Chapter 88 - The Little Master Chefs Cooking Guide (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In Uncle Bull’s career as a sharp-tongued commentator, it was the first time for him to fail. After the live-stream ended, he edited the video properly and uploaded it online.

In just two days, the number of views had exceeded a million.

Turning on the video, there were dishes that looked, smelled, and tasted good. They were delicious and cheap. It made people salivate and there were so many praises on the bullet screen. Even in the comments section, it was rare that no one had picked on a fault.

The people who had visited the “Eight-year-old cafeteria” were all recommending their favorite dishes in the comments section. Initially, during the past few months when it was non-peak season, the entire food street’s business was not very good.

However, before the “Eight-year-old cafeteria” had even opened, there was already a long queue at the entrance. There were no empty seats every day, and business was very good.

Xu Le was excited every night as he calculated the net profit after accounting for the cost.

That morning, the system beeped twice and issued a mission: “Please record a food tutorial video. The number of likes needs to exceed 3 million for you to receive 600 gourmet points and a new opportunity.”

Xu Le brushed his teeth and asked in doubt, “3 million?”

There weren’t many fans on the platform for short videos. Even if he had already more than five million fans, the previous “Boiled Beef Slices” that he posted had only a million likes.

“That’s right. Please complete it as soon as possible.”

“Oh,” Xu Le answered. He spat out the foam, wiped the toothpaste stains on his mouth, and went to wake Xu Tian up.

“Tian Tian, it’s time for school, you’re going to be late!”

“I’m not getting up… sleepy,” Xu Tian muttered. “Just ten more minutes of sleep.”

She closed her eyes and pulled the blanket over her head.

Xu Le didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He said seriously, “You’re really going to be late. Otherwise, we won’t have time for breakfast later.”

Xu Tian was still dawdling when she suddenly smelled a fragrance. She sat up from the bed and said, “Brother, what are you cooking? It smells so good!”

She jumped off the bed and ran to the kitchen without putting on her shoes. Through the glass, she saw the stew in the casserole.

Xu Le chased after her with her shoes and said helplessly, “I’ve made chicken sauce rice noodles for you. I’m cooking the sauce now. Go wash up and sit down. Otherwise, you won’t have time to eat later.”

“Alright!”

Xu Tian ran off to wash up while Lu Yuxi came out of the room with sleepy eyes. She yawned and said, “As expected, gluttony is the greatest source of motivation.”

Xu Le teased her on purpose. “Didn’t you wake up from your cravings too?”

“Hmph.”

Lu Yuxi followed him to the kitchen to help. She saw the bright golden chicken soup in the casserole, where the fragrance was overflowing.

She saw Xu Le bringing out the vermicelli that had been bought and said, “I want to eat noodles. Do you have potato noodles or rice noodles?”

“There’s rice noodles.” Xu Le said, “Then I’ll change it for you.”

Lu Yuxi’s eyes lit up. “Okay! Thank you, Boss. Boss is so nice!”

The chicken soup was stewed with black chicken with ginger slices and scallions. When it was almost ready, he just needed to add some salt and pepper.

That would preserve the original flavor.

Xu Le took the vegetables and bean skins, washed them and cut them. Then, he found the beefballs that he had not finished previously.

The cooking method of the vermicelli was very fast and simple. The vermicelli that were curled into a ball would be softened in boiling water. The same applied to the rice noodles.

There were scallions, dried shrimp, seaweed, and a small piece of lard placed at the bottom of the bowl. The vegetables, bean skin, and beef balls could be boiled in the chicken soup before serving. The vermicelli were poured in, and a bowl of simple breakfast was ready.

According to one’s personal preference, one could choose to add in soya sauce and vinegar. The salt had already been added into the chicken soup. It was tender and delicious, and he didn’t even need to add MSG.

“You only made one bowl?”

“There’s no chili in this bowl. Wait a minute.”