Chapter 366: [Crab Roe and Pork Diced Baozi (Grade A)]

While eating *shaomai*, Qin Huai took the opportunity to stuff a spoonful of the stir-fried meat filling to Pei Xing and asked Pei Xing how it tasted.

"It's truly too delicious!"

Pei Xing said so.

Pure flattery, without any reference value.

Qin Huai pointed out several old problems Pei Xing still had with the *shaomai*, habitually drew a big pie, let Pei Xing continue to work hard and go back to work, striving to become a more excellent pastry chef as soon as possible, and then continued to make buns.

The filling was stir-fried; all that was left was wrapping.

Before wrapping the buns, Qin Huai had a little hesitation.

Even though Xu Nuo in the memory had already said it very clearly—if the technique is sufficient, fuse them; if the technique isn't enough, not caring is also a feature—Qin Huai actually always had doubts in his heart.

Not caring at all? What would the finished bun look like if you didn't care at all? Shi Dadan said Xu Nuo's first buns were particularly delicious, and he ate a lot, but Shi Dadan's requirements for food at that time weren't high, especially for staple food. He could also eat twenty or thirty steamed white flour buns, let alone steamed white flour meat buns.

Hesitating for two minutes, Qin Huai walked out of the kitchen and found Shi Dadan, who was happily playing with his phone by the window.

"Old Shi, I want to ask you a question," Qin Huai said, glancing at Shi Dadan's phone.

Shi Dadan's phone didn't have a privacy screen, and the brightness was turned to the maximum; one could see the interface on the phone at a glance.

It seemed to be a house-buying interface.

He wanted to buy a house.

"You want to buy a house?" Qin Huai asked somewhat surprised.

"Xiao Qin, is this what you want to ask? Yes, Old Luo doesn't like me living in his house; it's better to just buy a house directly. Anyway, the houses in your residential area aren't considered too expensive."

"Not considered too expensive."

A financially free *Dangkang* is indeed different.

"I'm not asking about this; I just accidentally saw it," Qin Huai explained hurriedly. "There was a question I forgot to ask you on the way here just now. You should have eaten quite a few crab roe and meat buns made by Xu Nuo, right?"

Shi Dadan nodded: "Xu Nuo was quite rich at that time. He liked making pastries, and Factory Manager Xu knew and didn't oppose it, so I ate quite a few."

"There should have been 160-plus buns."

Look at Shi Dadan's way of calculating; normal people remember how many times they ate, only he remembers how many he ate.

Judging by eating 20-plus buns each time, Xu Nuo made crab roe and meat buns at least 6-7 times.

"Then were there any differences in the taste of these buns, or did they get more and more delicious, or were the later ones much more delicious than the first one?" Qin Huai asked next.

Shi Dadan was amused by Qin Huai's question, his look at Qin Huai changing to "you shouldn't have been infected by me and become not smart," and said: "The later ones were definitely more delicious."

"The last crab roe and meat buns Xu Nuo made were particularly delicious; he said he understood. Then he made crab roe and fish buns, crab roe and chicken buns, and crab roe and duck buns, but none were as delicious as the pork buns."

"I feel he should have wanted to research the Double Crab Diced Baozi himself, but he only listened to the recipe roughly once, couldn't research it out himself, and finally had no choice but to buy it. At that time, 1,000 yuan was really very expensive; my salary plus bonus for a year might not be that much. If Xu Nuo hadn't really been unable to research it himself, he wouldn't have been willing to spend so much money to buy the recipe."

Qin Huai understood and went back to continue making buns.

He just said, although he felt Xu Nuo's words in the memory made a lot of sense, he always felt something was strange.

Xu Nuo's first filling was Grade A, which didn't mean his final bun was Grade A. Qin Huai believed the shock that first mouthful of filling brought to Shi Dadan was definitely greater than the shock brought by the buns he ate later.

Otherwise, just a short time difference, why didn't this memory see the buns out of the pot, and Shi Dadan eating the finished product?

The final recipe was bun filling, not buns. Although this bun filling looked like it could make many pastries, in reality, it was just bun filling; no matter if it was wrapped into *shaomai* or *Joy Tangyuan*, it would definitely be unsuited to the environment.

Of course, if this game system deliberately wanted to mess with Qin Huai, that was another matter.

Therefore, even though Qin Huai agreed with Xu Nuo's point of view in the memory and affirmed Xu Nuo's culinary skills and his concept that was even more excellent than his culinary skills, he still had doubts about this method.

His intuition told him this method was always a bit off, not the best.

There must be a better one.

Because he didn't see the steps after the filling in the memory.

Nor did he see the feedback on the final product.

Qin Huai returned to the culinary station, stared at the filling, and began to think. After thinking for a while, he picked up the spoon again, scooped a spoonful of filling, and continued to eat.

Stir-fried dishes just out of the pot can cover up many shortcomings of the dish itself.

It is said that dishes should be eaten while hot, because everyone knows that eating while hot is the best time, the best taste, the most fragrant, the crispest, the freshest, and the most flavorful.

When this best timing passes, many shortcomings that originally existed but could be ignored, or didn't exist and just appeared simply because the temperature dropped, will emerge.

Qin Huai wanted to taste these shortcomings.

He wanted to know if, in this recipe based on Xu Nuo's theoretical foundation, these shortcomings that emerged after cooling, when wrapped into buns and processed through steaming, could turn into the advantages of bun filling.

Qin Huai tasted a spoonful.

Two spoonfuls.

Three spoonfuls.

He knew he had a good tongue, especially after his filling-seasoning level was raised to Master level. Master-level filling-seasoning and his good tongue complemented each other, allowing him to often taste the shortcomings and advantages of a dish in one bite, know the essence, and find where the problem lay.

Qin Huai tasted many problems. With his current red-case level, stir-frying this kind of meat filling definitely had many problems.

These weren't the problems he wanted to find; he needed the kind of problem that could make him have a flash of inspiration, make his eyes light up, and turn the situation around.

The kind of problem that throws a stone into a calm lake, causing ripples to spread from the center of the lake to the edge, breaking the original balance but making people feel it is pleasing to the eye.

An airplane flying across the blue sky leaves a white trail; you can see it clearly when you look up, but it can also blend into the sky, being both an abrupt existence and an embellishment of the sky.

Qin Huai knew this problem was very difficult to find, but he believed he could find it.

Because the Xu Nuo of the past must have found it. He made crab roe and pork buns so many times, and the last time was successful to the point that he started trying other crab roe meat fillings and recognized the Double Crab Diced Baozi theory, which shows there must be such a problem.

Qin Huai ate one spoonful after another, without stopping.

Pei Xing, who had returned to the culinary station and started working seriously, kneading dough, couldn't help but look toward Qin Huai again, revealing an even more confused expression than before, and asked Li Hua very uncomprehendingly: "Is Qin Huai still not full?"

"Did he not eat this morning?"

"But he only ate one of the *shaomai* I made just now. Is it not delicious or does he not like it? Is there something wrong with my *shaomai* today? But my *shaomai* now is much stronger than before."

Li Hua didn't speak, just stared at the steamer not far away and fell into deep thought, silently calculating the time in his heart.

His steamed dumplings would be out of the pot in three minutes.

After being out of the pot and cooling for two minutes, it would take about 5 minutes to be served to Qin Huai to eat.

Li Hua knew that Qin Huai occasionally liked to eat some steamed dumplings. Because once, Qin Huai went to the hospital to deliver things to Qu Jing and ate a basket of steamed dumplings at a Shaxian snack shop near the hospital, which was seen by the grandpas and grandmas of Yunzhong Residential Area who happened to go to the hospital for a check-up, and they took a picture.

Later, quite a few grandpas and grandmas from Yunzhong Canteen went to that Shaxian snack shop to check in for the same steamed dumplings, wanting to know how delicious they were, and later found they were average. Thus, the legend that Master Xiao Qin occasionally likes to eat some steamed dumplings was spread. Master Xiao Qin, who occasionally likes to eat some steamed dumplings, was still tasting the meat filling.

Shi Dadan, who was originally sitting by the window, had finished looking at the house and changed seats, changing to a position near the window where he could see Qin Huai at the culinary station through the transparent window.

This position originally had someone, but that grandpa went home to get something. Shi Dadan didn't know and sat down and shared a table with other grandpas and grandmas. The grandpas and grandmas saw Qin Huai talking to Shi Dadan just now and knew this was Qin Huai's friend, so they deliberately tried to get close and ask about the situation, and decided to give this position to Shi Dadan.

The one trying to get information was Grandpa Qian.

Facing Grandpa Qian's probing, Shi Dadan was almost open about everything; of course, what he said was the external version.

Learning that Shi Dadan was Chen Huihong's friend and also supplied goods to Qin Huai, Grandpa Qian instantly became much more enthusiastic and introduced the "Must-Eat List" of Yunzhong Canteen to Shi Dadan.

Which pastry chefs' pastries were worth checking in for besides Qin Huai's, how to grab Master Xiao Qin's pastries every day was the optimal way to eat, and what was the best pairing for *Sixi Joy Tangtuan* at noon.

Completely treating Shi Dadan as one of their own.

The grandpas and grandmas of Yunzhong Canteen were just this enthusiastic when facing possible connections.

Shi Dadan just nodded and listened, not caring much about these strategies, and seeing Qin Huai had been eating meat filling, asked a question out of curiosity:

"Is Master Xiao Qin hungry?"

Grandpa Qian took a look and wasn't very sure: "Don't know, maybe hungry, or maybe tasting the flavor. Master Xiao Qin sometimes tastes the flavor, but usually only tastes a few mouthfuls and won't eat like this."

"But recently Master Xiao Qin's bun making is indeed not very smooth. I see him always full of seriousness and somewhat worried, and the amount he makes every day isn't large. If it were smooth, the amount Master Xiao Qin makes would be very large."

Shi Dadan suddenly realized and nodded.

In the kitchen, Qin Huai felt he was almost full.

How to say it, although he had a good tongue, this tongue didn't seem that useful.

He couldn't find the ripples he wanted, nor could he draw the white trail in the sky.

He wanted to talk to himself a bit.

Say some nonsense to hint to the game system.

For example:

Oh my, why didn't I finish Xu Nuo's memory? You already gave me the bun filling; can you trigger another task to let me know how the complete bun is made?

He thought this way and did so, and then it was of no use at all.

Qin Huai felt he was probably crazy.

The filling was almost cold, and cold stir-fried crab roe meat wasn't delicious at all; crab roe as a food shouldn't be eaten cold.

Qin Huai chewed the half-cold meat filling in his mouth very slowly; he was really too full and didn't want to eat even one more mouthful, so he could only chew a bit more, hoping to chew something out.

Maybe he ate too much; Qin Huai felt a bit dry. Even though this meat filling was thickened with sauce, it still felt a bit dry when eaten now.

Qin Huai wanted to drink water, but he was afraid that if he drank two mouthfuls of water, he would be so full he would hiccup.

If he could crack two eggs into it and then...

Eh, crack two eggs into it.

Qin Huai seemed to see the ripples he was looking for.

Without any hesitation, swallowing the meat filling he didn't know how long he had been chewing, Qin Huai moved.

Having eaten for so long, Qin Huai had long been clear about where this meat filling had problems and where it needed improvement.

He started cracking eggs.

Re-seasoning the filling.

Rolling the bun wrappers.

Wrapping the buns.

Qin Huai didn't wrap too many buns, and couldn't wrap too many; he only stir-fried a small pot of meat filling and half of it was eaten by him, so he wanted to wrap more but didn't have materials, purely a clever woman unable to cook without rice.

Qin Huai wrapped a total of 28 buns.

Steaming in the pot.

Qin Huai guarded the steamer, waiting for the buns to be out of the pot, and took the opportunity to give the Does Zhi Wei Ju apprentice nearest to him a look that Master Qin now wanted to drink tea.

The apprentice instantly understood the meaning, immediately stopped the work in his hands, and went to pour tea for Qin Huai.

Master Qin finally drank the tea he had wanted to drink for a long time but was afraid of being full and didn't dare to drink.

Li Hua seized the opportunity, stepped forward with the steamed dumplings at a suitable temperature, opened his mouth and said: "Master Qin, are you interested in eating a little..."

"Hiccup." Qin Huai didn't want to hiccup, but seeing the steamed dumplings, he couldn't help but hiccup.

Li Hua:...

Qin Huai smiled embarrassedly: "A bit full now, can't taste-test, tomorrow."

Li Hua nodded and left with the steamed dumplings.

Qin Huai continued to guard the buns. When the buns were about to be out of the pot, Qin Huai went outside and called Shi Dadan into the kitchen.

This kind of taste-testing wasn't convenient to eat outside; it was more suitable to eat in the kitchen.

Seeing Shi Dadan could actually enter the kitchen to eat, Grandpa Qian was stunned, his face full of: "And you still say you aren't familiar with Master Xiao Qin; you are clearly a super connection!"

"Little brother, say nothing else; can you share one with your brother later?"

Shi Dadan followed Qin Huai into the kitchen and looked around the back kitchen with curiosity. Clearly, after no longer being a restaurant boss, Shi Dadan hadn't entered the back kitchen much. When he was still running a restaurant, the restaurant's back kitchen shouldn't have been this modernized.

Qin Huai brought Shi Dadan to the position where Seeing Ouyang usually ate. That position was spacious, had a table, and a small stool to sit and eat. Because Seeing Ouyang liked to eat in a half-squatting posture every day, leaning forward to eat, sitting on a low stool was more comfortable and free. Shi Dadan clearly didn't have this habit; sitting on the small stool, he sat upright and was a bit nervous, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.

The buns were ready.

Qin Huai returned to the steamer and was stunned for a moment. The Does Zhi Wei Ju apprentice on the side thought Master Qin didn't want to pick up the buns himself, so he stepped forward very sensibly, uncovered the steamer, and nimbly picked out the buns.

Qin Huai knew today's buns should be quite good.

Because the meat filling he just stir-fried was Grade B, that was pure red-case meat filling, and Qin Huai's red-case level had improved a lot recently. Such meat filling, after being processed by a flash of inspiration, would definitely not be lower than Grade B or even Grade B+ in the buns made.

But Qin Huai was still a bit surprised by this grade.

【Crab Roe and Pork Diced Baozi (Grade A)】

He actually, after *Sixi Joy Tangtuan*, once again completely relied on himself to make Grade A white-case pastries.

At this moment, Qin Huai deeply felt that consciousness was truly something as important as culinary skills.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 367 =====