Chasing after a hungry Munchlax, Ash and company end up at a restaurant place called Rhonda's., a restaurant run by a girl named Rhonda with Mr. Mime as its head chef. Team Rocket stumbles across another restaurant, Rhoda's, run by a girl named Rhoda with Sneasel as its head chef. Meowth quickly takes a disliking to Sneasel, but Jessie and James want it for Team Rocket. As it turns out, both girls are twins who disagree on whether taste or presentation are most important in running a restaurant, and they decide to have a cooking contest to see what philopshy rules out.
Tropes:
- Both Sides Have a Point: In the end, Rhoda and Rhonda both have their points concerning how to run a restaurant. On one hand, Rhonda's Mr. Mime may not make appetizing food, but at least they put on a show and make the food look inviting to try. On the other hand, Rhoda and her Sneasel go for a minimalistic approach that doesn't capture people's interest, but it makes up for its lackluster appearance by actually tasting good. Ultimately, they combine their philosophies to make food with both tantalizing presentation and mouthwatering flavor to back it up.
- Character Development: Each party learns to be more open to the other's approach to cooking. Mr. Mime comes to understand that putting on a big show isn't the same as understanding the right spices to put in a dish. Meanwhile, Sneasel takes more pride in their work, as opposed to boredly making good food with bland presentation.
- Evil Chef: Sneasel. Meowth realizes that Sneasel made bad food for Meowth on purpose due to spite between the 2 Pokemon.
- Foil: Between how Rhoda and Rhonda run their respective restaurants. Rhonda and her Mr. Mime make food that looks good, but tastes terrible. Rhoda and her Sneasel make food that tastes good, but looks uninteresting.
- Lethal Chef: Rhonda and Mr. Mime. While her presentation looks great, taking a bite out of the food made Ash and company fall out of their chair, looking as if they were about to pass out.
- Impossibly Delicious Food: Rhoda and Sneasel make food that looks plain, but taking a bit out of the food leaves Jessie and James in awe. Even Meowth took a bit of Jessie's meatballs and loved it.
- Scissors Cuts Rock: Sneasel somehow able to cook food with fire, despite being an ice-type.
- Tastes Better Than It Looks: In contrast to Rhonda and Mr. Mime's good that only looks good, Rhoda and Sneasel's food appears lackluster and unassuming. But in spite of that, the food in question tastes sumptuous!
