Shin Chuuka Ichiban! 2nd Season

This is one of the animes that alludes towards your childhood. The 're-work' of this anime cut out of the first arc(super chef), and starts out with the underworld arc right away.

During the first arc, there is a profusion of character development and background information; but the first arc is quite long. By cutting out the first part of the arc, leads to a positive for original watchers, but does not allow new watchers to be attached to any of the characters.

Story: 8 For this season(season 2), there is supposed to be a filler arc(the fat emperor's arc) after the episode 3, but was ... cut out and continued on the main story line where the original anime left off. I think it is very smart, because the old watchers found the arc to be very boring. Everyone was looking forward to the action between the mc and the top underworld chefs.

Art: 7 I personally think it is weird to make everything too shiny. However, some people may like it. Excluding that, the cooking scenes are pretty good. Not as good as shokugeki though.
Sound: 6, In my opinion, the song and sound effects of the old anime was way better.
Character: 5 many characters were a little dense. The creator didn't seem to convey enough feelings. For example, Xie Lu must be wayy more energetic and funny. And also, I like Meili form the old anime more. The new look seems very weird.
Enjoyment: 8 After episode 3, it became very enjoyable due to the long wait to see what happens after the old anime!
Overall: 7

I've already done a review for the 1st season of the "new" manga-cum-anime, so refer to that if you're interested.

But without further ado, it's just the same as Season 1 with all the same bells and whistles as I remembered how the anime looked in its average decency. The only story plot here is that of the Legendary Utensils: collect them all, and defeat the Underworld Cooking Society with ringleader Kaiyu. Otherwise, it's a direct copy-and-paste that I've gotten used to overtime with acceptance.

A new season comes with new music, and the OST is just OK, nothing that really stands out.

Overall, while this sequel season ... is fine, just go read the completed manga instead.

My only wish is I know the ending of Cooking Master Boy series. We already know this series reboot is not something unique to new generation of anime watchers. But for some old folk like me it bring nostalgic value that we still don't know how the series will end.

If you remember the original Cooking Master Boy in 1997. The ending is not clear, Mao still collecting the legendary utensils. The underworld cook haven't been defeated and so on. What we get in the final episode of 1997 series is Mao battle against fake god of oyster.

But in this second season at least we got ... some of the answer. We can see the top 5 of underworld cook. We can see some of the legendary utensils. But the worst part it is still not finished.

In conclusion I think New Cooking Master Boy is not for everyone. Some version of 1997 series is still better than this new series but at least we can see the continuation of the story.