Gourmet: The God-Level Culinary Tycoon

In the stream:

"Damn, is all the furniture in this room made of red sandalwood?"

"What a luxurious interior! No wonder our ancestors loved red sandalwood so much. A whole matching set looks this good!"

"If it weren’t for the streamer, I probably would have gone my whole life without seeing such a luxurious place."

"Say no more, the atmosphere alone is worth 500."

The four of them had come to eat and had no intention of having tea, so they sat directly at the square red sandalwood table to the side.

The hostess smiled, pointed to the tea server, and made the introduction:

"Honored guests, this is Taotao from Yichun Pavilion. She will be taking care of your dining experience today."

The tea server stood up as well. While this Miss Taotao’s figure wasn’t as explosive as the hostess’s, she was still well-proportioned and had her own unique charm.

After introducing Taotao to the group, the hostess quietly closed the door and slipped out of the room.

Taotao took out four menus from under the table and placed one in front of each person.

A sweet smile appeared on her exquisitely made-up face:

"Good afternoon, honored guests."

"What kind of tea would you like?"

"We have Longjing, Oolong, Tieguanyin, and Maojian."

Li Xiao:

"Longjing Tea, please."

Taotao moved quietly to the tea table and began to brew the tea.

Feeling a cool sensation from the menu in his hands, Li Xiao turned his attention to it.

His eyebrows raised slightly. The menu’s cover was very distinctive, woven from bamboo threads. The threads were incredibly fine and had a unique texture to the touch.

The first page of the menu explained the history of Jiuhe Garden and provided information on the current head chef.

The following pages contained the actual menu, with each page lavishly illustrated with photos.

Just as Li Xiao finished looking through the menu, Taotao brought over a pot of tea and filled the cups in front of all four of them.

Since it was clear Li Xiao was the leader of the group, she came to his side soon after pouring the tea.

"Sir, would you like me to introduce the dishes to you?"

Li Xiao waved his hand, signaling that he didn’t need an introduction. He had researched the restaurant before coming.

"Golden fish maw chicken soup, braised boneless duck feet with black garlic and winter bamboo shoots, abalone and truffle meat patty, lobster aspic with caviar, water spinach with shrimp paste, and ham and Pine Needle Crab clay pot rice. For dessert, I’ll have the aged tangerine peel red bean soup. All dishes are individual portions."

"Let’s start with that. We can add more later if it’s not enough."

Taotao quickly placed the order on her iPad.

"Please wait a moment. The dishes will start coming out in about 15 minutes."

"Also, if any of you have special dietary requirements for the dishes, I can make a note to inform the kitchen."

Li Xiao waved his hand dismissively:

"Just have the kitchen follow their standard procedure."

Taotao nodded slightly:

"Of course. Please let me know if you need anything at all."

After speaking, she quietly returned to the side of the tea table to wait.

Stream:

"My God, my dog eyes are going blind! A single bowl of aged tangerine peel red bean soup actually costs 88???"

"I just saw on the menu that a pot of Longjing Tea is 388. Th-that’s way too expensive, right?"

"I just did the math, this meal is actually 2,200?! That’s my entire monthly salary!"

"Didn’t they say the average price here is 1,500 per person? How is it only 2,200 for four people? That’s less than 600 per person."

"To the two guys above, it’s 2,200 per person, not for the whole table!"

"Did you not hear the streamer? All dishes are individual portions. The prices on the menu are for a single serving!"

"2,200 per person... I feel like my entire worldview has just shattered. A meal for four people costs over 8,000???"

"Weren’t some people just saying the streamer is just pretending to be rich? Why don’t you try pretending like this?"

It wasn’t just the stream viewers; the other three from his dorm had menus in their hands too.

So, of course, they had also seen the prices on the menu.

Zhou Yu was a little nervous:

"Brother Li, isn’t this meal a bit too expensive? Should we order one or two fewer dishes?"

Zhang Jiawen, who was next to him, chimed in:

"Yeah, we’re still students. Over 2,000 per person seems a little extravagant."

Even the usually carefree Huang Zhiyuan had a conflicted look on his face. In truth, he also felt the price of this meal was a bit too high.

He knew that his two dorm mates and most of the viewers in the stream had overlooked one thing.

It was over 2,200 per person, plus a 388 pot of tea, which came out to more than 9,000.

His family was relatively well-off, and it wasn’t like he’d never eaten at a high-end restaurant before.

A private room in a high-end restaurant like this would inevitably have something like a service charge.

Even with just a 10% service charge, this meal would easily cost over 10,000.

But looking at Li Xiao’s nonchalant expression, he knew that his dorm mate didn’t care about a mere 10,000 yuan at all.

Li Xiao waved his hand, speaking casually:

"It’s not like we eat this expensively every day. I just picked up my car today, so let’s all celebrate and be happy."

"Don’t you guys worry about it. Whether it’s 2,000 per person or 200 per person, it doesn’t make much of a difference to me."

Seeing him so relaxed, the other three slowly let go of their worries and began to look around the lavishly decorated private room.

Li Xiao, meanwhile, turned his attention to his live stream.

To his surprise, even though he hadn’t sent out any red envelopes today, the number of viewers had unknowingly surpassed 4,000 and was still climbing.

He rubbed his chin. Although his follower count had grown to nearly 60,000, and his concurrent viewership for the last few streams had been quite good, reaching 4,000 viewers less than 10 minutes into the broadcast was still far beyond normal.

He glanced around the private room and quickly figured it out.

Without a doubt, the special buzz in the stream was because he was at Jiuhe Garden, a place that cost over 1,500 per person.

The reason was probably simple. 99% of people have 1,500 yuan, but the number of people willing to spend 1,500 per person on a single meal was likely less than one in a thousand.

The absurdly high price per person had piqued everyone’s interest in Jiuhe Garden.

Now, without spending a single cent, they could experience a restaurant through his camera that they would likely never get to visit in their entire lives.

This unique sense of vicarious curiosity was probably the main reason for the stream’s popularity today.

「In a pale pink bedroom.」

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Shishi received Li Xiao’s account information.

In consideration of her future work, she had already binged all of Li Xiao’s previously released videos and had even entered the live stream the very moment her new boss went live.

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