Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 448 - 266: Could Rely on Looks, Yet Relies on Culinary Skills (Part 3)
Zhu Yaxue was quite good at "passing the buck." She pouted and thought angrily,
If it weren’t for Jiang Yu’s cooking being so delicious, how could I possibly lose control and eat so much?
Back in Chang’an, I had a lot of self-control. If I said I wouldn’t eat, I wouldn’t eat!
This Jiang Yu is clearly a "nemesis" for girls trying to lose weight!
Anyone who meets him will turn into a chubby girl!
Students at Jiang University: Ah! Turn me into a chubby girl already! I love eating Senior Brother Jiang’s food!
After letting her mind wander for a while, Zhu Yaxue came back to her senses and realized the dining hall was already nearly empty, with only a few latecoming students sitting sparsely in various corners of the dining area, gobbling down their meals.
A few part-time student workers were already busy with cleaning up leftover food from the tables, armed with rags and plastic buckets.
Normally by this time, Zhu Yaxue would have already left, but today she remained seated, not moving.
She already knew beforehand that the new dishes served at lunch today were all personally made by Jiang Yu, which obviously meant that Jiang Yu was in the kitchen on the first floor.
Since he was in the first-floor kitchen, she had to wait here a little longer, in hopes of running into Jiang Yu in a bit.
Whether she could interview Jiang Yu depended on this chance. If she missed it, she really didn’t know when she’d get such a good opportunity again.
...
Seventh Dining Hall, first-floor kitchen.
Jiang Yu naturally didn’t know there was a pretty magazine editor waiting for him outside.
At this moment, the busiest time of the dining hall had passed, and he had finished cooking several dishes, inviting Lu Shuwu, Jia Dequan, and Yan Tongtong to join him for lunch.
"Boss, it seems the new dishes we introduced today are really popular among the students."
Qian Liwei used to run a small restaurant and had decent culinary skills. Of course, compared to Lu Shuwu, he was a bit lacking.
However, since coming to the Seventh Dining Hall, with the occasional guidance from Jiang Yu and Jia Dequan, his cooking skills had improved rapidly.
Not to mention anything else, at least the Jiangzhou-style dishes he cooked, while not selling quickly, rarely had leftovers and sometimes completely sold out.
That was something in the Seventh Dining Hall, already considered not bad.
It was precisely because of this improvement that he, usually of few words, seemed to have become more cheerful.
He served himself a bowl of rice, pulled out a chair, and sat down with a smile, saying,
"As soon as the new dishes are served, everyone rushes to them like crazy, afraid they won’t get any. The atmosphere in the hall is much livelier than previous days."
"Xiaowei, you’ve got it wrong."
Ma Guoqiang glanced at him, laughing as he ate and said,
"The students aren’t rushing for those new dishes; they’re rushing for dishes made by Boss Xiao Jiang, got it?"
"Today, with Boss Xiao Jiang personally in the kitchen, even if he just cooks a few ordinary home-style dishes, they’re still very popular among the students."
Qian Liwei was stunned for a moment, then realized and smiled, nodding in agreement:
"Uncle Ma is right, our boss makes any dish taste great!"
Lu Shuwu cheerfully patted Qian Liwei on the shoulder and joked:
"Xiaowei, I thought you were quite honest usually, but I didn’t expect even an honest guy like you could flatter so creatively!"
Qian Liwei’s face flushed, and he hastily defended himself:
"I didn’t, don’t speak nonsense!"
Saying this, he nervously glanced at Jiang Yu, sitting across from him, as if afraid he would be upset.
"Alright, Brother Xiao Wu, stop teasing Xiaowei and eat your meal."
Jiang Yu raised his head helplessly, gave a glance at the grinning Lu Shuwu, pondered for a moment, and then asked,
"By the way, how are you doing with the new dishes introduced at lunch today? Can you handle them yourself?"
"Uh... there are quite a few dishes. I can make them, but I’m worried about getting the heat and seasoning right."
Lu Shuwu raised his hand to scratch his head, somewhat troubled, and said,
"Boss, how about you keep handling it for the next couple of days? I’ll try making them during dinner tomorrow, and then you can point out any mistakes I make."
"Hmm, that sounds fine."
Jiang Yu thought for a moment and agreed.
After all, he didn’t have much else to do, and there was still more than half a month before Jiang University’s graduates’ thesis defense.
The group sat around the countertop, eating and chatting, and quickly filled up their stomachs.
It wasn’t clear if it was due to the hot weather or perhaps the kitchen was just stuffy, but despite not having much appetite initially, everyone ate heartily because the food was cooked by Jiang Yu.
That was reasonable. Since Jiang Yu shifted his focus to the second-floor dining room, he rarely cooked for everyone on the first floor, making these rare occasions ones where everyone wanted to eat a bit more.
After the meal, everyone was sweating, including Jia Dequan, who was drenched. He picked up a wet towel, wiped his face, shook his head, and said:
"It’s too hot in this kitchen. I think we should take our meals to the hall next time. At least there’s air conditioning there; otherwise, who can stand sweating every time we eat?"
"That shouldn’t be difficult. By the time we eat, there aren’t many students in the dining hall anyway."
