"The ideals in question are indeed questionable. The ongoing rivalry between the traditions has resulted in the quality of food in Liyue going down, in fact -- rather than taste, both Li and Yue styles aim for ostentation and uniqueness. A rather sad state of affairs against which some restaurants are at last beginning to rebel."

He wasn't ignoring the implication that he should get to work. He was just missing it entirely, having at no point thought that he was actually being called on to cook.