Discovering the Flavors of Chinese Cuisine, Starting with Restaurant Reviews

Five thousand years of China's brilliant history, its eight great culinary traditions, and the aromas and flavors of bitter, spicy, sour, and sweet.

Jiang Han is an immortal who has lived through five thousand years of China's history and savored every flavor life has to offer.

As Westernized cuisine sweeps the food scene, this immortal, who once spent endless ages training countless imperial chefs, emerges from the mountains.

He critiques Chinese cuisine and promotes the finest of the Dragon Kingdom.

And so the legendary God of Cooking begins his culinary tour.

"This First Emperor steamed dumpling is all wrong. Two thousand years ago, when I made it for the First Emperor, I didn't cook it like this!"

"Xi Shi's Tongue isn't made this way, either. I invented this dish back then, and I even saw Xi Shi's tongue myself."

The most authentic ancient cuisine, in its original form, is revealed one dish at a time.

Soon, an East Asian food craze sweeps the world, leaving countless foreigners exclaiming, "I don't know anything about this stuff, so don't fool me. Are you sure this is Chinese food?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.