Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 199 - 156 [Apple Dough Ball level B+]

Chapter 199: Chapter 156 [Apple Dough Ball level B+]

At noon, Gong Liang finally got to eat Qin Huai’s apple dough balls and posted three updates on social media.

While eating his staff meal, Qin Huai scrolled through Gong Liang’s posts, not quite understanding the fuss, so he liked them thrice and continued eating.

Today’s staff meal was, as usual, a special dish cooked by Huang Jia.

Crab meat meatballs, stir-fried cauliflower, and three shreds stir-fry.

Huang Jia worried that Qin Huai would get tired of eating the same special meal every day, so he thoughtfully mixed and matched different dishes.

Mixing his rice with the meatballs, Qin Huai wondered internally why everyone was so oddly obsessed with and pursuing the guo’er.

Huang An Yao was one, Gong Liang too, and even the skilled Huang Jia seemed to genuinely like guo’er, treating it as something precious.

Qin Huai personally felt guo’er was just okay. If he had to choose a snack to eat every day, he’d definitely pick fermented rice with steamed buns or five fillings buns.

Of course, that’s mainly due to his limited skills.

Qin Huai ate his meal in big bites.

"I heard you don’t have to stir-fry greens this afternoon," Zheng Siyuan, having finished his meal, put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked.

Qin Huai nodded: "Master Huang said I’ve been doing well with the greens these past couple of days, and I’m not actually planning to switch careers to become a meat chef. As long as I have this level of skill and control, it’s enough."

"What are you stir-frying today?"

"Stir-fried shredded meat."

After a few days of intensive training, Qin Huai’s mastery of fire control had significantly improved. Before leaving the house this morning, he checked his game panel, which showed:

Player Name: Qin Huai

Unlocked Encyclopedia: 5/12

Skills:

Yeast (Intermediate): Your yeast skills have surpassed 93% of pastry chefs nationwide. (9227/10000)

Filling (Advanced): Your filling level has surpassed 96% of pastry chefs nationwide (4632/100000)

Finger Skill (Basic): You don’t put any effort into shaping the pastries. (673/1000)

Oil Case (Intermediate): Your deep-fried dough sticks are pretty good. (333/10000)

Knife Skills (Basic): Household level. (103/1000)

Fire Control (Intermediate): Barely passable. (3222/10000)

Food Tasting (Advanced): Alright, you’re quite a foodie. (Not upgradable)

Management (Intermediate): You’re fairly business-savvy, won’t go into loss. (1179/10000)

Lie (Master Level): You can talk to people or ghosts with ease! (24391/1000000)

Based on the current workload and proficiency increase, Qin Huai predicted his yeast skill would reach advanced level by the time Zheng Da returned.

Zheng Da will return the day after tomorrow.

Although advanced yeast skills wouldn’t help much in learning crab dumplings, Qin Huai believed his diligent practice with fire control and the impressive fact that his yeast skills improved would certainly shock Zheng Da, prompting him to teach everything wholeheartedly, thus helping Qin Huai complete his side quest.

"You’re progressing quite fast. A normal person with some talent would need at least a month to stir-fry greens," Zheng Siyuan remarked, "but you do have some foundation, and since you’re not staying long, maybe Uncle wants you to learn everything quickly and systematically."

Qin Huai understood; he was enrolled in a crash course.

The kind where they promise to teach you all English skills in three days and reveal the seven secrets of reading comprehension in five.

Qin Luo really needed this kind of crash course.

"What are you practicing lately?" Qin Huai asked.

These days, every afternoon, Qin Huai was in the kitchen at Huang Ji learning to stir-fry greens from Huang Shengli. His disciples often watched eagerly, but Zheng Siyuan was never among the crowd.

Zheng Siyuan wasn’t even at Huang Ji.

He would disappear after finishing his staff meal every day, very mysteriously.

"I’m practicing hand feel," Zheng Siyuan said, "It’s been many years since I tossed gravel, and I completely lost the feel needed for big spoon stir-frying. Since I have to learn it, I need to regain the hand feel first. So these days, I go home every afternoon to toss gravel."

Instantly, Qin Huai felt admiration for Zheng Siyuan.

He had thought Zheng Siyuan was just taking it easy after working hard at Yunzhong Restaurant recently, returning to familiar Gusu to relax, and just killing time at home every afternoon after work. Turns out he was actually working hard behind the scenes, aiming to impress everyone.

"Any results?" Qin Huai asked.

Zheng Siyuan:...

You think you can see results after practicing just a few days?

If that were the case, all chefs at Huang Ji, without exception, would be super masters.

"Somewhat," Zheng Siyuan tactfully said, "Even if I don’t ultimately learn big spoon stir-frying, tossing gravel can strengthen hand strength and improve control over power. Practicing such basic skills is definitely worth it."

Qin Huai felt a bit tempted.

"You don’t need to practice," Zheng Siyuan interrupted Qin Huai’s temptation, "You grew up farming... your control over strength is already quite good."

Zheng Siyuan himself found it absurd. Since when did pastry chefs practice strength by farming?

"Do you want to stay a bit longer this afternoon?" Qin Huai asked, seeing Zheng Siyuan looking at him, he quickly continued, "I asked Master Huang yesterday, and after a few days of therapy and rest, his back is much better."

"Of course, normal work is out of the question. For full recovery, his back needs at least three more months of treatment and rest, but everyday activities pose no issue, nor does the intensity of cooking at home."

It seemed Zheng Siyuan had a clue about what Qin Huai said yesterday.

"So yesterday I asked Master Huang if he could help me make the filling for the guo’er today."

"Over these days, I’ve found out that although Huang Jia can big spoon stir-fry, he can only do it, not necessarily do it well. I showed him the guo’er recipe and told him that big spoon stir-frying is required when cooking the filling. He studied it for a few days and clearly told me he might not achieve the desired result."

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