Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe

Chapter 570: Chapter 482: Delicious and Nourishing—The Medicinal Value of Chinese Cuisine

While he was explaining, Zhao Shun had already started cooking the black sesame paste.

Compared to the grinding process, cooking seemed quite straightforward. Simply pour all the powders into the hot water with brown sugar, stir evenly, and then continue stirring and heating until smooth and thick.

The cooked black sesame paste looked incredibly delicate, quite similar to the texture of French sauces, while the black sesame granules were still distinctly visible.

Zhao Shun only made two bowls, one he handed to Lin Chen, the other...

He glanced around the room, amidst dozens of expectant gazes, he picked up a spoon, raised a spoonful of black sesame paste, tilted it slightly, and let the smooth paste slowly drip into the bowl.

The rich aroma of sesame wafted out, with a faint unique nutty fragrance of peanuts.

When he scooped the second spoonful, he unhesitatingly stuffed it directly into his mouth.

While savoring the rolling fragrance of the sesame paste that bloomed on his tongue, he smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

Although it had been a long time since he last made this, his culinary skills hadn’t declined!

After drinking two more scoops, he thrust the small bowl into Old Chen’s arms, "The rest is yours. Look at those few hairs on top of your head, drink more to replenish them."

"Can drinking sesame paste really grow hair?"

Old Chen had little interest in such sweets, but upon hearing it was good for hair, he grinned and eagerly scooped spoonful by spoonful into his mouth.

Lucas wouldn’t miss the opportunity for such effective promotion and immediately picked up a megaphone to explain to the girls.

"This time, the dessert was once again entirely handled by our chef Zhao, including the selection of ingredients."

"The reason for choosing these particular desserts is not only because they are very popular, but also because they have special medicinal values."

"For example, ginger milk pudding, originally created to drink ginger juice for treating colds, but because pure ginger juice is hard to drink, by chance, the invention of ginger milk pudding occurred."

"Ginger can dispel cold, milk is rich in protein and other nutrients. Eating this is essentially the same as taking cold medicine with milk, it can enhance one’s constitution and prevent colds."

"Additionally, this black sesame paste has much more nutritional value and benefits than ginger milk pudding."

"Not only can it nourish the kidneys and vital energy and blood, but it also promotes intestinal movement, improves constipation, and most importantly, it can make hair thicker and shinier!"

Most of those present were women, and nothing is more important to women than their figure and appearance.

Hair is essentially one of their lifelines.

Upon hearing about the wonderful benefits of black sesame paste, each of their eyes lit up like searchlights.

"Great Xia’s desserts can also be used as medicine?"

"It’s amazing, they thought of combining medicine with desserts, it’s delicious and nourishing."

"If it wasn’t so troublesome to make, I’d drink this every day!"

For a while, all the women present began to stroke their hair, imagining themselves with denser hair in their minds.

Seeing his goal achieved, Lucas contentedly put down the megaphone.

"Just you wait, punk, this trick will get you almost as popular as Old Lin, and next, if you do a baking dessert, you’ll definitely have plenty of girls asking for your contact info!"

As the only one who knew the inside story, Lin Chen naturally understood why Lucas had just made those remarks specifically.

He didn’t expose it, after all, what was said was true. The Great Xia people do emphasize the medicinal value in cooking.

One can only say this kid is getting better and better, actually knowing how to use clever angles to promote others, this is the art of language, right?

Being a blogger wasn’t in vain!

Seeing the girls starting to grind the ingredients in groups, all of them no longer showed resistance or impatience, but instead, were filled with energy and enthusiasm, Lin Chen nodded to himself and led Raphael towards the restaurant.

"How’s the taste, chef?"

"Not bad."

Raphael had already finished a whole bowl of black sesame paste and was now licking the bowl.

Lin Chen casually handed over a tissue, pointing to the corner of his mouth, "This stuff is delicious and has medicinal value, but the only downside is it’s easy to make a mess."

The man paused, instinctively took the tissue, ran to the restroom mirror, and indeed saw himself with a circle of black smudges around his mouth, looking quite comical.

"Chef, how long will you stay this time?"

"Not sure."

Raphael buried his head in the sink to wash his face, mumbling, "As long as those brats don’t cause any more trouble, I’ll stay as long as I can."

"Hmm... then should I find some time to help you develop new dishes, chef?"

"?"

The man stopped washing his face, quickly turned off the tap, and wiped the water off his face.

"I knew you’d pull this, what, having experienced the freedom of being a head chef here, you don’t want to go back to the kitchen?"

"Yes." Lin Chen candidly nodded without hesitation, "The kitchen life certainly hones basic skills and stress resistance, but for me, there’s no room for improvement."

Before he could continue, Raphael held out his hand, "I understand, you don’t have to say any more, I came through the same way."

"I foresaw this when I sent you over. You, as a team member, have indeed achieved perfection."

"Keeping you on the team might stabilize the output, but over time it’s not beneficial, and it could even cause friction within the team."

"After all, not everyone is as talented as you, and people inherently have jealousy."

"But!"

He changed his tone, "Resignation is impossible, but I can give you an honorary sous chef title, you remain affiliated, don’t usually need to do much, occasionally just share insights with me."

"Of course, from time to time, I hope you can make appearances, as an encouragement for the kitchen and the entire restaurant team."

"Sure, no problem."

Lin Chen agreed without hesitation.

If it weren’t for Raphael’s appreciation, he would probably still be washing dishes in the kitchen, without the chance to reach his current position.

Besides, he also wants to use God’s Kiss’s reputation and connections to promote Great Xia’s culinary culture. Cooking in an already established high-end restaurant is much simpler and more convenient than building one from scratch.

"Shall we start then? It’s also a preparation for the future, to avoid stress from last-minute menu planning."

"Okay!" Raphael nodded vigorously and led the way to the office, "I took out my notebook earlier, I’ve come up with dozens of ideas, help me see if there’s anything that can be improved."