Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 249 - 172 Task Completed_2

Chapter 249: Chapter 172 Task Completed_2

Unbeknownst to him, Qin Huai had already been practicing Crab Dumplings for a full month.

Now, Qin Huai’s expertise in selecting crabs and shrimp matched that of a professional with 20 years in the seafood industry. No crab vendor could slip inferior crabs past him.

As for peeling crabs and handling crab meat, those were even more exceptional. His technique and speed were so convincing that people might believe he once worked in a famous crab roe noodle shop, peeling crabs there.

With such intense practice, the taste and quality of his Crab Dumplings had naturally improved.

Barring any surprises, Qin Huai felt that his current Crab Dumplings should be between C+ Level and B- Level. C+ Level was more frequent, but reaching B-level required an extraordinary effort and being in good form or having a particularly smooth time with the filling.

For Qin Huai, making a snack that reached B-level, even at a B- Level, was considered a specialty.

Definitely presentable.

Of course, Qin Huai knew there was still room for improvement in his Crab Dumplings.

With his current attribute panel, his Crab Dumplings could surely reach B+ Level. He needed to elevate his Crab Dumplings to B+ Level because this snack was perfect for enhancing his proficiency with fillings.

Yes, enhancing proficiency.

Over the month, Qin Huai’s filling proficiency increased to 39877/100000.

An increase of 32,000 proficiency points in a month was akin to flying in a rocket, rather than just an airplane. Qin Huai rarely checked his attribute panel, and he seldom opened the game panel unless a side quest was triggered.

This month truly was a period of intense practice focused on Crab Dumplings. Every day began and ended with Crab Dumplings. Even though he was no longer just a helper, the scent of crab and shrimp lingered around him; the crabman’s skin never came off, and he didn’t think about proficiency.

Qin Huai simply felt that his skills with fillings had significantly improved.

This is what happens when practicing difficult snacks; focusing on one aspect leads to rapid progress.

Solving math problems up to two-digit addition and subtraction, compared to linear algebra problems, yields very different experience points.

Provided the player has the capability to handle linear algebra.

Qin Huai felt that he had honed a lot of proficiency, but didn’t realize it was so much.

Upon discovering that he had gained 32,000 proficiency points in one month, Qin Huai regretted not intensifying the practice even more. If he pushed harder with evening training and added Crab Dumplings to the menu in the morning, practicing relentlessly for two months, he might reach Master Level proficiency before the crab season ended.

But that was the ideal scenario.

In reality, it was something Qin Huai couldn’t achieve.

The current intensity was because the crab season was ending soon; if he didn’t push now, it would be too late. Qin Huai felt the urgency and thus intensified his practice.

In normal times, making a gain of 16,000 in a month would already be diligent and hardworking.

On December 16, it marked 30 days of Qin Huai working on his Crab Dumplings proficiency.

It was practically a full month.

In the afternoon, Qin Huai diligently made Crab Dumplings in the kitchen as usual.

Huang Shengli and Gong Liang sat by a small table drinking tea, and the other employees no longer snuck around like before, fascinated by Qin Huai cooking; everyone was used to it now.

Everyone noticed that the genius Xiao Qin, who liked to learn a bit of everything, had also followed in Zheng Siyuan’s footsteps, specializing in one type of snack, living a mundane repetitive life.

In reality, a chef’s life is like that; learning new dishes or old ones is an endlessly repetitive process. Cooking is full of variations, but the overall work remains unchanged.

This is also why Dong Shi is popular in the kitchen; he talks a lot, loves to chat, is entertaining, and keeps colleagues updated with the latest gossip without affecting their work too much.

Of course, sometimes his gossip is too captivating, causing colleagues to get distracted and slack off.

Today was clearly a day without exciting gossip, as Dong Shi wasn’t even in the kitchen, out gathering gossip during his break.

The kitchen was filled with the rich aroma of Crab Dumplings.

This aroma signaled that the first large basket of Crab Dumplings was about to be served that afternoon.

After spending so much time in Huang’s Kitchen, even an outsider like Gong Liang could sense the status of the food from the aroma.

Huang Shengli played on his phone while sipping tea and glanced at Gong Liang, who was playing a match-three game, noting that Gong Liang was 80 levels ahead of him. He put down his phone and said, "I’ve realized you really never get tired of Crab Dumplings."

Gong Liang continued his game, lifted his head, and then lowered it again, saying, "How could anyone get tired of Crab Dumplings?"

Huang Shengli looked at Gong Liang.

Gong Liang lost the level and laid down his phone: "Okay, maybe I’m the only one who never gets tired of it, but I feel you’ve all grown tired of it long ago."

"But, Crab Dumplings are different from other snacks; they don’t get boring," Gong Liang insisted. "Forget one month, even if I were to eat them for two months straight, from September through to December, I still wouldn’t tire of them."

"But thinking about the upcoming end of crab season, the Crab Dumplings these past few days don’t taste as good as they did before. The peak crab season is over, and soon there’ll be no fresh crab roe to eat. I wish I could go back to Shan City in September and get Xiao Qin to start learning early so I could have at least two months of indulgence this year!"

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