Inside a building on the commercial pedestrian street.

In a certain room.

Dozens of surveillance videos fill an entire wall.

The surveillance interface has small windows.

Virtually capturing every scenario on the commercial pedestrian street.

Several men and women in suits are sitting in a row, intently staring at the surveillance footage.

Then they glance down at their notebooks, checking if the real-time data is correctly recorded.

This data is crucial!

It will serve as proof for the daily "Most Popular Stall" selection and the "Packaging King" three days later.

The chef of today's "Most Popular Stall" will be invited by the organizers to participate in the "Live Cooking" event tomorrow afternoon.

As for this afternoon's candidate, it's already settled.

The head chef of the International Hotel's top-ranked team from last year's top 10 will personally instruct the cooking skills.

In previous years, the head chef of the International Hotel dominated the "Live Cooking" for all three days.

He truly stands alone, unmatched by anyone else!

This year, the International Hotel's stall is also included in the "Most Popular Stall" selection.

Of course, the International Hotel is still determined to sweep the "Live Cooking" event for three days this year, and to retain the top spot in the TOP10 competition!

On the surveillance footage, besides stalls like the International Hotel's which are highly popular, another stall is unusually eye-catching.

From the surveillance footage, this stall belongs to an unknown small restaurant.

Its name doesn't sound like a high-end five-star hotel, and it carries a hint of tackiness!

Called... Delicious Restaurant!

The main dishes are just ordinary food.

But surprisingly, this unremarkable stall has formed a five-row long queue.

A quick glance shows a sea of people!

All ages and genders are present!

The staff and food critics in suits at the scene are staring intently at the footage, lost in thought.

They all posed the soul-searching question: What exactly is so special about the items at the Delicious Restaurant stall?

Except for Old Qin.

Old Qin gazed at the footage, seeing the stall filled with braised dishes, six or seven plates laid out, particularly enticing.

Many of them were new braised dishes he hadn't tried before.

His eyes lit up, whispering in surprise, "Wow~ Boss Huang is releasing new braised dishes, this is something to have…"

At this moment.

He felt the cravings in his stomach had been fully aroused, unable to sit still.

Quickly getting up and addressing the food critics present, he cupped his hands, "Everyone, I'll leave for a bit, to buy some braised dishes at the Delicious Restaurant stall, I'll be right back."

"Alright, Old Qin, if you want to buy, just go ahead!"

A chubby old man beside him nodded with a smile.

Another elder with graying hair paused for a moment, then said, "Old Qin, wait a moment, I'll go with you."

He wanted to see exactly how the Delicious Restaurant stall's items tasted.

It seemed that Old Qin knew the owner of the Delicious Restaurant, but why was Old Qin so eager?

Old Qin saw it was Wei Mingguo, the former head chef of the national banquet, smiled and made a gesture of invitation: "Sure! Old Wei, let's go together then…"

Saying so, the two headed towards the door.

As they just stepped outside the room.

A voice from behind said, "Old Qin, Old Wei, remember to bring some back for me too! A portion of everything."

Wei Mingguo staggered, almost falling!

"I say, Old Zhu, if you want to eat, why not come with us!"

These old fellows, they're all tempted…

Old Qin gently shook his folding fan, smiled knowingly without commenting.

…

Commercial pedestrian street, Delicious Restaurant stall area.

Six or seven plates of braised dishes consumed at an especially fast pace.

Even the braised dishes in the stainless steel barrels at the back were nearly scooped out.

Huang Tao quickly made a phone call, asking Xu Hao to tell the driver to deliver several more barrels.

Also, to bring more boiled fish soup, sliced fish meat, and the pre-prepared roast duck.

Xu Hao, having prepared the goods, hurriedly instructed the driver to deliver them upon receiving the call.

Jiang Guowei and Jiangling volunteered to join Yan Ming and Ji in providing support outside the stall.

Meanwhile, Huang Tao continued slicing roast duck and cooking fish slices for customers.

Ding Suqin assisted with packaging.

Lin Yuhan was busy packing braised dishes for customers.

Before long, the braised food and roast duck were in a state of short supply.

The stocks were completely sold out, and there was no more!

When customers queued up to order roast duck and braised dishes, Lin Yuhan apologetically said, "Sorry! The braised dishes and roast duck are sold out now, the new braised dishes are on their way, it'll take about ten minutes. As for the roast duck, it still needs to roast, probably about twenty more minutes, can you wait?"

"Ah... alright, it's okay, ten minutes for the braised dishes is tolerable, twenty or so minutes for the roast duck… hmm, alright, I'll wait."

The person in the queue ahead replied with a smile, subconsciously standing aside, browsing the phone while waiting.

Others in line for braised dishes and roast duck nodded in agreement, willing to wait, and joined those in front, waiting by the side.

Well, how to put it, delicious food is worth waiting for!

If it weren't for the aromatic braised fragrance from the Delicious Restaurant stall attracting him from a distance, he wouldn't have waited at all.

Not even for a minute!

After all, there are so many foods at this taste exhibition, if this stall doesn't work, just switch to another stall; queuing and waiting, honestly, is a waste of time and life.

"Alright, thanks for your understanding!" Lin Yuhan sweetly smiled politely.

At this moment, Huang Tao kept busy preparing fish slices in nourishing fish soup for a customer who had ordered it earlier.

The diners, browsing phones and waiting for braised dishes, couldn't help swallowing under the enticing aroma of the nourishing fish soup, feeling their cravings intensifying.

They wanted to drink it!

Since it was boring to wait, how about ordering a bowl of nourishing fish soup?

It could pass the time and satisfy the craving.

Thus, those queuing up unanimously ordered nourishing fish soup.

Contributing a small effort to Huang Tao's "Ten Thousand Serve" mission.

Huang Tao took a quick break amidst his busy schedule and activated the task interface in his mind.

Checking the progress of the "Ten Thousand Cuts" task.

[Ten Thousand Cuts: As a future Kitchen God mastering gourmet cooking, letting more and more customers experience ultimate deliciousness is your ultimate goal. Please attract 10,000 customers with your nourishing fish soup!]

[Task progress: 9468 people.]

With some effort, maybe it can be completed after the food festival ends today!

Huang Tao suddenly felt hope for completing the "Ten Thousand Cuts," as if it was beckoning to him.

He felt a bit emotional inside, but didn't show it on his face, and started focusing on scooping fish meat.

One serving.

Two servings.

Three servings.

...

Huang Tao's serving speed was very fast.

In just a few minutes.

The customers waiting for the stewed and roast duck also got their nourishing fish soup.

Once they held the takeaway boxes, they started eating.

Just a few bites in, Huang Tao heard these customers' excited conversations!

"It's so delicious, wow, it's really so delicious!"

"This fish meat doesn't have a single bone, later I'll buy another bowl to take back for my grandpa to taste..."

"I came here with an empty stomach, and now drinking this bowl of delicious fish soup, my stomach feels warm and very comfortable, a special sense of happiness."

Drinking this bowl of delicious fish soup made them even more eager for the aromatic and fragrant stewed dishes.

At this moment.

Jiang Guowei and three others, who went to the outer part of the exhibition to pick up goods, returned to the Delicious Restaurant stall carrying stainless steel containers filled with stewed goods.

"Boss Huang, the stewed dishes you wanted, I've placed them here."

After Jiang Guowei finished speaking, he went with Jiangling and others to fetch other ingredients.

"Thanks, appreciate the hard work, everyone!"

Huang Tao smilingly thanked their retreating backs, then instructed Ding Suqin to leave the packing matter for now and go serve up the stews.

Ding Suqin and Lin Yuhan immediately started ladling the stews from the stainless steel containers into trays.

Yan Ming and Ji, who returned after fetching more supplies, were also busy.

They placed the ducks into the automatic roasting machines one by one for cooking.

Before long, Ding Suqin and Lin Yuhan finished serving the stews.

The booth was once again filled with trays of stewed dishes for customers to choose from.

The waiting customers, seeing the variety of stewed dishes with their own unique aromas and attractive flavors, felt their wait was worthwhile!

"One marinated pig's trotter, one marinated duck neck, two marinated chicken claws, two marinated chicken wings..."

"I want a serving of marinated vegetables, one marinated chicken drumstick, one marinated duck neck..."

"..."

Lin Yuhan, with a takeaway box in her left hand and long chopsticks in her right, swiftly picked up the stewed dishes the customers ordered, placed them into the boxes, and then packed them up.

A scene of bustling activity~

When Old Qin and Wei Mingguo arrived at Huang Tao's stall and saw this bustling scene, despite being mentally prepared, they were genuinely taken aback by the lively crowd.

On the surveillance screens, they could only see that there were a lot of people.

But being on site, they could feel the atmosphere!

Wei Mingguo had never seen before a situation where people would argue just to drink more fish soup or eat more fish meat.

And it was even a pair of fifteen or sixteen-year-old twin sisters.

The two ate faster and faster.

They wished they could put their faces into the takeaway boxes.

The slightly shorter girl was losing ground and couldn't help but say, "Half for you, half for me, don't make it ugly."

"Why should I? You clearly ate more than one slice of fish just now!" the slightly taller girl said angrily.

"But you drank more fish soup than I did~"

"That's because you ate an extra slice of fish first!"

Neither of the sisters would yield.

Seeing they were about to come to blows, thankfully their mother intervened and promised to buy each of them another bowl of nourishing fish soup to settle the dispute.

If not!

The sisters would have definitely started fighting for it!

Seeing this scene, an expression of puzzlement appeared on Wei Mingguo's old face.

This nourishing fish soup?

Is it really that delicious?

These twin sisters almost fell out and fought over a bowl of nourishing fish soup?

That's just too exaggerated!

He initially came over just out of curiosity, following Old Qin here and wanting to taste this stall's food to see how it actually tasted.

But now, he was actually looking forward to it a bit.

After all, public opinion is usually quite accurate.

If this nourishing fish soup is so popular, then this stall's food must have its own special qualities.

So, filled with anticipation, he went to the back of the queue.

Thinking that someone as prestigious as him, the former executive chef of the state banquet, is lining up with a bunch of young lads, young girls, and old folks to buy food—if word got out, many in the industry would be utterly shocked~

In Huaxia's culinary world, Wei Mingguo was also quite famous.

His name was like a living golden signboard.

Back in the day, after he retired from the state banquet, wealthy businessmen offered him high sums to cook for them, but he refused all of them outright.

Instead, he returned to his hometown to enjoy his retirement!

Under normal circumstances, he would never come to such a small stall.

But today is different; the stalls gathered in the commercial pedestrian street represent diverse local gastronomic specialties.

Even though Delicious Restaurant is a small eatery, being selected for this year's food festival and being so popular here implies that it must have something extraordinary.

So, he wanted to come and try it for himself.

But Old Qin behind him had no such thoughts.

He was simply craving the food made by Huang Tao.

Just came to satisfy his cravings!

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