Daddy's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 642 - 626: The Man with the Divine Tongue

Lin Manli and other media professionals all successfully completed their respective shooting tasks.The work is done.

But they didn’t immediately pack their gear and leave; instead, they stayed in the restaurant to enjoy the delicious dishes on the table.

After resting for a while...

They got up contentedly, ready to return to their respective units and report to their leaders.

Before leaving, they all coincidentally came to the kitchen side, smiling and bidding farewell to Huang Tao: "Boss Huang, thank you for your gracious hospitality. We are heading back now..."

"Alright, take care..."

Since Huang Tao was busy cooking for other customers, he didn’t have time to personally send them off, so he had to delegate it to Old Qian beside him: "Old Qian, please see off Chief Editor Lin and the others for me."

With that word.

Old Qian obediently complied swiftly, coming over to professionally see them off.

Just hoping they’ll write the articles well when the time comes.

"Chief Editor Lin, thank you so much for visiting our new store amid your busy schedule, and even setting up a food column specifically for our dishes. I must trouble you to put more effort into the column when you go back."

While speaking, he didn’t forget to shake hands with Lin Manli and her team members one by one to express gratitude.

"Reporter Yang, thank you for coming here personally today, it really must have been hard for you all. We’ll need to trouble you a bit more when you go back, to put more thought into the articles."

"Host Liu, Host Ma, we meet again. Last time at the food festival, your hosting left me in awe! Thank you both so much..."

Old Qian’s business abilities were at odds with his chef profession, skillfully conversing, making Chief Editor Lin and the others beam with smiles.

This scene.

Made Huang Tao once suspect, instead of recruiting assistant chef Old Qian, he recruited a service manager Old Qian.

Indeed, Old Qian truly was a service manager delayed by his chef duties!

Old Qian saw them off to the door, waving ’bye-bye’: "Chief Editor Lin, Reporter Yang, Host Liu, Host Ma, take care on your way, do come again when you have time..."

"Alright, stay, no need to see us off."

Lin Manli slightly curled her lips into a smile, walked out of the restaurant, and after a few steps, she looked sideways at the floor-to-ceiling window. Through it, she caught a glimpse of Huang Tao’s figure busily working in the kitchen.

It’s a pity...

At that moment, Huang Tao was focused on his cooking and didn’t have time to look up at the view outside the restaurant.

Just as she was about to draw her gaze back in disappointment, she noticed Ye Wen sitting at a table with Xuanxuan and Mrs. Huang, their faces brimming with joyful smiles, appearing to get along quite harmoniously.

She knew Ye Wen was Xuanxuan’s homeroom teacher and that Ye Wen was specially invited by Huang Tao. She also heard that Ye Wen was interested in Huang Tao, that Huang Tao’s parents intended to match them up, and Huang Tao was not opposed to such matchmaking...

Honestly.

At first sight, she was amazed by Ye Wen’s pure beauty.

She was also pretty, but compared to Ye Wen, there was a slight gap.

Moreover, she saw in Ye Wen a level of innocence long absent from her life.

As pure as a blank sheet of paper.

Especially, the vibe of youth emanating from Ye Wen made her feel somewhat modest in comparison.

She was curious about how this girl with such a good exterior and interior fell for the widowed Huang Tao raising a child.

Then she smiled sheepishly.

She herself was also somewhat interested in Huang Tao...

Besides, with Huang Tao’s looks and skills, naturally, he’d be quite popular among girls, might even be the "Delicious Restaurant love at first sight, a lifetime mistake because of Huang Tao" kind!

Plus, Xuanxuan was so adorable and beautiful, so well-behaved and sensible, not only did she not detract from Huang Tao, but added to his favor!

Who could refuse this cute little darling?

"Chief Editor, it’s time to get in the car."

Liu’s reminder snapped Lin Manli back to reality, and she got in the car with a somewhat complex mix of emotions.

In the restaurant.

Huang Tao was busy until after one o’clock; he finally got a chance to take a breather.

He went to the sink, washed his hands, then took the thermal cup Old Qian handed over, and took a sip of water.

Entering the system, he opened the task reward panel and clicked open the rewards.

In an instant.

Before him appeared two books flashing with golden light, like secret manuals of a legendary caliber; they were one of his rewards: "Three Ways to Cook Spare Ribs," "Kung Pao Chicken."

Additionally, one more reward was "Five Senses Attribute Points +1."

Receiving three rewards at once equated to three times the happiness!

Relying on the sheer force of his will, he clicked on the word "receive" on the rewards interface.

For a moment...

Golden light subsided, and the handwriting slowly surfaced before his eyes.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining "Three Ways to Cook Spare Ribs"]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining "Kung Pao Chicken"]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining "Five Senses Attribute Points +1"]

For the first time, he didn’t immediately focus on the recipe rewards, but his attention was drawn to the "Five Senses Attribute Points +1" reward.

[Five Senses Attribute Points +1]: As the name suggests, it’s Visual +1, Auditory +1, Taste +1, Touch +1, Smell +1.

He couldn’t wait to click receive for the "Five Senses Attribute Points +1" item.

In an instant...

A warm current slowly flowed within his body, he sensed his body...

No!

To be precise, his vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell had changed, becoming more sensitive.

The scenes around the restaurant became clearer, the sounds heard more distinct, the residual aromas in the kitchen, the thermal cup in his hand, the temperature of the hot water from the cup, and the taste in his mouth...

Everything became clearer, more sensitive.

Not to hide from everyone, back in the first year of university, after acquiring a skill, he spent a long time with Gu Zhihao, absorbed in various wuxia films.

Therefore.

Both eyes were a bit nearsighted.

Probably over a hundred degrees~

Looking at words from a distance, it’s not particularly clear.

But now.

He sees things much more clearly than before, and can see distant words perfectly clear.

Have to say, such a reward is pretty nice indeed!

Speaking of which.

Will the system give him a "Divine Tongue" reward in the future?

In that case, he would be the man with the Divine Tongue!

Wait~

If he really got the "Divine Tongue" reward, it doesn’t seem like a very good thing...

With such a freakish ability, ordinary food wouldn’t satisfy his appetite at all, everything would taste like chewing wax.

Thinking of it this way.

He realized that plainness is truly wonderful!

He turned his attention to the first two rewards.

[Three Ways to Cook Ribs]: Sweet and sour, garlic aroma, black bean sauce these three methods, since the moment you claim it,

[Kung Pao Chicken]: This is a famous traditional dish with special characteristics, included in Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Guizhou cuisine. The ingredients and methods vary, its origin is related to the sauce-exploded chicken of Shandong cuisine and spicy chicken of Guizhou cuisine. It was later improved and popularized by Ding Baozhen, governor of Shandong and Sichuan during the Qing dynasty, forming a new dish--Kung Pao Chicken, which was passed down and is also categorized as Beijing palace cuisine. Kung Pao Chicken has also spread abroad.

[Ingredients and Method of Kung Pao Chicken]: Use chicken as the main ingredient, complemented by peanuts, chilies, and other ingredients...

He clicked to claim.

Closed his eyes, and experienced it carefully.

After a few minutes, the recipes for "Three Ways to Cook Ribs" and "Kung Pao Chicken" were already firmly in his mind.

Then immediately, he entered the task interface and claimed the latest task.

[Task]: Fame

[Fame]: As someone with extraordinary skills, you’ve mastered the culinary arts to create pleasurable dishes. Your culinary skills astonish people, and you now have a bigger stage to showcase your cooking. From this moment, please gain the favor of at least 100,000 customers!

Huang Tao: "..."

Okay~

This dumb system wants more new customers...

Huang Tao glanced at the task progress.

Task progress: 48321/100,000.

Looking at this number, Huang Tao started to doubt life.

Is this a joke?

It’s been over half a year!!!

Yet there are only 48,321 customers? Not even reaching 50,000?

He thought there’d be at least 70,000 or 80,000, at the very least 60,000?

Didn’t expect...

Reality gave him a harsh slap, making him recognize what reality is, what beautiful illusions are.

Indeed.

Back when he was at West City Old Street, the customer slots every day were all taken by the Old Street gang, making it hard for new customers to get a share.

Hence.

The task progress looks a bit bleak.

Luckily, he had the foresight to open a new store in the city area.

Surely, more new city customers will come in to dine, adding to his task progress.

So.

No rush.

It can definitely be completed.

Just at this moment, the cold system notification sounded in his mind again.

[Ding!]

[For claiming the task, the host has been rewarded a set of chef’s attire.]

[Chef’s Attire]: As a future Kitchen God, how could you not have a set of your very own chef’s outfit? Wearing this outfit can block all the oil smoke, not to mention all spices, greatly multiplying your combat strength.

Huang Tao glanced around the store, seeing everyone busy with their own tasks, not paying him any attention, he went to the partitioned area next to the kitchen, thought for a moment, and a set of white chef’s attire appeared right on the chair beside him.

He picked it up to look.

The texture felt excellent.

Silky and soft, very comfortable.

He slowly unfolded the chef’s attire...

Black trousers, white top, and a white apron.

But right!

There were two quite noticeable words on the apron.

Kitchen God!

Seeing these two words, Huang Tao’s lips involuntarily twitched.

This dumb system, probably doesn’t know the meaning of shame, right? Or maybe the system’s memory doesn’t have the word shame?

After all, how can one call themselves a Kitchen God?

It makes sense only if others call him a Kitchen God...