美食家前来品尝好记和牛记的鱼圆面，大失所望地离开，还留下一句“糟蹋了好记招牌”给有财，有财耿耿于怀。他决定发奋图强，找回好记当年的味道，但有财母坦言他做的鱼圆和当年老师傅的鱼圆水准相差甚远，令有财更受打击。
A food critic samples the noodles from Hao Ji and Niu Jiu and tells You Cai that his noodles are not up to par with the Hao Ji brand. You Cai decides to start afresh and is determined to recreate the original taste of Hao Ji. He is further defeated when his mother claims the standard of his fishballs is light years apart from his master’s.