Recaps

Heath obtained a permit to operate a stall in Fuchsia City and learned that he could apply for a separate permit to do business inside the Safari Zone. He decided against applying for now and took May to look around.

• Heath brought May to Fuchsia City's Officer Jenny Building and explained how League services were handled there.
• Heath noticed an advertisement for a Kanto Opera troupe performing in Fuchsia City and explained the opera to May.
• Heath obtained a stall permit, which prohibited setting up near the Safari Zone.
• An Officer Jenny advised Heath to apply for a Safari Zone business permit if he wanted to set up near the attraction.
• Heath considered the permit's high fee and the prices charged inside the Safari Zone, then chose not to apply and left with May to explore.

Heath arrived in bustling Fuchsia City and contrasted its energetic Trainer culture with Cinnabar Island’s gloom. When May asked what the point of life was if everyone died, Heath answered that people should cherish the world, then distracted her with Blizzard Ice Cream before noticing an elderly man carrying a Badge case.

• Heath entered Fuchsia City and saw its many Trainers, Pokémon businesses, and busy Safari Zone.
• May asked Heath what the point of living was if everyone would die, and he told her to cherish the world while they could.
• Heath sent May to buy Blizzard Ice Cream to distract her from her thoughts.
• Heath noticed an elderly man walking past with a Badge case at his waist.

Heath encountered an elderly Trainer in Fuchsia City who was still collecting Gym Badges, then ran into his old friend Cord just before opening his food truck. Cord greeted him warmly and asked whether he planned to return to Viridian City.

• Heath saw an elderly Trainer with five Gym Badges and reflected on the different kinds of Trainers and the challenges of collecting Badges.
• May shared ice cream with Heath and his Pokémon.
• Heath parked his food truck near a commercial district, school, and residential area and prepared to open for business.
• Alakazam arrived at Heath’s door, and Heath recognized his old friend Cord.
• Cord hugged Heath and asked whether he planned to return to Viridian City.

Heath caught up with Cord over lemon tea and learned that Viridian City would host a League seminar on public safety, with Giovanni presenting its crime-prevention methods. Heath then showed Cord the homemade ganba he had prepared and offered him a taste, leaving lunch set to feature oil-fried ganba.

• Heath told Cord he was still traveling and asked how things were in Viridian City.
• Cord said several Officer Jennys had recently joined the unit and told Heath that the League planned a safety seminar in Viridian City featuring Gym Leader Giovanni.
• Heath suspected the League’s seminar would become embarrassing if Giovanni’s identity as Team Rocket’s boss came to light.
• Heath introduced May as his apprentice and explained that the meat she brought over was homemade ganba.
• Heath described how he preferred to fry ganba with Sichuan peppercorns and dried chilies, then offered Cord a taste.

Heath prepared oil-poured dried beef with rice, tomato and eggs, and seaweed soup for Mr. Cord while May practiced chopping. The dried beef began to fry, filling the air with a salty, savory aroma.

• Heath chose plain rice, tomato and eggs, and seaweed soup to accompany the dried beef.
• Heath had Farfetch'd prepare the ingredients while May watched and learned about chopping.
• May brought Heath the sliced dried beef, and he approved Farfetch'd's work.
• Heath encouraged May to practice chopping carefully, then began frying the dried beef.
• The aroma rose from the wok as Heath reflected on how smell could reveal a food's saltiness and spiciness.

Heath served Cord oil-fried cured beef, tomato and egg stir-fry, and seaweed and egg soup, and Cord enjoyed the meal. A temporary quest then required Heath to keep every remaining customer's wait under five minutes, and Heath began considering how to manage it.

• Heath served Cord oil-fried cured beef with rice and tomato and egg stir-fry, and Cord found the beef increasingly delicious as he ate.
• Heath felt reassured that cured beef might appeal to customers in the Pokémon world and considered buying local ham to try.
• Heath received a Special Attack-boosting potion as a serving reward, then brought Cord seaweed and egg soup.
• Cord praised the soup, and Heath decided he might prepare more cured beef to offer customers.
• Heath triggered the temporary quest Time Is Money, which required him to keep the remaining customers' waiting time to five minutes or less, and he began thinking of a solution.

Heath considered using premade meals to serve customers quickly but decided to prepare food in large batches instead. He chose beef curry, then changed his plan after Cord warned him that curry was under scrutiny following a food safety scandal, leaving him searching for another popular dish in Fuchsia City.

• Heath rejected premade meals because he found their flavor unimpressive and decided to cook in large batches.
• Heath advertised beef curry rice bowls as the day's special and prepared ingredients ahead of time.
• Cord warned Heath that curry had been in the news because some Kanto chain restaurants had added illegal, harmful ingredients to it.
• Heath removed curry from the menu and searched his phone for popular foods in Fuchsia City.

Heath learned that a food-safety scandal had damaged curry’s reputation across Kanto, so he chose copper-pot potato rice and braised dishes for his food truck. Officer Jenny Miao brought Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys to eat at his truck to reassure Fuchsia City residents, leaving Heath moved by his family’s support.

• Heath decided to serve copper-pot potato rice with braised dishes instead of curry because customers had grown wary of curry.
• Heath prepared the food with help from Farfetch'd and May, then read news reports about the curry scandal.
• Officer Jenny Miao and a group of Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys arrived at Heath’s food truck for lunch.
• Officer Jenny Miao explained that their visit would reassure residents about food safety and encourage them to eat at local businesses.
• Heath recognized that Officer Jenny Miao was supporting him as a fellow member of the Jenny Family and felt deeply moved.

Heath served copper-pot potato rice and complimentary juice to a crowd of Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys, then discussed the Jenny Family’s annual gathering with Officer Jenny Miao. He decided he would go to Vermilion City, and explained to May that he looked different because he had joined the family later.

• Heath served copper-pot potato rice and offered complimentary juice to the Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys gathered at his food truck.
• Officer Jenny Miao asked Heath where he planned to spend the Jenny Family’s annual gathering, and he said he would go to Vermilion City to see Sister Feng.
• Heath expanded his seating with a canopy and quickly served the assembled Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys.
• May asked whether Heath belonged to the Officer Jenny Family and why he looked different from the other Officer Jennys.
• Heath told May he had joined the family later and explained that only the female Officer Jennys shared the same face.

Heath served Kailunya and began making Jianbing Guozi, remembering how the dish had helped him get started after arriving in the Pokémon world. As May and Farfetch'd watched, loud roars interrupted him and left him staring in shock.

• After the Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys left, Kirlia cleared and washed the dishes with her Psychic powers, and Heath praised her.
• Kailunya visited Heath while on vacation and asked him to make Jianbing Guozi.
• Heath took out his old cooking equipment and began preparing the dish as Kirlia poured water for Kailunya.
• May asked what Heath was making, and he explained that Jianbing Guozi had gotten him started; Farfetch'd eagerly awaited a taste.
• A series of roars interrupted Heath, and he looked up in shock.

Heath received a flyer from a Machamp dressed as a maid and examined the unusual Pokémon Maid Restaurant’s lineup. He became intrigued when he spotted Indeedee, a rare Pokémon in Kanto, on the flyer.

• A Machamp wearing black stockings and a maid outfit approached Heath and offered to hand out a flyer.
• Heath accepted the flyer and decided to learn more about the strange maid restaurant.
• Heath read the Pokémon Maid Restaurant flyer, which advertised Machamp and Hitmonlee maids.
• Heath spotted male and female Indeedee on the flyer and recognized them as rare in Kanto.

Heath read a flyer for a Pokémon maid restaurant featuring Indeedee and became interested in visiting. Kailunya saw an advertisement depicting a Gengar in a maid outfit, which enraged the Gengar hiding in her shadow, while Heath finished making her Jianbing Guozi.

• Heath read the flyer and considered how Indeedee’s abilities made them desirable workers and targets for Pokémon Hunters.
• Heath handed the flyer to Kailunya and began preparing Jianbing Guozi, while May watched him and the older girl outside.
• Kailunya saw a poster advertising a Gengar maid and tried to hide her amusement as Gengar raged at the depiction.
• Kailunya soothed Gengar and received her Jianbing Guozi from Kirlia.
• Kailunya tasted the familiar food and remembered her first meal at Heath’s food truck.

Food critic Jieluo visited Heath's Food Truck from the Galar Region to test Heath's cooking by ordering Barraskewda. Heath accepted the costly order and prepared to cook the unfamiliar fish.

• Food critics' reviews made Heath's Food Truck famous, though Heath remained unaware of his reputation.
• Jieluo arrived at the food truck and observed Kirlia, Heath, the girl beside him, and Farfetch'd cooking.
• Jieluo ordered Barraskewda, a prized Galarian fish that required precise preparation.
• Heath checked Jieluo's flavor preferences, ordered a Barraskewda through the Psyduck Merchant Guild, and began preparing to cook it.

Heath prepared pan-fried Barraskewda to suit Jieluo’s tastes, convincing the Galar gourmet that Heath truly was a magic chef. Afterward, Kailunya asked Heath for a signature, and he worried that signing it might get him into trouble.

• Alakazam delivered a live Barraskewda, and Heath quickly prepared it while Jieluo watched in admiration.
• Jieluo recalled the dangers of eating raw Barraskewda and wondered whether Heath would serve it raw.
• Heath pan-fried the Barraskewda in olive oil, adding a faint hint of lemon that matched Jieluo’s preferences.
• Jieluo tasted the dish and recognized Heath as a magic chef.
• Kailunya asked Heath for a signature, and Heath questioned whether the request was legitimate.

Kailunya left with Heath’s autograph, and Heath’s Food Truck grew busy after Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy’s visit. Superstar Jay Chou arrived amid a frenzy of fans and asked Heath to make wontons filled with chicken drumstick, leaving Heath ready to prepare the unusual dish.

• Kailunya explained that she wanted Heath’s signature as an investment, and Heath signed a freshly printed invoice for her.
• Kailunya left happily, noticing that a disguised customer seemed to be hiding his identity.
• Heath told May to practice tossing the wok while his Food Truck served a growing lunch crowd, many of whom ordered copper-pot potato rice.
• Jay Chou entered the restaurant and caused a commotion among customers and fans.
• Jay Chou asked Heath for wontons filled with chicken drumstick, and Heath agreed to make them.

Heath prepared braised-chicken-thigh wontons to match Jay Chou’s specific tastes, earning his praise and a Flash of Inspiration Talent-granting Card. After Jay Chou called him a Magic Chef, Heath took a photo with him and got his autograph.

• Heath braised chicken thighs, chopped them with vegetables, and made thicker wonton wrappers to keep the filling’s flavor from seeping out.
• Jay Chou tasted the wontons and recognized the braised chicken, appreciating how Heath had guessed his preferred filling and preserved its texture.
• Heath received a Flash of Inspiration Talent-granting Card that could give one living being occasional musical inspiration, and decided Snorlax should receive it.
• Jay Chou told Heath that his food was wonderful and called him a Magic Chef.
• Heath took a photo with Jay Chou and got his autograph.

Heath encouraged Snorlax to pursue songwriting by arranging online lessons and using a Flash of Inspiration card on him. After closing the food truck for the night, Heath agreed to let May buy instant noodles, which she had been forbidden to eat at home.

• Heath woke Snorlax, who apologized after his loud yawn startled him.
• Heath used a Flash of Inspiration card on Snorlax and planned to hire an online teacher to teach him songwriting and composition.
• Heath returned to the food truck, chatted with Cynthia during a lull, and planned to look into the Kanto League curry food-safety scandal.
• Heath closed the food truck after the evening rush and intended to rest and investigate food-safety issues.
• May asked Heath if she could buy instant noodles, and he told her she could have them as long as she did not eat them every day.

Heath took May and Kirlia to buy Sea Shrimp and Crab Meat Noodles and passed along Cynthia’s preparation method. At the supermarket, security guards confronted a young man suspected of stealing, and he eventually took several unpaid packets of instant food from his pockets.

• May asked Heath how to make instant noodles taste best, so he took her and Kirlia shopping after learning her food preferences.
• May chose Sea Shrimp and Crab Meat Noodles, and Heath shared the preparation method Cynthia had recommended.
• Two security guards asked a young man at the supermarket entrance to check whether his purchases had all been scanned.
• Heath pulled May and Kirlia behind him as the flustered man hesitated.
• The man removed several packets of instant food from his pockets, revealing that he had paid only for a few sausages.

Heath encountered a thief and then a man being beaten over debts, but chose not to intervene beyond stopping the beating from going too far. He returned to the food truck, where May cooked instant noodles under his guidance.

• After leaving the supermarket with May and Kirlia, Heath saw the man who had stolen food sitting sadly in an alley and continued on without approaching him.
• Heath came across debt collectors beating a man who had borrowed money to spend on games, and he told them not to beat him to death.
• The collectors stopped the beating and said they would take the debtor for tea, while Heath left without calling the police.
• Heath explained to May that people had to take responsibility for their actions, then returned with her to the food truck.
• Heath guided May through blanching and rinsing the noodles, and she finished cooking them.

Heath let May try instant noodles, thought about missing Cynthia, and prepared to visit Fuchsia City's vegetable market for clues to a special ingredient. Mew returned from the Safari Zone exhausted and began telling Heath that it had encountered something nasty.

• Heath learned that May wanted instant noodles because she had seen a cartoon character eating them, and he told her to eat them only occasionally.
• Heath called Cynthia, missed her afterward, and planned to visit her in Sinnoh once he completed Fuchsia City's special achievement.
• Zoroark asked Heath whether falling asleep and never waking up counted as being dead, then forgot the question when he called her to wash up.
• Heath saw Snorlax preparing a desk and supplies for an online class, while May went back to sleep under a blanket.
• Mew returned from the Safari Zone looking exhausted and told Heath that it had run into something nasty.

Heath took May to Fuchsia City's famous market to explore its unusual local ingredients. When he asked about the city's specialty, a vendor said it was poison dart frogs.

• Mew told Heath that a Pokémon had thrown its poop everywhere, upsetting Kirlia and Charizard.
• Heath stopped Mew from continuing the story and took everyone to wash up before driving to Fuchsia City's market.
• Heath explained to May that restaurant owners and vendors often began work before dawn to keep restaurants supplied.
• Heath entered the market and asked a vendor about Fuchsia City's specialty ingredient.
• The vendor identified poison dart frogs as the local specialty.

Heath learned that poison dart frogs were a rare Fuchsia City delicacy and sought a way to obtain one. After making udon for breakfast, he triggered a mission requiring him to serve frog cuisine to five customers before closing, leaving him to figure out how to cook frogs.

• Heath learned that poison dart frogs were too rare to buy at the market and might only appear in major Fuchsia City restaurants.
• Heath brought May to his food truck and made udon for breakfast, completing the Varied Breakfast mission.
• Heath used his Special Mission Trigger Ticket and received a mission to serve frog cuisine to five customers before closing in exchange for one poison dart frog.
• Heath realized Fuchsia City had many frog dishes but that he had never cooked frogs before, and he considered what dish to make.

Heath ordered bullfrogs and chose dry-pot bullfrog as his new featured dish, then bought an annual instant-delivery service. As he prepared to open for business, Zoroark assured him she had a helper, reminding Heath that another Psychic-type Pokémon was in his food truck.

• Heath ordered bullfrogs from the Psyduck Merchant Guild and decided against buying Greninja because he liked it too much to eat it.
• Heath replaced copper-pot potato rice on his menu with dry-pot bullfrog at a reasonable price.
• Heath bought plenty of bullfrogs and purchased the annual instant-delivery service after calculating that it would save him money.
• Heath asked Zoroark whether she would be all right working, and Zoroark confidently said she had a helper.
• Heath realized Zoroark might have asked another Psychic-type Pokémon in his food truck for help.

Heath confronted Zoroark about bringing Mew into the food truck’s work, then met a strange white-haired customer whose face made him feel inexplicably annoyed. He began preparing her dumplings, but her conflicting food preferences left the flavor uncertain.

• Heath asked Zoroark why she had involved Mew, and she explained that Mew was helping from inside the room without showing itself.
• Heath warned that revealing Mew could attract Pokémon Hunter organizations, but accepted Zoroark’s explanation and let the matter go.
• A white-haired, tanned girl entered the food truck and asked whether it was serving food; Heath felt strangely irritated by her appearance.
• The girl ordered hot dumplings, and Zoroark had Mew bring her orange juice with psychic powers.
• Heath checked the girl’s preferences and found that she liked sour and spicy flavors, disliked bitterness, and was considering several different dumpling flavors.

Heath served Kara sweet-and-sour pickled-cabbage dumplings, then received a strange guide about provoking people. After Kara left, three customers arrived and ordered dry-pot bullfrog as Heath’s restaurant grew busy.

• Heath interpreted Kara’s lengthy food preferences and cooked pickled-cabbage dumplings with sweet-and-sour sauce.
• Kara seemed satisfied with the dish, and Heath received the “Super Scummy Doctor’s Guide,” which taught him how to make people lose their temper.
• Kara left, and Zoroark began telling Heath how strange the customer had been before new customers interrupted them.
• Zoroark recommended dry-pot bullfrog to two men and a woman, and all three ordered it at medium heat.
• Heath quickly cooked the dish and noticed the two men acting politely toward the woman while staring at each other.
• More customers arrived as the three began eating, keeping Heath busy amid Fuchsia City’s lingering food-safety concerns.