Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 900 - 444: The First Skill to Master Can’t Be Lie, Right?

Zhao Cheng'an looked at Qin Huai with an expression that said there's no way to talk sense with these greedy rich people, hesitated a bit before saying, "Do you know how much it costs to add a table for a meal?"

"I don't know, but I've heard the prices of dishes double or something."

"It's not just the price of dishes that doubles, there's also a minimum spending requirement. A single table can't spend less than 50,000!"

"If I could afford a meal that costs 50,000, would I be working as a chef at Zhiwei Restaurant? I would've already done whatever I wanted, packed a bag and toured the world, making snacks in whatever country I travel to. What's Xu Cheng's idea of eating around the world? Me cooking around the world is the real skill!"

Qin Huai did a rough calculation in his head: single table spending can't be less than 50,000, eating for a month, that's 1.5 million just spent on meals.

Hmm, I should really maintain a good relationship with President Han, he's very willing to spend money on meals.

"Then last time when you didn't get to eat at Fen Garden, did you think of finding a time to book a table in advance to eat there in Beiping?" Qin Huai asked again.

"Actually, I thought about it," Zhao Cheng'an said, "but my master didn't approve my leave. I only have one half-month vacation a year, so I definitely want to go abroad to play, no time to spare for Beiping. If my master were willing to give me two more days off, I'd definitely go to Beiping for a meal, but there just isn't any leave."

"At first I thought the master wouldn't let me go to this exchange meet, hey, did you just say you're coming with me? Are you going as a representative of our Zhiwei Restaurant, or from your Yunzhong Restaurant?"

Qin Huai: Seems like you didn't listen to anything I said earlier, all you're focusing on is how you can go play in Beiping next month.

"If I'm going, it's definitely as a representative of Zhiwei Restaurant," Qin Huai said. "Yunzhong Restaurant wasn't even invited, how could I represent Yunzhong Restaurant?"

"Oh, sure." Zhao Cheng'an realized, "So have you been to Beiping, Qin Huai?"

"No," Qin Huai shook his head, "I've actually visited very few places. Before university, I always stayed in Guangdong Province and during holidays after entering university, I had to go home and help make breakfast, no time to go out and play."

"It seems I've only accompanied my little sister to Shanghai to see the Oriental Pearl Tower once. That year she did well on her final exams and my parents rewarded her with a trip. After that, she never did well on finals again, so she's never gone out to play again."

"That's quite a pity. Standing at the culinary table making snacks every day is boring and uninteresting, you should learn to take time out each year to go play like me. If you don't want to go abroad, traveling domestically is fine too. Anyway, you're not short on money; Tan Wei'an told me you're really loaded, even driving a double R, is running a community canteen this profitable?"

"When I decide to stop working at Zhiwei Restaurant one day, I'm going to open a community canteen too."

Qin Huai: ...

Tan Wei'an, what exactly have you been saying at Zhiwei Restaurant?

Why are there still versions Qin has not heard?

Zhao Cheng'an kept on babbling: "Our neighborhood doesn't seem to have a community canteen, wonder if we could open one. Have my dad check it out when he has time, secure a spot just in case."

"Just wondering if while we're in Beiping next month, will there be any art exhibitions. The paintings I bought last time are pretty useless, looked at them for several days at home without really getting them, just taking up space. Qin Huai, do you need any paintings? If you do, come pick some from my place, I can't fit them in my room. I'm too scared to take them to my parents' house, otherwise they'd surely think I'm crazy for buying so many paintings at once, and won't give me money next time."

Qin Huai figured out that Zhao Cheng'an had been cooped up making snacks without a break recently and was a bit stir-crazy. Now returning to normal, with tomorrow being a rest day, he's letting loose again.

Qin Huai chose to forcibly change the topic.

"So Brother Cheng'an, when you went to Beiping, did you check out Taifeng Building?" Qin Huai asked.

"Taifeng Building?" Zhao Cheng'an looked completely baffled, obviously not knowing what it was, "Is it a very famous restaurant in Beiping? Haven't heard of it, is it a private kitchen? But the most famous private kitchen in Beiping is Fen Garden, haven't heard of any other amazing private kitchens."

"It's an old restaurant, though it seems to have closed down for many years now. I heard about it from a friend before and thought you might know," Qin Huai explained.

"Oh, I don't know," Zhao Cheng'an wasn't very interested.

"So Brother Cheng'an, do you know the itinerary and important points for the exchange meet?" Qin Huai asked again.

"I don't know either."

Qin Huai: ?

"I've never attended an exchange meet before," Zhao Cheng'an said, "Our Zhiwei Restaurant is a pastry restaurant, and the meat-cooking exchange meets never include us. If there was an exchange meet for our pastry side, it would definitely be hosted by Zhiwei Restaurant, with other restaurants sending people over, no way we'd be sent there."

"Occasionally there's a mixed meet, it's always hosted in places like Gusu, Hangzhou, Huai'an, and for those kinds of exchange meets, it's usually the boss attending, not the chefs. How could I possibly know the details?"

"I only know at our Zhiwei Restaurant exchange meet, each master chef presents some signature snacks, everyone eats and drinks, shares insights, chats and gossips, possibly arranged a lakeside stroll, then it concludes."

"Regarding how Babaozhai would host its meet, I truly don't know. And Babaozhai has changed bosses in the past two years, heard they've been aggressively marketing and holding activities, yielding great profits but not very good reviews."

"I've heard Boss Su mention that Babaozhai's method will definitely see significant short-term results and benefits, but it's not conducive to long-term development. Us older restaurants fundamentally rely on reputation, if that's damaged, it's very hard to recover."

If not for wanting to take a vacation, I wouldn't bother attending any Babaozhai exchange meet."

Qin Huai understood, stopped talking, lest conversation with Zhao Cheng'an kept leading to endless chatter.

Though Qin Huai likes chatting about gossip while making snacks, it's about timing, now is the critical time in boosting skill level, chatting less is safer.

Chatting too much leads to distraction, delaying progress.

Qin Huai's skill level is now quite satisfactory.

"Hey, Qin Huai, how's that skill level coming along?" Zhao Cheng'an brought up a new topic.

Hearing Zhao Cheng'an, Qin Huai instinctively clicked to open the game panel to check the skill level.

Player Name: Qin Huai

Unlocked Records: 10/12

Skills:

Yeast (Advanced Level): Your yeast skills surpass 96% of snack masters nationwide. (79631/100000)

Filling (Master Level): Your filling skills have surpassed 98% of excellent snack masters nationwide. (118127/1000000)

Finger Skill (Advanced Level): You can finally make a snack that's still eye-catching. (39517/100000)

Oil Case (Intermediate): Your fried dough sticks are pretty good. (4437/10000)

Knife Skills (Intermediate): Needs more work. (2171/10000)

Fire Control (Advanced Level): As a pastry chef, you truly understand fire control. (12511/100000)

Food Tasting (Advanced Level): Alright, you're quite good at savoring dishes. (Cannot be upgraded)

Management (Intermediate): You're reasonably good at business, not losing money. (3621/10000)

Lie (Master Level): Saying exactly what each audience wants to hear, that describes you! (567111/1000000)

You could say that under Qin Huai's intense grinding behavior, his Finger Skill, Filling, and Yeast skill levels have all seen very clear growth.

If before, when Qin Huai was grinding skill level, he had to pick specific snacks, such as selecting the ones offering the highest value based on his current situation to grind skill level, now Qin Huai doesn't need to consider that.

Now, regardless of what snack he makes, the skill level progress is very fast.

Maybe this is the real benefit that comes with a flash of insight; once you clearly understand your goals and direction, Qin Huai realized anything he does is useful and beneficial, so he's able to do anything.

He can make guo'er, he can make white buns, as long as he wants, he can grind anything.

Lie skill level can also be ground.

Of course, at this point, Qin Huai had to speak one honest truth: he really doesn't want to grind Lie skill level.

For someone so straightforward, telling everyone everything, how could he love lying?

This skill level's evaluation must be wrong.

How could someone so genuine and talented pastry chef, have Lie as his first skill to break Master Level?

Wouldn't you agree, Filling?