Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1018 - 497: Everything Is Ready

Qin Huai's words pulled Uncle Wang's hatred value to the max, and Uncle Wang's reaction was exactly as Qin Huai expected, feeling a bit embarrassed but saying that since Master Qin asked him to help, he, Wang Gen Sheng, would definitely lend a hand.

At this point, all the spirits for the tea party were assembled.

Only the snacks were missing.

In the morning, while preparing breakfast, Qin Huai tried some snacks from the list that he usually doesn't make, like milk tofu, thousand-layer pastry, coconut mooncakes. Zheng Siyuan found it odd when he saw Qin Huai making coconut mooncakes and asked why he was starting so early when Mid-Autumn Festival was still some time away.

Qin Huai explained that it's early preparation, doing it as he thought of it. Zheng Siyuan seemed enthusiastic and asked if Yunzhong Restaurant would be selling mooncakes before Mid-Autumn Festival.

It's now late August, and Mid-Autumn Festival is in early October, nearly a month and a half away. Zheng Siyuan originally planned to make snacks at Yunzhong Restaurant for another half month before returning to Gusu to open a pastry shop. If there's an event at Qin Huai's place for the Mid-Autumn Festival, he wouldn't mind staying another month, heading back the day before the festival.

Zheng Siyuan must reserve a day to go home for the festival. Although Zheng Siyuan and his father, Zheng Da, aren't very close, the Zheng family's festive atmosphere is quite strong. Every year during important holidays like Mid-Autumn, Dragon Boat, and Lantern Festival, they'll gather if possible, including Zheng Siyuan's sister, brother-in-law, and her parents-in-law for a meal. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

These significant festivals are rare days when lazy Zheng Da will definitely be cooking snacks himself, taking some good dishes from Huang Shengli back home. As Zheng Siyuan's brother-in-law says, even if it rains knives, the family must gather and celebrate the festival with a meal.

The biggest thing in the world is having a meal during the festival!

Qin Huai indicated that there was no need; he was just casually practicing. Yunzhong Restaurant's business is already so good it can't afford to handle any more events. After all, Master Qin only has one life, and the mayfly only has one life too.

When Qin Huai saw the sideline task's popularity flow +1000 reward, he wondered if the game system could cancel this reward, really unable to handle more traffic.

Unfortunately, this damn game system has no customer service, unable to communicate.

Trash system!

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The result of Qin Huai's practice in the morning was quite good. Whether it was coconut mooncakes or milk tofu, they were at least B+ level delicious. Now, when Qin Huai makes snacks he's used to, the quality can consistently be A-level. For these rarely made, casually done snacks to be B+ level, it shows Qin Huai's craft is very stable.

Zhao Cheng'an quite loved coconut mooncakes. In Zhao Cheng'an's view, although the filling was single coconut meat, getting a bit greasy after eating a lot, Qin Huai managed the sweetness perfectly, making it quite tasty as a little snack to munch on occasionally.

The only regret was Qin Huai used ready-made coconut meat, which didn't match his skills. A few years back, Zhiwei Restaurant had a master from Qiong Province who was excellent at making various coconut milk and coconut meat snacks, crafting fresh coconut meat and oil, which were top-notch.

Back then, Zhao Cheng'an was young, involved in prepping coconut meat, making a huge batch. Moreover, making it was relatively simple: the coconut meat is minced, a bit of coconut juice added, blended into a paste, excess water squeezed out, and stir-fried on low heat until the color lightens, the texture fluffy.

As long as the chef making the coconut meat is attentive enough, with high-quality coconut and decent fire control ability, the resulting coconut meat is fragrant, suitable for nibbling occasionally.

Zhao Cheng'an often sneaked some back then, leaving a strong impression.

With Zhao Cheng'an's reminder, Qin Huai felt he made a point. Anyway, making coconut meat isn't hard, and fresh coconuts are available this season. Luo Jun's list includes coconut mooncakes and papaya cakes requiring coconut meat, coconut jelly too needs coconut meat and juice.

Gong Liang mentioned he loves coconut, so it's not strange he listed three snacks made from coconut. Putting more effort into coconut snacks helps accomplish tasks better.

Qin Huai tasked Huang Xi with buying fresh coconuts, then spent the afternoon with Zhao Cheng'an researching chestnut crisps.

The research lasted three days.

During these three days, Qin Huai tried all the snacks listed, including the previously untried papaya cake. Qin Huai wasn't sure how authentic papaya cake tastes, but what he made tasted good. The baked papaya cake was fragrant, fitting as an afternoon tea dessert.

Qin Luo and He Cheng couldn't stop initially when they first had papaya cake. Together, the two unlucky children ate at least three jin, and each packed a large box to take away.

Ouyang also liked it; most snacks sold at Yunzhong Restaurant are sweet. Papaya cake, while sweet, tastes milder, more suitable as a light snack than coconut mooncake, easy to nibble on whenever, always enjoyable.

Plus, papaya cake is simple to make, not time-consuming, baked quickly in large batches, perfectly matched with tea drinks. Qin Huai packed them to Ouyang's Xiao Ou's Big Lemon Tea Shop.

Packed with handmade lemon tea and various drinks for sale, making the already busy Xiao Ou Handmade Lemon Tea Store even more snowed under.

Ouyang originally had time to sneak away from the lemon tea store in the afternoon to Yunzhong Restaurant for snacks, but now he has no time, resorting to having An Youyou take Ouyang's share home for him after work.