I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 591 - 282: The Rice Killer Lives Up to The Name! A New Special Item Has Been Obtained, Exchange! [Subscribe Request]_2

Chapter 591: Chapter 282: The Rice Killer Lives Up to The Name! A New Special Item Has Been Obtained, Exchange! [Subscribe Request]_2

Now that Lin Ji is about to serve this dish, let’s just aim for the absolute best, making people subconsciously think of Lin Ji’s Food whenever this dish comes to mind.

Moreover, compared to other dishes, Mapo Tofu truly is synonymous with low cost and high profit.

The cost of one serving is just a few bucks, but it can be sold for dozens of bucks.

Such a high profit margin beats many meat dishes, and more importantly, it can create a word-of-mouth effect that attracts more customers.

In short, it has numerous benefits.

Lin Xu said, "Mapo Tofu must be served in a bowl, don’t mix it up."

He scooped some more food into his bowl and finished off the rice.

The small bowl of rice was gone before he’d barely touched it; the ’rice-killer’ trait of Mapo-style dishes was truly formidable.

After putting down his bowl and spoon, Lin Xu looked at the remaining Chicken Cakes and said, "Let’s make all these Chicken Cakes tonight so everyone can have a taste... This method of making Chicken Cakes is really troublesome. Chef Zhu, is making Fish Cakes just as difficult?"

Zhu Yong, who was busily eating his rice, hurriedly replied, "Not difficult, not difficult at all. Fish doesn’t have sinews, so you can just scrape the meat into a paste. It’s simpler than making Chicken Cakes... If you’d like to try some, I can make a bit for everyone later."

Zhuang Yizhou immediately suggested, "Then, when you do, make it into a Mapo dish too! Mapo Fish Cake—just the name is enough to make one’s mouth water."

Following this idea, in the future, there could even be dishes like Mapo Shrimp Cake, Mapo Pork Cake, Mapo Lamb Cake, and more. Quite an interesting thought.

After eating and taking a sip of water, Lin Xu was about to go downstairs to find Dundun and claim that Perfect Level niche Sichuan dish. Suddenly, he remembered that the special items in the System Points Mall were due for a refresh. He opened the System Points Mall to see what new special items were available.

If possible, he would redeem it directly while he had plenty of points. That way, he could use it anytime.

Upon opening the special items section, that darn countdown had finally disappeared, and the page had refreshed.

He skipped past the Heartless Iron Hand, God of Wealth Artifact, and Eye of Discrimination—items he had already obtained. After scrolling for a while, Lin Xu finally found the newly refreshed special item.

[Hand is a Scale: A special item that can accurately measure the weight of objects, a favorite of Pastry Chefs. Redemption price: 2,888,888 points]

What?! Accurately measure the weight of objects?

He’d often heard that in the past, some street vendors had incredibly accurate hands, able to tell the weight of vegetables just by lifting them. He never thought he could achieve that too. What a pleasant surprise!

With this special Skill, he would no longer need an electronic scale when making pastries. He could just weigh ingredients with his hands, and the amount would be perfectly clear.

This was simply fantastic!

No wonder they specially added a line in the description saying it’s a favorite of Pastry Chefs.

As a practitioner of Magic and Martial Dual Cultivation... oh, no, that’s not it... as a young chef proficient in both savory cooking (red kitchen) and pastry (white kitchen) arts, I obviously have to get this special item!

The price of 2,888,888 points was acceptable. Although it was a million points more expensive than the Eye of Discrimination, with the current inflation of points and him having plenty, it was understandable for the system to raise prices.

Thinking this, Lin Xu didn’t hesitate to choose to redeem it.

"Are you sure you want to spend 2,888,888 points to redeem the special item ’Hand is a Scale’?"

After pressing the redeem button for the Eye of Discrimination, the system’s prompt tone immediately sounded in his mind.

"Yes!"

Once the redemption was confirmed, System Points were automatically deducted.

Then, the prompt sounded again: "Redemption successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the special item ’Hand is a Scale.’ The item can accurately measure the weight of objects, with a current measurement error range of ±25 grams. Spend 1,888,888 points to upgrade, and after the upgrade, the measurement error range will be ±5 grams. Would you like to upgrade the special item?"

What in the world?! I spent a freaking 2,888,888 points on this item, only to get a semi-finished product? This system has truly mastered the money-grubbing tactics of freemium games... It only learns the bad tricks, not the good ones!

He was fuming, but ultimately, with no other choice, he decided to spend another 1,888,888 points to upgrade.

The reason was simple: without upgrading, the error range of his hands would be half a liang. This wasn’t a problem for general pastries, but for the most refined Snacks, an error margin of ±25 grams was too large.

To use it conveniently, he had to choose to upgrade so that the error range would shrink to 5 grams. In Chinese weight units, this equates to one qian, the smallest unit in Chinese weight measurement.

The conversion in Chinese weight measurement is simple: one jin equals ten liang, and one liang equals ten qian. As for anything smaller, it basically only exists in theory. Even the qian level of weight measurement is only used for Chinese herbal medicine and precious metals and is rarely encountered in everyday life.

"After spending 1,888,888 points, the special item ’Hand is a Scale’ upgrade succeeded. The host’s hands can now measure weights with an error within 5 grams. Congratulations to the host."

Stop congratulating me; I don’t want to hear it.

Lin Xu wore a helpless expression.

He had originally planned to spend 1.88 million points on a special item. He hadn’t expected that not only would the price increase by a million, but he’d also need to spend more to upgrade it.

This was downright robbery! Worse than bandits!

He once had over ten million points and was living a carefree life. But today, he first spent 2 million on the Mapo Tofu Technique, then nearly five million on this special item. His points had suddenly dwindled significantly.

While he was still annoyed, the system’s prompt sounded again: "The host has spent over 5 million points today, completing the Hidden task ’Splurge Millions’ and obtained a Perfect Level filling lottery draw. Would you like to draw immediately?"