Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 207 - 204: They’re Not Qualified to Nitpick

"What a pity, such an interesting event, I can’t make it. Otherwise, I’d really want to see just how colorful Jiang Yu’s expression would be."

Qian Yunfan took another bite of his carrot, tossed the remaining root towards a nearby trash can, clapped his hands and laughed, saying:

"Don’t worry, I’ll send you a video when the time comes. Isn’t it easy to watch a drama?"

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What was happening with Jiangxia, of course Jiang Yu in Jiangzhou didn’t know.

After sharing two pots of tea and chatting a bit with Xiong Bingsheng in a small private room, Xiong Bingsheng, who couldn’t sit still any longer, said his goodbyes and left.

He had obtained the right to use the private room and was feeling excited, just wanting to get back quickly to tell Niu Wenlin about it and share his joy.

Escorting Xiong Bingsheng out of the cafeteria doors, seeing the uncontainable joy at the corners of his eyes, watching him hastily leave once he stepped outside, Jiang Yu couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh. This Teacher Xiong, really can’t hide his emotions!

After a brief moment of reflection, Jiang Yu turned back around, planning to return to the small private room to rest a while before going upstairs. There were still four private rooms of diners tonight, so he had to prepare a bit earlier.

Just as he arrived outside the small private room, he saw Jia Dequan slowly walking out of the kitchen with a thermos cup in his hands.

Seeing him, Jia Dequan grinned and said, "I was just about to go up and find you, didn’t expect you’d come down yourself."

Jiang Yu opened the door to the small private room, let Jia Dequan in first, and then followed inside.

After sitting down on the sofa, Jiang Yu looked up at Jia Dequan with some curiosity and asked:

"I didn’t see you come up for lunch, why are you thinking of going up now? Are you looking for me for something?"

"Hehe, it’s nothing major."

Jia Dequan unscrewed the thermos cup, blew on it, took a sip of water, then smacked his lips and continued,

"Do you remember the thing I told you about the day I returned?"

Jiang Yu furrowed his brow, thinking carefully before he tentatively asked, "You’re not going to tell me that a chef wants to challenge me, are you?"

"It’s not just one or two chefs, it’s a whole group!"

Jia Dequan seemed to quite enjoy this, he chuckled and said,

"My apprentice knows I’m here and specially called to inform me. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

He said, there’s a renowned chef in Jiangxia who somehow got hold of one of our second-floor private rooms, and a dozen top chefs from major restaurants are raring to go, planning to come to Jiangzhou in the next couple of days!"

"Let them come, we, in big Jiangzhou, have no gates, right? Do we have to keep them out?"

Jiang Yu took a sip of water, looking nonchalant, he said,

"As long as they’ve booked a private room, I’ll host them. Otherwise, they can go back to where they came from. This isn’t a place for free meals."

A group of chefs from Jiangxia booked a private room in Dining Room 7 to have a meal?

Then let them come!

As long as they’re not planning on having a ’free meal’, they’re welcome to do as they please!

"Hehehe, I knew you’d react like this."

Jia Dequan couldn’t help but laugh, he pointed his finger at Jiang Yu, reminding,

"But, you should be a little cautious. This group of top chefs have come prepared, they’re planning to first be diners, pick at your dishes, and then think of some outside-the-box tricks to force you into a cooking competition!"

Jiang Yu said, "Oh, then let them come, I wish they could pick at my dishes, that way there’s room for improvement in what I cook."

If you dare to be a chef, don’t be afraid of having your dishes nitpicked or criticized.

Because sometimes, the diners’ taste buds are the only standard for how well a dish is done. Diners picking at dishes allows chefs to continually explore and improve in practice, and only then can their culinary skills become more refined.

So, Jiang Yu wasn’t worried at all, in fact, he was somewhat happy.

First of all, you have to have the skill to find faults!

If you can’t even find faults, no matter how much you jump, what’s the point?

And if you can actually find faults, that’s a good thing, because only then can Jiang Yu continually improve his dishes and make progress, right?

No one is perfect, even state banquet chefs can’t make flawless dishes. If you really intend to find faults, you always can; it just depends on whether you have the skill.

Let alone Jiang Yu, whose cooking skills haven’t reached the pinnacle yet?

"I’m quite surprised you think this way. You know, even some well-established chefs only like to hear praises and dislike people picking faults."

After listening to Jiang Yu, Jia Dequan was stunned for a moment and then shook his head with a smile, saying,

"But to be honest, with the level of those chefs from Jiangxia, if they really tasted your dishes, I’m afraid they’d all be dumbfounded, and who would have the mind to pick at your dishes by then?

To pick faults, with their skills, it won’t do!"