Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 724 - 366: Master Qin Has His Own Considerations

After returning to Yunzhong District, Qin Huai asked Shi Dadan whether he wanted to sit at Yunzhong Restaurant or rest at his house. Shi Daban was staying at Luo Jun’s house during this visit to Shan City, but now Luo Jun was at the amusement park, and Zhang Shumei was out shopping during her holiday. Shi Dadan didn’t have the key to Luo Jun’s house and was left with nowhere to go.

Shi Dadan chose to wait at Yunzhong Restaurant, saying he wanted to be the first to taste the crab roe pork bun made by Qin Huai.

Qin Huai thought it was a good idea, because Shi Dadan was the first to taste the crab roe pork bun made by Xu Nuo before. Although later on Shi Dadan didn’t get to try Xu Nuo’s Double Crab Bun, and likely didn’t understand Xu Nuo’s bun-making philosophy at the time, Qin Huai believed that Shi Dadan might still offer some constructive feedback.

Definitely better than Ouyang, after all, Shi Dadan has tasted Cao Guixiang’s good dishes for so many years and has seen the world. Even if he’s easily satisfied, his taste buds should have developed.

Qin Huai led Shi Dadan to Yunzhong Restaurant.

Although Qin Huai, Zheng Siyuan, and others were resting today, the elders continued to stand their ground at the restaurant, as everyone from Zhiwei Restaurant was still around, and Su Qian was definitely working.

Taking advantage of Qin Huai’s absence, the elders seized the chance to shower Zhiwei Restaurant’s staff with flattery, hoping to praise them so much in the upcoming days that they’d be in a daze, ready to prepare any dish requested.

When Qin Huai walked into Yunzhong Restaurant, Xu Tuqiang and Grandma Ding were busily praising the Crab Cake made by Su Qian, with such extravagant praise that even Qin Huai couldn’t resist glancing over twice.

Crab Cake — Qin Huai has recently been researching Double Crab Bun, and hearing anything related to crab makes him want to take another look.

Qin Huai’s two glances made Xu Tuqiang and Grandma Ding feel guilty, and they exchanged looks, frantically questioning each other.

Xu Tuqiang: Have we over-praised, and Master Qin heard it? Did Master Qin mind and become unhappy?

Grandma Ding: It’s all your fault for not writing the compliments properly lately, using the praise for Master Qin and applying it on Little Su here. Master Qin must have noticed!

Xu Tuqiang: What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do?!

Grandma Ding: Follow my lead!

Qin Huai didn’t notice the eye contact between the two, and even if he did, he wouldn’t understand it. The elders’ eye contact was like encrypted communication, their own Morse code.

Qin Huai simply thought Su Qian’s Crab Cake was quite good; his pastry-making skill seemed to have improved. Considering Su Qian’s current level, achieving such progress in this timeframe showed remarkable talent and a willingness to put forth effort.

It’s no wonder he’s widely recognized as Master Zhou’s confirmed direct disciple.

He made in less than a month the progress that Tan Wei’an took a quarter to achieve.

"Hey, Xu Tuqiang, have you noticed that the crab roe bun Master Qin recently made is also pretty good? It’s a pity that Master Qin is resting today, and we can’t get the buns in the afternoon. It’s such a shame; my granddaughter loves them, and now I’ll have to appease her when I get home." Grandma Ding was facing away from Qin Huai, so she could pretend not to see him coming and deliberately raised her voice.

Xu Tuqiang couldn’t believe Grandma Ding actually pulled this trick. Surname Ding, you might pull this off, but I can’t; how could I act like this while facing Master Qin? He hesitated and awkwardly couldn’t keep up, his eyes involuntarily drifting toward Qin Huai.

Qin Huai: ?

Qin Huai naturally said, "Grandma Ding, does your granddaughter like Double Crab Bun? But today I definitely can’t make Double Crab Bun; does she like crab roe pork bun? I’ll be making that later."

Grandma Ding turned around, showing a look of surprise, "Hey, Master Qin, aren’t you resting today? Why are you at the restaurant? If you’re resting, you should just relax at home!"

Xu Tuqiang: ...

Surname Ding, with your acting skills, why have you been in kindergarten management? You should go into acting; at this age, pursuing the entertainment industry might even earn you an award. Qin Luo has already posted three updates from the amusement park on social media, and you’ve liked them; what are you pretending for?

Xu Tuqiang felt for the first time that he’d lost in the game of playing dumb and being flattering.

Qin Huai laughed, "I can’t stay idle, Grandma Ding, you continue chatting; I’m going to make the buns."

"Old Shi, feel free to find a seat; the WIFI password is 1234567. If you’re hungry, just grab some snacks, Su Qian’s skills are excellent," Qin Huai said, pointing to Su Qian, "He’s really good at making pastry snacks."

Su Qian showed a flattered expression, clearly not expecting Qin Huai to be so approving of him.

After speaking, Qin Huai went to the changing room to change clothes. After he came out, he found Su Qian already waiting in the kitchen with the pork prepared for the crab roe pork bun.

The balance of fat and lean was just right.

"Master Qin, should this meat filling be pure minced meat, or do you need other ingredients prepared? What state should the meat filling be minced to?" Su Qian asked respectfully.

Out of sight of Qin Huai, an unnamed apprentice from Zhiwei Restaurant was making tea.

"Minced into meat paste, the finer the better; there’s no specific requirement," Qin Huai said.

The video tutorial’s meat filling simply required this level, and Xu Nuo’s version of crab roe pork filling’s main difficulty lay in frying and seasoning, with the mincing step being handled by Shi Dadan, relying purely on brute force magic.

Considering this, the suitable candidate for mincing the meat should probably be Qin Luo and Ouyang. These two work wonders while making hand-pressed lemon tea; no one else compares.

Thinking this way, Qin Huai felt Su Qian was somewhat overqualified for mincing meat; he could spend this time studying his own snacks. More complex preparations could be left to Su Qian, while tasks needing only physical effort...