True Cooking Master Boy

True Cooking Master Boy is the sequel to the 1990s anime Cooking Master Boy, based on Etsushi Ogawa's manga Shin Chuuka Ichiban! It is set in a fictionalized nineteenth-century China, where culinary skill can decide fortunes and cooks battle with their dishes.

After passing the Guangzhou Special Chef Trials, the young prodigy Mao decided to travel across China to study the unique ingredients and cooking methods of each region. Having grown through his journey, he finally returns home, only to learn that the real battle has just begun.

The Underground Cooking Society, a sinister organization of chefs who use their talents for their own ambitions, has already started to move. With his friends at his side, including Mei Li, Mao takes on its members in a series of spectacular cooking showdowns. The series keeps the over-the-top dish reveals and dramatic cooking battles of the original, now with a more mature hero facing even stronger rivals.