Recaps

Heath arrived in Vermilion City and Officer Jenny Feng led him to what he thought was trouble at a mine. He discovered that Feng and the other Officer Jennys had arranged a surprise welcome for him.

• Officer Jenny Feng hurried Heath into his food truck and asked him to drive to a mine near Vermilion City to bring food.
• Heath noticed Feng seemed worn down and grim, but followed her instructions without asking more.
• At the destination, Feng pushed Heath out of the truck, and a group of Officer Jennys emerged from the woods to welcome him.
• Heath recognized Officer Jenny Aya and Officer Jenny Ling among the group and realized the mine trouble had been a pretext for a welcome ceremony.
• Officer Jenny Feng explained that Aya had spotted Heath's food truck, prompting her to arrange the gathering.

Heath attended a barbecue gathering organized by Officer Jenny Feng, which gave him a chance to meet Vermilion City’s Officer Jennys and build connections for his food business. As they talked, Feng asked about his time in Lavender Town, and Heath learned she knew Silver and considered her a good person despite her temper.

• Heath asked Officer Jenny Feng why she had arranged wilderness survival training, and Feng explained that Officer Jenny Aya had gathered a group of like-minded people.
• Heath realized the barbecue was also an opportunity for him to meet Vermilion City’s Officer Jennys, who could affect where he worked as a street vendor.
• The Officer Jennys enjoyed Heath’s food, while Farfetch'd and Charizard drew attention with their grilling; Feng praised Farfetch'd’s growing skill.
• Feng asked Heath how things had gone in Lavender Town, and Heath asked whether she knew its Officer Jenny.
• Feng identified the Lavender Town officer as Silver and said she was a good person despite her temper, while Heath privately recalled that she had nearly wanted him dead before he healed her legs.

Heath secured a prime vending spot in Vermilion City with help from the Officer Jennys and opened his food truck for business. He was surprised when Kailunya arrived and ordered shrimp, while noticing something strange about her shadow.

• The Officer Jennys helped Heath obtain a vending permit and a prime location in Vermilion City.
• Heath drove to his assigned spot, put up the Open sign, and prepared to serve customers.
• Kailunya greeted Heath and said she was traveling, though she was surprised to find him in Vermilion City.
• Kailunya ordered shrimp, and Heath noticed her shadow seemed to squirm.

Heath prepared garlic dry-pot shrimp for Kailunya and avoided her attempt to tease him about the Collector, a criminal from a horror movie. As customers arrived, Zoroark received an unusual request from a family and went to ask Heath whether he could make their specialty dish.

• Heath decided Vermilion City's port was better suited to trade and tourism than fishing, and he prepared garlic dry-pot shrimp for Kailunya.
• Kailunya asked Heath about the Collector, and Heath revealed he knew the criminal was trapping victims in specially made Poké Balls.
• Heath called Zoroark to help serve the arriving customers while he ended his conversation with Kailunya.
• Customers recognized Heath's food truck as a Silph Co. creation, which Heath knew had been featured at a Technology Expo.
• Zoroark told a family of three to wait while she checked whether Heath could make their specialty dish, then hurried over to ask him.

Heath prepared sugar-cured seafood and sweet noodles for a family with unusual food preferences while serving customers at his busy stall. He noticed a strange glint in the father’s eyes and used his Ingredient Identifier, discovering that the man carried many parasites.

• Zoroark told Heath that three customers wanted sweet seafood and sweet noodles, and Heath agreed to make them.
• Heath chose sugar-cured seafood because the customers disliked sour and spicy flavors, then made it alongside sweet noodles for the family.
• Heath noticed the father wore an unusually valuable watch as Zoroark delivered the meal.
• As Heath continued serving customers, he saw something flash in the father’s eyes and checked him with the Ingredient Identifier.
• The Identifier revealed that many parasites lived inside the man, and Heath suspected some were moving in his eyes but did not know how to tell the customer.

Heath warned a seafood-loving customer that a parasite might be moving through his eye, but the man initially mistook the warning for a sales pitch. Heath’s Food Truck grew busy in the cold Vermilion City weather, where a group of young men arrived hoping to order food for a soccer watch party.

• Heath politely warned the man about parasitic infections and recommended regular checkups.
• When the man dismissed him as a salesperson, Heath mentioned seeing something pass through his eye and returned to cooking.
• The man checked his eyes with his phone and decided to take his wife and child to the Pokémon Center for an examination.
• Heath served a growing crowd at his Food Truck as the cold and strong winds drew customers inside.
• Several young men asked Heath to make food for their soccer match gathering that evening.

Heath prepared barbecue for customers watching a soccer match while Charizard handled the grilling and Farfetch'd drew a crowd at his own counter. Zoroark then asked whether they could make roast duck for a customer, and Heath agreed.

• Heath decided to serve barbecue and beer to customers watching a human soccer match.
• Heath prepared meat skewers and let Charizard grill them, relying on Charizard's improved heat control.
• Heath noticed that Farfetch'd was attracting more customers than he was at his own counter.
• Zoroark teased Heath about losing customers to Farfetch'd, then returned to serving.
• Zoroark asked whether they could make roast duck, and Heath said they could.

Heath made a convincing vegetarian roast duck for two customers who had requested the dish without meat. A-Zhe and Meiye tried it, were amazed by its resemblance to real roast duck, and rewarded Heath with candies.

• Zoroark told Heath that two customers wanted roast duck but were vegetarians.
• Heath decided to make Vegetarian Roast Duck from fried tofu skin, adding shiitake mushrooms for a meaty flavor.
• Heath reminded Zoroark to assure the customers that the dish contained no meat.
• A-Zhe and Meiye tasted the dish and were astonished by its roast-duck-like texture and flavor.
• Heath received an Agility Candy from A-Zhe and a Stamina Candy from Meiye.

After closing his food truck in Vermilion City, Heath went for a night stroll with his Pokémon and followed Zoroark to a small bookstore. Zoroark recognized it as a real-life setting from her favorite novel, and Heath understood that they had found a pilgrimage site.

• Heath parked his food truck in a nearby lot instead of staying in the Officer Jennys' parking lot Sister Feng had offered him.
• Heath went out into bustling Vermilion City with his Pokémon and browsed shops, buying Monster Hunter merchandise.
• Zoroark pointed out a bridal-carry competition whose prize was a newly released Dream Ball, but Heath declined to enter.
• Zoroark led Heath to Nanya Bookstore and explained that it was where the protagonist and Gardevoir made their relationship official in 'My Gardevoir Has a Big Root'.

Heath discovered that Mew had found a strange golden egg linked to Zapdos and the other Legendary Birds. He put it aside for now and considered contacting Lugia to learn more.

• Heath woke early and prepared to explore Vermilion City's market for specialty ingredients.
• Heath woke Zoroark and found Mew playing with a soft, glowing golden egg.
• Mew told Heath it had picked up the egg while playing outside the previous night.
• Heath used his Ingredient Identifier and learned the egg contained Zapdos's power as well as flame and frost powers, and that eating it could provoke the Legendary Birds.
• Heath put the egg away and considered contacting Lugia for information.

Heath searched Vermilion City's market for the city's specialty ingredient and learned from an elderly seller about a tiny, flavorful fish once caught by local fishermen. The fish could no longer be bought because ships and sightseeing boats had badly damaged the water quality, leaving Heath with a lead but no clear way to obtain it.

• Heath drove to Vermilion City's large market with Farfetch'd and Ralts to investigate the local specialty ingredient.
• Heath searched the clean, well-stocked market but could not find the ingredient he was looking for.
• Heath asked an elderly vegetable seller about Vermilion City's specialty ingredient and listened to his memories of the city as a fishing village.
• The old man described a tiny fish that was difficult to catch but had exceptionally tasty flesh.
• The old man told Heath that the fish were no longer available because ships and sightseeing boats had ruined the water quality they required.

Heath prepared pasta with meat sauce for breakfast and ate with his Pokémon, while Ralts remained unable to eat. He opened his food truck for the day, still hoping to find a way to help Ralts before her time ran out.

• Heath returned from the Vermilion City market with ingredients and seasonings to restock his food truck.
• Heath made pasta with meat sauce for breakfast and explained the difference between pasta and noodles with gravy to Zoroark.
• Ralts could not eat her serving, and Heath comforted her by promising to find something she could eat.
• Heath and his Pokémon finished breakfast, then Heath opened his food truck at his usual spot.

Heath served a hurried office worker a Jianbing Guozi and considered offering fast breakfasts earlier in the day in Vermilion City. When more customers arrived, Heath noticed one who seemed not to be alive, and Zoroark acted as though the customer was not there.

• A young woman in work clothes asked Heath for a quick breakfast.
• Heath made her a Jianbing Guozi, charged fifteen League Coins, and watched her hurry away.
• Heath decided to wake earlier and serve Jianbing Guozi and other hot foods for breakfast.
• Several customers entered the food truck, and Heath noticed one who seemed not to be alive.
• Zoroark passed the abnormal customer without serving them, prompting Heath to rub his eyes.

Heath met Silver, a ghost who had died suddenly, and agreed to retrieve important files from his computer. After finding Silver’s hidden folder and sending one of its files to the person Silver loved, Heath left the other contents undisclosed.

• Heath noticed Silver among the ghost customers and confirmed that he could see him.
• Silver asked Heath to retrieve files from a password-protected folder on his computer before his mother could erase it.
• Heath left Farfetch'd and Zoroark in charge of the food truck and went to Silver’s home in Vermilion City.
• Heath gained access to Silver’s computer and found an accident insurance policy naming Silver’s mother as the beneficiary.
• Heath emailed one of the folders to the person Silver loved without examining the other files.

Heath fulfilled Silver’s lingering wish by serving him seafood and fish cake instant noodles, allowing Silver to disappear and earning a Root-Stem Card. Heath then met Sabrina, who came to his Food Truck to buy griddled squid.

• Heath asked Silver why he had not moved on, and Silver revealed that he had wished for another bowl of instant noodles.
• Heath bought Silver seafood and fish cake instant noodles and served them in his Food Truck.
• Silver finished the noodles, disappeared after his wish was fulfilled, and Heath received a Root-Stem Card.
• Silver thanked Heath and suggested he consider helping other ghosts, but Heath declined.
• Sabrina arrived at Heath’s Food Truck and asked to buy griddled squid, so Heath began preparing it.

Heath served Jessie and Sabrina grilled squid and sushi at his restaurant, while wondering whether Team Rocket had come to Vermilion City for the mysterious bird egg. The squid’s aroma drew more customers, and Heath had Zoroark offer them a choice of whether to add Herba Mystica.

• Heath saw Jessie arrive with Sabrina and suspected Team Rocket was conducting a major operation in Vermilion City.
• Jessie told Heath she was accompanying Sabrina on a business trip and asked him to make her sushi.
• Heath prepared sushi and grilled squid with Herba Mystica after Jessie and Sabrina agreed to its extra cost.
• The aroma brought in more customers, so Heath told Zoroark to explain the prices and let them choose whether to add Herba Mystica.

Heath asked Ho-Oh to identify the mysterious egg Mew had given him. Ho-Oh recognized three distinct powers within it, but the chapter ended before she could explain what it was.

• Heath served Jessie and Sabrina teppanyaki squid and made Jessie sushi while asking when they had arrived in Vermilion City.
• Sabrina ordered twenty servings of teppanyaki squid to go, and she and Jessie left Heath's stall.
• Heath wondered if Jessie and Sabrina had come because of Mew's egg and decided to ask a Legendary Pokémon about it.
• Heath used Hoopa's Golden Ring to reach Ho-Oh, interrupting her sleep and drawing an angry response.
• Heath showed Ho-Oh the egg and told her Mew had found it, and Ho-Oh noted that it contained three different powers.

Heath asked Ho-Oh to investigate the unusual bird egg Mew had given him, and Ho-Oh agreed to consult Lugia. Before leaving, Ho-Oh eagerly accepted Heath’s grilled squid, while the egg’s origins remained unknown.

• Heath showed Ho-Oh the strange bird egg Mew had given him, and Ho-Oh admitted she had never seen one like it.
• Ho-Oh recalled that Heath had also been involved in finding Shadow Lugia and decided to take responsibility for investigating the egg.
• Ho-Oh smelled Heath’s teppan-grilled squid, and Heath teased her when she pretended she did not want any.
• Heath handed Ho-Oh all five skewers, and she happily left with them.
• Heath returned his attention to serving customers while Ho-Oh followed up on the egg.

Heath met Professor Cerise again when the professor brought his children and Goh to Heath’s food truck, along with some tiny fish for him to cook. Recognizing Goh from his past life’s memories of Pokémon anime, Heath was surprised to encounter the boy in person.

• Zoroark told Heath that a customer had brought unusual ingredients and asked if Heath could cook them.
• Heath went to meet Professor Cerise, whom he had previously encountered at a highway service area.
• Professor Cerise asked Heath to cook the tiny fish he had found, which reminded Heath of a rare fish once caught in Vermilion City.
• Heath asked whether Goh was Professor Cerise’s child, and Professor Cerise explained that Goh was a friend of his children.
• Heath recognized Goh as the anime character he remembered as One-Ball Wonder Goh.

Heath recognized Goh and recalled his reputation, then turned his attention to the rare Kanto Silverfish Professor Cerise had given him. After tasting one pan-fried in olive oil, Heath found it delicious but bitter and suspected the tiny fish’s innards were to blame.

• Heath compared Goh unfavorably with Ash and decided to deal with Goh later while he focused on Professor Cerise’s special ingredient.
• Seeing Goh reminded Heath that Goh dreamed of catching Mew, and Heath wondered whether Goh had encountered the Mew that followed him.
• Heath used his Ingredient Identifier and learned that Kanto Silverfish was a rare, edible delicacy best pan-fried.
• Heath cooked one silverfish in olive oil and found its otherwise delicious flavor marred by bitterness.
• Heath suspected the fish’s innards caused the bitterness but wondered how to remove them from such tiny fish.

Heath experimented with little icefish, discovering that their innards caused bitterness and that infusing olive oil with them improved the fish despite the innards being inedibly bitter. After preparing food for Professor Cerise, Heath remained uncertain how to earn the system’s recognition for the icefish, and Goh arrived to ask for beef.

• Heath removed the little icefish’s innards and confirmed that doing so eliminated their bitter taste.
• Heath tested different cooking fats and found olive oil suited the icefish best.
• Heath infused olive oil with the icefish innards, found the innards intensely bitter to eat, and used the flavored oil to prepare a better-tasting serving for Professor Cerise.
• Heath cooked two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes for Professor Cerise, but the icefish preparation earned no system recognition and had no Gourmet Pokédex entry.
• Goh approached Heath and asked whether he could make beef.

Heath prepared a dish for Goh, who wanted beef that was unavailable on the market and tasted spicy with a little sweetness. Heath chose Shadow-Play Beef and reflected on whether he should use Pokémon as ingredients in future dishes.

• Heath checked Goh's food preferences and learned that Goh wanted food that broke the mold, liked salty and sweet flavors, disliked spicy and bitter flavors, and was allergic to bamboo shoots.
• Goh asked for beef that could not be found on the market, with a spicy flavor and a little sweetness, then paid Heath.
• Heath decided to make Shadow-Play Beef because it suited Goh's request better than Zhang Fei Beef.
• Heath used Dialga's Pressure Cooker and the Seasoning Jar to speed up the beef's drying process before roasting, steaming, and deep-frying it.
• While preparing the dish, Heath considered the Pokémon world's use of Pokémon as food and wondered whether he should try cooking with League-certified ingredient Pokémon.

Heath received a disguised Master Ball as a reward from Goh and finished a busy day at his food truck. After Zoroark and Farfetch'd showed how exhausted they were, Heath decided to order a massage from the popular Meowth Master Massage Parlor.

• Heath received a Special Attack Effort Value Boosting Potion from serving Professor Cerise and a disguised Master Ball from serving Goh.
• Heath examined the Master Ball's 99.9 percent catch rate, then stored it because he had no Pokémon he especially wanted to catch.
• Heath and Zoroark served a steady stream of customers until the food truck finally quieted down at 3:42 in the afternoon.
• Zoroark suggested getting massages, and Heath noticed that Farfetch'd was tired too.
• Heath found the Meowth Master Massage Parlor online and placed an order.

Heath’s cat masseurs turned out to be Pangoro, Bewear, and Incineroar, whose massages surprised him by being comfortable. After a busy evening serving customers, Heath decided to check on Ralts’s condition before visiting Vermilion City’s nighttime vegetable market.

• Zoroark opened the door to find Pangoro, Bewear, and Incineroar, the Pokémon sent by the Cat Masseur service.
• Heath and Zoroark received massages and found them comfortable despite the masseurs’ intimidating size and strength.
• Heath explained massages to Ralts and tried giving her one, but she felt nothing as her body briefly turned insubstantial.
• Heath sent Ralts back to the room when evening customers arrived, then served a busy but uneventful shift.
• Heath considered visiting the nighttime vegetable market for icefish but decided to check on Ralts’s situation in Lavender Town first.

Heath went to Vermilion City's night market hoping to buy Kanto Silverfish so he could investigate how to prepare it, but he found none. He returned to his food truck with crabs and began preparing a seafood feast for his hungry Pokémon.

• Heath considered using the Jirachi Wish Card or cultivating Nightmare Flower if he could not resolve Ralts's situation through the ongoing investigation.
• Heath visited the night market to search for Kanto Silverfish and think through how to remove the parts that made it bitter.
• Heath found no Kanto Silverfish, though he spotted a large crab Pokémon and bought several plump crabs instead.
• Heath returned to his truck and told Zoroark that they would have seafood for dinner, using Herba Mystica to make the meal special.