Chapter 832

Although Dean was unaware that Yuan Zhou had a rule of not speaking when cooking, as a chef, a three-star Michelin chef at that, he still knew how to behave himself .

He stood to the side and after several minutes of waiting, Yuan Zhou finally came out from the kitchen with a finished dish . He spoke, “Chef Yuan, can I borrow your kitchen so I can cook something?”

Dean was asking politely, but it was unfortunate for him as Yuan Zhou’s answer was:

“Sorry but no . “

Seeing how firm Yuan Zhou’s tone of voice was, Dean did not keep asking . From this, one could see that Dean was quite similar to Yuan Zhou . They believed that for a chef, his cooking utensils and kitchen were his personal possession that could not be borrowed to others .

Dean walked out and was met with three pairs of hopeful eyes .

“Chef Yuan is not borrowing his kitchen,” Dean said, breathed deeply and continued, “But I still have a backup plan . “

Their hearts chilled when they heard the first half of Dean’s sentence . But when they heard the latter half, flames of hope were reignited in their hearts .

“What is the backup plan?” Bai Guo asked .

“We can first buy some ingredients . Since there is a restaurant next door, we can get the filming crew to go borrow some cooking utensils there . I will cook something right here . ” Dean added, “Normally, restaurants won’t prohibit outside food . “

This was truly a splendid plan . Most restaurants would only prohibit outside liquor . Very rarely would outside food be prohibited . However, they couldn’t be sure seeing that Yuan Zhou’s restaurant had so many rules . Therefore, they decided to first do their research .

Jiang Meisi took charge and asked a random person that was standing there looking at them while they were filming .

“Is outside food prohibited in this restaurant?”

The person blanked out slightly when he noticed that a celebrity was asking him a question . After thinking about it, he found out that he had no idea .

“I don’t think so? I have never seen anyone bringing outside food into Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . “

“I think you can . I once saw Yuan Yuan brought some Shengjian during breakfast to eat with the Blueberry Jam of the restaurant . “

“True, yeah . Now I remembered . I have seen someone bringing outside food into the restaurant before . “

“Yeah . The reason people rarely bring their own food in is because Boss Yuan’s food is too good . “

From this conversation, Jiang Meisi obtained an accurate answer . Outside food was not prohibited in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . Since the Yuan Zhou’s food was too good, people would rarely bring outside food . Happily, Jiang Meisi ran back and told the others what she found out .

With this, Dean’s backup plan was good to go . When the three looked at Dean, they felt like apart from the halo hovering above him, his entire body was shining with the radiance of a saint .

With a plan, they started acting on it . Li He told the filming crew their plan and the crew started helping them with borrowing cooking utensils and so on .

Alas, the gathered ingredients and cooking utensils were all not up to Dean’s standards . While cooking, he had extremely high requirements as well .

Dean decided to make a call to Chu Xiao . After all, China was Chu Xiao’s turf . He should know where one could buy good ingredients in Chengdu .

Thus the phone call was made .

“Du… Du… Du… The number you have dialed is currently busy . Please try again later . “

The call was cut off before it was answered . After thinking for a bit, Dean concluded that Chu Xiao might be in the midst of researching a new dish and would return the call later .

And thus, Dean stood there staring at his phone . After three minutes, there was no call . Therefore, he redialed Chu Xiao’s number .

Based on Dean’s temperament, he would never redial if his call was rejected by someone else . However, Chu Xiao was his rival of a lifetime . He did not mind redialing Chu Xiao’s number .

“The number you have dialed is not available . ” .

Dean: “??”

The phone had been turned off?

Staring at his phone, Dean was in a terrible mood . His surroundings sank into silence .

“Dean, I found out that there is a high-class Western restaurant nearby . Perhaps we can try that place,” Dean’s assistant suggested .

This assistant had brown hair and ashy-blue pupils . Her appearance was rather beautiful, with a slight resemblance to Sophie Marceau .

As the assistant spoke, she raised her head and revealed her pair of earnest eyes . At this moment, the benefits of a pretty face were fully displayed . When Dean gazed at the pretty face, his anger subsided . However, he was still somewhat unhappy .

“Do you think there will be ingredients meeting my requirement there?” Dean asked, his voice still stiff .

“I think so . You know the chef there as well . It’s Mr Li,” said the assistant with a sweet smile .

Before Dean could speak, the celebrities behind him started speaking .

“Wow, so Dean knows someone here?” Jiang Meisi said with astonishment .

“I guess . We will know when we arrive at the restaurant,” Li He said .

“Even if they can’t help, they will at least be able to cheer us on,” Bai Guo said, referring to the incident when he sang earlier .

“Let’s go . Quick, follow him,” Jiang Meisi said as she started walking .

The cameraman was faithfully filming everything and followed them to Li Li’s restaurant as well .

They stopped outside the restaurant . There were too many of them . The restaurant still needed to do its business . If they all entered, the business would definitely be affected . That was why the experienced Li He stopped .

“How about this? Mr Dean, you go and check the ingredients while we go borrow the utensils?” Li He asked Dean .

“Sure,” Dean nodded .

Li He, Jiang Meisi, and Bai Guo were all currently famous celebrities . Although the customers at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant had ignored them for the sake of food, they really did have a lot of fans .

Therefore, apart from the filming crew members, a huge crowd consisting of their fans were following along . With the huge crowd outside, although Li Li would not come out personally, Liu Ruoyu, the manager, still came out to welcome there .

“Hello . Are you coming to eat or film?” Liu Ruoyu asked with a polite and amiable smile .

Li He who was mature and experienced would usually deal with this . Therefore, he stepped forth, looked at Liu Ruoyu’s name tag and smiled .

“Hello, we are filming Roll, Dear Beef . We have something we need your help with . I wonder if you are willing to help?” Li He asked with an amiable tone, the pride of being a famous celebrity nowhere to be seen .

“Of course . How may I help?” Liu Ruoyi answered with a smile .

“Thank you, Manager Liu . Let us talk aside . I don’t want to disturb the restaurant’s business,” Li He offered to talk somewhere else in a considerate manner .

“Alright,” Liu Ruoyu nodded and brought them to the side, emptying the entrance .

Li He, Bai Guo, and Jiang Meisi started borrowing cooking utensils while Dean brought his assistant along as he headed towards the kitchen .