Chapter 343 - 146: Delicious Is Going to Be a Hit

Chapter 343: Chapter 146: Delicious Is Going to Be a Hit

This order today had certainly brought him far too many surprises.

First, there was the extra payment, then the livestream. Su Chen had also taken note of the person on the judge’s panel who had given the final critique.

The placard in front of his seat read: Zhao Huilian!

’Someone with their own encyclopedia entry is definitely no simple character.’

’If only I could poach him for my company. With Zhao Huilian and Chen the Eighth at the Snack Shop, I wouldn’t have anything left to do~’

As he mulled over these odds and ends, Su Chen’s energy gradually faded, and he quietly drifted off to sleep.

After the four socialites finished taking their photos, they took the exquisite dessert boxes Ling Shuyu had prepared for them and packed up all the pastries.

They had hoped to say goodbye to Boss Su before leaving, but were promptly talked out of it by the staff member at the door.

As for running his stall, one more or one less day didn’t make much of a difference.

Su Chen didn’t even stir until nightfall. He merely opened his eyes for a moment, rolled over, and went right back to sleep.

Little did he know, this single, unintentional appearance had sent terrifying shockwaves through the Capital City and across the entire internet!!!

「In the Capital City, at the TikTok event.」

After the event, the guests exchanged pleasantries and said their goodbyes. The first thing Sweet did was call her family’s butler.

"Jingzhou! I need you to book the fastest flight to Jingzhou!"

At the same time, Sweet immediately followed the Meiweilai Company’s account and jotted down the information from its updated bio.

"High-Tech Development Zone? Hmm... And there’s a product manager’s WeChat? I’ll just order some pastries for now!"

Meanwhile, the food vlogger Teacher Tang wasn’t angry at all, even after his tiramisu had been utterly demolished.

He had realized it back then—this Boss Su was no mere mortal. He was the kind of person that even the National Banquet Masters on the judging panel had to respect.

’There’s no shame in losing to someone like that!’

Besides, his main gig now was food vlogging, not being a chef. As long as his primary business was solid, nothing else mattered.

And speaking of his primary business...

Teacher Tang whispered to his assistant, "Hurry and book a flight to Jingzhou. If there are no flights, book a high-speed train. If there’s no high-speed train, book a regular one! I don’t care how we get there, we have to be fast! Boss Su is about to blow up online. Whoever gets to his place first gets the first big slice of the pie!"

It had to be said, Teacher Tang had a sharp nose for this kind of opportunity.

As for Teacher Sui, who had left the event early, he’d watched the rest of it from his hotel room. Now, the food vlogging expert was starting to have some thoughts of his own.

’Since when did the Huaiyang Cuisine Museum have an Honorary Curator? Could Mr. Jiang Wusheng have been behind this?’

’To be named Honorary Curator, Boss Su’s Huaiyang Cuisine must be absolutely top-notch!’

’I wonder what school of cooking this Boss Su comes from. I can’t let this go. I have to go check him out!’

If Su Chen hadn’t been given the title of "Honorary Curator of the Huaiyang Cuisine Museum," Teacher Sui might not have been interested at all.

But Sui Po himself had studied Huaiyang Cuisine. He had served as head chef at the Hilton and the Intercontinental Hotel in the Capital City, and the dishes he was best at and most confident in were also Huaiyang Cuisine.

"Book the fastest flight to Jingzhou—it would be best if we could arrive tomorrow! Get the whole team together. Our top priority right now is to go check out Boss Su’s place!"

"Teacher Sui, you can’t just walk into Boss Su’s restaurant and order," his assistant, Xiaozhang, said.

"Oh?" Sui Po was surprised. He hadn’t noticed that detail. "What do you mean?"

Xiaozhang pulled out his phone and showed Teacher Sui a chat log.

"I knew you’d want to go after watching the livestream, so I already contacted their manager. Apparently, they don’t take any orders under twenty thousand yuan!"

"What?" Sui Po’s eyes went wide, his face a mask of disbelief. "Isn’t that a bit arrogant of him?"

Keep in mind, this was Sui Po, a man who had studied under one of China’s most celebrated chefs. His own master’s master was even more of a legend—a key figure in the Capital City’s school of Huaiyang Cuisine during the Qing Dynasty, and a head chef for national banquets since the country’s founding!

Sui Po himself was now a Master Chef with a reputation in the Capital City for creating "dishes worth a thousand gold," yet even he wouldn’t dare ask for twenty thousand yuan for a single meal.

’How does this Boss Su have the nerve!’

"Twenty thousand... Tsk!" Sui Po frowned. "Book it! Book it now. Can we get a table for tomorrow?"

Xiaozhang scratched his head. "You can see for yourself. Their manager said they’re booked solid for the next few days. If we’re willing to wait, we just have to get in line."

’What the hell?’

Sui Po took the phone and read the chat log over and over. After confirming that his assistant was telling the truth, he was completely baffled.

’What is wrong with people these days? A twenty-thousand-yuan meal, and you’re all fucking scrambling for a bite?’

’Is there no other good food left in the entire Xia Country?’

"Regardless, we have to go to Jingzhou! Even if we can’t get a reservation, we’re going!"

"You got it!"

After giving his instructions, Sui Po collapsed onto his bed, his mind buzzing.

’I don’t get it. I really don’t get it. What the hell is wrong with the world? Are people just casually dropping tens of thousands on a single meal now?’

But no matter what, the trip to Jingzhou was set in stone. If for no other reason than to find out what this Boss Su was really made of.

「Meanwhile, in a hotel in the Capital City.」

"Two hundred yuan! Whatever the restaurant serves, I’ll eat!"

A bald streamer was livestreaming from his hotel room. "Today, I’m taking you all to check out the restaurants of the Capital City! Let’s see what two hundred yuan can get you here in the shadow of the Imperial City!"

The "Two Hundred Yuan" guy finished speaking and glanced at the live comments.

"Hey, what are you guys all going on about? What’s ’Delicious’? Is there even a restaurant called Delicious in the Capital City?"