A day later, Pan Long visited Heaven-Reliant Villa again.
He had a wonderful time talking with Wu Jixing and the others. When the conversation turned to cooking, he and Aunt Cui got along especially well.
Pan Long actually knew quite a bit about cooking, though that knowledge came from his previous life.
As a citizen of a country famed for its food, he had spent his retirement playing games and exploring things to eat and drink. He could hardly claim to have mastered the dishes of every major cuisine, but he knew a little about most of them. He could even make a passable attempt at specialty dishes from various countries, producing something that looked more or less right.
After he crossed over, he found that the Northerners had little interest in fine food. Of all the relatives and friends he knew, Han Feng was the only one who shared his interest. Their common love of food was an important reason the two got along so well.
Pan Long's skills had undoubtedly declined after so long without practice. But his knowledge of food remained, so he could still call himself an armchair chef.
That meant Aunt Cui could prepare ordinary dishes with ease, but when she wanted to make something unusual, she had to rely on imagination. Her experiments often went awry and turned into culinary horrors.
Pan Long's suggestions filled precisely that gap, pointing her toward plenty of new dishes to develop.
With those suggestions, she could draw on her cooking skills to perfect them and create all kinds of delicious new dishes. If she changed careers and opened a tavern, those novel, delectable dishes could make her one of the most famous chefs in Guangling City.
Aunt Cui had no intention of becoming a chef, but she was