Chan Baatjan
Last updated 2025-08-27
Chan Baatjan (Cantonese: 陈八珍 Chan4 Baat3 Jan1) 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
Chan Baatjan's location
Additional context
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
Tea-Smoked Squab ×3)
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...
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Chan Baatjan |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 陈八珍 Chén Bāzhēn |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 陳八珍 Chén Bāzhēn |
| Japanese | 陳八珍 Chin Hacchin[!] |
| Korean | 진팔진 Jin< >Paljin |
| Spanish | Chan Baatsan |
| French | Chan Baatjan |
| Russian | Чан Баатьян Chan Baat'yan |
| Thai | Chan Baatjan |
| Vietnamese | Chan Baatjan |
| German | Chan Baatjan |
| Indonesian | Chan Baatjan |
| Portuguese | Chan Baatjan |
| Turkish | Chan Baatjan |
| Italian | Chan Baatjan |
Change History
Released in Version 4.4