Chapter 458: Let You Open a Gourmet Restaurant, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Unlike the previous lottery wheel's dazzling, high-tech style, this lottery interface looked somewhat plain,

overall a rectangular shape, inside composed of one small square grid after another.

There were no extra decorations on the lottery interface, only displaying the words "Eight Great Cuisines Lottery Pool" above.

The areas corresponding to the Eight Great Cuisines were clearly divided into eight large grids, each with a different base color, subtly matching the regional characteristics of the cuisine grids.

For example, the Sichuan Cuisine area was red, the Shandong Cuisine area was brown, and Huaiyang Cuisine was pale cyan.

Each large grid was further subdivided into small grids of varying sizes, with the number of small grids differing according to the number of flavors in each cuisine's subdivisions.

For instance, within Sichuan Cuisine there were different flavors such as Upper River School, Lower River School, and Small River School, each represented by one grid.

The grids representing flavors after subdividing the cuisines were further subdivided into even smaller grids below, with each small square representing a fragment of a cuisine.

However, exactly which dishes each fragment contained and how many dishes it included were unknown.

At the very bottom of the entire lottery system was a groove, at the end of the groove was a small door, and inside the door was a small white ball.

Immediately after, the system's voice rang out in Lu Feng's mind:

【Cuisine Pool Lottery Rules: Host presses the lottery button, pushing the small ball to roll within the prize pool; the position where the small ball finally stops is the cuisine fragment drawn this time.】

Lu Feng stared at the lottery interface and couldn't help but frown.

Judging by its appearance, this thing was clearly no different from the pinball game machines commonly found in video game arcades.

He still remembered that when he used to go to video game arcades, watching others play seemed simple enough, but when he tried it himself he found it was not that simple at all.

He was already past the age of going to video game arcades to play game machines, and he hadn't expected that now the system's lottery mechanism would give him a feeling of reliving his childhood.

However, Lu Feng was not good at this kind of pinball game, so not only did he not feel surprised, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

The system's taste was also a bit strange, making a good lottery system so flashy and even bringing in retro video games.

Not as good as the previous big wheel!

Complaints aside, Lu Feng still patiently stared at the lottery system and began to study it.

What he studied was not the method of the lottery, but the cuisine fragment rewards inside the prize pool.

Now, in Lu Family Restaurant's menu, items like steamed buns, fried noodles, and noodle soup were not strictly dishes of any particular cuisine.

The other few dishes, such as Dongpo Pork Knuckle and Red Braised Pork, belonged to Sichuan Cuisine, Stir-fried Pork with Chili belonged to the countryside, and Lion's Head was Huaiyang Cuisine.

Overall, his small shop currently did not have a particularly prominent signature cuisine.

For this cuisine fragment lottery, Lu Feng was more inclined toward drawing Sichuan Cuisine in his heart.

Because Sichuan Cuisine was spicy, numbing, fresh, and fragrant, and the people here all loved to eat it.

Although there were diners coming from all over the country to eat at the shop every day now, the shop's main clientele was still mainly locals from Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng belonged to northern cities, and people tended toward heavy oil and strong flavors when eating.

Things like the shop's current Stir-fried Pork with Chili and Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles had quite a few people ordering them every day.

However, if this time he drew Shandong Cuisine, that wouldn't be bad either.

Because when Lu Feng's parents ran this small shop, the main cuisine they featured was Shandong Cuisine, which Lu Feng's father learned from an old master chef who made Shandong Cuisine when he was young.

If he drew Shandong Cuisine fragments this time, it would not only add several authentic northern cuisine dishes to the shop, but could also be considered carrying on his father's business.

Lu Feng studied for a long time, and finally decided to still rely on luck, to see if he could draw the cuisine fragment he desired.

He felt that since he had encountered such a miraculous cheat as the system, this had already proven that his luck was quite good.

Lu Feng took a deep breath and directly pressed the lottery button on the lottery interface, starting the lottery.

The next second, the small ball inside the door was pushed by an invisible force and began rolling on the grids of the lottery interface.

The small ball rolled at a speed that was not fast, looking like it was not in a hurry at all.

Lu Feng, however, had his heart in his throat, his hands unconsciously clenched, his breathing lightened considerably, and he stared fixedly at the small ball with expectant eyes.

The small ball rolled straight toward the Shandong Cuisine area, and after hitting the edge it changed direction, rolling toward the Sichuan Cuisine area.

Lu Feng was delighted in his heart and silently cheered: Good! Good! Right here, stop!

But the small ball seemed to be joking with him; just as it rolled into the Sichuan Cuisine range, it hit the edge of a grid again, and after rebounding once more, it slowly passed through the Hui Cuisine area, this time arriving in the Su Cuisine area.

Su Cuisine, as one of the Eight Great Cuisines, originated more than two thousand years ago, and over more than two thousand years it had incorporated northern and southern flavors, mainly composed of many cuisines such as Jinling Cuisine, Huaiyang Cuisine, Su-Wuxi Cuisine, and Xu-Hai Cuisine, so in the lottery system it occupied a large area.

After the small ball rolled into the Su Cuisine area, its speed had already slowed down; it rolled left and right within the area for a while, gradually rolled into the Jinling Cuisine area, and finally stopped in one of the small grids.

Lu Feng had not yet reacted when the system's electronic voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

【Ding! Congratulations Host on drawing the reward: Jinling Cuisine Fragment!】

The next second, all the grids of the entire lottery interface disappeared instantly, leaving only the small grid where the small ball had stopped.

Immediately after, the small grid turned into a cluster of fine light particles, and then Lu Feng closed his eyes, and a familiar cool sensation came to his mind.

Just like the usual feeling of unlocking recipes, what surged into his mind this time was also the skills and experience of max-level recipes.

It was just that this time, recipes for three dishes were unlocked all at once.

【Ding! Congratulations Host on obtaining the max-level Stir-fried Lu Hao recipe!】

【Ding! Congratulations Host on obtaining the max-level Fengwei Shrimp recipe!】

【Ding! Congratulations Host on obtaining the max-level Melt-in-the-Mouth Claw recipe!】

【The System Mall has synchronized the unlocking of ingredients and equipment related to the recipes.】

After the system's notification sound, Lu Feng opened his eyes and couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed in his heart.

He recalled the information he had checked before; Jinling Cuisine alone had no fewer than over a hundred classic dishes.

However, the fragments he drew this time only unlocked three dishes among them?

Isn't this too few?

At this rate, just gathering one branch of Jinling Cuisine within Su Cuisine would take no small amount of time, let alone collecting the entire Su Cuisine system.

And Lu Feng's ultimate goal right now is to collect all dishes of the Eight Great Cuisines and become a true God of Cooking.

As it stands, this path looks to be far longer than he imagined.

But Lu Feng's disappointment lasted only a short while; soon he no longer had the mind to think about those messy thoughts, closed his eyes, immersed himself in the recipe details in his mind, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to experiencing the cooking techniques of each dish.