Recaps

Shen Chuan drew a devoted crowd with his chive pockets, then introduced scallion pancakes that impressed customers and nearby vendors alike. After selling out and refusing to change his menu, he left He Wencai craving chive pockets as an even larger crowd gathered for his next stall opening.

• Shen Chuan opened his stall with a confident God of Cooking persona, and Lu Xiaotao and Jiang Wenyan discovered that his ten-yuan chive pockets tasted exceptional.
• Jiang Wenyan and his roommates spread the word, and Shen Chuan’s growing crowds bought out his chive pockets while Jiang Wenyan helped serve customers and set up the stall.
• After running out of ingredients, Shen Chuan refused requests to keep cooking, redeemed a crispy scallion pancake recipe, and took a day off while customers searched for his chive pockets.
• Shen Chuan returned with scallions and announced the new menu, then impressed the waiting customers with his knife skills and dramatic pancake tossing.
• Customers and nearby stall owners bought Shen Chuan’s fifteen-yuan scallion pancakes, while Old Master Zhao and the braised meat vendor praised their flavor.
• Auntie Liao recognized that the crowd could help her own chive-pocket business, and He Wencai learned that Shen Chuan’s pancakes contained scallions he was allergic to.
• Shen Chuan sold out, refused He Wencai’s request to make chive pockets, and paid Jiang Wenyan before heading home.
• He Wencai drove to his hometown the next morning, while Shen Chuan and Jiang Wenyan found a larger crowd waiting for the scallion pancakes.

Shen Chuan’s chive pockets and scallion pancakes drew growing crowds after Wen Yang shared videos of his stall. After a traffic jam delayed him and customers pressed him to keep selling, Shen Chuan took a day off to learn a roujiamo recipe and returned with braised pork roujiamo, which Jiang Wenyan tasted first.

• He Wencai brought farm-grown chives, flour, and eggs to Shen Chuan’s stall, and Shen Chuan made chive pockets that customers praised alongside his scallion pancakes.
• Wen Yang filmed Shen Chuan cooking and posted a review, drawing growing online interest and more customers to the stall.
• Shen Chuan installed air conditioning in his tricycle, and customers and university students lined up for his food despite a traffic jam that delayed his arrival.
• Shen Chuan sold out of scallion pancakes, announced he would close the next day after customers complained, and earned Show-off Points from his boastful replies.
• Shen Chuan spent 1,000 Show-off Points to learn the roujiamo recipe, then went to Stonewater Village and bought half a heritage pig for its meat.
• Shen Chuan spent six hours braising pork while Wen Yang’s followers complained that his stall was closed, then prepared to return to Food Street with roujiamo.
• Shen Chuan announced that roujiamo had replaced scallion pancakes, and Wen Yang filmed him making layered flatbreads and braised meat.
• Jiang Wenyan bought the first roujiamo, and Shen Chuan filled crisp flatbread with tender braised pork and broth for him to taste.