Happy Chinese new year, guys
@囧囧SUGAR
这道菜叫“锅巴肉片”，四川名菜。中华一番里也出场过。
@VideoGameChampion
Black Myth Cookong
@lufi401
The meat with eyes, is a creature written in one legendary book named "shan hai jing/ 山海经", it can give super healing power to the person consumed it.
@Ravii666
Someone in the chat said asmongold and emiru cooking lol😂
@nexgen6249
For those confused this is just their celebration animation of the new year, the year of horses.
@raaaaaagh4263
You killing monsters, we cooking monsters. We are not the same.
@PeakandChews
They’re just showing off at this point. I like it!🔥
@None38389
It's giving me Spirited Away vibe.
@ZHEMGYING
Let me share some knowledge. The monster with a human face and a fish body at the beginning of the game is called “赤鱬”. It is recorded in the ancient Chinese mythological classic 《山海经》 (The Classic of Mountains and Seas). Eating it can prevent scabies. The girl uses her fingers to measure the width below the fish fin, and cuts from this point to avoid slicing the fish’s gallbladder.
The knives shown in the next shot are traditional butchery tools used in ancient China: a bone cleaver, a “桑刀” (mulberry leaf knife; its exact function is unclear, and it is presumably named for resembling a mulberry leaf), and a boning knife.
The gourd water used later was a common summer cooling drink in ancient China. Rice wine or other drinks were put into a gourd and chilled before drinking. Then a bald man appears and cuts open a huge clam spirit. This clam spirit is “蜃” recorded in ancient China. The ancient phenomenon of 海市蜃楼 — illusory city scenes appearing over the sea or in the sky — was believed by ancient people to be formed by the mist emitted by “蜃”. The meat of “蜃” is delicious, and its shell can keep food fresher for longer.
The fleshy mass with two eyes that appears later is the legendary “肉太岁”. Ancient books describe it as looking like a beef liver with only two eyes and having extremely strong regenerative abilities. Even today, many Chinese people still believe in the existence of “太岁”. Legend says eating it can extend lifespan, cure diseases, and bring good luck.
The tree spirit that appears next is called “木魁” (tree spirit), which ancient records describe as an old tree that has become a spirit. The baby shallots in the exquisite lacquer box have no recorded historical source. They were probably created by 游戏科学 by combining elements from the ancient mythical “人参果” (a divine fruit shaped like ginseng that grants immortality) and other materials.
The two small figures on the stone mortar are Yang Ren, an official of the Shang Dynasty in 《封神演义》. He had his eyes gouged out for remonstrating directly with “纣王”, the famous tyrant of the Shang Dynasty. Later, he was healed by “清虚道德真君” with golden pills, and hands grew out of his eye sockets.
(“清虚道德真君” was a fellow disciple of Erlang Shen’s master, similar to two professors at the same school, with Erlang Shen being the student of one professor.) The large jar in the shot is a cultural relic from China’s Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods — a bronze fou with animal-head ring handles. The clay pot in her hand is a cultural relic from the Yangshao Culture (about 6,000 years ago) — the double-fish pottery jar. In ancient China, double fish symbolized blessings for a newly married couple. It is filled with rice wine, used for seasoning.
Finally, the food is served in a bronze basin (also from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, more than 2,000 years ago). 游戏科学 is very fond of putting various cultural relics into their games. The dish being made should be yellow fish crispy rice soup — fish meat and various fresh vegetables are stewed and poured over freshly fried crispy rice. The bald man and the clam spirit in the video are ghosts subdued by Zhong Kui. The ghost with a huge scar on his waist is “虚耗鬼” (a ghost that wastes and consumes in vain). It is recorded in 《钟馗斩鬼传》 (The Biography of Zhong Kui Slaying Ghosts) and specializes in consuming people’s wealth and making them poor. The book records that Zhong Kui killed the “木精鬼” (wood ghost) that ate livestock, the “火精鬼” (fire ghost) that burned houses, the “金精鬼” (metal ghost) that wasted property, the “水精鬼” (water ghost) that flooded fields, and the “土精鬼” (earth ghost) that ate grain.
These correspond respectively to “木魁”, the bald male ghost (who ignites talismans), the wounded-waist “虚耗鬼”, the clam spirit, and “肉太岁” in the video. The female protagonist should be Zhong Kui’s younger sister — Zhong Meier. In ancient times, there were operas about Zhong Kui marrying off his younger sister, with all her servants being the ghosts caught by Zhong Kui.
The ghost standing at the back at the end is “三角兽”, an auspicious ghost that appears in various ceremonial occasions. Combined with the earlier double-fish pattern pottery jar (representing wedding blessings) and the cheerful background music, the man wearing the headgear is most likely the groom Zhong Kui found for his sister — that is, the player themselves.
