"But the filling for this Double Crab Bun is quite unclear. I’ll call someone over to ask. An Youyou, you know who it is, right? Her skills are poor, she won’t be able to lie."
After speaking, Qin Huai waved at An Youyou, who was cooking radish cake not far away, gesturing for her to come over.
An Youyou saw the boss calling, quickly handed off her task of cooking radish cake to the person beside her, and jogged over.
"Master Qin, is Sister Hong asking for the crispy radish cake now? I’m cooking it, but Sister Hong’s order is too large. I can only focus on two pans at once; any more and it’s likely to burn. Plus, I’ve already found someone to help. It’ll take around 5 more minutes to deliver the radish cake over there." An Youyou thought she had messed up at work, nervous and worried that she’d be demoted before ever getting promoted with a pay raise.
"How much does Sister Hong need?"
"300 large servings of radish cake, she said there’s a community event today."
It’s so you, Chen Huihong, finding ways to strengthen ties by working An Youyou to death.
Qin Huai remembered that he hadn’t chopped radish for a long time today and asked with concern, "Is there enough radish? Should I chop some more?"
"There’s enough. Master Chen An just chopped a lot of radishes. The remaining radish shreds might need your help with seasoning, boss. The current supply is enough for the community side. I saw you were busy, so I thought I’d talk to you about it later." An Youyou explained.
After speaking, An Youyou didn’t forget to watch Qin Huai’s face, afraid to see any displeasure.
Qin Huai didn’t care about these things at all. As the real and only boss of Yunzhong Restaurant, Qin Huai normally didn’t involve himself in matters big or small, and he was used to not being informed about things until they were arranged and completed.
He didn’t even carefully read the regular work reports sent to him by Huang Xi, just skimming them briefly.
Confident in his skills, Master Qin is very clear on what Yunzhong Restaurant truly relies on—not marketing strategies, but his craft.
"These are minor details; I’ll season them later. First, come try this filling. What do you think it tastes like?" Qin Huai pointed to the small basin of filling.
An Youyou immediately understood. The boss wanted her to taste the flavor, quickly grabbing a spoon.
Taking just a small bit.
Tasting, savoring, revealing an expression of amazement, praises about to spill out.
"No need to talk about how delicious the filling is, just say what it resembles." Qin Huai interrupted her enchantment.
"Vegetable." An Youyou said, "A tasty vegetable. If used to stew something and mixed with rice, it would be great!"
Clearly, An Youyou has her own unique insight into food.
Coming up with using Double Crab Bun filling to stew something and then mixing it with rice—she truly embodies the Three-legged Golden Toad.
In a corner where no one pays attention, Zheng Siyuan has been shutting himself away for some time.
"Alright, go back to work, I’ll season the radish cake filling later."
An Youyou returned to continue cooking radish cake.
Qin Huai turned to look at Zheng Siyuan, noticing only now that his friend’s mood was off, seeming a bit down, as if something had just happened that made it hard for him to lift his head.
"What’s wrong?" Qin Huai asked with concern, "Stomach upset?"
"If you feel unwell, go to the restroom. I can finish wrapping the remaining buns, there aren’t many left."
Zheng Siyuan pressed his lips, "No."
He then looked as if he had made a significant decision, with an expression as if facing impending doom, "You said the taste of this Double Crab Bun filling resembles vegetable."
"Yeah, it’s quite unique."
"When my dad taught me, he said the biggest taboo when making Double Crab Buns with Crab Yellow Sauce is making the filling taste like a vegetable." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novelꞁire.net
The seasoning of Double Crab Bun is a minor miss but a mile-long mistake. Even if it’s not bad, doing it wrong is a failure."
Qin Huai finally realized what had just happened.
Master Xiao Zheng, on his first attempt at demonstrating his culinary skills and creating sample dishes, had failed.
It was a serious fail.
Qin Huai thought he should say something to comfort Heng Siyu.
"Double Crab Bun is so challenging; not doing it well is understandable." Qin Huai comforted, "It’s quite delicious, really."
"It’s better than when I made the Four Happiness glutinous rice before."
Failing, well, fail often enough and you get used to it. Though failing in front of others is a bit awkward, there will be plenty more awkward moments to come, so don’t mind such small things."
Zheng Siyuan silently put down the bun he had just wrapped.
"The staff restroom is on the second floor, right?"
"I’m going to the restroom to cool down."
"Wrap them, you steam them yourself. Fire control, I trust you know how to handle it."