Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1075 - 524: [Potato Steamed Bun]

When Qin Huai left the memory, all he could think about was that sentence—

Begging is the best profession!

Damn, that slogan is quite brainwashing. Especially after seeing how much money An Youyou made on New Year's Eve, it's strange to think that the profession of begging is not bad, it's Jiang Weiguo and Chen Shun who don't understand it.

Begging in winter, it's indeed like not opening for three years, but one opening can feed you for three years.

Qin Huai took a few dozen seconds to get An Youyou's brainwashing slogan out of his head before opening the game panel to see what new recipes he had received.

An Youyou's illustrated book had transformed into:

Name: An Youyou

Species: Three legged Golden Toad

Status: Awakening

Memory: 2/?

Dishes: Vegetable Meat Bun, Potato Bun (click to view details)

Gift: None

Qin Huai clicked on Potato Dumpling to check the dish details.

[Potato Bun C-level]

Maker: Jiang Weiguo

Dish Details: Jiang Weiguo, a retired head chef of a State owned Restaurant, who would prefer not to mention this snack. As a young boy who lost his mother in childhood, experienced war and became separated from relatives, wandered for over a decade, only starting a family in his 30s, earning the label of an unremarkable hard-luck individual by the eldest son who had a happy family. Jiang Weiguo had to do many things to survive in his youth. This included appeasing the emotions of the smart yet strange eldest son by calling a bun a dumpling, becoming the Zhao Gao of the chef world for once. In the years that followed, Jiang Weiguo never made potato buns again because just thinking about them made him feel guilty towards dumplings. However, when Jiang Weiguo recalls those days, he deeply feels that the time he spent with the eldest and his 12 younger brothers was the warmest memory of his chaotic vagabond years. If this dish is consumed on New Year's Eve, it can make subsequent meals taste even better, with the flavor of family reunion. After all, dumplings symbolize unity during the holidays, even if the essence of this dumpling is a bun.

Number of times it can be made per day: (0/995)

Qin Huai: ...

995.

It's clear that Jiang Weiguo avoids this snack a lot, 995, save me, this broken game system really loves puns.

The level of the potato bun wasn't high, which was within Qin Huai's expectations. Jiang Weiguo's pastry skills were mediocre. When he became the head chef of the State owned Restaurant, it's unknown if his pastry skills had improved, but when Jiang Weiguo was still An Youyou's thirteenth younger brother, Qin Huai estimated his pastry desserts could only reach a C+ level, not even B-level.

But his pork knuckles and braised pork were indeed great, definitely reaching a B- level for these pork dishes. It can only be said that every trade has its specialty; Qin Huai didn't expect that Jiang Weiguo wasn't great at pastries, his everyday cooking was average, but he excelled at making pork dishes.

The saying goes that every chef has skill points in unexpected areas.

Qin Huai simply watched the video tutorial for the potato bun in the restroom and found that there was really nothing to it. Not only were there no valuable lessons, but Qin Huai could even point out several issues with Jiang Weiguo. If Jiang Weiguo were in front of Qin Huai now, Qin Huai could teach him a couple of tricks to make the filling of the potato bun more delicious.

But the buff of this potato bun is quite good, giving everyone a potato bun before the New Year's Eve dinner to enhance their dining experience.

An appetizer for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Qin Huai decided to make potato buns for his family this New Year, but he wondered if making the buns smaller would still trigger the buff since Jiang Weiguo's potato buns were a bit too large.

Qin Huai and Qin Luo would be fine, especially Qin Luo, as the child has a big appetite, eating a potato bun wouldn't be a problem for starting a meal. But for Granny Qin and Mr. Qin, it might not work. The elderly generally don't have the appetite of youngsters, and a large bun, especially a carb-heavy one, might fill them up rather than whet their appetite.

After watching the video tutorial, Qin Huai announced in the 'Loving Family' group chat the good news that another segment of An Youyou's dream had been unlocked, asking everyone if they had time today around dinner to rush to Luo Jun's house for a gathering, where he would discuss An Youyou's dream and do a further analysis of An Youyou.

Chen Huihong was the first to respond in the group, saying she definitely had time, and that time was something she had plenty of; she would now message her brother and ask Huihui to go to her uncle's house for dinner and homework.

Even though Qin Huai had only met Chen Yingjun a few times, he inexplicably felt that Chen Yingjun frequently appeared in his life.

Cheng Gong asked if he should arrange a buffet dinner for everyone at Luo Jun's house since previous gatherings were held in the afternoon with snacks and fruits, but now that it's dinner time, maybe a proper meal was due.

Shi Dadan said he would eat anything, as he's not picky.

Qu Jing also chimed in, saying she'd get off work at 5 PM and would definitely be on time at Luo Jun's house, promising not to be late or miss it, causing trouble for everyone.

Luo Jun replied with an "oh," and Qin Huai knew this meant he would make sure Zhang Shumei was out shopping and preparing the fruits needed for the gathering.

As for Zhao Cheng'an... Zhao Cheng'an simply didn't reply, and Qin Huai guessed he still hadn't woken up.

Seeing as how everyone except Zhao Cheng'an had no objections, Qin Huai put away his phone and returned to the kitchen. He had lost some time due to watching the video tutorial and messaging, and by the time Qin Huai returned to the kitchen, An Youyou had already gone to help other workers. Seeing Qin Huai return, she washed her hands and stood by Qin Huai's cooking station, waiting for his instructions.