After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 160 Fu Man Lou Culinary Competition

Su Bingcheng walked out of the brothel with the remaining money in his hand. He staggered and didn't know where to go. However, he had no intention of returning to the brothel.

Su Xiaoxiao, Qian Musheng, and Pei Yuan hid by the alley and kept observing Su Bingcheng to see if he would eventually come out of the brothel.

Su Xiaoxiao trusted Su Bingcheng completely and felt that he would definitely do it.

Unexpectedly, he actually did it. Su Xiaoxiao was finally relieved and could go about her own business.

Seeing that Su Bingcheng was heading towards her home, Su Xiaoxiao felt even more relieved.

On her way back, Su Xiaoxiao and Qian Musheng briefly discussed how to promote the new soy sauce.

Su Xiaoxiao decided that if she could research and develop a few more types of soy sauce, then people would surely believe that she had developed the new soy sauce.

Qian Musheng looked at her and said, "Wouldn't that be putting you in a difficult position? Are you really capable?"

Su Xiaoxiao laughed, "Don't worry, I have no problem with the development of this new soy sauce. I want to see how others spread rumors. Everything will be proven by our strength."

Qian Musheng actually admired Su Xiaoxiao very much, thinking that this woman was like an unkillable cockroach.

Of course, Qian Musheng didn't feel that way. He thought Su Xiaoxiao was incredibly strong. This failure didn't mean anything; she would get back up and join the fight again immediately.

After returning home, Su Xiaoxiao began developing new flavors of soy sauce.

Su Xiaoxiao decided to add some church-infused oil during the soy sauce production process. After processing, she would make the color slightly darker, thus creating dark soy sauce.

For example, when stewing meat, adding dark soy sauce will make the color richer and the color will develop faster.

There is another type of soy sauce that Su Xiaoxiao thinks is very suitable for steaming fish, which is the fermented black bean steamed fish that we often use nowadays. Su Xiaoxiao has been thinking about this for a long time and added some rock sugar and the aroma of fermented black beans, so that it can bring out the aroma of fermented black beans when steaming, boiling and stir-frying.

After developing two new flavors of soy sauce, Su Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. After repeatedly experimenting with cooking, a satisfied look finally appeared on her face.

"It's done."

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's smug look, Pei Yuan went over and asked, "What's wrong? What's done?"

Su Xiaoxiao replied, "Soy sauce, huh? Now let's see who dares to say I plagiarized. It's clearly original, okay?"

Su Xiaoxiao happily took the new soy sauce to Qian Musheng. After Qian Musheng had his people test it in the kitchen of Baxianlou, he finally nodded in satisfaction.

"This soy sauce has a very special flavor. The two types of soy sauce are suitable for different dishes, but they can both enhance the flavor and color of these dishes."

Qian Musheng couldn't help but exclaim, "Boss Su, you are indeed an extraordinary woman, making me look at you in a new light."

"Haha... Now you finally know how amazing I am, right? I've decided that this time we're going to open a soy sauce workshop in the capital. When we open, we're going to make a big splash so that everyone knows we've opened and that they can also see that we have different kinds of soy sauce."

After saying this, Su Xiaoxiao looked very proud.

Su Xiaoxiao brought Xin Jiangyou and Qian Musheng to the capital. After meeting Prince Gong, Prince Gong first put them in a difficult position.

"Your new soy sauce isn't getting good reviews right now, and it's really impacting our business..."

While Prince Gong was still speaking, Su Xiaoxiao directly revealed the soy sauce.

"Look, this is our new soy sauce. We've released two new flavors. By the way, Prince Gong, would you like to try some?" Su Xiaoxiao asked, and Prince Gong readily agreed.

"I wonder what your favorite dish is, Prince Gong?"

Prince Gong thought for a moment and replied, "I usually enjoy eating fish."

"Okay, since you like eating fish, you must have a favorite restaurant that serves fish, right?"

Upon hearing this question, Prince Gong nodded.

"Of course, I love the West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce made by the master chef at Fu Man Lou, the largest restaurant in Beijing."

Since she liked eating fish, Su Xiaoxiao nodded. She took out her newly made soy sauce, "This bottle of steamed fish soy sauce that I just developed is specially brewed for cooking fish. It can add a lot of wonderful flavor to the fish we usually cook."

Su Xiaoxiao then took out a bottle of soy sauce and said to everyone, "This soy sauce is something I just developed, and it's especially good for steaming fish. I'm sure that you can make delicious fish with just this one soy sauce."

Prince Gong was quite puzzled and naturally found it all unbelievable, thinking to himself that Su Xiaoxiao was exaggerating her abilities a bit too much.

However, Prince Gong could not show too much doubt about his partners, as that would be inappropriate.

"Alright then, since you want to prove yourself, how about you have a competition with the master chef of Fu Man Lou who makes West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce, and see who wins in the end?"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement; in fact, she had the same idea.

On the day of the competition, Prince Gong arrived at Fumanlou Restaurant early and booked the entire place. The chef there also agreed to the competition. In fact, Su Xiaoxiao's dish was boiled fish.

The two people had completely different methods of making this dish, meaning that no one had ever heard of boiled fish before.

The chef's assistant at Fu Man Lou restaurant was still complaining, "What kind of dish is this? Can fish boiled in water taste good?"

On the chef's cutting board at Fu Man Lou, there were various seasonings used for cooking. Of course, he used traditional soy sauce.

In front of Su Xiaoxiao was a new soy sauce she had just developed, called Steamed Fish Soy Sauce.

Su Xiaoxiao looked exceptionally confident. There were no miscellaneous seasonings in front of her. Today, she was determined to conquer everyone's taste buds with just this one soy sauce.

The fish prepared for them by the kitchen were all fresh and placed on the cutting board, adhering to the principle of fairness.

The judges for the competition included Prince Gong and several other noblemen, all of whom were Prince Gong's close drinking buddies.

Everyone here is wealthy, so they eat and drink the best of everything, and their appreciation for fine food is exceptional.

Prince Gong sat down opposite them, arranged the tea leaves, and enjoyed the exciting competition while sipping his tea.

Everyone else seemed to be the center of attention, surrounding Prince Gong.

The competition began, and the chef from Fu Man Lou started cleaning the fish, as did Su Xiaoxiao.

After cleaning the fish, Su Xiaoxiao began to cut patterns on its body.

Of course, knife skills are also a key factor in successful cooking.

(End of this chapter)