Modern Chinese restaurant chef Su Xiaorou dies in a raging fire. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself deep in the mountains.
No System, no pocket dimension, no golden finger.
Penniless, unable to find her way, and starving, she has no choice but to survive on wild vegetables, fruit, game, and her cooking skills.
After finally roasting a rabbit to fill her stomach, the smell draws in Ling Heng, the Prince Regent, who is taking a detour on his way back to the capital.
Ling Heng suspects she has a dubious past, and his guards are convinced she is a spy.
Then they take a bite of the rabbit.
Their mouths full of doubts fall instantly silent.
Only later does Su Xiaorou learn that this place is Great Xia,
a land rich in produce, but a dynasty that lost its refined cooking techniques after a break in civilization.
Lard is used for lamps, scallions, ginger, and garlic are kept in pharmacies, and Sichuan peppercorns and star anise are treated like filthy pest repellents.
The nobility eat boiled food, restaurants serve blanched dishes, and the army survives on hardtack.
Su Xiaorou falls silent.
This isn't transmigration.
Heaven has thrown her into a culinary wasteland.
From roasting rabbit in the mountains to scallion oil noodles at the prince's residence; from chicken congee to soothe the stomach to braised pork rice taking Bianjing by storm; from opening a tofu shop to feed disaster victims to reforming military rations and shaking the court; from face-slapping rival nations at a state banquet to writing The Culinary Chronicle of Mountains and Rivers.
Step by step, she shows all of Great Xia that eating
is about more than filling your stomach.
It can nourish people, save lives, bring peace to the people, and strengthen the nation.
Ling Heng guards his empire.
Su Xiaorou travels her mountains and rivers.
And the flavors she leaves behind will one day spread throughout all of Great Xia.
There are too many repetitive words, and it is very verbose. The chapter in the mountains and forests at the beginning is very attractive, but it is no longer good when entering the palace. The heroine is bullied blindly, but she is arrogant and cowardly. She is picked on when cooking, and there are all kinds of obstacles. The argument with Doctor Gu is always, you are in charge of the medicine, and I am in charge of the food. Shredded tofu, vegetable stems, chicken bones, lard, the waste is described back and forth. One dish is also before it is served. The aroma is consistent with the hostess's taste, and others taste the same. The whole chapter is full of repeated descriptions. Everyone evaluates the hostess's dishes as "fair", either holding the bowl and not letting go, or "drinking less than half the bowl." The second lady of the Taifu also came to the palace angrily to question. Another bowl of tofu and vegetable stem soup. I don't know how long it will take to write about this tofu and vegetable stem soup. I hope the author can write it well. The heroine's survival in the mountains and forests at the beginning is well written and very tenacious.
There are too many repetitive words, and it is very verbose. The chapter in the mountains and forests at the beginning is very attractive, but it is no longer good when entering the palace. The heroine is bullied blindly, but she is arrogant and cowardly. She is picked on when cooking, and there are all kinds of obstacles. The argument with Doctor Gu is always, you are in charge of the medicine, and I am in charge of the food. Shredded tofu, vegetable stems, chicken bones, lard, the waste is described back and forth. One dish is also before it is served. The aroma is consistent with the hostess's taste, and others taste the same. The whole chapter is full of repeated descriptions. Everyone evaluates the hostess's dishes as "fair", either holding the bowl and not letting go, or "drinking less than half the bowl." The second lady of the Taifu also came to the palace angrily to question. Another bowl of tofu and vegetable stem soup. I don't know how long it will take to write about this tofu and vegetable stem soup. I hope the author can write it well. The heroine's survival in the mountains and forests at the beginning is well written and very tenacious.
Regardless of this, it's just normal.