I haven't had this quest pop up for almost 5 months now and it's driving me mad, I don't know how to try and force it.

I did the quest before, talked with chef mao of course, didn't know talking with someone else was an option IT DIDN'T SAY!! there's no intuition or freedom to do what you want so you go by the book or by these tutorials.. let's see what youtube has to offer because i can't see xiangling!

Not here either..
I guess I will have to leave some inazuma quests without ever resolve them and go right to sumeru....

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I just went near mao’s restaurant and it locked me in. Now xiangling isn’t there

You have to talk to Chef Mao first to have Xiangling I think, just don't give him ingredients.

Why there's no Xiangling in my world?

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I did that daily commotion but this quest still won’t show up
Why?