Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 320 - 199: There Isn’t Much Time Left for Zheng Da

Chapter 320: Chapter 199: There Isn’t Much Time Left for Zheng Da

That noon, Zheng Da was almost exhausted in Huang’s Kitchen.

Qin Huai felt he was only moderately tired. Although there were many customers lining up outside, Huang’s Kitchen wasn’t like Yunzhong Restaurant. Qin Huai, staying inside the kitchen, couldn’t see it, so there wasn’t much pressure.

Moreover, Team leader Cao was indeed very professional. With no limit on the pastry purchases at Huang Ji, he could roughly estimate how many more customers could be served with the remaining snacks in the kitchen and reasonably persuaded those stubbornly queuing customers not to be too insistent.

Of course, Huang Ji wasn’t completely unlimited in sales.

Gong Liang last time could sit at the entrance and shout for 50 Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns because there weren’t that many customers at Huang Ji, and the queue was short, so him buying hundreds of snacks didn’t affect those buying behind him.

In this situation now, let alone buying 50 Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns, even for 25, anyone weighing less than 200 pounds would think twice before asking.

The elderly man’s advice to Xu Cheng not to buy too many, or else he might get beaten, wasn’t a joke.

"Xiao Qin, how are you? Tired? Can you manage the afternoon shift?" During Qin Huai’s employee meal break, Huang Shengli came over with a smile and softly asked.

Most of the time, Huang Shengli was often smiling in the kitchen.

But this smile depended on the situation; many times, a grin was Shengli’s subconscious response. As a gentle middle-aged man, the real authority in Huang’s Kitchen, Shengli needed to express his encouragement to everyone with this expression.

Sometimes, the smile was heartfelt, paired with his gentle voice, upright posture, slightly bent neck, and hands resting behind his back, making his kindness more apparent.

"Not tired," Qin Huai replied truthfully.

Although the number of customers today exceeded his expectations, with people lining up from around 9 o’clock to buy snacks, and many customers felt they hadn’t bought enough and queued again—not only were the Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns and Three Meat Buns sold out instantly, but even Green Bean Cakes were in shortage.

But honestly, Qin Huai wasn’t that tired.

Zheng Da bore too much for him.

Zheng Da wasn’t just an assistant; he outmatched Qin Huai in all aspects, including the level of pastry snacks he made, surpassing the 53 competitors on the Chef Record.

The key point is, he can make Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns.

Even casually, he could achieve a B-level. With seriousness, he might reach an A-level for Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns.

Today, in Huang’s kitchen, Zheng Da made buns until his eyes lost their light. He didn’t eat his employee meal and slipped away right after the lunch session, skipping the afternoon training competition.

This afternoon was destined to be entirely Huang Shengli’s session for meat cooking instruction.

"Since you’re not tired, let’s just proceed with the usual Fire Control practice this afternoon," suggested Huang Shengli, "just for two hours. Mr. Xu tried your Green Bean Cake at noon and found it satisfactory; he’d like to test the variety of your snacks and asked if you have time this afternoon to make a few he’d never tasted."

"Of course," Qin Huai agreed without hesitation.

If Xu Cheng thought the Green Bean Cake was acceptable, there were plenty more snacks Qin Huai could make.

Not to brag, but opening the Snack Encyclopedia, from page 7 to page 200, any page, Qin Huai could perform to the level of Green Bean Cake.

For the Green Bean Cake alone, Qin Huai knew no less than four methods to make it.

After finishing his meal, Qin Huai rested for half an hour and then began practicing Fire Control.

He hadn’t practiced Fire Control for some time, having been focused on mastering Crab Dumplings. He felt a bit rusty frying meat stuffing with a pan all of a sudden.

Now that his back greatly improved, Huang Shengli didn’t need to grab apprentices for demonstrations; he demonstrated from start to finish himself. He flipped with the spoon however he wished, even managed a big spoon stir-frying technique, and told Qin Huai to try freely without psychological pressure.

Qin Huai claimed he had no pressure. Every stir-frying technique demonstrated by Huang Shengli, he couldn’t quite master.

His Fire Control practice was only enough to graduate from frying vegetables.

Considering the evening employee meal for others at Huang Ji, Qin Huai didn’t just fry meat fillings alone; he fried a little of everything.

From chili fried meat, carrot slices fried meat, small fried meat, cauliflower fried meat, celery fried meat, potato strips fried meat, vegetable fried meat, everything mixed, a myriad styles, mixed matching.

From a distance, Dong Shi turned pale seeing this, pulling Dong Li to ask if Qin Huai was experimenting with dark cuisine, surprised that even seeing vegetables, he’d grab to fry with meat.

If the employee meal tonight was these, it might be better to eat yesterday’s boxed meals.

Qin Huai didn’t realize his considerate variety brought huge psychological stress to Dong Shi; he just simply thought that changing styles to fry meat was pretty good, as it not only practiced Fire Control but also ingredient pairing. Different vegetables required different fire controls when stir-fried with meat, increasing variables to enhance the Fire Control practice efficiency.

Better to increase the experience points.

The most critical point is that Huang Shengli had no objections to this.

He stood watching on the side, giving a reminder if a significant issue appeared during frying, if the same problem happened repeatedly, Shengli demonstrated once himself.

The teaching process was very relaxed and enjoyable.

After frying 2 buckets of meat, when it was time to make snacks for Xu Cheng, Qin Huai felt he still hadn’t had enough practice.

Considering that colleagues might have difficulty with their evening employee meal, and Xu Cheng’s normal meal size wouldn’t be substantial, along with Ouyang’s wallet, Qin Huai made a bit more when preparing the snacks, trying to ensure everyone could have some.

It could be said to be very considerate.

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