1999: Becoming the God of Food with West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce

[Rebirth + Food + Period Setting + System + Everyday Life] Pei Xin is reborn in 1999. He saves the dilapidated warehouse belonging to his wife’s family and turns it into a small restaurant. Then... he gets the [Chinese Cooking Master] System. Knife skills, heat control, seasoning: every stat can be improved. Best of all is Appraisal. Set any ingredient on the chopping board, and its name, quality, freshness, and place of origin appear clearly in midair. Think you can pass off junk as good ingredients? Dream on! Shanglu wontons, ban chuan noodles, red roe drunken crab, three-shred pounded fish, Wenhu soy duck, Taihu Three Whites, braised pork with preserved mustard greens, pickled mustard greens and fresh pork soup, the Three Heads and One Palm, scallion-oil swimming crab, home-style braised large yellow croaker, squid in thin gravy... From then on, Dong County’s suburbs have a little eatery with a character all its own. Then he wins gold at the provincial competition, takes first place in the national contest, and sweeps the world competition too. Meanwhile, that ramshackle warehouse in Liucun is demolished and rebuilt, then expanded again and again. A roadside stall becomes a restaurant chain, and the chain branches out into high-end dining. Even more absurd is the “Heaven and Earth Supermarket” in the System. He can trade for ingredients, spatulas, and even the iron-slicing butcher’s knife from a Stephen Chow movie. He can even trade for, XX... What?! Still, as Pei Xin watches the long queue stretching outside, he often finds himself wondering: I only wanted to open a little shop and pay off my debts. How did I accidentally become the God of Cooking?