Meanwhile, Yuan Zhou was also learning the techniques and positive aspects of the dishes he tasted, and at the same time, learning to avoid the mistakes the restaurants made. The process of taste testing was repeated over and over, the instinctive human desire to pursue perfection displaying itself in full throttle.
He continued to eat.
It was not until 4:00 PM did Yuan Zhou finally finish the taste testing in the five restaurants recorded in the notebook. Every restaurant had its unique characteristics and also some inevitable shortcomings. Yuan Zhou tried to give his comments to the delicacies swallowed into his mouth as objectively as possible.
Having put away the small notebook, half of which had been filled with notes, Yuan Zhou hailed a cab and prepared to go back to his restaurant.
