River Province’s provincial capital Zheng City was named so because the surname Zheng was the most common surname in this city, three or four households out of ten would have this surname.

Zheng City’s layout was extremely rectangular, also known as a four-sided city. Its population was also close to a million, an extremely prosperous city. The city lord owned the Yellow Sparrow Restaurant that was extremely well-known in all of River Province.

Yellow Sparrow Restaurant had two dishes that were the most famous, one was oil fried yellow sparrow, the carefully chosen yellow sparrows stuffed with ham, mushrooms and other things. After applying a spread and steaming it until it was seventy or eighty percent cooked, it would then be quickly fried in a deep fryer. This way, the outside skin was nice and crispy, while the meat inside was still tender and juicy. It could be eaten with a single bite, even the fine bones inside soft and delicious, easily chewed and swallowed.

Their other famous dish was pickled sheep’s head meat. The sheep’s head would first be marinated in fine yellow wine and condiments, and then the meat would be sliced up and pressed for an entire night. Afterwards, it would be steam cooked in a steamer basket. This way, there was a perfect blend of lean and fat meat,...