41 Frustrating Hos (1/2)

Jiang Feng woke up early the next morning to help set the restaurant up.

Jiang Feng had checked the details on the Good Taste Cooking Competition the night before. The first competition was held in the coming March. The champion of the competition won 10,000 dollars, while the runner-up and second runner-up won 6,000 and 3,000, respectively. Since the participants were amateurs or chefs of small restaurants, news of the competition wasn't widely spread. That was why Jiang Feng had never heard about it before.

But since the competition was a huge success the first time, the Good Taste company decided to expand the second season. Not only had the prize money increased, but the company even promoted the competition on its official website. When Jiang Feng searched about the competition online, he noticed that the media was reporting about it too.

Registration for the competition began in January. Only 64 people would be selected to participate in the competition. After 5 rounds of matches, the champion would be crowned. The competition wasn't limited to A City either, the Good Taste decided to expand it to six cities, selecting the best of the best from each city to participate. The whole tournament would even be live-streamed by various media companies. With all the attention that it could garner, the 10,000 dollars first prize wasn't even the focus of the participants anymore. The competition was a chance for young chefs to gain a tremendous amount of fame.

That was why Wu Qimin was eager to participate too.

The competition would be held in March, which meant that Jiang Feng had more than four months to prepare for it.

But Jiang Feng knew that the difference in skill between him and Wu Qimin couldn't be shortened in just four months.

Jiang Feng was cutting the vegetables as his mind was elsewhere.

”Oh, right! Xiao Feng, remember the question you asked me yesterday? I gave some thought about it yesterday,” Jiang Jiankang, who was also cutting vegetables, suddenly said. ”The mushroom flavor is too strong for the stock, I think it would be better if you try using daikons instead.”

”Daikons?” Jiang Feng asked and gave some thought.

Hmm… Even though daikon would be a better match for all the other ingredients, I can't change the original ingredients of the recipe…

But… Daikon is definitely a great idea. It's available all year round, it can help moisten the lungs. When it's cooked, it has a soothing effect. The most important thing is that it can take on many flavors.

I think it would be better if I mix daikons into the mushroom stock instead.

Jiang Feng kept pondering on what else he could add until it was lunchtime.

Liu Qian came into the restaurant with her bag on her back. She sat at the window table, where she usually sat and ordered Steamed Chicken Legs with Pickled Mustard, some Stir-fried Cabbage, and a glass of hot milk tea.

Since the weather had gotten cold, the Healthy Restaurant stopped selling Sour Prune Juice and Mung Bean Soup. Instead, they'd opted for hot soy milk and milk tea. But the sales of the milk tea weren't great as no one was used to milk tea without artificial sweetener. Plus, the milk tea at the Healthy Restaurant was double the price compared to other places.

When all of the dishes were served, Liu Qian was ready to start her live-stream as usual. But when she opened the app for the live-stream, she was shocked by the sharp increase in her followers.

It had skyrocketed from less than 10 people to more than a thousand followers.

Am… am I becoming famous?

Liu Qian couldn't help but think.

After setting the title as ”Daily Lunchtime,” Liu Qian started the stream and waved at her six viewers.

”Heya! Qianqian here. As usual, I'm having lunch at my club president's family's restaurant. Here are the foods I've ordered. Steamed Chicken Legs with Pickled Mustard, Stir-fried Cabbage, and a glass of hot milk tea! Well then, thank you for the meal!”

As soon as Liu Qian finished her introduction, she started to eat.

Her camera was pointing at her nostrils once again.

[Hey! Frustrating Host! Hand over the recipe for the sauce yesterday!]

[He's right! Hand over the recipe, Frustrating Host!]

[What a great name. Frustrating Host doing her best to frustrate her viewers.]

[Is she rich or something? She keeps eating such luxurious lunch every day.]

Viewers began to flood into her live-stream. Most of them were new followers who started following her since dinner the night before.

Some of the followers had only started following Liu Qian that day and was wondering why they were calling her Frustrating Host.

[Why are you guys calling her Frustrating Host?]

One of the viewers who commented the most in Liu Qian's live-stream, with the name of Yanjia Xiaoyu, quickly replied.

[Because it's frustrating to watch!]

Soon, Liu Qian proved why they called her the Frustrating Host.

Liu Qian didn't even take a peek at her phone while she ate. She didn't even remember that she had her phone on because her live-stream was always quiet. Since her viewers never interacted with her, she stopped checking her phone altogether.