The Way of Food (Gourmet Cuisine)

(Also known as: I Win Over the Ancients' Taste Buds with My High-Tech Culinary Tricks!)

Reborn just before she was exiled, Lin Qiushui awakened a Gourmet System.

She set up a little food stall outside the palace gates.

At the start of the month, she sold fragrant, crispy-skinned goose legs. Mid-month, she served extra-spicy charcoal-grilled pig trotters with rice wine. By the end of the month, she was making thin-skinned chicken wings stuffed with salted egg yolk.

Every month brought something new, all dishes never before seen in this dynasty.

One day, the officials had just left the morning court session, starving and seeing stars, when a spicy, savory aroma suddenly reached them. They followed it to a stall selling Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles.

The rice noodles were topped with a layer of red chili oil and meat sauce. Paired with a flaky beef pie so crisp it crumbled at the touch, the hot, spicy, savory flavors burst across their taste buds. After one bowl, they wanted another.

The palace gatekeeper had meant to chase the vendor away, but the sight of the customers eating made his mouth water. He figured there was no harm in having a bowl before sending her off.

But once he tried it, he never mentioned chasing her away again.

Every day, he was the first to arrive at the stall.