Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 349 - 209 ’Taste’ Publication (Those who do not like the content of ’Taste’ may skip)

Chapter 349: Chapter 209 ’Taste’ Publication (Those who do not like the content of ’Taste’ may skip)

January 2nd, a day destined to be remembered by all employees of Huang Ji.

Normally, this unremarkable New Year’s holiday should have been the 5th day of Qin Huai’s research mishap with the mixed fruit filling, the 2nd day of Huang Ji welcoming the high traffic of the New Year’s holiday, and the 4th day of countdown until Chen Huixi’s vacation. Old patrons living nearby were simultaneously complaining about how crowded it was during the New Year holiday and wondering how chaotic it would be during the Chinese New Year, all while grabbing seats to watch and gossip about the arguments.

But a minor incident changed everything.

"Taste" has been published!

The first issue of the year of "Taste" was released on January 2nd!

As usual, Qin Huai walked into Huang Ji a little before 8 o’clock and found the restaurant bustling with excitement.

It wasn’t just the kitchen that was lively, it was crowded as soon as you walked in the door.

When Qin Huai stepped in, he thought he saw things and instinctively rubbed his eyes, wondering how the queue of customers outside had moved into the restaurant.

He knew there would be a high influx of customers during the New Year’s holiday, but no matter how high, they shouldn’t have lined up inside the restaurant before it even opened!

Qin Huai rubbed his eyes again.

The next second, Dong Shi, like an exuberant golden retriever, rushed at Qin Huai with the "Taste" magazine barely closed in his hands, smothering it on his face.

"Qin Huai, ’Taste’! You’re in ’Taste’! Master is in it too! Huang Ji made it into ’Taste’ again, the latest issue, check out the latest issue, a full 4 pages!" Dong Shi babbled excitedly, gesticulating wildly as if trying to make Qin Huai understand his excitement better through sheer enthusiasm.

"I know." Qin Huai nodded, indicating Dong Shi shouldn’t get too wound up early, "Everyone knew Huang Ji was going to be in ’Taste’ since the interview day, didn’t they?"

That day, Xu Chengcai was so inspired that he went home to write the draft overnight and even tweeted about it; there was no hiding it.

"It’s different, it’s not the same!" Dong Shi clamped down on "Taste", his knuckles whitening with the effort, "This is ’Taste’, a printed issue! The first issue of the year! Cover story! Four pages!"

Qin Huai noted that he saw the cover with guo’er.

The photo was well taken and looked delicious.

Dong Shi, seeing Qin Huai still calm and not understanding his excitement, nearly grabbed his arm to yell, "I hate that you’re such a block of wood."

Dong Shi could only shove "Taste" into Qin Huai’s hands: "See for yourself."

Then he bounded over to another chef holding "Taste" who ran excitedly into Huang Ji.

"Did you see it? The cover! Four pages! Last time Huang Ji was in ’Taste’, I missed it, but this time I can finally bring honor to my family, hahaha!"

"Yes, I saw it, a whole four pages!"

Qin Huai: ?

Qin Huai genuinely couldn’t understand why everyone was so thrilled?

Wasn’t this inclusion of Huang Ji in ’Taste,’ especially as a cover, something they all knew long ago?

Qin Huai opened "Taste", and the first article was a feature on Huang Ji, fully covering the spread.

Before he could start reading, Zheng Da’s loud voice echoed from outside. Dressed in a formal suit, Zheng Da entered Huang Ji early in the morning, looking every bit the epitome of a business elite, with several assistants trailing behind carrying boxes.

"Hahaha, everybody’s here! Have you seen ’Taste’? I bought 300 copies, so everyone can take home two or three copies after work today to give to relatives and friends. Is Qin Huai here? Oh, Xiao Qin is here."

Zheng Da walked over to Qin Huai, gleefully. Seeing that Qin Huai was still on the first page, he quickly said, "Xiao Qin, take your time reading, I’ll handle breakfast this morning!"

"For such a joyous occasion, we’ll have Four Happiness glutinuous rice for breakfast! Si Yuan, are you in the kitchen? Stop making your wontons and come help your dad make the Four Happiness glutinuous rice."

Upon hearing the words glutinuous rice, a few chefs who were bravely eager these days to try the rumored dreadful tasting Four Happiness glutinuous rice with mixed fruit filling made by the trio of Qin Huai, turned pale.

Understanding that Zheng Da was keen to demonstrate his culinary skills after a few days of seclusion, Qin Huai happily let him take over the breakfast duty and began to read the food review.

In fact, Qin Huai had never read "Taste" before.

Huang An Yao had told him quite a bit about Xu Cheng’s writing style, how the articles were full of fluff, and even explained the usual methods used.

The beginning featured Xu Cheng’s standard opening:

’Many readers seeing this magazine’s cover must wonder if Master Huang Shengli from Huang Ji Restaurant has improved his cooking skills again, inventing some remarkable new dish, and whether he will surpass his best ranking despite his back injury in the next Chef Record selection. Alas, I’m sorry to disappoint, for this article is not about what you think; my focus isn’t the meat cooking dishes but a pastry that rarely appears in "Taste".

Speaking of traditional Chinese snacks, many of my loyal readers will first think of Hangzhou’s Zhiwei Restaurant. When I initially founded "Taste", many friends assumed I invested in Zhiwei Restaurant, otherwise how could I explain why, in a special issue on pastry snacks, 11 out of 13 articles were about Zhiwei Restaurant’s chefs. Even today, if someone asks me where’s the best place to eat snacks, I would enthusiastically recommend Zhiwei Restaurant, which is undoubtedly the number one pastry restaurant.

Well, enough advertising for Zhiwei Restaurant. However, if someone said Zhiwei’s fame is already big enough and they are bored of it, wanting to try something else worth a taste, I now recommend Huang Ji Restaurant.

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