Liu Maoxing has completed his culinary training and is on his way back to Guangzhou with Meili and Shirou. On their journey, they arrive in a town with a prospering poultry industry and are saved from their hunger by chicken restaurateur Tia. There they discover her pitch black chickens. Tia explains that they are the birds of misfortune that killed her older brother. Upon seeing the chickens, Mao makes a decision.
Ever grain of rice is packed full
كلّ حبّة من الأزرّ مملوءة
In jedem dieser weißen Reiskörner
Cada grano de arroz está lleno
Cada grano de arroz está lleno
Dans chacun de ces grains de riz
sont infusés ma passion de chef
Ognuno di questi chicchi di riso
Cada grão de arroz está repleto
Каждое рисовое зёрнышко
наполнено упорством.