Next up is another match.

Home-style dishes, cooking competition!

Lin Yiran stood in front of the kitchen table that had been prepared in advance and listened to the rules.

Cooking is a bit more complicated than making desserts. According to the rules, each of them needs to cook four dishes. The standard for the four dishes is: one sweet, one vegetarian, one meat, and one unusual dish!

"Hmm, it's not difficult," Lin Yiran said, glancing around before noticing that Master Yu was sitting opposite her. The organizers would gather the most talented and popular people in the front row and give them the best recommendation slots.

This seat was originally meant for Lin Fei, but the organizers insisted on giving it to her. Lin Yiran was quite pleased with herself, and after exchanging a glance with Chef Yu, she began to cook.

Lin Fei was just a supporting character in this scene; she didn't have much screen time. Everyone's attention was focused on Lin Yiran and Master Yu.

Lin Yiran prepared four dishes.

The first dish: a sweet one, fermented rice with pumpkin, also known as pumpkin sticky rice.

The second dish: a vegetarian dish: blanched lettuce.

One meat dish: poached chicken with a secret dipping sauce

One wonder: Boiled cabbage in clear broth, a dish served at state banquets, that blooms.

After finishing, she put the lid on and waited for the other contestants to stop what they were doing. While waiting, Lin Yiran, bored, watched Chef Yu cook with rapt attention.

His dishes included brown sugar glutinous rice, braised green peppers, salt and pepper chicken breast, and the grand finale, a unique dish of pagoda-shaped pork.

When Lin Yiran looked over, he was carefully making the soft and tender pagoda-shaped pork.

The meat looked so soft and delicious that Lin Yiran's mouth watered.

The aroma of the meat was so enticing that she took a sniff.

Soon, the contestants all stopped what they were doing; time was up.

Who do you think will win?

"Is there even a question? It's definitely Master Yu!"

"But I'm a little apprehensive. I think the newcomer who won the dessert competition also makes pretty good dishes. Maybe she can surprise me?"

"To be honest, I feel the same way."

"Oh, come on, look at the food that the newcomer made! Does it look appetizing at all? It's so simple, just some pumpkin, a head of lettuce, a chicken, and a cabbage, with almost no seasoning. How can that be delicious? Use your brain and you'll know!"

"That's true. The dishes the newcomer made seem a bit too simple. I once ate chicken like that, and it was so dry and fishy that it left me with a serious trauma. Now, I don't even have an appetite for chicken."

"And that lettuce, I remember it was very bitter, and it was hard to remove the bitterness by rinsing it with water unless you used pure ingredients."

"The only thing that looks appetizing is the pumpkin, but to be honest, pumpkins are sweet, so they taste good no matter how you eat them, and anyone can cook them well. There's really nothing special about them, not to mention the stingy little cabbage hearts. It's a bit underwhelming."

Lin Yiran saw the chat on the screen. It was fine; she didn't mind. She was especially looking forward to the moment when the audience would be proven wrong and their eyes would sparkle.

Master Yu over there really couldn't understand what Lin Yiran was doing.

In his opinion, the dishes selected were really not very good.

As a chef, he would try to cook everything in this interstellar world that was edible and inedible, so he had seen and tried all the ingredients in front of Lin Yiran.

It tastes awful; no matter how you cook it, you can't make it look even better!

He even chuckled to himself, thinking, "This girl is probably just trying to gain a reputation as a pastry chef," which wouldn't bother him much.

He had already mentally labeled Lin Yiran as a newbie.

Soon, the judges began tasting the dishes. First up was Chef Yu's food.

Lin Yiran watched as the judges showed expressions of admiration and satisfaction, and gave Master Yu a thumbs up to the audience in front of the screen.

"As expected of a master chef with over fifty years of experience, the flavor is absolutely amazing!" He made a gesture.

"Mmm~ The brown sugar glutinous rice is sweet but not cloying. It has that sweet and fragrant texture of glutinous rice, and it's soft and delicate. It's delicious!"

"And this braised green pepper, wow! So spicy! So spicy! This is a flavor I've never tried before, it's delicious, it'll definitely go well with rice!"

"The salt and pepper chicken breast is nothing special, it just continues Chef Yu's previous skills."

"But what about this last one?" the judge asked Master Yu.

People in the comments section also perked up their ears to listen. They had tried the first few dishes and they were indeed delicious, but what they were most curious about was the last dish, which looked very appetizing!

Master Yu addressed the audience, saying, "This is called Pagoda Meat. It's a dish I recreated after consulting all the ancient books. Some people say it's immortal meat, and that eating it can grant you eternal life. While that's a bit of an exaggeration, it's true that eating Pagoda Meat will make your life worthwhile. Please give it a try!"

"Waaah, but I don't want to eat fatty meat..."

Master Yu then patiently added, "This meat is fatty but not greasy, and it's not bad. If you want to try it, you can. If you can't eat meat, you should turn off the holographic display."

"Waaah, Master Yu is so kind! He's so considerate of us. I've decided, I'll definitely vote for Master Yu this time!"

Then everyone watched as the judges picked up a piece of pagoda-shaped pork and put it in their mouths.

The expression on her face was the same as when she ate the desserts Lin Yiran made; her eyes lit up. However, the meat melted in her mouth, and she couldn't taste anything. She tried it again, but it was the same. All that was left was the aroma of meat, and her mouth felt empty!

It's delicious! That's the unanimous opinion of everyone.

Even before the competition was over, everyone in the live stream was clamoring to award the championship to Master Yu.

However, the host rejected their unreasonable suggestion, and next up was Lin Yiran's dish.

The first dish served to the judges was pumpkin sticky rice.

The aroma of pumpkin paired with the texture of glutinous rice, and a touch of sweetness from red dates—one bite is simply divine!

There was a moment of silence in the live stream.

"Huh? Why does it taste so good? Or is it just my imagination? What do you guys think?"

"To be honest, I think so too. In fact, I think it goes against common sense and is beyond the capabilities of a normal person. I think it's fake, and it must have been an illusion."

Until the judge took another bite.

The sweet aroma was amazing. She only had time to say one thing: "Delicious!"

No one dared to try the next dish because in their minds, it had a bitter taste and was hard to eat. However, one male judge, after preparing himself mentally, took a bite.

The lettuce is crisp and tender, with a touch of garlic and a rich, oily flavor.

Wow!

The male judge's eyes lit up again!