The opening ceremony of Zhenxiu Pavilion was much more lively than Zhou Jinnan had imagined. Many faces in the bustling crowd looked familiar. The process of the ceremony was very simple. When Zhou Jinnan and Qin Kai arrived, most people had already taken their seats in advance under the guidance of service robots.

The familiar layout in front of him was arranged to look completely unfamiliar, and some details still showed traces of the original Zhudao Restaurant. Zhou Jinnan still remembers that the first place he saw when he arrived at the station was here. In less than a month, he has gradually gotten used to a completely different life from before.

 Zhou Jinnan took Qin Kai to his seat. Mozhi wrapped his body around Zhou Jinnan’s neck, like a snow-white scarf that attracted people’s attention. He looked around and sniffed with his little nose: “Zhou Jinnan, I smell beef tenderloin and lobster, but the chef’s level is very average.” As a spiritual pet of a food cultivator, Mozhi’s ability to distinguish food has reached perfection. Even if most of the smell is blocked by high technology, he can still distinguish it.

“You have a sharp nose. You should say less.” Zhou Jinnan whispered.

The people at the same table with Zhou Jinnan were all famous chefs on Aquamarine Star. At a glance, they all looked middle-aged. Before Zhou Jinnan sat down, they had been chatting for a while. When they saw two young people suddenly appear at the same table with them, someone secretly frowned slightly and politely asked about Zhou Jinnan’s background.

“Zhou Jinnan, from Jushanlou.” Zhou Jinnan introduced himself.

Jushanlou? The other chefs at the same table stopped talking and cast inquiring eyes at Zhou Jinnan. They had heard the name Jushanlou too many times recently, but they never thought that the chef of Jushanlou was just a young guy. Although chefs also value talent, they also value experience. Zhou Jinnan doesn’t look like an experienced chef no matter how you look at it.

“Are you Jushanlou’s chef?” Some people still don’t believe it.

Zhou Jinnan smiled: “Of course.” How does he not look like a chef?

 A dozen people at the table looked at each other, exchanged glances silently, and laughed politely: “Young talent, I really didn’t see it.” “I didn’t expect the chef of Jushanlou is so young, amazing!” “The young generation nowadays are getting better and better.”…

Since Zhou Jinnan introduced himself, the topic naturally turned to the dishes of Jushanlou that have been popular recently. A chef named Wang Tianliang spoke first, with a slightly envious tone: “Jushanlou has been very popular recently. It was hard to get a seat during the trial operation. I heard that they were attracted by your restaurant’s signature dishes. I wonder what’s special about it?”

“The special thing…hasn’t it been spread all over the Aquamarine Star?” Zhou Jinnan still had that half-smiley expression, and changed the topic with a raised eyebrow, “Serve the dishes.”

On the opening day of a high-end restaurant, the most important thing is the dishes to entertain the guests. With the example of Jushanlou, the chef, Deng Yingzhi of Zhenxiu Pavilion dared not hide anything. All the dishes he brought out for the opening were his own specialties. For this reason, he and his apprentices have been busy in the kitchen since yesterday.

A variety of dishes were placed in front of everyone, four cold dishes, twelve hot dishes and three soups. The chef’s attentiveness could be seen from the presentation. Everyone present was proficient in food. Seeing this, they couldn’t help but nod secretly. It was worthy of being a level 6 chef specially recruited by Feng Quan from the capital star. The depth of his cooking skills could be seen from the completion of the dishes.

Qin Kai was completely nurtured by Zhou Jinnan during this period of time. Seeing the delicious food on the table, he couldn’t help but brighten his eyes, but after trying two bites, he put down his chopsticks without interest. It was not as delicious as the dishes made by Nannan! He then reached out and scooped up Mozhi that had climbed down from Zhou Jinnan. He held it in his arms, stroked its fur and played with it. He also picked up a piece of beef fillet to feed it.

However, Mozhi’s eyes and tongue had been raised by Zhou Jinnan for many years and were not worthy of Deng Yingzhi’s craftsmanship. It stretched out its little claws to knock away Qin Kai’s hand that was playing with it, and bared its teeth at Qin Kai, which made Qin Kai back off with a smile. Zhou Jinnan also picked up a few samples.

Qin Kai’s appearance and behavior were really eye-catching. He was born tall and cold, which attracted people’s attention, but he showed an innocent child’s appearance. Zhou Jinnan was used to it, but Wang Tianliang and the others were particularly curious about Qin Kai, but because of face and education, no one asked.

 “I wonder if everyone here is satisfied with the hospitality of Zhenxiu Pavilion today?” Deng Yingzhi appeared at some point, with a slightly round belly and a high-spirited look. As soon as all the dishes were served, he appeared in the banquet hall to secretly observe the guests’ reactions to his cooking. After hearing the overwhelming praise, he could not help but look for Zhou Jinnan.

“Satisfied! The senior chef’s skills are indeed well-deserved. We admire him.” Wang Tianliang’s compliment was sincere.

Others also echoed, only Zhou Jinnan remained silent.

“What do you think of today’s table, Chef Zhou?” Deng Yingzhi pointed to Zhou Jinnan, “How do the dishes I carefully prepared compare with those of your Jushanlou?” Among the dishes he prepared, several are similar to the signature dishes of Jushanlou during the trial operation period, especially the steamed mandarin fish.

 Besides, this was in public, in front of so many colleagues. Since Zhou Jinnan came to attend the opening of Zhenxiu Pavilion, it proved that the conflict between Jushanlou and Feng Quan could be eased. Then Zhou Jinnan would definitely save face when commenting and create a win-win situation. Deng Yingzhi thought so.

Zhou Jinnan did not speak, but looked at Qin Kai calmly: “Qin Kai, you speak.” Qin Kai was the person who had eaten Zhou Jinnan’s cooking the most since Zhou Jinnan came to the interstellar. It would definitely be right for him to comment on the gap between Deng Yingzhi and himself.

“… Far from it.” Qin Kai held it in for a long time and only uttered three words.

Deng Yingzhi’s face changed instantly: “What did you say?”

“I said far from it.” Qin Kai repeated.

Deng Yingzhi got to the bottom of it: “Why don’t you tell me where it is lacking?” Who is this strange man? Why did he come with Zhou Jinnan? Where is Zhou Shudi? Deng Yingzhi kept guessing in his heart.

Qin Kai eats a lot and eats well. It would be difficult for him to tell where it is lacking. He couldn’t help but look at Zhou Jinnan: “Nannan…”

Zhou Jinnan got the answer he wanted from Qin Kai, and he was in a good mood: “I’ll comment on a few dishes. Let’s start with your main dish, baked beef tenderloin in soup. You wrapped the beef tenderloin with tapioca flour, right? Tapioca flour increases the tenderness of the beef tenderloin, but it covers the freshness of the beef tenderloin itself. I guess that you used pig hind leg bones to make the soup, but you didn’t blanch the hind leg bones before making the soup, so the soup contained a gamey smell, and in order to get the rich aroma of the soup, you deliberately delayed the time for the soup to be served, making the beef fillet in this dish unnecessary.

“Speaking of the lemon-flavored king shrimp, the lemon juice should have stimulated the sweetness of the shrimp meat, but you added too much, making the lemon instead of the king shrimp the protagonist of this dish. You pretended to be smart and used rosemary as a seasoning to enhance the flavor, which made it even more out of place… As for the shredded dried tofu chicken, Qin Kai, can you tell? I just made this dish for you yesterday.” He paused deliberately and looked at Qin Kai again.

The people around were all experienced chefs. After listening to Zhou Jinnan’s comments, they couldn’t help but think back in their hearts, and the more they listened, the more they agreed. Yes, these dishes did have the problems Zhou Jinnan said. It was hard to tell that this young man had such high culinary attainments. They couldn’t taste that the soup was made from pig hind leg bones.

Qin Kai was reminded by Zhou Jinnan. He recalled the dried shredded pork he had yesterday and compared it with the one in front of him. He observed it carefully and said, “Hmm, the knife skills of this dish are not up to standard! Right?”

“Not bad!”

“Impossible, how could my knife skills not be up to standard?!” Zhou Jinnan’s previous comments were beyond Deng Yingzhi’s expectations, but he had to admit that it made sense. However, knife skills were the one that Deng Yingzhi was most proud of, but Zhou Jinnan and Qin Kai said they were not up to standard?

Qin Kai looked at Deng Yingzhi in confusion: “Why not? Your knife skills for this dish are not as good as mine.”

Deng Yingzhi: ? ? ? Are you a chef? I have practiced knife skills for more than 20 years, and you actually said that I am not as good as you, an amateur?

 The commotion at Zhou Jinnan’s table had already been seen by other guests around. Deng Yingzhi felt extremely embarrassed. He lowered his voice with a cold face and said in a hard voice: “Since you said that my knife skills are not even as good as yours, why don’t we go to the kitchen to compete?”

“Okay.” Qin Kai agreed readily, “You lead the way.”

Qin Kai’s answer was completely beyond Zhou Jinnan’s expectations: “Qin Kai, how can you cook?” He actually agreed to compete with Deng Yingzhi in knife skills?

This development is wrong!