Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 411 - 257: If You Can’t Let Go of Private Rooms, You Can’t Keep Talent

Chapter 411: Chapter 257: If You Can’t Let Go of Private Rooms, You Can’t Keep Talent

"Why book a private room in advance? I’m not planning to eat at the Seventh Dining Hall, just trying out the student cafeteria on the first floor will do. Aren’t the dishes there also made by Jiang Yu?"

"You little girl, so you came all the way here without figuring anything out first?"

The driver uncle burst into laughter upon hearing this, and after a while, he explained,

"Before the Seventh Dining Hall opened, most of the dishes in the student cafeteria on the first floor were indeed made by Jiang Yu.

But after the Seventh Dining Hall officially opened, the food in the student cafeteria wasn’t made by Jiang Yu anymore; it was done by Jiang Yu’s apprentices!

You should think about it, Jiang Yu is just one person, not a robot. No matter how much energy he has, he couldn’t possibly run a restaurant and take care of a student cafeteria at the same time!"

Zhu Yaxue: "..."

The driver uncle’s words seemed to make a lot of sense!

Before rushing to buy the "fan benefit" Peach Blossom Pastry, she hadn’t really paid much attention to Jiang Yu and the Seventh Dining Hall, only knowing that the food there was delicious.

She previously thought that Jiang Yu was still cooking on the first floor of the Seventh Dining Hall!

If it’s really as the driver uncle said, then even if she rushed over there now, she still wouldn’t be able to eat dishes made by Jiang Yu.

As for booking a private room, that’s even more of an unknown.

Who knows if she would be lucky enough to snatch a private room like the "fan benefit"?

As she was at a loss, the driver uncle chuckled and said:

"Looking at you, young lady, I guess you don’t know that without a student ID from Jiangzhou University, you probably can’t even get through the school gates.

The school doesn’t want a lot of outsiders going into the Seventh Dining Hall to compete with the students for food, so they’ve strengthened gate management since last year, and this year it’s even stricter.

You see, if you can’t enter the school, you can’t even get into the Seventh Dining Hall.

So, the idea you had about trying the food on the first floor of the Seventh Dining Hall, that’s quite a challenge too!"

"..."

Zhu Yaxue’s excitement upon landing had completely vanished by this moment.

She had heard that Jiang Yu’s dishes were delicious, so she flew all the way here just to taste them!

Who would have thought there’d be so many "obstacles" just to have a meal?

It’s just good food, why must it be such a torment?!

It’s frustrating!

She was gritting her teeth in anger, and seeing her silent, the driver uncle couldn’t help but ask:

"Hey, young lady, do you still want to go to Jiangzhou University now?

I must tell you, the new campus of Jiangzhou University is in the outskirts, and the area outside the school is as desolate as the countryside.

Since you can’t get in, I think you might as well find a place to stay the night in the city and buy a ticket back tomorrow.

Besides, there are plenty of delicious places in the city too. Although they can’t compare to Jiang Yu’s, they’re rare delights nonetheless. You shouldn’t miss out on Jiangzhou’s culinary offerings."

"No, driver, just take me to Jiangzhou University!"

Zhu Yaxue shook her head and said firmly,

"I won’t leave until I eat Jiang Yu’s cooking!"

I just have to see how good Jiang Yu’s dishes really are, being so sought-after for reservations and restricted from outsiders entering the school...

If it’s not good, I’ll write an article to criticize him!

Humph!

...

Little did Jiang Yu know that not far from the school, there was a girl who hadn’t even met him yet but was already thinking about how to "criticize" him.

Of course, even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t care. Why care about someone he doesn’t know?

Moreover, he had more important things to do at the moment.

After discussing with Jia Dequan in the private room all afternoon, and considering feedback from various dining hall staff like Lu Shuwu, Hu Zhihai, and Yan Tongtong, he roughly figured it out.

Actually, his dishes didn’t have the power to evoke emotions in everyone.

For instance, his sweet and sour carp made Pan Jingchen feel hope, and triggered memories for Jia Dequan, but Yan Tongtong only thought it was delicious, without other feelings.

Of course, if there was any effect, it was that Yan Tongtong found the dish increasingly appetizing, simply an extreme sensory pleasure.

So in the end, his dishes were just tastier than average.

Delicious food can evoke memories and awaken appetites of diners, which isn’t all that strange, right?

Nevertheless, Jiang Yu decided to try his dishes on a few anorexia patients, testing their "power."

If his dishes could indeed get anorexia patients to eat, regardless, at least he could consider it a good deed for society.

Jiang Yu had once read a report stating that in the United States, about 30 million people suffer from eating disorders, while in Huaxia, the number ranges from 90-120 million.

In the United States, someone dies from an eating disorder every 62 minutes, while in Huaxia, it’s every 15-20 minutes.

Among all mental illnesses, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate.