
• Farfetch'd successfully cut the tofu, and Heath prepared Wensi Tofu and several other dishes for Giovanni and Sabrina.
• Heath introduced the meal, explained that Farfetch'd had helped cook, and Giovanni laughed at how Heath's Pokémon assisted his culinary pursuits.
• Giovanni paid Heath a thousand League Coins, bringing him closer to his travel savings goal.
• Heath explained why Farfetch'd had not helped make the roast duck and agreed to buy him two ducks to practice with.

Heath learned that a wealthy local family's Charmander had run away, prompting a citywide search, then went to Viridian Forest hoping to find Zorua. There, he mistook a sleeping traveler for Zorua, but the old man left before Heath could identify him.

• Officer Jenny Feng questioned Heath about the many roast ducks, and he explained that he had taught Farfetch'd to cook.
• Heath asked why people were searching Viridian City, and Officer Jenny Feng said a supermarket owner's Charmander had run away.
• Heath ate dinner with Officer Jenny Feng, then took sweet and sour pork ribs to Viridian Forest to look for Zorua.
• Heath found an old man asleep in the grass and offered him food, but the traveler declined and walked away.

Heath discovered that Asura, a member of Team Plasma, had come to reclaim Zorua and fought to protect it. Officer Jenny Feng arrived just as Asura gained the upper hand, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Heath found Zorua hiding as a Caterpie and learned that an old man had captured it.
• Asura revealed himself with Cofagrigus and Xatu, and Zorua refused to return to him.
• Asura used a device to cancel Zorua's illusion, while Heath ordered Farfetch'd to attack Cofagrigus.
• Farfetch'd caught Cofagrigus off guard with repeated Fire Punches, while Zorua battled Xatu.
• Officer Jenny Feng arrived on Arcanine, and Heath called out that Asura was a bad guy.

Heath helped Zorua escape Asura and brought the injured Pokémon back to his dorm, where he treated its wound. He asked Zorua to travel with him and discover delicious food together.

• Officer Jenny Feng arrived as Asura escaped on Xatu, and Heath hid Zorua's identity.
• Heath claimed the black-furred Pokémon had fled and took the disguised Zorua back to the dorm with Officer Jenny Feng's Potion.
• Zorua revealed that Asura had captured it after it wandered away from the Zoroark who cared for it.
• Zorua explained that it had copied a little girl simply because it thought she was pretty.
• Heath invited Zorua to travel with him and discover delicious food.

Heath welcomed Zorua as his partner after she agreed to travel with him, then discovered she could use illusions to take human form with her ears and tail. The chapter ended with Zorua transforming beside Heath on his bed, leaving him flustered.

• Zorua accepted Heath as her partner and sealed their pact by placing her paw on his hand.
• Heath learned Zorua was female and that she could only convincingly imitate creatures she had seen.
• Heath asked Zorua to transform into a little girl with her ears and tail, and she did so.
• Officer Jenny Feng walked in, mistook the scene for something improper, and believed Heath's explanation after Zorua demonstrated her illusion.
• Heath took Zorua back to his room, lay down beside her, and watched her transform into a little girl next to him.

Heath struggled to manage Zorua’s chatter and illusions while preparing for another day running his breakfast stall. After a late night and a chaotic morning routine, he set off with Zorua and Farfetch'd, though Zorua refused to enter a Poké Ball.

• Heath asked Zorua to stop posing as a little girl, but she ignored him until Farfetch'd threatened to knock her off the bed with his leek.
• Zorua and Farfetch'd stayed up chatting, keeping Heath awake until after one in the morning.
• Heath woke them both, then made Zorua and Farfetch'd wash up and brush their teeth before getting ready to open the stall.
• Farfetch'd and Zorua took care of their bathroom needs while Heath finished preparing his pushcart.
• Heath set off for the stall with Zorua and Farfetch'd, but Zorua refused to go into a Poké Ball.

Heath set up his breakfast cart in Viridian City with Zorua disguised as a Caterpie, then served Mr. Fujiyama, the muscular head of the Muscle Association. After receiving payment for Mr. Fujiyama’s enormous breakfast, Heath looked forward to the day’s customers.

• Heath worried that Zorua would attract attention, so she transformed into a Caterpie and rode on his shoulder.
• Heath met Mr. Fujiyama and his female Machamp during their early-morning workout and declined an invitation to join the Muscle Association.
• Zorua marveled at Mr. Fujiyama’s strength, while Heath said the stone block he lifted seemed light.
• Farfetch'd sliced chicken for Heath, whose leek gave food a noticeable onion flavor.
• Heath served Mr. Fujiyama his usual large breakfast and accepted one hundred League Coins.

Heath served Zorua breakfast and discovered that his magnifying glass could identify her despite her illusion. Sabrina arrived at his stall, bought a meal, and asked him to teach her how to make Giovanni happy.

• Heath found a toolbox of muscle-training equipment in his food cart after serving Mr. Fujiyama.
• Heath made sweet-and-sour Jianbing Guozi for Zorua and used his Ingredient Identifier on her, confirming it could see through her illusion.
• Sabrina came to Heath's stall and waited while he cooked Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu and rice.
• Sabrina paid Heath with a thick stack of League Coins and asked him to teach her how to make Giovanni happy.

Sabrina asked Heath to teach her how to make Giovanni happy, and his advice about winning a man's heart through his stomach sent her away pleased. Heath counted his earnings, received Persuasion Gum, and shared leftover roast duck with the stray Pokémon in Viridian City.

• Sabrina asked Heath how to make Giovanni happy, and Heath told her that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach.
• Sabrina paid Heath and left with her food, while Heath received two pieces of Persuasion Gum for serving her.
• Heath counted nearly ten thousand League Coins and learned that Farfetch'd was saving up to buy a duck.
• Heath met Meowth, who watched Caterpie warily, and offered leftover Beijing Roast Duck to Meowth, Ekans, and Rattata.

Heath learned from Zorua that Ekans had sensed an unknown intruder in its territory and took the warning seriously. Later, he served Old Ma Zhide and Charizard his new dish, and Ma Zhide began reminiscing about Charizard’s embarrassing past.

• Ekans warned Heath about an outsider in the Pokémon’s territory, and Zorua translated that it smelled something like evaporating sweat.
• Heath accepted Ekans’s warning but did not learn what the intruder was.
• Old Ma Zhide arrived with Charizard and ordered two portions of Heath’s Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu over rice.
• Charizard eyed the Caterpie on Heath’s shoulder, but Old Ma Zhide stopped it and teased it about once being chased by a Caterpie.
• Ma Zhide started recounting how he and Charizard had trained in Viridian Forest when Charizard was still a Charmander.

Heath watched Farfetch'd improve its cooking and was rewarded when it made a roast duck good enough to sell. Meanwhile, Sabrina tried to cook for Giovanni, and the chapter left Heath wondering how to obtain his new Mobile Kitchen Prototype I.

• Old Ma Zhide left Heath's food stall with Charizard after recounting Charizard's embarrassing past, and Heath explained that its old age came from accumulated injuries and depleted vitality.
• Heath decided to let Farfetch'd keep practicing heat control instead of relying on a fixed cooking time for roast duck.
• Sabrina served Giovanni cucumber and egg soup, and he praised it before ordering her back to Saffron City to gather intelligence.
• After Sabrina left, Giovanni grimaced over the salty soup and wondered why she had insisted on cooking for him.
• Farfetch'd made a roast duck that Heath considered good enough to sell, earning him Mobile Kitchen Prototype I and leaving him unsure how to collect it.

Heath discovered that his new experimental food truck could expand into a fully equipped kitchen, then used its mysterious plausibility feature to obtain an official prize truck. Officer Jenny Aya prepared to teach him to drive after learning he had no license.

• Heath sold all of his roast duck special during the lunchtime rush and realized Farfetch'd could help with cooking on future trips.
• Heath activated the miniature food truck, which expanded into an RV-sized kitchen equipped with extensive cooking equipment and storage.
• Heath pressed the truck's [Make plausible] button, causing the truck to vanish, and then received a call from Silph Co. saying he had won a Mobile Food Truck Experimental Type I.
• Heath received the official food truck before the evening meal, and a Viridian City reporter interviewed him about the prize.
• Officer Jenny Feng discovered that Heath had no driver's license and asked Officer Jenny Aya to teach him how to drive.

Heath prepared a barbecue party for the Officer Jennys, with Farfetch'd helping cut meat and Zorua watching and asking questions. He served the first pork skewers to his Pokémon companions and continued preparing lamb for the party.

• The Officer Jennys set up a barbecue party around Heath's food truck and brought ingredients from the cafeteria.
• Heath enlisted Farfetch'd to slice pork and lamb while he prepared seasonings and skewered pork with alternating fat and lean meat.
• Heath grilled the pork over charcoal, seasoned it with his special blend, and divided the cooked skewers among the Officer Jennys' tables.
• Heath gave Zorua and Farfetch'd a pork skewer each, then returned to preparing the lamb.

Heath taught Farfetch'd how to prepare ingredients while serving more than a hundred Officer Jennys, earning a special achievement and a Lottery Ticket. He drew a Heaven-and-Earth Peerless Blade, then heard a crash in the distance as he was about to make food for himself and his Pokémon.

• Heath taught Farfetch'd how to score chicken wings so they absorbed marinade while retaining their appearance.
• Heath served more than a hundred Officer Jennys and received the Hundred-Person Challenge achievement and a special Lottery Ticket.
• Heath used the Lottery Ticket and obtained the Heaven-and-Earth Peerless Blade from Monster Hunter.
• Heath decided to put the blade away rather than risk Sister Feng asking where he had gotten it.
• Heath was about to prepare food for himself, Farfetch'd, and Zorua when a crash sounded in the distance.

After an explosion at the Viridian Chemical Plant, Heath decided he could not safely join the rescue and instead brought a food truck to feed the workers. He cooked outside the cordon as the emergency response continued under Giovanni’s leadership.

• Officer Jenny Feng spotted the fire at the Viridian Chemical Plant and led the other Officer Jennys to the rescue.
• Heath drove his self-driving food truck to a grocery shop, where Uncle Luo Shu gave him ingredients to cook for the rescue workers.
• Officer Jenny Ling stopped Heath at the cordon, and Heath parked outside it and began preparing a meal.
• Heath heard residents say Giovanni had rushed to the scene and that his Nidoking had been burned.

After Heath helped feed the people who fought the Viridian City fire, he reflected on Giovanni’s complexity as a person. The next morning, Heath taught Zorua Night Daze with a Technical Machine, leaving her amazed by her Trainer’s mysterious abilities.

• Heath watched Giovanni continue rescuing people and considered how different he was from a simple villain.
• After the fire was brought under control, Heath gave Officer Jenny Ling boxed meals to distribute to the exhausted firefighters.
• Giovanni and the Officers Jenny praised Heath’s food and contribution as everyone relaxed together.
• The next morning, Heath woke Zorua and learned that Water-type Pokémon had used Drizzle to prevent the fire from reigniting.
• Heath asked Zorua if she wanted to learn Night Daze, then used the Technical Machine to teach her the move.
• Zorua mastered Night Daze and wondered whether Heath might be a Legendary Pokémon in disguise.

Heath used his new Silph Co. food truck to add mushroom buns and soy milk to his breakfast menu while preparing to attend driving school under Officer Jenny Aya. Mr. Fujiyama enjoyed the new food, and Heath continued his business day.

• Heath loaded ingredients into his new food truck and prepared mushroom buns, soy milk, and Jianbing Guozi for breakfast.
• Heath had Farfetch'd practice cutting carrots and gave his Pokémon mushroom buns to try.
• Mr. Fujiyama arrived, and Heath recommended fifteen mushroom buns and five cups of soy milk for his appetite.
• Mr. Fujiyama enjoyed the hot, savory buns and soy milk, praised their energy value, and said he would order them again.

Heath served Brock Egg Fried Rice and spoke with him about the demands of being a Gym Leader. Elite Four Lance arrived in Viridian City to investigate the chemical plant explosion, while Giovanni appeared and ordered breakfast from Heath.

• Brock visited Heath’s food truck, ordered Egg Fried Rice with Farfetch'd’s leek, and complained about the work of being a Gym Leader.
• Heath and Brock saw Lance fly over Viridian City on his Aerodactyl, and Brock praised the Pokémon.
• Brock told Heath that Lance had come to investigate whether Team Rocket was involved in the chemical plant explosion.
• Giovanni arrived, recognized Brock as Mr. Brock’s son, and received an excited greeting from him.
• Giovanni ordered mushroom buns and soy milk from Heath, who handed him three buns and began preparing the drink.

Heath served Giovanni and Brock while Brock condemned Team Rocket in front of its secret boss, who joined in laughing at the insults. Brock discussed his doubts about becoming a Gym Leader and revealed that his father had given him a Larvitar.

• Brock called Team Rocket's boss a rotten scumbag, and Giovanni cheerfully agreed with him.
• Giovanni enjoyed Heath's buns and soy milk, then ordered more to share with the trainers at his Gym.
• Brock admitted he found becoming a Gym Leader boring and felt pressured by his father's expectations.
• Heath asked Brock about the Pokémon his father had given him, and Brock revealed a Larvitar.

Heath learned about the burden of feeding Brock’s Larvitar and later received a rare gift from Cord. Cord’s prediction that Heath would soon set out on a journey left Heath smiling.

• Heath learned that Brock’s Larvitar ate dirt and rocks in huge quantities, and that Brock’s father had bought it a mountain to eat while withholding Brock’s pay for ten years.
• Heath comforted Brock by praising Larvitar’s future evolution, and Brock left to feed it.
• Heath reflected that Farfetch'd and Zorua were easy to feed, unlike Larvitar.
• Cord visited Heath, explained that the small bottle he offered contained Stone Milk collected over many years, and gave it to him as a gift.
• Cord predicted that Heath would soon set out on his own journey, and Heath smiled happily.

Heath made Chongqing Spicy Chicken over rice for Cord, who enjoyed it and arranged for Alakazam to deliver Heath’s meals while he traveled. Heath remained reluctant to leave Viridian City but looked forward to discovering new places, while Farfetch'd tried to tell him something through Zorua.

• Cord explained that stone milk attracted Rock-type and Ground-type Pokémon, then asked Heath for Chongqing Spicy Chicken over rice.
• Heath prepared a richer, mildly spicy version of the dish and served it to Cord, who quickly finished the meal.
• Heath thought about buying portable tables and chairs and reflected on leaving Viridian City for Pallet Town or Pewter City.
• Cord asked Heath to tell the Alakazam in other towns to deliver his meals, explaining that Alakazam did not charge one another for teleportation deliveries.
• Farfetch'd poked Heath while he washed dishes, and Heath asked Zorua to interpret; Zorua agreed to help after Heath promised to make it Chongqing Spicy Chicken.

Heath explained to Farfetch'd that muscles could help him get stronger, and Farfetch'd tried exercising before quickly giving up. Zorua spotted a Charmander secretly struggling to open the fitness equipment box, leaving Heath to watch the focused Pokémon.

• Zorua translated Farfetch'd's question about whether muscles would help him, and Heath explained that strength could improve his chances in a fight.
• Farfetch'd said he wanted to become the strongest Farfetch'd, so Heath took out a Fitness Equipment Module and gave him a dumbbell.
• Farfetch'd exercised briefly, collapsed from exhaustion, and said through Zorua that he would work out again tomorrow.
• Zorua noticed the cabinet door move, and Heath opened it to find a Charmander trying unsuccessfully to pry open the fitness equipment box.

Heath tried to catch the runaway Charmander, but it escaped after blasting him with smoke. He served Mr. Yan Ning Chongqing Spicy Chicken, learned that he disliked the flavor and preferred salty food, then received a quest to satisfy one hundred customers and began planning a dish for him.

• Heath recognized Charmander as the runaway Pokémon with a ten-thousand-League-Coin reward and tried to catch it, but it escaped in a cloud of smoke.
• Mr. Yan Ning arrived for lunch and laughed at Heath’s soot-blackened face before ordering Chongqing Spicy Chicken.
• Mr. Yan Ning disliked the dish and told Heath he preferred food that was a little salty.
• Heath used the Magnifying Glass on Mr. Yan Ning and triggered the Chef’s Eye quest, which required satisfying one hundred customers.
• Heath served Mr. Yan Ning Egg Fried Rice and invited him to return after work to try a new dish.

After the lunch rush, Heath planned to make salt-baked chicken and headed to Viridian City's driving school for a lesson with Officer Jenny Aya. On the way, he heard someone yell for him to get out of the way as a Blissey drove a vehicle straight toward him.

• Heath served Miss Fang Yu and overheard customers discussing her famous beauty salon.
• After the lunch rush, Heath decided to make salt-baked chicken and bought a rooster.
• Heath prepared to marinate the chicken with unusual salt from Mr. Giovanni.
• Heath drove toward the driving school and enjoyed the greener outskirts of Viridian City.
• A panicked voice warned Heath to move as a Blissey drove a vehicle toward him.

Heath arrived at Viridian City’s Driving School after Nurse Joy Xue and Blissey nearly hit him while practicing driving. Officer Jenny Feng escorted him to his first theory test after making Officer Jenny Aya stop teasing him.

• Blissey charged toward Heath’s food truck twice while Nurse Joy Xue struggled to control the car, but the truck’s self-driving system avoided it.
• Officer Jenny Aya reprimanded Nurse Joy Xue and Blissey for failing their driving test, and Nurse Joy Xue recognized Heath and apologized.
• Heath asked Officer Jenny Aya to take him to the Driving School, where he saw humans and Pokémon studying for driver’s licenses.
• Officer Jenny Aya teased Heath with suggestive remarks until Officer Jenny Feng arrived and ordered her to run five laps.
• Officer Jenny Feng led Heath to the classroom for his first theory test and told him to study without cheating.