Chan Baatjan

is an open-world NPC located in Yilong Wharf, Chenyu Vale, Liyue.
Following a certain dialogue branch for the first time gives the player three Tea-Smoked Squab.
==Location==
NPC Location Chan Baatjan.png|Chan Baatjan's location
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==Idle Quotes==
: Which is better...
:: "It's pointless to argue about which is better."
==Dialogue==
:Chan Baatjan: Really good food doesn't need to be ranked. There's no need to feel inferior, but no place for arrogance, either.
: True gourmet cuisine?
::Chan Baatjan: It seems you are a fellow seeker and lover of the finest cuisine and daintiest of delicacies as well.
::Chan Baatjan: I am Chan Baatjan. I won't claim to be the best chef in Yilong Wharf, but I have never disrespected the original flavors of my ingredients and always cooked every dish with great care.
::Chan Baatjan: Unfortunately, I do not often cook anymore, but these days am more akin to a very picky wandering gourmand.
::Chan Baatjan: Someone who's just busy in the kitchen all day has quite limited influence in the end.
::Chan Baatjan: Thus, over the past few years, I've taken in a dozen or so students and taught them everything I know.
::Chan Baatjan: Now, some of them have graduated. The owner of Lianfang Dim Sum and the head chef for Jiulue Teahouse were both my prized pupils.
::Chan Baatjan: You should try out their creations. May you find the offerings to your taste!
:;(Obtain )
: Did you run into some kind of trouble?
::Chan Baatjan: Thank you for the kind words, my friend.
::Chan Baatjan: I'm not in trouble or anything. This is just something that's been on my mind.
::Chan Baatjan: Yilong Wharf faces Lumidouce Harbor, and so we receive a lot of merchants from Fontaine. In time, this place has become a melting pot of cultures and cuisines.
::Chan Baatjan: Some chefs had never had Fontainian food, and praised it to the high heavens upon first tasting its novelty.
::Chan Baatjan: Some chefs grew arrogant, on the other hand, when they saw Fontainian diners loved Liyue's food, so they started claiming that Liyue has the best food anywhere.
:: What do you think?
::Chan Baatjan: From my perspective, neither is the right approach. You can substitute Fontainian cuisine for that which comes from other nations, and what I said would still stand.
::Chan Baatjan: No two people have the same preferences, so there is no single dish that will earn the praise of every single person.
::Chan Baatjan: It's the same as in literature. What's the point of fighting for the empty title of "the best"?
::Chan Baatjan: As a chef, one should be humble when looking at new dishes, deconstructing them to learn the ingredients and the skills required to cook them.
::Chan Baatjan: We should not blindly praise something that wasn't based on local ingredients, or be intentionally conservative, stalling progress thereby.
::Chan Baatjan: Of course, these are just empty words. All I can do is point this out to my students, so they will always remember that they're chefs who strive to make better dishes.
::Chan Baatjan: They should also communicate with their colleagues, learning new ideas and doing away with bad ones.
: (Leave quietly...)
::Chan Baatjan: I have to explain this to people at some point...
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