Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 702 - 358: Who Got Him Riled Up? (2)

So, reporter Qin Luo of Shan City went through all the Weibo posts from Pei Xing’s side account and noticed something in a photo of getting off work; it turned out to be the community where Pei Xing lived.

Combining the tone and habits of the text, Qin Luo reasonably deduced that this was Pei Xing’s side account, and quickly shared this groundbreaking discovery with Qin Huai.

Since then, the sibling duo Qin Huai and Qin Luo occasionally browsed Pei Xing’s Weibo.

Pei Xing really loves posting on Weibo and often shares his feelings there. For example, the day before yesterday, Qin Huai noticed from his Weibo that Pei Xing was in a bad mood and wanted to resign.

Otherwise, while eating breakfast, he suddenly felt like something was missing and wanted to eat dumplings, which led him to cue Pei Xing.

Qin Huai deftly used tongs to take out the Double Crab Buns from the steamer, all the while thinking to himself: Oh, I’m really such a caring boss.

Then he placed the steamed Double Crab Buns in front of Ouyang, who was already sitting in the back kitchen, and asked with concern, "Can you still eat more?"

Upon hearing the word "eat," Ouyang instinctively burped and nodded reluctantly, "I can eat one more."

Qin Huai knew his good buddy had tried his best.

As Qin Huai’s officially designated taste tester, Ouyang had a big appetite but still had limits.

After seven batches of Double Crab Buns, Ouyang ate seven, plus the breakfast and dumplings for lunch. Qin Huai felt it was a miracle Ouyang could last until the eighth batch.

Of course, Qin Huai didn’t expect Ouyang to taste anything special, nor did he expect Ouyang to give any constructive feedback.

All Qin Huai needed was one answer from Ouyang —

Do you think this Double Crab Bun is more like a bun or a dish?

If it tastes more like a dish, it’s a big fail. If you can’t taste it, it’s a small fail. If it tastes more like a bun, it’s successful.

The Double Crab Bun research team still hasn’t succeeded because Ouyang didn’t understand why Qin Huai asked him such a strange question, so his answers were very straightforward and quite valuable as a reference.

Ouyang might not have even realized the Double Crab Bun didn’t taste like a bun until Qin Huai asked him this.

"After you finish this round, you can go back to your milk tea shaking. I won’t delay your business," Qin Huai said thoughtfully. "Eat a little less tomorrow at noon, so you can have space to taste the small kitchen dishes Zang Liang will make with us."

Ouyang was so moved that he almost shed tears and asked, "Can I pick a dish?"

"Don’t even think about it."

Ouyang’s tears of gratitude stopped, and he grabbed a bun, taking a small bite.

It was obvious that Ouyang was really a bit stuffed since he couldn’t take a big bite of the bun.

Chewing.

Slow chewing, swallowing.

Qin Huai watched Ouyang, waiting for his verdict.

"This bun... I can’t quite say. I think it’s not exactly like a dish, but saying it’s entirely a bun, it’s indeed different from typical buns, with just a touch of that dish flavor you mentioned. But compared to the previous ones... well, I think this one has very little dish flavor, quite bun-ish."

Ouyang gave positive feedback.

"How about taking this batch home for a late-night snack?" Qin Huai asked.

"Sure, sure, I was planning to visit my parents tonight, I’ll take this batch over for them to try," Ouyang said happily, "I used up the last movie pass I got from my mom, so I’ll grab two more this time." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Qin Huai:...

Dude, your milk tea shop makes so much money, do you really need to grab freebies when you go home?

No surprise there.

"Does your family have any amusement park summer passes? Luoluo is probably staying in Shan City this summer, I’m worried she won’t want to have tutoring every day. I want to get her an amusement park summer pass so she can relax and have some fun once in a while."

"Amusement park summer pass? Don’t worry, buddy, I’ll get you one before the summer holidays!" Ouyang patted his chest and promised, "My mom loves to get passes; she feels uneasy without one. Do you need any hair salon passes? I heard my mom just got a bunch a few days ago; if you want some, I’ll bring you two."

"... I want some."

After finishing the last bite of bun, Ouyang directly packed up the remaining 24 Double Crab Buns and headed back to his milk tea shop, full of vigor and determination.

Zheng Siyuan was still kneading dough.

Qin Huai didn’t start filling, as the 9th batch of buns was about to be steamed.

When the 9th batch of buns was ready, Qin Huai skillfully picked out 25 buns and brought the plate to Tan Wei’an.

Tan Wei’an was making osmanthus cake.

Although Tan Wei’an’s favorite snacks were crab roe-themed snacks like Crab Buns, Crab Dumplings, crab roe noodles, and crab roe rice, his specialty snack was cake, especially osmanthus cake.

However, Tan Wei’an rarely made osmanthus cake in front of Qin Huai.

According to Tan Wei’an, his osmanthus cake had reached the highest level he could achieve, with the highest skill level and proficiency, and there wasn’t much need for further practice.

He had a treasure trove of snack recipes, and instead of solidifying the osmanthus cake, he preferred to explore other recipes in his treasure trove and practice whatever he wanted. This was also why Tan Wei’an always actively joined Qin Huai’s various research teams - he was currently in a phase of wild experimentation.

That’s the privilege of super connections for you.

But today, Tan Wei’an kept making osmanthus cake and didn’t participate in any of the Double Crab Bun discussions.

"Try this, it’s the 9th batch," Qin Huai knew Tan Wei’an’s hands were busy, so he directly brought the bun to Tan Wei’an’s mouth.

Tan Wei’an didn’t stand on ceremony, took a big bite, chewed, chewed, and swallowed the slightly hot bun, mumbling, "Much better than a few days ago."