I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 496 - 252: Lin Ji’s Free Meal Event! Junior Brother, Let Me Teach You a Dish to Strengthen the Waist and Replenish the Kidneys! [Subscribe Plea]_2
Meat Dragon?
This delicious Pumpkin Soup paired with Meat Dragon must be very tasty, right? Chen Yan was immediately tempted. Experts say to eat a full breakfast, a good lunch, and a light dinner, so I guess stuffing myself tomorrow morning wouldn’t be a problem. Right, let’s do that. Worst case, I’ll just eat less tomorrow night. My little tummy definitely won’t get chubby.
She planned it all out perfectly.
However, when she opened her eyes the next day, she realized it was almost nine o’clock. She had planned to go to bed early and wake up early to have breakfast at Lin Ji, but she had overslept.
Upon checking her phone, she saw a bunch of messages from her cousin:
"AAAHHH, Yan Bao, you have no idea how delicious the Meat Dragon tastes with Pumpkin Soup."
"Hurry over. I’ve saved a bunch for you; I guarantee you’ll want more after eating it."
"HAHA, my parents are here too, and they also praised how delicious the Meat Dragon is."
"Old Uncle Yu from next door came over for a meal and insisted on paying thirty yuan. Such a cute old man."
"Professor Liang and the others also came by to eat while out for a walk. Lin Ji’s breakfast is really attractive."
"Yan Bao, the breakfast I saved for you got eaten by everyone else. Just keep sleeping; I’ll try to figure out how to retract those earlier messages..."
Chen Yan was utterly bewildered.
She was better off not knowing. The thought of everyone else snatching up the delicious food meant for her made her chest tighten with frustration.
That rotten cousin! I hope her boobs sag to her navel!
Lethargically sitting up in bed, Chen Yan prepared to get dressed and out of bed. She planned to wash up and then buy some extra thin and crispy stuffed pancakes from a street vendor to tide her over, waiting until lunch to eat a proper meal at the restaurant.
If my cousin finds out I slept till nine before getting up, there’s no telling how she’ll tease me.
「At the restaurant.」
After instructing Xu Xinhua, Lin Xu finally heard the system notification:
"Host has completed the teaching training task and obtained one draw for an Excellent Level Basic Cooking Technique. Employee Xu Xinhua has obtained the Superior Level braising dish—Tiger Skin Chicken Feet Cooking Technique. Congratulations, Host."
Superior Level, huh? Though still a fair distance from Perfect Level, at least there’s progress. Once I have enough points, I’ll exchange them for an upgrade task. Then I won’t need to worry about making Tiger Skin Chicken Feet in the shop myself. Right now, I need to save up points to exchange for the Eye of Discrimination. I’ll strive to get it by the time we open. That way, even without a Cooking Learning Card, I can at least identify all the different ingredients in a dish and try to cook it myself. I can’t rely on the system for every dish; I still need to practice.
Leaving the braising section, Lin Xu went to the reception desk.
At the moment, Song Tiantian was sitting at the computer at the reception desk with Shu Yun, counting the number of membership cards, while Dundun lay beside the computer, seemingly eager to help.
Lin Xu approached, scooped up the little rascal, and asked, "What are you doing so close? Do you want to play with the computer?"
He carried Dundun to the nearby fish tank, one of Dundun’s favorite spots. Especially when there were fewer people around, the little guy had almost jumped onto the edge of the tank several times trying to catch fish.
"The bluefin tuna I bought for you today has arrived. It’s much tastier than these fish, and it’s boneless, so no worries about it getting stuck in your throat."
Upon hearing this, Dundun affectionately rubbed his head against Lin Xu’s neck.
Seizing the opportunity, Lin Xu chose to use his prize draw, receiving a fairly useful Basic Cooking Technique:
"Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Excellent Level Basic Cooking Technique—Steamed Egg."
Steamed Egg? Is this also a Basic Cooking Technique?
After absorbing the experience, Lin Xu realized that all kinds of steamed egg dishes, like Steamed Egg with Brain, Minced Meat Steamed Egg, Abalone Steamed Egg, and others, were all related to the Steamed Egg Technique. That meant, from now on, he could prepare a full range of steamed egg dishes.
Back at the reception desk, Shu Yun, who had finished counting the membership cards, asked, "Boss, there are more and more jokes about you under the Lin Ji’s Food topic. Should we issue a statement or something to stop it?"
Although Lin Xu knew the jokes netizens made up were just harmless teasing, the content was becoming more widespread, and the titles increasingly blush-inducing.
Lin Xu chuckled and replied, "It’s fine. As long as it increases Lin Ji’s popularity, this harmless teasing is okay. With strict internet censorship nowadays, they can only sensationalize the titles a bit... What’s the topic’s ranking now?"
"Ranked sixth, but it’s only a few tens of thousands of popularity points away from fifth place. By this afternoon at the latest, we should be able to break into the top five on the Yanjing Region’s topic list."
Not a bad achievement. Though there’s still a large gap to first place, with some effort, there’s hope.
As Lin Xu was about to head upstairs, he suddenly remembered Old Huang was treating guests that afternoon. This reminded him of the evening’s plans, so he said to Shu Yun, "The head chefs from Fishing Platform are coming to eat at the restaurant tonight. See if we have anything suitable here to prepare as a little gift for them. After all, we’ve poached quite a few people; we need to maintain good relations."
Shu Yun looked at her boss with a light smile. So he knows about poaching from Fishing Platform, huh? Good thing he hasn’t been working at Fishing Platform recently; otherwise, those head chefs certainly wouldn’t let it go, not even if Chef Xie tried to cover for him. As for the gifts...
Shu Yun thought for a moment and made her suggestion, "If you’re not too busy, why not make some Shakima and Horse Hoof Cake now? They’re handcrafted and would also represent Lin Ji’s sincerity."
"Alright, I’ll go upstairs and get started on that right away."
「Evening.」
When the surface of the roasted whole lamb in the oven started to turn rosy, the head chefs from the Fishing Platform also gradually arrived.
