Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 721 - 365: A Special Recipe

Qin Huai felt a bit dazed when he left the memory, as he didn’t expect to leave so suddenly. He thought he would at least stay until the bun was wrapped, steamed, and Shi Dadan tasted the complete bun before leaving the memory, considering that was the normal process.

But it ended the moment Shi Dadan took a bite of the filling.

Was the bun filling really that delicious?

When Qin Huai came back to his senses, he saw Shi Dadan eating shaved ice with a big grin while watching him.

Seeing Qin Huai move, Shi Dadan exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao Qin, you really are just as clueless as you said when you’re watching memories. Normally, people would think you’re spacing out."

"How long was I spaced out?" Qin Huai asked.

"Two or three minutes." Shi Dadan replied, "Look, I’ve only eaten half a bowl of shaved ice. This shaved ice is pretty good. You’d better try some before it melts."

Qin Huai thought Shi Dadan might be the first one to know he just viewed his memory, and instead of asking what he saw, he urged him to eat the shaved ice first.

Qin Huai took a spoonful of the shaved ice but didn’t find it particularly delicious. It just felt average, up to the standard of a normal dessert shop.

"Aren’t you curious about what I just saw?" Qin Huai asked.

"A little curious, but I know you’ll definitely tell me. Besides, in my past life, I didn’t eat anything particularly good. All the delicious food I had was given to me by Xu Nuo. All my money was with Xu Nuo. Was the dessert made by Master Jing?" Shi Dadan was very honest.

"I need to check first." Qin Huai said, tapping the air to open the game panel and check the recipe.

Though Qin Huai had already guessed that the recipe might not be a complete dish, he was still somewhat surprised when he saw it.

[Pork and Crab Roe Filling A-level]

Creator: Xu Nuo

Dish details: A unique filling made by a spirit who mastered a craft, using his exquisite skills and new creation concepts. This is one of the few fillings Xu Nuo meticulously researched in his short life, and also one of the few fillings Shi Dadan found delicious and memorable. For Shi Dadan, this is a bun filling specially researched by his close friend Xu Nuo for him, and he was the first to taste it, holding special significance as a testament to their friendship. Using this dish to make snacks, with at least A-level quality, and eating it with friends will greatly increase the likelihood of recalling the happiest moments spent with friends and savoring the joy of friendship.

Times it can be made per day: (0/500)

Qin Huai noticed the keyword in the dish details.

Close friend.

If Shi Dadan crashed into his own kind, and also his close friend, then it’s quite reasonable for the tribulation to fail because of it.

Qin Huai read through the dish details again, closed the game panel, and looked at Shi Dadan, finding Shi Dadan watching him eagerly, his face full of "come on, tell me."

Qin Huai organized his thoughts a bit and briefly explained what he saw in the memory.

Shi Dadan’s memory was actually short and easy to recount, and Qin Huai finished it in just over three minutes.

Shi Dadan was listening very attentively, and he even stopped eating the shaved ice while listening. After finishing, he nodded in agreement, "I remember that crab roe pork bun. Xu Nuo made 60 pork buns that day. Usually, his home didn’t cook, using a coal stove for stewing and frying, which made it inconvenient to steam buns."

"Then the two of us went to the State owned Restaurant to borrow Master Jing’s kitchen to steam the buns. Those buns were indeed very delicious, I ate 35 in one go, and Xu Nuo gave me 10 to take home for breakfast the next day. He took the remaining 15 home."

"He made similar buns a few more times later, like crab roe and fish, crab roe and chicken, and crab roe and duck. Only the crab roe and chicken one was slightly better, the crab roe and fish and crab roe and duck were not good."

"Then he couldn’t resist going to Hangzhou, using the money his grandma gave him for getting engaged and married, along with his savings to buy the recipe. The bun you mentioned as the Double Crab Bun."

"But after buying the recipe, he gave it to Master Jing, never making it himself. After all, the recipe was too expensive, I don’t know exactly how much it cost, but Mr. Xu was very angry."

"Not only did he cut off his pocket money, but he also prohibited Xu Nuo from receiving extra money from his grandma. Relying solely on my salary and food coupons, Xu Nuo couldn’t make as many white buns. Let alone buying sea cucumbers, so Xu Nuo didn’t really make much of the Double Crab Bun after purchasing the recipe."

"He would always eat the ones Master Jing made."

"The matter of him buying the recipe at a high price was something almost everyone in the State owned factories knew about at the time. Master Jing wanted to give the money back to Xu Nuo, but the amount was too much, and Master Jing couldn’t manage it. So Master Jing just made as many snacks for him as possible."

"Later, Xu Nuo seemed to have made the Double Crab Bun once, but at that time, I went to the south to deliver goods on a long haul and didn’t get to eat it."

Listening to Shi Dadan, Qin Huai roughly pieced together the story.

The Double Crab Bun that Wang Gen Sheng wanted to eat was almost certainly made by Xu Nuo, which was the only time Shi Dadan mentioned Xu Nuo making it.

And the motivation behind Xu Nuo buying the Double Crab Bun recipe was also very clear. It was because the recipe was exceptional, or one could say the creation concept was unique.

As for what exactly was unique about it, Xu Nuo had already made it very clear in the memory.