I Use Science to Crush the Imperial Chef in Ancient Times

Wang Dongdong, a food delivery rider, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the good-for-nothing young master of a dilapidated tavern.

From the start, all he has to work with is rancid meat and moldy rice, yet he uses "high-temperature sterilization" and the "Maillard reaction" to make fried chicken that has the whole city clamoring for more!

Then the emperor makes a discreet visit, takes one bite, and slaps the table. "Present a dish before me tomorrow. If you can satisfy me, I'll reward you with a thousand taels of gold!"

Wang Dongdong smiles. "Your Majesty, I don't want a reward. I want everyone in the realm to be able to eat food like this!"

From then on, he opens taverns, writes culinary guides, and builds academies, using science to upend ancient food culture.

His boiled cabbage leaves the Eight Treasures banquet in the dust, his braised intestines have nobles begging for the secret recipe, and milk tea sweeps the city as young ladies line up for it!

When the legitimate heir of the Ding clan mocks him, saying, "How dare a bastard from a collateral branch speak of the Way of Cooking?" Wang Dongdong simply replies, "Ingredients have no rank. Technique decides everything. That is the true Way of Cooking!"

This is a revolution in taste, and a civilizational leap that leaves the past in the dust!