Cooking Like a God Today, Too [Gourmet]

Egg fried rice can glow.

Customers who eat delicious food can have their clothes burst off.

A-grade dishes can bring the dead back to life, while S-grade dishes summon a divine dragon and defy fate.

Yan Shiyu lives in a world where culinary skill is everything.

So even though she could toss a wok at five, had mastered stir-frying, deep-frying, and all sorts of other cooking methods by six, knew the Eight Great Cuisines by heart at eighteen, and had the palate of an emperor, able to tell how a dish was made after just one bite,

she was still just an ordinary B-grade chef.

Watching her admired S-grade chef summon a divine dragon every time he cooked, Yan Shiyu had only one word for it: envy.

To improve her cooking, Yan Shiyu ventured deep into a mountain valley to gather premium ingredients, and ended up transmigrating to the twenty-first century.

In this world, food doesn't glow, and customers don't have their clothes burst off after eating a delicious meal.

Bringing the dead back to life is impossible, and no divine dragon can be summoned.

In Alley Thirteen in Shanghai, there's an ordinary home-style restaurant. The owner, Chef Zhou, is getting on in years, has no children, and has even been betrayed by his apprentice.

All the neighbors and fellow restaurant owners feel sorry for him.

Then one day, a young girl appeared in Chef Zhou's restaurant. People said he'd found her in the mountains. He planned to adopt her as his granddaughter and pass the restaurant on to her.

Everyone thought Chef Zhou had lost his mind.

The girl was young and petite. How could she possibly become a good chef?

Then they saw what a god of cooking looked like.

Xiaolongbao with thin wrappers and generous fillings

Lamb ribs braised until the meat fell off the bone

Pork knuckle simmered until the bones softened and the meat melted in the mouth...

Coming soon: Chinatown Diner [Gourmet]

At the start of the new millennium, Lin Ronghua, owner of the famous Lin's Restaurant in Chinatown, received news from home that his daughter's posthumous daughter had been found.

Lin Ronghua traveled all the way back to China to claim his family, intent only on bringing his granddaughter Gu Zhao back to New York.

He doted on Gu Zhao and didn't expect much from the child. He only hoped he could earn enough money and teach her a bit of cooking, so that one day she could inherit the restaurant and live comfortably.

But after Lin Ronghua brought Gu Zhao back to Chinatown, he realized something was off.

At first, he taught her knife skills, thinking that if she could learn something worthwhile in two or three years, that would be good enough.

But in just a few days, Gu Zhao used a two-pound cleaver to carve Wensi tofu on a cutting board.

Lin Ronghua: ?

Later, when Lin Ronghua's apprentice left for another job and the restaurant was short-staffed during a rush, Gu Zhao volunteered to help in the kitchen. After glancing at the menu, she immediately started cooking.

When Lin Ronghua found out, he was so scared he nearly died. How could she dare?

But before Lin Ronghua could go apologize to the customers, they reacted with overwhelming enthusiasm. The restaurant was packed, diners specifically asked for her dishes, and they were lavish with their tips.

Lin Ronghua: ??

Later, for the sake of Gu Zhao's future, Lin Ronghua humbled himself and brought a generous gift to visit his former senior apprentice, a renowned New York chef, hoping to have the child study under him.

After tasting Gu Zhao's cooking, the senior apprentice fell silent.

"Junior brother, are you showing off?"

In her previous life, Gu Zhao was a culinary cultivator, famous throughout the cultivation world. Countless nobles and heroes spent fortunes just to eat one of her meals.

But Gu Zhao was too proud for her own good. She offended someone and was ultimately ambushed and killed.

After transmigrating into this world, Gu Zhao resolved to learn from her mistakes and be humble. She would only return to her old pride once she could serve a banquet of exquisite dishes.

Whenever anyone asked if she could cook, she answered, "I know a little, I know a little."

Lin Ronghua asked if she could cook. Gu Zhao: "I know a little, I know a little."

A customer asked if she could cook. Gu Zhao: "I know a little, I know a little."

A competitor asked if she could cook. Gu Zhao: "I still know just a little."

But for some reason, the more humble she was, the more everyone seemed to be shaken.

Theme: Being yourself can bring unexpected surprises