Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 318 - 198: Really Impressed by Your Huang Ji’s Customers_2

Chapter 318: Chapter 198: Really Impressed by Your Huang Ji’s Customers_2

He is no longer the Qin Huai he used to be; he is the Qin Huai who trained at Huang Ji for a month and then returned to Yunzhong Restaurant for an additional four days of training.

Nowadays, even if he goes back to his hometown in Qiu County to steam buns for the New Year, he won’t be lacking in skills!

"Before Huang Ji appeared in ’Taste,’ there were no set business hours," Zheng Siyuan suddenly began telling a story. "Back then, Uncle relied on his youthful vigor. He believed that it wasn’t easy for customers to travel such a long way, and if they were willing to come to Huang Ji to eat, it was showing respect to Huang Ji. No matter how late it was, they would be served."

"Then Huang Ji made it into ’Taste.’

"Uncle persisted for a week and couldn’t hold on any longer, so he changed the business hours. This way, he avoided ending up in the hospital from overwork."

"During that week, at Huang Ji, there were customers lining up outside at five or six in the morning, and even at two or three in the morning, there were still customers in line. Even if the kitchen ran out of dishes and all that was left were two bundles of greens, the customers were willing to eat a plate of greens before leaving."

"That’s the influence of Xu Cheng."

"In the era when communication was not advanced and print media was king, Xu Cheng’s influence was beyond your imagination."

"Just one food review, a few words of praise, and his fans would travel from miles away, even flying across the ocean just to taste a dish that Xu Cheng had endorsed."

Qin Huai was somewhat surprised to hear Zheng Siyuan say this.

How should I put it? He knew Xu Cheng was impressive, but he didn’t expect Xu Cheng to be this impressive.

The same words coming from Huang An Yao, from Dong Shi, from Zheng Siyuan, all had different effects.

Huang An Yao had a fan filter, Dong Shi loved gossip, and Zheng Siyuan was certified with credibility.

"So, you didn’t have Xu Cheng try your skills yesterday, wasn’t that a loss?" Qin Huai said.

Qin Huai felt that Zheng Siyuan’s overall skills were still above his own.

Zheng Siyuan had received formal training, with balanced development, a hexagonal warrior.

These days, while Qin Huai was improving rapidly, Zheng Siyuan was also making progress. Not to mention his progress with Zhou Sha Wonton and Paopao Dumpling alone, which was very noticeable.

If Zheng Siyuan could let go of the big spoon stir-frying technique and use the time spent practicing tossing the pot in the afternoon to practice pastry, his improvement might be even more significant.

"Xu Cheng tasted my skills two years ago," Zheng Siyuan said.

"You’ve been featured in ’Taste’? Which issue? I have to buy it for my collection!" Qin Huai’s eyes lit up.

Zheng Siyuan shook his head, "I wasn’t featured, I just wanted to sell snacks at the entrance of the community back then, didn’t want to be famous or featured in ’Taste,’ so I politely declined Xu Cheng’s interview."

"So, what about now?"

"Still don’t want to. Now that Uncle’s back is much better, he is expected to return to work officially in half a month. During the New Year, Huang Ji can’t be without a pastry chef. I plan to help until the Lantern Festival is over, then return to sell pastries at the shop, "said Zheng Siyuan.

"I feel like my skills are not good enough yet," Zheng Siyuan continued. "Perhaps when one day I think my skills are good enough and a hotel of a decent scale invites me to be the head chef, managing everything on my own, I will leave the pastry shop and work somewhere else."

While kneading the dough, Qin Huai clicked his tongue, "I think it might be difficult. I heard from Huang An Yao that currently, the only renowned hotel in the country focusing on pastry is Zhiwei Restaurant. I researched the Chef Record rankings yesterday. The head chef of Zhiwei Restaurant ranks 41st, and the lowest is 97th. If you want to be the head chef at Zhiwei Restaurant, you need to rank 40th in the Chef Record."

As we all know, the only time Zheng Da made it on the Chef Record, he ranked 53rd, and then angrily rejected the ranking due to the low position.

And Zheng Da’s skills are definitely above Qin Huai’s and Zheng Siyuan’s.

If Zheng Da could only rank 53rd, aiming for 40th would be challenging for Zheng Siyuan...

Unless he had a system to cheat, he might have a chance.

"It’s just a plan for the future," Zheng Siyuan said, continuing to wrap wontons.

After wrapping for a while, it dawned on Zheng Siyuan that they were originally talking about Qin Huai,

How did it turn onto himself?

"My dad saw Xu Cheng’s Weibo this morning and contacted a few familiar chefs from Zhiwei Restaurant to borrow you some helpers," Zheng Siyuan steered the topic back.

"Helpers?" Qin Huai was shocked, "Zhiwei Restaurant can even lend helpers?"

Is Zhiwei Restaurant’s business really that comprehensive?

This is a nurturing ground for pastry students.

"Special times call for special measures," Zheng Siyuan said lightly, "My dad’s afraid you’ll tire yourself out these few days."

"And it can’t really be called ’borrowing help,’ it’s precisely a learning exchange."

The small exhaustion these days is nothing. When "Taste" is published, that’s when the real exhaustion begins.

Huang Ji’s snacks are unlimited, and Zheng Da is concerned about his future promising disciple getting too tired.

While marveling inwardly, Qin Huai continued to roll the dough.

At 8:40, everyone at Huang Ji and Ouyang, who was squatting at the kitchen entrance, ate Longevity Noodles.

Ouyang, who had never eaten Longevity Noodles cooked with this grade of broth, was almost licking the bowl clean. After downing a big bowl of broth, he shamelessly refilled with another half bowl, then went out to do some research.

The specific way to research was to go strolling on the pedestrian street and buy handmade lemon tea.

After breakfast, Qin Huai officially started working.

Today’s menu includes premium three filling buns, fermented rice with steamed buns, and green bean cake.

When making green bean cake yesterday, Qin Huai felt like he hadn’t made it for a while. His hands were not used to it, and he needed more practice, so he added this snack to the recipe.

He doesn’t need to make a lot. Most of the customers who come to Huang Ji to buy snacks are primarily for the fermented rice with steamed buns. Since the three filling buns were a big hit yesterday, there will probably be quite a few customers wanting to buy them too.

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