Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1008 - 492: This Is What You Call a Slightly Higher Foot Traffic?_2

"Is there anything more important than sitting at Yunzhong Restaurant and cheering on Master Qin?"

Xu Tuqiang's loud and clear words made the morning joggers hang their heads in shame and start reflecting on themselves.

I should be damned, I have let Master Qin down.

Many of the joggers silently repented in their hearts.

He Cheng: ... Damn, is this what they call a restaurant speech?

Qin Huai, still kneading dough at the kitchen station: ...

Qin Huai glanced at Zheng Siyuan, who was already eating Chicken Soup Noodles, and couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Xu and the others... have they always been like this in the past few months?"

Zheng Siyuan slurped down a mouthful of noodles and calmly said, "Pretty much, their words and tone are quite exaggerated, probably from reading too many books and magazines. They've all been studying food reviews lately, and each has their style. Especially Mr. Xu, who is very diligent, reading many classics, and his food reviews are the longest by far."

Qin Huai couldn't help but admire the enthusiasm of the elderly; they shone brightly at their jobs when they were young, and even in retirement, they continue to shine in their food review endeavors.

"What about Uncle Wang's food reviews?" Qin Huai asked, "Wang Gen Sheng from Gusu, the one who helped me with accounting for Huang Ji a while ago."

Zheng Siyuan immediately replied, "His reviews are the shortest and most straightforward. Knowing that you and Uncle Wang are close, sometimes I'll make a special batch of Crab Shell Cakes for him."

"Uncle Wang..." Zheng Siyuan paused, "He always feels bad about it, asking me if I need help with counting while bringing a large takeout box from home to pack everything up and take home."

Qin Huai: ... One can tell that a lifetime of fairness taught Uncle Wang a new currency system of trading accounts for snacks after a trip to Gusu.

"I'm planning to go back to Gusu next month," Zheng Siyuan said as he finished the soup in his noodle bowl and prepared to start work.

"Next month?" Qin Huai was taken aback, "It's already August 21, isn't next month September?"

"Yes." Zheng Siyuan didn't ask a helper to assist him, starting to chop the meat filling himself, "My pastry shop has been closed for months, and many old customers thought I stopped operating, so it's time to return and reopen after being away for so long."

"Yunzhong Restaurant is great, the customers are very enthusiastic, and the food reviews are brilliant, I've treasured each one. But it's your restaurant, not my pastry shop, and the crowd is a bit overwhelming for me here."

"I initially thought that coming to Yunzhong Restaurant would be good for practicing snacks, but after talking with you, I realized there's no need for deliberate practice."

"You originally went to Zhiwei Restaurant to practice Finger Skill, but you probably didn't deliberately practice it, right?"

"How do you know?" Qin Huai was a bit surprised; he hadn't had time to tell Zheng Siyuan about his training at Zhiwei Restaurant these past months, that was gossip while making snacks in the afternoon.

"Because you've improved in every aspect." Zheng Siyuan no longer looked at Qin Huai, focusing on chopping the filling, "Even the Chicken Soup Noodles have improved."

"I just wanted to have another bowl."

"You want one? I can make it for you."

"Yes."

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The more harmonious the back kitchen of Yunzhong Restaurant, the more bustling the dining hall.

It's important to note that 7 a.m. isn't the peak morning time at Yunzhong Restaurant; the peak starts at 8 a.m. and continues until 8:45 a.m. After 8:45 a.m., it doesn't quickly calm down; this period just doesn't have dine-in customers, but there are many delivery orders.

The orders in the group often need to be delivered until 9:30 a.m., interspersed with various errands, and the peak only ends after all delivery orders are completed.

This is the difference between a community restaurant and Bai'an Restaurant; when Yunzhong Restaurant's peak ends, the first batch of snacks may have just gone on sale at Hangzhou's Zhiwei Restaurant.

Zhao Cheng'an, being Master Zhou's laziest disciple, besides learning master's skills, also inherited the master's dislike for early rising.

For Zhao Cheng'an, arriving at work by 8 a.m. is considered early, 9 a.m. is normal, and occasionally being a little late isn't a big deal as long as he arrives before 10 a.m.

Though lazy, Zhao Cheng'an upholds the basic qualities of a worker; for instance, he can't disgrace Zhiwei Restaurant outside, or else Master Zhou might teach him a "lesson in love" when he gets back.

To maintain the stereotype of Zhiwei Restaurant's staff being overachievers, Zhao Cheng'an attempted to arrive at Yunzhong Restaurant at 8:01 a.m. and failed.

As for why he failed...

It took him a whole minute just to squeeze into the store.

With no way to get through, Zhao Cheng'an shouted that he was the snack master trying to get in for work, but regular customers immediately called his bluff, saying Yunzhong Restaurant only had Pei Xing, Li Hua, and Zheng Siyuan as snack masters; this guy must be trying to cut in line to avoid being late for an 8:25 a.m. clock-in.

Zhao Cheng'an nearly faced justice at the entrance of Yunzhong Restaurant, courtesy of well-meaning customers.

If it weren't for Qin Luo, who was helping clear dishes and heard his call to come and vouch that Zhao Cheng'an truly was the new snack master from Zhiwei Restaurant, he wouldn't have made it into Yunzhong Restaurant by 8:01 a.m.

After months, Master Qin returned like lightning, launching affordable and delicious rice and yam cakes that tasted even more heavenly than imagined, and more memorable than their remembered flavors.

Such exciting news drew swarms of new and returning customers to grab breakfast, and the four big letters of Yunzhong Restaurant once again made waves across the social circles of nearby office workers in no time.