Flavours of Youth 2018 Subtitles

00:00:28,750 --> 00:00:32,Attention Guangzhou Flight 215 passengers.

00:00:33,916 --> 00:00:40,The flight to Guangzhou departing at 11:45
is now boarding...

00:01:01,541 --> 00:01:03,Hunger is eating at my soul.

00:01:06,041 --> 00:01:07,A rare downpour in Beijing.

00:01:08,541 --> 00:01:12,As if slurping a cold soup,

00:01:12,416 --> 00:01:14,the subway systematically
gulps the people down.

00:01:16,125 --> 00:01:20,The harsh city
makes the faces expressionless.

00:01:20,958 --> 00:01:23,I'm probably one of them.

00:01:25,583 --> 00:01:30,Going through the tedious cycle of life
and trying to regain what I had cherished,

00:01:31,416 --> 00:01:33,I feel like I misplaced something.

00:01:35,208 --> 00:01:39,Numbed, we lose the taste of home.

00:01:41,083 --> 00:01:45,That taste which I had forgotten
now comes back to me.

00:01:47,750 --> 00:01:51,The memories, where did they all go?

00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:30,As the season turns, I recall the taste
of rice noodles from my hometown.

00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:36,What gave me strength
was the one with seasonal ingredients,

00:02:37,375 --> 00:02:38,the San Xian noodles.

00:02:43,208 --> 00:02:47,"THE RICE NOODLES"

00:02:54,291 --> 00:02:57,For many people in Hunan, the day begins

00:02:58,708 --> 00:03:01,with a bowl of hot, steaming noodles,

00:03:02,083 --> 00:03:05,sweat on their face
and taking in the moment.

00:03:09,291 --> 00:03:10,Two bowls.

00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,Thank you.

00:03:12,708 --> 00:03:17,My memories from childhood begin
at this noodle shop with no sign.

00:03:18,333 --> 00:03:19,Good morning.

00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:28,Xiao Ming, my dear.

00:03:30,083 --> 00:03:30,Grandma!

00:03:37,666 --> 00:03:40,Rice noodles here are handmade.

00:03:40,541 --> 00:03:43,They are transparent and beautiful.

00:03:44,583 --> 00:03:47,The flavor has a playful bounce,

00:03:47,291 --> 00:03:50,giving the day's start a leisurely feel.

00:03:51,458 --> 00:03:54,It was my time with Grandma.

00:03:55,958 --> 00:03:57,My parents were both working,

00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:01,so it was with her I spent my mornings.

00:04:02,166 --> 00:04:04,We ate San Xian noodles.

00:04:05,541 --> 00:04:07,I was hooked on them.

00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:11,The mushrooms were firm and fresh,

00:04:12,583 --> 00:04:14,lustrous kikurage with a proper texture.

00:04:16,125 --> 00:04:19,Blended into a thick soup,
the flavors overlap,

00:04:19,875 --> 00:04:22,indulging my palate and melting my heart.

00:04:24,666 --> 00:04:25,Oh, my.

00:04:31,083 --> 00:04:34,Warm steam touching my skin,
the soup's aroma,

00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:37,the sound of us munching.

00:04:38,875 --> 00:04:42,No words could describe
how much I loved this moment.

00:04:44,333 --> 00:04:46,There were more secrets
to its tastiness.

00:04:47,208 --> 00:04:49,The meat and mushrooms
were minced together,

00:04:50,458 --> 00:04:52,the eggs were soft and fluffy,

00:04:53,333 --> 00:04:55,mingling with the noodles down the throat.

00:04:57,333 --> 00:05:01,And the flavors were enhanced
by the amber-colored soup.

00:05:02,375 --> 00:05:05,Other shops sometimes use MSG.

00:05:05,833 --> 00:05:08,But here, they spent time and effort,

00:05:09,083 --> 00:05:13,just a husband and wife
making the rice noodles with care.

00:05:20,625 --> 00:05:22,Eat all you want.

00:05:22,416 --> 00:05:24,-Do you want another bowl?
-Yes!

00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:28,I later found out

00:05:28,916 --> 00:05:33,the owner was a renowned chef in Beijing,

00:05:34,125 --> 00:05:37,one of the top masters in Hunan.

00:05:38,083 --> 00:05:40,One day he set out on his own

00:05:40,791 --> 00:05:43,and settled here before I was born

00:05:43,625 --> 00:05:45,to open a noodle shop.

00:05:47,041 --> 00:05:49,This shop made only San Xian noodles

00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:52,and kept it up for 20 years.

00:05:53,708 --> 00:05:56,The handmade noodles
always tasted the same,

00:05:56,541 --> 00:05:57,as well as the soup.

00:05:59,458 --> 00:06:04,They didn't talk much,
but their rice noodles were loved by all.

00:06:05,750 --> 00:06:09,Many people traveled from far away
to eat it,

00:06:10,083 --> 00:06:12,but there was no guarantee they could.

00:06:13,041 --> 00:06:15,I lived right by the shop,

00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:20,so I was lucky
to eat the noodles every day.

00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:24,Grandma once told me,

00:06:25,208 --> 00:06:30,"If you like eating,
you'll be blessed with delicious food."

00:06:49,166 --> 00:06:53,All of a sudden, the owners
closed the shop and disappeared.

00:06:54,916 --> 00:06:58,It was said they were pushed out
because of jealousy,

00:06:59,916 --> 00:07:04,or an old client of theirs
wanted them back in Beijing.

00:07:04,125 --> 00:07:06,FOR RENT

00:07:07,208 --> 00:07:08,Wherever they go,

00:07:09,625 --> 00:07:13,there will be many people who like to eat.

00:07:14,666 --> 00:07:18,They are going to make those people happy
with their noodles,

00:07:19,875 --> 00:07:20,that's for sure.

00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:53,The noodles at the shop close to school

00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,weren't handmade
and the texture was nothing special.

00:07:57,458 --> 00:07:59,But the piping hot toppings
were delicious.

00:08:02,833 --> 00:08:07,Fried vegetables exuded flavor
and flowed onto the soft noodles,

00:08:07,583 --> 00:08:09,blanketing the soup.

00:08:11,083 --> 00:08:13,It was different from the shop
I went to with Grandma,

00:08:14,083 --> 00:08:15,but I liked it nevertheless.

00:08:16,958 --> 00:08:20,Aren't you a student at
Fourth Academy's middle school?

00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:23,-Yes.
-My son goes there, too.

00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:25,He's in his third year at the high school.

00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:29,See you later, hon.

00:08:33,458 --> 00:08:39,Maybe I can retire from this when my son
finishes school and gets a job.

00:08:40,916 --> 00:08:44,You are a growing boy.
Eat to your heart's content.

00:08:44,208 --> 00:08:45,Then study hard, okay?

00:08:47,125 --> 00:08:48,Oh... thank you.

00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,That girl was one year my senior,

00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:07,and she passed here every day
on her way to school.

00:09:10,666 --> 00:09:14,Her hair glistened hazel in the sun.

00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:18,I wanted to gaze at it forever.

00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:28,One of the reasons why I came here
was so that I could see her.

00:09:29,458 --> 00:09:32,It was the joy of my life.

00:09:34,541 --> 00:09:39,I don't know why...
I just felt this would last forever.

00:09:42,333 --> 00:09:43,That fall...

00:09:51,375 --> 00:09:52,What's the layout here?

00:09:53,750 --> 00:09:56,The noodle shop changed its appearance.

00:09:57,916 --> 00:10:00,The husband wanted to switch jobs

00:10:01,666 --> 00:10:04,and convinced his wife
to open a fishing shop.

00:10:06,125 --> 00:10:08,The happy mornings disappeared abruptly,

00:10:10,208 --> 00:10:13,and with them, the rice noodles
and the glimpse of her hair.

00:10:15,625 --> 00:10:17,And so, the fishing shop opened,

00:10:18,541 --> 00:10:20,but it seemed to not do very well.

00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:30,What's going on?

00:10:31,041 --> 00:10:33,You piss me off!

00:10:34,291 --> 00:10:35,Let's get outta here!

00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:43,Somebody call the teacher!

00:10:48,083 --> 00:10:50,What is it? What happened?

00:10:51,166 --> 00:10:52,Are you okay?

00:10:55,583 --> 00:11:00,It's all your fault!
You never say anything!

00:11:03,583 --> 00:11:04,The injured student

00:11:05,333 --> 00:11:08,was the son of the woman
at the noodle shop.

00:11:09,750 --> 00:11:15,I don't know what caused the fight,
but the fishing shop closed its doors.

00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,In my third year of middle school,

00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:30,the noodle shop came back.

00:11:31,875 --> 00:11:33,But something was different.

00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:37,The husband was helping at the shop.

00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:39,And there was another.

00:11:41,041 --> 00:11:42,Thank you so much!

00:11:43,125 --> 00:11:46,They looked happier than before.

00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:48,But...

00:11:53,125 --> 00:11:58,I heard she recently graduated
and went to another school far away.

00:11:59,833 --> 00:12:01,It...