Ever since Team Avatar set up camp near a Fire Nation town a few days prior, Katara has yearned to ease her boredom by visiting it, but no one wishes to go with her. Aang and Sokka are preoccupied with their own business and refuse any offers to go out. Out of options, Katara offers to go with only Toph into town, a proposal that she accepts when Katara mentions that the place she has in mind serves steak, unlike the spa date they had undertaken in Ba Sing Se. When they arrive at the bar, however, the bumper outside makes them leave because the establishment only caters to men. Katara, wishing to prove to Toph that she can be tough, comes up with a plan to dress as boys and trick the bumper into letting them enter, which the girls do easily.