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On the day Ye Zhiwei returned to the old street for the funeral, a bowl of fish soup was placed in front of her grandmother's funeral.
The fish was frozen, the ginger was put in too late, and the salt was too heavy. The most terrible thing is that there is a very light almond flavor in the soup.
And grandma is allergic to almonds.
Everyone said that it was just a homely taste that the old man wanted to drink before he died. Only Ye Zhiwei knew that this bowl of soup was wrong.
Grandma used to be the chef of the Four Seasons Restaurant in Old Street. Twenty years ago, something went wrong at an old banquet. The guests were poisoned and the restaurant closed. Grandma suffered a lifetime of infamy. After her death, she left only an old cookbook called "Food Alchemy Book".
Youth dumplings in spring hide stolen recipes; sour plum soup in summer nights wait for a belated apology; crab cakes in autumn erase the names of two women; mutton soup in winter guards a long-awaited reunion.
Ye Zhiwei originally thought that what he inherited was a shabby restaurant, but later he realized that what his grandmother left behind was the testimony of the entire old street.
People can lie, taste can't.
She wanted to rekindle the fire and serve the debts, silences and truths hidden in the meals one by one.
Purpose: Using food in the four seasons as a clue to write down the hidden wounds and belated truths of ordinary people. Food is not only a source of sustenance, but also a carrier of memories, emotions and human connections. In the process of reopening an old restaurant and investigating the old case of his grandmother, the protagonist learns to distinguish right from wrong, stick to his craft, and seek innocence for those buried in silence. I hope that every carefully prepared meal can touch people's hearts and give old regrets a warm answer.
