Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"What does Jingmei like to do on weekdays?"

"I don't have many hobbies. When I was in school, I liked painting and calligraphy. Later, I became fascinated with embroidery. After graduation, I had more things to do, so I gradually gave up painting and embroidery. At most, I practice calligraphy in my spare time. On the contrary, I have listened to Peking opera more in recent years, but I can only listen but not sing. What about you, Brother Sun? What do you usually do?"

After all, it was the first time they met, so Wenxi didn't want to say everything. She was a very energetic person, so in addition to the hobbies she mentioned above, she actually had some other hobbies, such as horse riding and shooting.

However, these hobbies are really not suitable for girls in this era, so she didn't feel comfortable talking about this in front of Sun Tong.

"You like a lot of things, but I like the same things. I also like painting and calligraphy. As for opera, I don't particularly like any one type, but I can listen to any. On weekdays, I spend the most time reading, designing and inventing, and other than that, I deal with company matters. Oh, and I'm also quite knowledgeable about food."

"Brother Sun, do you like cooking?"

Wenxi looked at Sun Tong strangely. In this era, except for those professional chefs, men basically don't cook at home, so in the eyes of this girl, Sun Tong's hobby is quite special.

"I just like research. I am only responsible for inventing a dish. After I invent it, I will teach it to the cook at home. As for how to promote this dish in the future, that has nothing to do with me."

In fact, Sun Tong's words were completely modest.

Now, nine years have passed since he came to this era. Except for the first few years when Sun Tong had too many things to do and had no time to "play", he has been busy for nine years.

In the next five or six years, Sun Tong gradually had more free time and was busy "playing" every day.

Inventing new dishes is one of Sun Tong’s hobbies.

In fact, by the Republic of China period, the system of Longguo cuisine had developed very maturely, but many dishes that appeared on the tables of later generations did not appear in this era.

What Sun Tong has to do is to replicate these dishes according to the recipes in the space, and at the same time invent some dishes that have never appeared before based on his own imagination.

As several chefs who left the Sun family opened restaurants outside, the reputation of "Sun Family Cuisine" has gradually become famous in the Magic City area.

During these few years, Sun Tong invented more than 300 dishes, most of which were copied from cookbooks. These dishes were improved by famous chefs of later generations based on their own knowledge, and the taste was naturally desirable. Therefore, Sun family cuisine was loved by many people as soon as it came out, including the dozen dishes invented by Sun Tong out of thin air.

Especially the molecular cuisine he created. This novel approach not only attracted the attention of Chinese people, but even foreigners living in Shanghai also noticed this new way of cooking.

In fact, the concept of molecular cuisine has gradually spread abroad, but this cooking method is still a bit unorthodox in the eyes of chefs of this era, so many people sneer at the so-called separation cuisine.

On the contrary, in those countries known as "food black holes", many people are particularly interested in this cooking method.

Among them, Chou Country and Ying Country are the fastest to accept molecular cuisine. In fact, due to the popularity of molecular cuisine, the grinders sold by Huayou Company have become very popular in the market, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.

But then again, although Sun Tong is well-known in the catering industry, Wenxi has nothing to do with this industry, so it is understandable that the girl doesn't know these things.

"Can I try it then?"

"Of course, I'll arrange for the chef in the mansion to prepare it. By the way, Jingmei, have you ever been to Tinghai Pavilion?"

"I've been there before with my father. Why did Brother Sun suddenly mention that place?"

"The owner of Tinghai Pavilion is the chef who left my house three years ago. The signature dishes of Tinghai Pavilion are the new dishes I developed a few years ago."

"Really? I really like their vegetarian roast goose, crab meat stewed pearl fish balls, paper fish, and Yuhua tea shrimp. Especially the vegetarian roast goose, my whole family likes it."

"I'm glad you like it. I'll have someone prepare these dishes for you later. By the way, do you like chicken feet?"

Although chicken feet are delicious, not everyone can eat them. Some people can't stand the appearance of chicken feet and are very disgusted with this kind of food. However, everyone in the Sun family likes to eat this thing, especially the pickled pepper chicken feet and tiger skin chicken feet made by Sun Tong. The whole family loves them very much. The girl Sun Xiaoting has reached the point where she can't live without pickled pepper chicken feet for every meal.

“I can eat it, but I can’t say I like it!”

"Can you eat spicy food?"

"Of course, although my family has settled in Shanghai now, we still eat more Fulan dishes when we are at home."

"It's good that you can handle spicy food. Then you can try our secret recipe of pickled pepper chicken feet. I guarantee you'll want to eat more after you try it!"

"Then I'll wait and see if the pickled pepper chicken feet you mentioned, Brother Sun, are really as delicious as you said!"