Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 890 - 441: Textbook-Level Skill

After the morning meeting was canceled, more master chefs gathered around to watch Qin Huai make plain steamed buns.

What's that? It doesn't seem right to slack off while the boss is around. What do you know? What the master chefs are doing can't be called slacking off; they're concerned and are here to communicate about Master Qin's current status.

Besides, isn't the boss slacking off too?

And Tan Wei'an, who got pushed out and can't even see Qin Huai's hand movements even by jumping, is also slacking off, isn't he?

Truth be told, Tan Wei'an isn't very interested in Qin Huai making plain steamed buns; he's mainly trying to squeeze in to get his phone back from Zhao Cheng'an. Unfortunately, there are too many people, and his rank is too low to dare squeeze in, so he can only bitterly watch from the outside and slack off.

Qin Huai is kneading dough.

When Qin Huai was still a breakfast shop chef, his dough-kneading skills were unmatched. The Qin Family Breakfast Shop's best-selling item was pork buns, and its motto was to increase revenue through volume, so they couldn't use top-grade raw materials. They only managed not to cut corners or be unscrupulous merchants.

After all, everyone is neighbors. If they used some unsanitary ingredients that made customers sick, the residents of Sanmalu District could come and smash up the Qin Family anytime.

That's how honest and simple the folk of Qiu County are.

Later, after Qin Huai realized he wasn't a breakfast shop chef anymore but a true snack master, even a master chef, his dough-kneading never lagged.

As long as he wanted, he could always knead dough that was better and more suited for certain snacks than his peers. Even though his yeast level was only advanced, during the current dry spell of pastry chefs, advanced yeast skills are already quite impressive among peers.

Zhao Cheng'an's cooking skills are higher than Qin Huai's, and correspondingly, his dough kneading is better too. But according to Qin Huai's assessment, Zhao Cheng'an's yeast skills are likely only advanced, and even Zhou Yan and Wang Jiayi's yeast skills might not have reached the master level.

Many master chefs at Zhiwei Restaurant have reached the master level. To become a standout master chef there, your skill points must pass the test.

Under such an absolute numerical advantage, the many technical flaws and small details revealed by Qin Huai while kneading dough were all clearly observed by the master chefs.

But the master chefs didn't care.

They were surprised by Qin Huai's smooth and flowing rhythm.

Snack masters need to be in the right state when making snacks. Technique is technique, and state is state. It's like a top student in exams; if their mood is affected by something, even the questions they usually know might be answered incorrectly.

It's the same for chefs. Theoretically, as long as your technique is there and you've succeeded before, you can do it. But that's only in theory; during actual operation, many unexpected situations can occur, and no chef can guarantee they'll make zero mistakes within their capabilities.

If you're truly making no mistakes, it means your state is excellent. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Under the condition of making no mistakes, plus a bit of confidence and momentum like 'if Gods and Buddha stand in my way', and the mindset to make today's snack the best, then it's a performance above expected.

Qin Huai has that momentum now.

He's not wearing 'I'm the best' on his face, but rather 'My style, my path, my direction, my taste is the best'.

The dough he kneads is very neat.

Neater than the dough Zhao Cheng'an, the robot, usually kneads.

No one spoke, everyone was watching Qin Huai knead the dough. Even though Zhao Cheng'an's rank was low, as the photographer, he still occupied a front-row position, holding his phone up without daring to move, constantly adjusting angles and zooming the lens, afraid to miss anything.

Once the dough was kneaded, the next step was to wait for fermentation.

The dough fermentation time for steamed buns was long, and there was no way Qin Huai would stand idle next to it waiting for it to finish fermenting. After considering, Qin Huai decided that since he was already making plain steamed buns, he might as well make his signature Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns and started kneading dough again.

Master Hua, watching from the side, was staring intently, and if it wasn't inappropriate for the occasion to speak, he would have already begged to Qin Huai: "Xiao Qin, stop just thinking about steamed buns, there are so many snacks you can make with dough, let's return to making hand-pulled or pulled noodles!"

Unfortunately, Master Hua could only think about it.

Many master chefs, like Master Hua, were watching eagerly.

Pastries, unlike rice cakes and soup dumplings, which are relatively niche snacks, can be made into too many snacks with dough; 80% of snack masters specialize in pastry-type snacks.

Fried, boiled, steamed, and baked, all are very suitable for pastries, and in all of Zhiwei Restaurant, you won't find any snack masters who can't make pastries.

To be precise, it's hard to find a snack master who can't make pastries at all.

Many master chefs were also sizing up Master Zhou, eager to roll up their sleeves and show some muscle to challenge him.

In a 1v1 battle, they'll definitely lose. Master Hua has already taught everyone a lesson with blood, but what if it's nv1?

First, deal with Zhou Guanghai, then deal with the others.

Boss Su: ...

Boss Su had a premonition that he'd be very busy in the next morning meeting.

Qin Huai was still kneading dough as if possessed.

After confirming that stacking skill points can create the most robust version, Qin Huai suddenly felt there was no need for worry, anxiety, or frustration, and the previous difficulties and questions standing in front of him disappeared all at once.