Xu Milu didn't waste any time and got straight to the point:
"Senior Brother, I've recently become interested in vegetarian cuisine and would like to learn how to make it. I'd like to ask if you have any good suggestions."
Before she could even mention the vegetarian menu, Ning Haiqiao on the other end of the phone nodded with utmost seriousness:
"Hold on."
Within ten minutes, her WeChat interface started popping up with messages non-stop—fifteen documents in a row, all large files larger than 16MB.
"There are also videos, which I use to teach my apprentices. I'll send them to you when I get back."
The background over Ninghai Bridge is moving, like it's a filming location.
Xu Milu quickly apologized: "Senior Brother, I'm sorry to bother you. I didn't realize you were busy—"
"It's nothing, I'm just here to help a friend out as a judge. The recording hasn't started yet. If you don't understand, I have a PPT here, I'll send it to you in a bit, and a menu, take a look."
Ning Haiqiao finished speaking in one breath, and as if afraid of startling her, he forced a "kind and amiable" smile:
"The matsutake mushrooms are nice, I appreciate your thoughtfulness. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me later, I'll check on you anytime."
His demeanor was strangely reminiscent of a high school dean of students, or perhaps someone who taught politics.
Xu Milu hung up the phone after thanking him.
No wonder the senior brothers and sisters all spoke of the eldest brother with inexplicable awe; he had an indescribable aura of a powerful figure!
Who would have thought that I would experience the care "from the Dean of Students" again after graduation!
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The information Ning Haiqiao provided was so detailed that Xu Milu was afraid he had sent over his most treasured recipes.
Leaving aside the impressive-sounding dishes like "Vegetarian Buddha Jumps Over the Wall," "Vegetarian Eight Treasures," and "Vegetarian Abalone Stewed with Vegetarian Chicken," just consider the dish of braised Dongpo tofu. The document is filled with a long list of information, detailing strict standards from the selection of soybeans to grinding the tofu.
Even the soy sauce used at Ninghai Bridge was brewed from soybeans he personally selected!
Xu Milu was speechless.
She wasn't very confident that she could replicate Ninghaiqiao's unique soy sauce in just a few days, but she did find a few vegetarian dishes suitable for offering at the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.
"Premium Winter Melon Vegetarian Braised Pork, Stir-fried Three-Color Vegetables, Stir-fried Three Delicacies with Chili, Vegetarian Noodles with Mushrooms, Tea-infused Vegetarian Chicken, and Five-Spice Roasted Gluten."
Xu Milu found it increasingly reliable and made up her mind. For the next two weeks, in addition to her regular daily practice, she would squeeze out three hours to practice these dishes in the Food Dimension by taking advantage of the time difference.
With Chinese culinary techniques and magical ingredients from the food world, she refused to believe she couldn't win over the stomachs of the Tang Dynasty people!
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