Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 172 - 147 This Master is Worthy_2

Chapter 172: Chapter 147 This Master is Worthy_2

When Qin Huai mentioned during dinner yesterday that he could make at least 120 types of snacks, if each one was as good as these Four Happiness Dumplings.

Huang An Yao was willing to give him half of the shares.

No more than that, or his dad would kill him.

Huang An Yao thought that if he could have Qin Huai’s snacks every morning, with 120 types, one each day, he wouldn’t repeat for four months. Then inheriting the restaurant, being involved in management, and communicating with suppliers and guests wouldn’t be a hassle.

His dream of becoming a food critic wasn’t so important either, after all, one should be grounded and focus on what’s right in front of them.

Focus on the Four Happiness Dumplings in front of him.

Huang An Yao took another bite.

Delicious.

Even someone like Huang An Yao, who grew up eating Huang Shengli’s dishes, had to admit that this dumpling was truly delicious.

From the moment he tasted the Four Happiness Dumplings, Huang An Yao felt that Qin Huai must be his half-brother.

His previous half-brother was Zheng Siyuan.

Due to their fathers’ relationship, Huang An Yao had a good relationship with Zheng Siyuan since childhood. Even though he was a year older, he felt more like Siyuan’s younger brother, following him around waiting for snacks.

But now...

Sorry, Zheng Siyuan, even though your skills are fantastic and match Qin Huai’s, you’re not as versatile. Qin Huai knows 120 different types!

Unlike Huang An Yao, who was lost in his own thoughts, even considering giving away half his shares to keep Qin Huai, Huang Jia didn’t hesitate after eating the Four Happiness Dumplings and immediately sought out Wang Jun.

Wang Jun, as Huang Shengli’s sixth apprentice, although he joined late, has very solid basic skills.

Unlike most disciples directly taken by Huang Shengli, Wang Jun’s family ran a small restaurant, which gave him a foundation. He started working as a helper in Huang Ji Restaurant at 16, and after two years of learning while doing odd jobs, he moved to the water station handling fresh ingredients. After a year there, Huang Shengli saw potential in him despite his average talent and weaker basics, but he was hardworking and dependable, never slacked off, so Huang Shengli accepted him as a disciple.

Now Wang Jun is still a kitchen hand, mainly assisting in the back kitchen.

"Old Sixth, today you’ll assist Qin Huai and pick a couple from the kitchen who have some pastry-making skills. Qin Huai doesn’t know anything, so you all need to help him out, do what needs doing. Let me know if you need more people, and I’ll send a couple more over. It’s his first official day today after arriving yesterday, don’t tire him out." Huang Jia whispered, glancing at Dong Shi, "Forget Dong Shi, he can’t keep his mouth shut and will definitely chat with Qin Huai, but Da Dong is fine."

Wang Jun was still holding a Four Happiness Dumpling, nodded solemnly: "Don’t worry, senior brother, with me here Qin Huai won’t get tired."

Huang Jia gave Wang Jun a nod of affirmation, then walked toward Qin Huai: "Qin Huai, we discussed it just now, today is your first official day... let’s count it as that, focus on getting familiar and adapting, don’t worry about the staff meals for now, so you don’t wear out."

Qin Huai was a bit stunned and said, "I shouldn’t, right? It’s just making a bit more..."

"Don’t prepare the noon meal, see how it goes in the afternoon and decide if you want to for the evening." Huang Jia interrupted Qin Huai.

Qin Huai nodded: "Alright."

Then continued working.

Wang Jun quickly gathered the right people to assist Qin Huai. Whether it was chopping filling, handling ingredients, making buns or dumplings, pressing molds, or shaping, Wang Jun and his group took over everything, even the Filling, which Qin Huai thought shouldn’t be entrusted to others, only required him to set the basic proportions, leaving the rest to others.

To say something a bit unambitious, it was the first time Qin Huai felt like an Emperor while making snacks.

Just missing two little attendants for a shoulder massage, one kneading the left, one kneading the right.

Qin Huai felt he only needed to sign off documents with a pen, and everything else would be done by others.

With Wang Jun’s team’s combined efforts, Qin Huai soon finished a large batch of pre-made snacks.

The reason they’re pre-made is that most snacks are best enjoyed freshly steamed or baked. The kitchen at Huang Ji Restaurant is big enough, with ample stove stations, enough steamers, and sufficient capacity ovens.

According to Qin Huai’s judgment, the Four Happiness Dumplings, Five Fillings Bun, Dream Come True Sesame Bun, Crab Shell Cake, and Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns he made were enough to sell from noon till evening, and if there were more people in the evening, he could make another batch in the afternoon.

The level of the Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns itself is high, a bonus if with a buff, but even without, they’re delicious.

The Dried Tangerine Peel Tea, on the other hand, wasn’t quite the same. Its level was too low and too ordinary, and without a buff, it was just a typical bowl of Silver Ear Lotus Seed Soup. Therefore, Qin Huai repeatedly stressed only to brew a limited amount of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea daily, without explaining the reason, nor did anyone ask, but if anyone did, it was hunger marketing.

At 11 a.m., the Four Happiness Dumplings, Five Fillings Bun, and Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns went into the steamers, while Crab Shell Cake and Baked Bun went into the oven. Not needing to worry about the oven or steamers, Qin Huai could comfortably make Green Bean Cake, even have the leisure to glance at what others were doing.

Led by Huang Jia, the meat chefs had already entered the final stage of prepping ingredients, with various handled ingredients piled together, much like a rural kitchen preparing for a feast.

Over at Zheng Siyuan’s, someone was assisting, with fresh meat mooncakes already in the oven. He himself wasn’t resting either, busy making Dingsheng Cake.

Qin Huai glanced at the fresh meat mooncakes waiting to go in the oven, roughly noted the number, finding that the amount of fresh meat mooncakes made by Zheng Siyuan was 1.5 times the quantity of the Five Fillings Bun, Four Happiness Dumplings, and Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns combined, which truly surprised him.

That’s too many, who’s going to come to the restaurant for mooncakes in broad daylight?

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