Chapter 279 - 133: New Mission: Home-Style Dish, Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

Chapter 279: Chapter 133: New Mission: Home-Style Dish, Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

[Task Reward: National Famous Snacks Recipe Book x108]

After reading the first main quest, Su Chen felt a bit troubled.

The reward was very tempting, but Su Chen wasn’t a fan of the quest’s content.

In Su Chen’s view, hot food was at its most delicious the moment it came out of the wok. Takeout could solve the problem of hunger, but the jostling during transport and the time it took to deliver would cause subtle changes to the dish’s texture and flavor.

From a culinary standpoint, takeout was an absolutely terrible idea.

[Main Quest 2: Back to Basics. The hefty profits from exquisite, famous dishes have blinded you with money. Focusing solely on high-end cuisine will only make your skills increasingly niche. True culinary art is not just for the elite; the common people also have the right to enjoy delicious food.]

[Quest Objective: Back to Basics. Within one month, elevate the provided home-style dishes to S Level and achieve a sales revenue of 300,000 yuan.]

[Task Reward: Magic Sticker (Item); 30 Home-Style Dishes (Recipes Only)]

Hm?

The first thing Su Chen noticed wasn’t the quest’s content, but its reward.

He didn’t know what a Magic Sticker was, but the "Item" annotation next to it was crystal clear.

Among all the system’s rewards, item-type rewards were extremely rare; Su Chen hadn’t received a single one to date.

But that wasn’t the main point.

The main point was that Su Chen had discovered a bug in this quest!

’Normally, it’s incredibly difficult to upgrade a dish to S Level. For some, you can only rely on pure luck.’

’Some dishes don’t even have the potential to reach S Level because of their ingredients and seasoning!’

Su Chen muttered to himself.

But this quest directly provided 30 home-style recipes. Without a doubt, they were just the most basic of recipes.

They were kind of like: "Flash-fried pork—first marinate the pork, then flash-fry it, then stir-fry."

Recipes like that, with very crude instructions.

And that’s where the bug came in.

The 30 home-style dishes given by this quest must all be dishes that could be directly upgraded to S Class!

He didn’t know if SS was possible, but S Level was a certainty!

In other words...

’As long as I have enough time to study and think, I can have at least 30 finished S Level dishes in a short amount of time?’

’Is this really not a system bug?’

Regardless of whether it was a system bug, even without the reward of that Magic Sticker, just being able to complete this quest would be a huge improvement for him!

The quest description, on the other hand, made Su Chen not know whether to laugh or cry.

’Looks like saying I’d only take orders over two thousand yuan was a bit arrogant...’

Indeed, because he’d been pestered by all those state banquet chefs and restaurant head chefs lately, Su Chen had started to feel like he could casually cook a table of food and sell it for eight or ten thousand yuan!

Although his core philosophy had always been to create extraordinary flavors from ordinary ingredients, allowing everyone in the world to enjoy delicious food!

But Su Chen’s own actions had, more or less, deviated from that philosophy.

’The system’s assessment is really accurate. I guess this is its way of pulling me back onto the right track in time?’

Thinking of this, a gentle smile graced Su Chen’s lips, and he accepted the second main quest without hesitation.

As he accepted the quest, a one-month countdown automatically appeared in his mind.

’Phew... So, how am I supposed to make three hundred thousand yuan in sales in just one month by selling only home-style dishes?’

If it were just a general sales target, it would be simple. He could just make more S Level delicacies and sell them directly on the second floor.

The main customers on the second floor were still Xinghui’s employees, but on a typical day, there were also a few people who made a special trip from the city just to eat.

Though not many, as long as Su Chen could make S Class delicious food, he was confident he would get plenty of repeat customers.

But clearly, the quest didn’t want Su Chen to do that. Its goal was still to let as many people as possible taste his delicious food.

’So... no point dwelling on what I can’t figure out. Since I have a new quest, I’ll focus on getting the dishes to S Level first!’

He opened the system’s reward recipes, which he could use temporarily, and the first home-style dish that caught his eye was...

Stir-Fried Yellow Beef!

’It really is a home-style dish. Isn’t this the kind of thing anyone can make?’

’But since the system dared to play it this way, I can’t afford to underestimate it!’

Su Chen decisively pulled up the Xiang Province Chapter from the Fragment of the Chinese Cuisine Collection in his mind; he had practically memorized all the dishes in it.

But he just couldn’t find this dish!

’That can’t be right...’

He then opened the system’s recipe synthesis function and, based on his own understanding, decisively entered the ingredient combination of [Yellow Beef] + [Chinese Celery] + [Cilantro] + [Line Peppers].

’A green-tier recipe?’

Green represented a mediocre upper limit, but it meant there was still room for improvement.

’Why is this dish like this...?’

Without another word, Su Chen entered the Gourmet Practice Room.

He summoned a piece of yellow beef tenderloin, plus half a pound of cilantro, green and red line peppers, and a handful of small Chinese celery.

With some scallions and ginger, he basically had all the ingredients needed for the dish.

’Is this really necessary?’

Using his less-than-perfect knife skills, Su Chen sliced the yellow beef against the grain into thin pieces, each about half a coin’s thickness. He then placed them directly into a small bowl, added oyster sauce, light soy sauce, and pepper, and mixed it with his right hand until it grew sticky before quickly pouring in vegetable oil to lock in the moisture.

’This dish is so basic!’

Even now, Su Chen still felt this dish was so commonplace that he could make it without even thinking!