The Heretical Gourmet: This Guy Has a Huge Appetite for Business!

After graduating from a no-name university, he spent more than half a year unable to find a job. The economy was in decline, business was slow across the board, and his family’s restaurant was struggling, on the verge of shutting down. Watching his parents sigh all day long, Jiang Huai couldn’t help worrying about how the family would make ends meet. He was anxious about what the future held. Just then, the [Old Foodie System] found him. As long as he displayed “exceptionally high foodie IQ” on an upcoming cooking show, he could earn System rewards, bring customers to the restaurant, and keep the family afloat! From that day on, the food Jiang Huai made grew increasingly eccentric, yet irresistible. Ever heard of a steamed bun bigger than your face? Split it open, brush it with Lao Gan Ma chili crisp, sprinkle on crushed peanuts, then pile on salted egg yolk, grilled squid, lettuce, crayfish, a fried egg, and bacon. Sandwich it all together and take a huge bite. One mouthful and you’re in heaven! Other people’s fire chicken noodles are just a bowl of plain noodles. For his, he starts with rice cakes and crispy fried chicken, then adds a bucket of potato chips and some cheese. Pour on boiling water to make [Stringy Waterfall Mashed Potatoes], then spread it over the noodles. His foodie IQ goes through the roof! He even managed to turn “tomato and egg stir-fry” into both “Cloud Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry” and “Stringy Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry”! Fried eggs cooked in chili oil, teriyaki beef rolls stuffed with shrimp paste, mochi-textured egg tarts made with Wangzai mini steamed buns and milk, and starch sausages shaved into slices and crisped in an air fryer! Once Jiang Huai set out on the path of the old foodie, there was no turning back! Netizens laughed themselves silly: “Big eater, cut yourself some slack!” “Just don’t go and invent a 10,000-calorie dish…” Everyone thought being an old foodie was the limit for Jiang Huai. Who could’ve guessed that after joining another cooking show, he’d take up “unorthodox cooking” too!