Getting Rich Selling Desserts in Ancient Times (Food)

Pastry chef Tang Yue transmigrates, bringing her pastry shop along with her.

Bad news: Her family has nothing, and her elder brother is studying for the imperial exams.

Good news: The pastry shop is fully stocked with ingredients and equipment that never run out!

Time to set up a dessert stall!

Molten chocolate cakes, ice cream cream puffs, mousse cakes, lime cream puffs, Swiss roll cakes, molten brownies, sea-salt cheese toffee... Her exquisite, delicious desserts take Chang'an by storm in no time.

The city's big businesses discover the secret to making a fortune and rush to imitate Tang Yue's treats.

A greedy neighbor makes the same desserts, but the costs are so high that there's no profit to be made.

Tang Yue: My pastry shop has no costs, so every bit of revenue is profit.

A century-old pastry shop challenges her, but they can't get their cream to whip.

Tang Yue: Is your arm tired? Want to try an electric mixer?

A restaurant's head chef comes to challenge her, but their ice cream won't hold its shape.

Tang Yue: Ever heard of refrigerants?

Even the Imperial Kitchen Bureau comes to compete. They can't control the heat when baking cookies, and the palace's impatient diners are so angry they curse the bureau for being useless. In the end, they have no choice but to ask Tang Yue to do it.

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Pei Ling, a companion to the Crown Prince, lost his sense of sweetness. After more than ten years, he'd long forgotten what sweet tasted like.

Then the Pei household hired a cook to make desserts.

Pei Ling tried one with little expectation, then his eyes widened as he tasted something beyond compare.

This young lady's desserts were sweet.

And she was even sweeter.

Please add to your collection: The Imperial Kitchen Cook Can Read Minds

Zhao Xiyin transmigrates into the body of an ordinary young cook at the Imperial Kitchen Bureau.

She thinks she's landed a decent job, but who knew every person in the palace would be so hard to please?

The emperor's tastes are unpredictable, the empress is fussy, and the noble consort is picky about what she eats... If she fails to satisfy them, she'll be rewarded with "A Yard of Red."

Everyone at the Imperial Kitchen Bureau: Trembling in fear.jpg

Fortunately, Zhao Xiyin comes with a mind-reading buff.

The emperor, appetite gone as he reads memorials: [The Imperial Kitchen Bureau serves meat every day. Can't they make something fresh for spring?]

Zhao Xiyin: "Steamed locust flowers, steamed shepherd's purse, elm-seed buns, fresh flower honey, spring-stream vinegar fish. Coming right up!"

The emperor eats until he's in tears. "Sob, sob, the taste of freedom outside the palace."

The empress, unable to eat as she looks over the account books: [I want blazing spice! Blazing spice!]

Zhao Xiyin: "Sichuan-style malatang, spicy tripe, mala dry pot, spicy chicken. Coming right up!"

The empress eats until tears stream down her face. "That hits the spot!"

The noble consort, dabbing on scented powder and unable to enjoy her meal: [I've lost my mind. I want something stinky.]

Zhao Xiyin: "Extra-stinky luosifen, durian mille-feuille, pork-intestine noodles, stinky tofu. Coming right up!"

The noble consort makes the whole palace stink as she eats. "Hee-hee-hee, it's addictive."

Everyone at the Imperial Kitchen Bureau realizes that Zhao Xiyin always knows exactly what the masters like. She's never once gotten it wrong.

From the emperor and empress dowager down to the princes and princesses.

Zhao Xiyin: "Coming right up! I'll make it all!"

The delighted masters: "Reward her! Give this little cook all the gold and jewels!"

Though she should be called an Imperial Kitchen Lady Official now.

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