Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1054 - 511: Potato Dumplings Return to the World

At 5:17 p.m., Qin Huai watched the last batch of crab-filled pork buns steaming and clapped his hands to wrap up the day's work, shaking off the soreness in his arms from intense labor, twisting his waist, and heading over to where Wang Gen Sheng and the others were.

Zhao Cheng'an saw that Qin Huai was off work and immediately handed over his unfinished butterfly cakes to Pei Xing: "Pei Xing, I've got something to do, help me with the rest of the butterfly cakes, and tomorrow I'll guide you through the making of puff pastry."

"Sure, Master Zhao." Pei Xing took over Zhao Cheng'an's task as usual, watching Zhao Cheng'an cheerfully run off to a small table.

"Hey, it's off work time, off work time!" Zhao Cheng'an basically lets his hair down as soon as he leaves Zhiwei Restaurant, and now that everyone present is either his own people or soon-to-be his own, he lets loose even more, like a horse freed from its reigns.

After getting to know everyone well, Gong Liang demonstrated great tolerance, even acknowledging in the group chat the mistake he made last time—panicking and wanting to flee over a misunderstanding with Shi Dadan.

[Loving Family] group chat members, as long as you don't murder or commit arson, even if someone suddenly dies, everyone would just be slightly surprised.

For instance, if Zhao Cheng'an suddenly decided life was dull tomorrow morning and went bungee jumping, having an accident and dying in the process, the group members would just be slightly surprised, then agree he truly was a Mayfly.

Chen Huihong might even cheerfully utilize the funeral plan prepared but unused because Luo Jun hadn't died, switching it over for Zhao Cheng'an's use. Then she'd happily ask Luo Jun if the plan was satisfactory, suggesting they'd use the same process whenever Luo Jun passed away.

"Xiao Zhao made pastries all day again, didn't he? It was really hard work; today's pineapple cake was a bit sweet, but the egg tarts were nice. The butterfly cake was no different from yesterday, the peach cake was overly crispy, leaving crumbs everywhere, but the Lucky Cloud Pattern Cake with tea was perfect."

"Accountant Wang, I suggest I bring tea again tomorrow; I brought a few jars of Liu'an Guapian especially when I came to Shan City, let's finish my tea first."

What could Wang Gen Sheng say? Not only was Gong Liang's eloquence superior to his, but even his writing was as well, not to mention his family's tea leaves.

Wang Gen Sheng could only nod in agreement enthusiastically.

"Come, Xiao Zhao, have some tea and rest." Gong Liang said, handing Zhao Cheng'an a warm cup of tea, and casually kicked over a small stool, parking it perfectly in front of Zhao Cheng'an as if to suggest he should sit and drink.

Judging by his skills, Gong Liang surely loved playing football in his youth.

Shi Dadan stayed silent, just quietly scooting his small stool to open up space, hinting at Qin Huai to sit beside him.

Qin Huai stepped forward and plopped down between Shi Dadan and Ouyang. Shi Dadan nudged the leftover snacks toward Qin Huai, while Ouyang got up to fetch the freshly made lemon tea from the fridge and handed it to Qin Huai.

"What does everyone think of today's pastries?" Qin Huai began his daily routine.

Four people gather daily in the back kitchen, sitting to drink tea and eat snacks, in name to help Qin Huai critique the snacks, so Qin Huai naturally asks his daily question.

"Delicious." Shi Dadan spoke first, "Anything made by Xiao Qin is delicious, especially the white steamed buns and crab-filled pork buns from the morning."

Ouyang thought Shi Dadan's words were unfair; Qin Huai's white steamed buns and crab-filled pork buns weren't his signature dishes, and in Ouyang's view, weren't particularly tasty.

"Qin Huai, if you ask me, your best dish has to be the Elm Bark Steamed Buns. You haven't made them for so long, could you make a few bags for me tomorrow? I'll be dining at home tomorrow night, so bringing a few back for my parents would recharge my card with ease."

"Didn't you think the newly opened massage place on Pedestrian Street had decent skills? I already recommended it to my parents, and they've charged their cards, so once I go home tomorrow night, I'll bring the card to you."

Qin Huai: …

Good buddy, I appreciate it, but can your parents handle your taste?

Qin Huai politely said, "You don't often dine at home, isn't bringing bread a bit stingy? How about I make something nicer for your parents?"

"Five Fillings Bun? Dumplings? Anyway, I make seven or eight dumplings daily for practice, I'll make them a bit later tomorrow and pack them for you to take home,"

Ouyang rejoiced, "That's great, with these pastries plus Elm Bark Steamed Buns, going home tomorrow night I can tell my parents I taught the store clerk the milk tea recipe, and they surely won't beat me."

Qin Huai seriously assessed the severity of the situation, saying, "I'll also make some Four Happiness glutinous rice, Green Bean Cake, and coconut mooncake for you, oh, do you like potato dumplings?"

"Potatoes can be made into dumplings?" Ouyang was shocked.

Qin Huai admired Ouyang's ability to quickly switch emotions, saying, "Of course, I came across a potato dumpling recipe recently, but I think it's not quite right, a bit greasy too, so I've only made it once."

Qin Huai truly only made potato dumplings once, it was to wake Zhao Cheng'an up. In his view, the biggest issue with potato dumplings is the original recipe, something was wrong with it.

Of course, Zhao Cheng'an's first life skills were slightly lacking, even though Chen Qiusheng had boosted potato dumplings, it still turned out as C+ level.

Achieving B-level should be possible.

Without Chen Qiusheng's skills, Qin Huai thinks his potato dumplings might only reach B- level, together with the slightly stimulative effects, watching the video tutorial several times he saw no room for improvement on his part, so he stopped.

Now is the time for potato dumplings to reemerge.

Ouyang might actually enjoy potato dumplings given his unpredictable tastes, sometimes normal, sometimes not at all, sometimes extremely strange.

Moreover, potato dumplings' effects suit Ouyang's needs tomorrow, if the pastries tomorrow aren't enough to quell his parents' anger, the effects can at least help him dodge swiftly if things get confrontational.

The question remains whether increasing endurance might make Ouyang withstand more hits physically, after all, endurance to withstand blows is still endurance.

Just as Zhao Cheng'an wanted to say a few words for his potato dumplings, Wang Gen Sheng spoke up.

"Potato dumplings? Potato dumplings are indeed tasty, I used to eat them often when I was young. Over in Gusu, dumplings aren't popular, but I have a friend who's great at making them, with conditions to prepare meat stuffing, without we used vegetable stuffing, when neither existed just potato stuffing filled them; we ate with potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cornmeal being cheap."

Qin Huai knew, Wang Gen Sheng's 'friend' truly exists, and everyone present except Ouyang knew who the friend was.

The only unaware person, Ouyang curiously asked, "Uncle Wang, do you think potato dumplings are tastier, or meat dumplings?"

"Meat dumplings." Wang Gen Sheng was sincere, "If there are meat dumplings, who'd eat potato dumplings?"

"However," Wang Gen Sheng smacked his lips, "My friend makes great potato dumplings too, I realize I haven't seen potato dumplings for years now."

Qin Huai laughed, "Uncle Wang, if you wish to have potato dumplings, tomorrow while making them for Ouyang I'll cook some for you too, although my potato dumplings may not be as tasty as your friend's."

Once Qin Huai finished speaking, a game notification rang in his mind.

"Ding, congratulations, you've discovered a new side quest, please check the game panel."

Qin Huai: !!!

Thank you, potato dumplings!

Uncle Wang, you should've mentioned your unusual tastes sooner, I'd have stopped making so many normal pastries for you, I also have some peculiar ones.

Tomorrow I'll arrange Elm Bark Buns, Rice Cake Soup, potato dumplings all for you, on Ouyang's side there're at least 15 weird lemon tea flavors too, all for you to enjoy!

Enough for everyone!