Yuan Zhou had a lot of questions that he wanted to ask.
"Can you tell me how many kinds of sauces are there in total? In my memory, blueberry sauce is No. 13, red onion sauce is No. 22, beef mince is No. 51, salad sauce is No. 17, and passion fruit sauce is No. 102. "Yuan Zhou remembered that he had asked this question before, but the system didn't answer him last time.
The usual answer was to let the host find out by himself. But out of Yuan Zhou's expectation, the system gave him an answer this time.
The system displayed, "There are a total of 2,730 kinds of sauces."
“？？？” Three question marks were enough to express the doubts in Yuan Zhou's heart. He guessed that it would be terrifying if there were 300 or 400 kinds of sauces.
That was because the system would combine the subcategories. For example, salad sauce could be divided into several subcategories, but there was only one subcategory in the system.
Under such circumstances, there were still more than 2,000 kinds. Yuan Zhou had to admit that he had underestimated the little comrade of the system.
The system also explained, "Of the 2,730 kinds, 1,063 are from China, and the other 2,000 include niche and special sauces."
Then, the system explained in detail what niche and special meant.
Yuan Zhou wasn't surprised that China accounted for more than one-third of the sauces. What surprised him was the system's detailed explanation.
For example, niche. How niche was it? Just like the special crab sauce made by the Micronesians in the Mariana Islands.
The name sounded normal, but the crab sauce was made from raw crabs that were smashed alive and then filled with dried fish dregs.
Putting the taste aside, there were a lot of parasites on crabs. Apart from the locals who were used to it, others would have diarrhea for a month after eating it.
"In other words, to collect all the sauces, I have to create more than 2,000 online popular dishes … Eh." For the first time, Yuan Zhou felt that he still had a long way to go.
Thinking of the more than 2,000 kinds of sauces in The Kitchen God, even if Yuan Zhou didn't cook, he could still attract a large number of people just by selling the sauces.
The system displayed, "Congratulations, host. You have obtained a random sauce x1."
A common dish in Jianghu was called Love Forgetting Water. This joke was invented by Wan. Then, her friends who were in a bad mood tried it one by one.
No one knew what happened after that, but it was enough to make her cry, so it spread like wildfire on Weibo.
"System, if I didn't remember wrongly, the previous three popular dishes were Drip Rice, Red Onion Sauce, and Crab Roe Buns. These are all one dish. My Mountain City's Pugilistic World Cuisine is a series. With so many dishes, isn't it a little too little to reward just one sauce?"
Yuan Zhou laid out the facts and said to the System, "So shouldn't the reward be one or two hundred sauces?"
This was definitely an exorbitant price, but as the saying goes, 'Ask for a sky-high price, and pay back when you're sitting on the ground'. This was the rule in the circle, and Yuan Zhou believed that the system understood.
However, that was just Yuan Zhou's wishful thinking. Faced with Yuan Zhou's bargaining, the system played dead.
"Alright, alright. I don't want one or two hundred, even a few dozen is fine."
"Hey, don't be so stingy. The lowest price is 20."
"We can't go any lower than eight."
"Hey, give me some face. Five sauces."
"… Three."
"Two."
The system that was playing dead suddenly came back to life and displayed, "Deal."
Then, before Yuan Zhou could react, it continued, "Due to the popularity of the Love Forgetting Water series, it is a Pugilistic World Cuisine, and there are many of them, so the reward is two."
"Not bad, little comrade system. I didn't expect a thick-browed and big-eyed fake like you to know how to bargain." Yuan Zhou sighed in his heart. He didn't know where he learned it from, but the system was getting harder and harder to fool.
Making a prompt decision, Yuan Zhou immediately withdrew two rewards after he got them.
The sauces that he drew were No. 83 Shrimp Sauce and No. 16 Mustard Sauce.
Yuan Zhou roughly looked at them. The shrimp sauce was very famous. It was made from freshwater shrimps and was known as "the world's freshest". Of course, Hengshan Zhi didn't agree with this title, and neither did Fried Clams.
But for those who loved it, the shrimp sauce was really a good thing. It could go well with pancakes, soup pots, and even plain rice.
"A table of good dishes can't compare to a bite of the shrimp" was exactly the shrimp sauce. Yuan Zhou thought for a while. His friends in Jiangsu Province would definitely be overjoyed when they saw this new sauce.
As for the mustard sauce, it was too famous.
There were four kinds of mustard sauces provided by the system, namely, yellow mustard, Dijon mustard, green mustard, and instant mustard, which were produced in China, France, Japan, and the United States respectively.
The difference between the four kinds wasn't the difference in cooking methods. Both the yellow mustard and the green mustard were made with horseradish and wasabi as the main ingredients.
The main difference between them was the taste. Dijon mustard would be mixed with red wine, so the taste was slightly sour. Mustard wasn't a foreign condiment, but had been used before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. We were used to eating yellow mustard and instant mustard, which were less spicy and pungent.
Previously, in Chu Xiao's personal cooking exhibition, he made a dish that was a fusion of food and vegetables, but someone voted "No" because the mustard was used incorrectly.
Judging from Yuan Zhou's cooking skills, Chu Xiao's choice was not a problem, because Chu Xiao only added food and vegetables.
Overall, the yellow mustard he chose was much better than the green mustard for the individual show.
Yuan Zhou also wrote an article to express his support for Chu Xiao.
Yuan Zhou was now the chairman of the Huaxia Famous Chefs Alliance and had a long list of other titles, so this article was directly published in Food Map.
Note: Food Map was one of the top three international gourmet magazines. It was absolutely difficult for other chefs to publish an article in it, but it was relatively easy for Yuan Zhou.
This was also the fame in the circle.
Yuan Zhou nodded. "Very good. Although I haven't set foot in the food and vegetables, it's also good to have the mustard in advance."
"Give me a cup of Love Forgetting Water, so that I won't be sad for a night. As a commoner, I'm so happy today." Yuan Zhou hummed a song happily. He was definitely happy to have two more sauces for no reason.
Then, he added the two new sauces to the menu. Today was still the first day. As usual, eight people were randomly selected for the Vegetarian Banquet.
Roast Goose, Roast Lamb, Roast Whole Cow, Vegetarian Banquet, Fish Banquet, and street snacks that only appeared occasionally. The Kitchen God had already prepared a lot of delicacies for a limited time.
There would definitely be more in the future. Yuan Zhou stroked the non-existent mustache on his chin and felt the restaurant was a little small. Should he expand it a little bit?
But if he expanded it, there was no place near Taoxi Road to expand it. Besides, if he expanded it further, he wouldn't be able to manage it all by himself.
"Let's not think about that for now. I'm a little hungry. Let me cook something to eat." Yuan Zhou began to busy himself in the kitchen, cooking something for himself.
Generally speaking, if one wanted to eat Tangyuan at night, they wouldn't be able to eat it if there were no frozen ones at home or take-out.
But Yuan Zhou was different! He could make noodles and make Tangyuan as long as he wanted to eat it.
Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch. Let's talk about the couple who confessed to each other today.
"Come on, let's drink." Sister Xian didn't go to the pub today, nor did she go to Fang Heng's pub. She was afraid of meeting Fang Heng, so she went to another small restaurant.
Speaking of which, it was also a coincidence. The reason why Sister Xian found this small restaurant was that there was a banner hanging at the door, "The Kitchen God is the first restaurant that shocked China, and this restaurant is the 99th restaurant that shocked Chengdu."
She had learned bad things from Li Li and even advertised with The Kitchen God. In fact, this was similar to Pei Qinhu's attempt to blackmail Li Bai.
Pei Qinhu had a saying, "Li Bai was the first sword that shocked Chang 'an, and Pei Qinhu wanted to do the first punch that shocked Chang' an."
Back to the topic, there was no doubt that the taste of this small restaurant was just above average. As the capital of gourmet food, there were so many delicious food in Chengdu. It definitely couldn't be ranked in the top 100, but no one wanted to compete for the 99th place.
"Madam, I think Fang Heng is also very good." Cao Mi said.
Zheng Xian said, "Is today's wine not good enough to shut your mouth?"
"Uh, okay, okay, I will accompany you to drink. As an outsider, it's not good for me to intervene in matters of the heart." Cao Mi said, and then to ease the awkward atmosphere, he said, "Speaking of which, Boss Yuan's bamboo wine is really delicious."
"I saw a lot of people on the Internet who have drunk and haven't drunk Boss Yuan's wine," Cao Mi said. "I just think that something that others praise must not be good, so I came to try it. If I didn't try, I wouldn't know, but as soon as I tried, I lost myself."
"Do you know what people like you are called?" Zheng Xian smiled.
Cao Mi said, "Persistent but not blindly following, a pursuer who goes against the current."
"Well, it's the first time I've heard someone say that the bar spirit is so high and mighty," Zheng Xian said.
The dishes with wine were served. She was used to eating Fang Heng's cold pig ears, crispy peanuts, and other dishes with wine. The difference between eating in this small restaurant was really big.
On the other side, Fang Heng did the same thing as Zheng Xian.
After Wang Hong invited Fang Heng to eat Jianghu cuisine, Fang Heng, in return, took Wang Hong to a roadside stall on Fifth Avenue.
Fifth Avenue was located in Chenghua District. Because it was close to the university, before Yuan Zhou became famous, it was one of the famous food streets in Chenghua District and even in Chengdu.
Now because of the existence of Yuan Zhou, many delicious food shops had run to Taoxi Road or the surrounding area.
"Witch, you should be the first drinker who drew a place to go to the pub and then asked for leave, The Kitchen God," Wang Hong said.
Fang Heng nodded with deep feeling. After all, there were too few places to go to the pub. It was already very lucky to draw a place, not to mention not going.
"I can see that Sister Xian's mood is very complicated today. It will be very embarrassing if I go again. Sister Xian can't drink well, so I won't go tonight," Fang Heng said.
Wang Hong nodded and said, "I thought it would be very troublesome to give up the place, but I didn't expect Boss Yuan to agree in an instant."
"You are a writer. Boss Yuan always has a sharp tongue but a soft heart," Fang Heng said, "He also values friendship. If he really needs help from Boss Yuan, he will definitely help."
"That's right. I was stupid," Wang Hong said.
Fang Heng quickly ordered a table of garlic crayfish, garlic oysters, and spicy flower beetles.
The two chatted as they ate.
"Actually, I'm really curious. Is there any special meaning to the number 188?" Wang Hong had been holding back for a long time, but his curiosity was too strong.
"Of course there is." Fang Heng agreed readily and then answered mysteriously, "Sister Xian usually goes to Boss Yuan's restaurant to drink. She rarely eats in his restaurant. I have asked Little Yan before. Sister Xian usually orders Egg Fried Rice when she goes there."
Little Yan should be referring to Su Ruoyan. Wang Hong nodded, not understanding what this had to do with.
"Are you stupid? The Kitchen God, how much is the Egg Fried Rice? 188!" Fang Heng said, "So I specially chose 188 roses to express my sincerity."
"…" Wang Hong's eyes widened. He never thought that there would be such a thing.
In a sense, Fang Heng was really sincere.
"In the future, I will always be called the Witch." Fang Heng said, "It's fine if the gender is unclear. I always want to be called the Witch when I play Glory. Today, when I played Han Xin, the first equipment I got was the Witch. I was cursed to death."
Wang Hong asked, "And then?"
"What then?" Fang Heng was confused.
Wang Hong was curious. "How did the game go after Han Xin got the Witch?"
"Then, of course, I blocked my teammates and lost the game. My teammates are really useless," Fang Heng said regretfully.
Very good, very strong.
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