The Gourmet Customizer

"You two are incredible. Can you really eat that much?"

Zhan Yang patted his belly. "No problem. My stomach is just crying out for more good food."

Su Chen didn’t say anything and immediately started cooking two dishes at once in separate woks.

But Zhan Yang’s words were overheard by Shen Ning, who was standing to the side, and a few other people at the back of the line.

Shen Ning glanced at Fang Chang and Zhan Yang, stunned. ’These two are really something else.’

Meanwhile, the people further back in line looked on with admiration.

To think they’d come up with such a brilliant idea!

’We’ll grab our bowls and get right back in line, too!’

But you couldn’t really blame Brother Fang Chang. After all, He Shuting had just announced a new rule over the loudspeaker.

To ensure as many people as possible got to eat, each person was now only allowed to order one of each dish at a time.

Shen Ning wasn’t in line. She had already made up her mind: she definitely wasn’t going to eat.

’I’ll just watch and see. What kind of magic is in Boss Su’s cooking that makes so many people willing to line up for it?’

Su Chen’s cooking speed was so fast it completely shattered Shen Ning’s perception of what was possible.

The standard Stir-Fried Yellow Beef was done in just three minutes!

But Su Chen’s next move left Shen Ning so shocked her jaw dropped.

She could only watch as...

Su Chen used a strainer to scoop two tomatoes out of a pot of boiling water. He then grabbed them with his bare hands, holding them steady as he rubbed the skin right off with his other hand in a couple of quick motions.

And that wasn’t all. Without even letting go of the tomatoes, he used a cleaver in his other hand to slice them in half before giving them a squeeze over the sink.

"Boss, doesn’t that burn your hands?"

Su Chen glanced over. ’Isn’t that the fitness coach from yesterday?’

"You get used to it."

Su Chen was truly using the effects of his White Jade Hand to their fullest. At first, Zhang Heping had been puzzled. ’He can handle scalding hot tomatoes just like that?’

Su Chen had given Zhang the Second a very reasonable explanation.

"Haven’t you ever seen that show, *Approaching Science*? Some people just like drinking freshly boiled water."

Zhang the Second silently committed this to memory, figuring he had to look up that episode when he got back to the company that night.

’*Approaching... Approaching Science.*’

Shen Ning knew Su Chen was just brushing her off, but the sight of him grabbing boiling tomatoes with his bare hands was truly shocking.

And he even squeezed the juice out of the tomatoes! Could you even call that Scrambled Eggs with Tomato anymore?

After all, it was such a common homestyle dish that Shen Ning sometimes made it herself, and everyone knew it was better with more juice!

’I’ll just watch a little longer...’

He then cranked up the heat on the other wok until it started smoking. He poured in a ladleful of cold oil, swirled it around to season the wok, and then poured all the oil out.

He smoothly poured the pre-beaten egg mixture into the wok!

SIZZLE~~

A thick plume of smoke rose as the bottom of the egg mixture instantly solidified. Su Chen pressed the side of the wok with his ladle and gave it a gentle flip!

The egg pancake flipped over and immediately puffed up.

Before anyone could even process what happened, he used the ladle to casually break the pancake into pieces and scooped it into a bowl.

The bottom of the wok was perfectly smooth, without a single speck of egg left behind!

Zhan Yang clapped his hands. "Boss Su, watching you cook is a real treat..."

Scrambling eggs in no more than twenty seconds from start to finish—it was so incredibly fluid!

Su Chen didn’t even look up. "Cut the flattery."

Ignoring Zhan Yang’s awkwardness, he heated the wok over the high flame until it smoked again and repeated the cold-oil seasoning process.

A small spoonful of minced scallion whites was tossed into the wok.

The fragrance of the scallions drifted freely through the air, causing people in the back of the line to crane their necks for a better look. Even Shen Ning couldn’t help but take a few deep sniffs.

’It does smell really good...’

The sliced tomato wedges were tossed directly into the wok, seemingly without any technique at all.

He poured a half-circle of light soy sauce around the edge of the wok, followed by a few drops of dark soy sauce.

Shen Ning watched closely. He had clearly squeezed the juice out of the tomatoes earlier, but now that he was stir-frying them, a lot of liquid was seeping out into the bottom of the wok—and the amount was increasing!

She watched as Su Chen added a spoonful of white sugar, immediately followed by a small spoonful of salt!

’Good grief. Sugar *and* salt? What kind of flavor is that going to be?’

Shen Ning’s entire understanding of cooking was being overturned, bit by bit. As the tomatoes in the wok turned an ever-deeper shade of red, she subconsciously swallowed a few times.

This step was also extremely fast.

Su Chen pressed down on the tomatoes with his wok ladle, and seeing that the wedges crushed easily, he immediately returned the scrambled egg curds to the wok.

While gently stir-frying, he broke the egg curds down even further.

"Boss Su, can I ask you a question about this dish?" Zhan Yang truly couldn’t hold back anymore.

He had just eaten a serving of the Scrambled Eggs with Tomato, and it was so damn good!

When he was working up in the mountains and couldn’t stomach any more dry rations, this was the dish he made most often.

There was no other reason; it was both simple and convenient.

But after eating Boss Su’s Scrambled Eggs with Tomato, Zhan Yang felt that his own version was complete garbage!

"You can ask."

After getting the go-ahead, Zhan Yang immediately asked, "Whenever I make this dish, the more I cook it, the more watery it gets. How come yours has no water as soon as the eggs go back in?"

Su Chen stir-fried it a few more times, taking the opportunity while plating the dish to reveal a few principles to Zhan Yang.

"You definitely use too much oil when you scramble your eggs."

Zhan Yang nodded vigorously. "How did you know?"

Su Chen didn’t answer, adding, "And your eggs are probably very tender."

"But isn’t tender better?"

Su Chen handed the finished bowl to Zhan Yang. "Try fixing those two problems next time."

If it were the Stir-Fried Yellow Beef, Su Chen wouldn’t have dared to be so assertive; after all, everyone has different tastes.

But when it came to Scrambled Eggs with Tomato, well, sorry.

Su Chen recalled the rating the system had displayed after he had spent a whole night continuously improving this one dish.

[Scrambled Eggs with Tomato: Rating S Level]

There was no arguing with this dish.

With this method... damn!

One bite was enough to leave a person speechless.