Chapter 426

What Qin Huai didn't expect was that the most delicious of this table of dazzling dim sum was actually the most plain-looking bun.

And it was a vegetarian bun.

Assorted vegetarian bun.

Since the word "assorted" was used, there were many types of vegetarian dishes: green vegetables, fresh bamboo shoots, dried tofu, daylily, yam, carrots, wood ear mushrooms, fried gluten, shiitake mushrooms, and ginkgo. The ingredients were so rich that they could be stir-fried into a plate of assorted mixed dishes, yet such filling was made into a bun by Master Zhou.

Qin Huai felt that he had eaten a lot of these delicious buns recently that seemed to be rich stir-fried dishes and braised dishes wrapped in buns.

*Could this be the true meaning of making buns? *

*An excellent bun filling only needs a plate of delicious stir-fried dishes. *

Qin Huai didn't speak, just kept eating the buns.

The dining table was very quiet, with only the sound of Shi Dadan and Master Zhou chatting.

Master Zhou had a mouth to chat because these dim sum were all made by him, and he didn't have much desire to eat. Shi Dadan chatted because he had the ability to chat while eating, and at the same time, he could speak clearly and not eat slowly.

And he had confidence in his stomach capacity and other people's stomach capacity; everyone definitely couldn't finish this table of dim sum, and in the end, it would still be up to him to finish it off.

Shi Dadan was chatting about daily life with Master Zhou.

Before, when Qin Huai let Shi Dadan be his golden assistant, he discovered that Shi Dadan was a person who was very good at listening and also very good at letting others talk. Maybe it was because the honest quality on him easily made people feel close to him at the first moment, or maybe it was because his way of speaking made people feel comfortable listening, in short, Shi Dadan was a person who was very good at fishing for information.

Many times, he didn't even need to deliberately fish for information; the person chatting would take the initiative to say it.

Qin Huai also only learned today that Master Zhou had two daughters and one son, but none of them inherited his mantle, and even the professions they were engaged in had nothing to do with being a chef.

Master Zhou's eldest daughter was running a travel agency, his second son was a math teacher, and his youngest daughter was still studying abroad. This situation rarely appeared among pastry masters, especially very prestigious pastry masters.

You know, even Boss Su's daughter was a pastry chef.

The chef industry was already very traditional, and for many years, it had always been a system of inheriting the father's business. If the father was a famous chef, the son must be a chef. Even if the talent wasn't good, the father would only pass the unique skills to his own descendants, not to other apprentices or disciples.

Of course, not every famous chef would be like this; there were also many relatively enlightened chefs who would choose to pass their unique skills to their apprentices, but if they had a choice, they would definitely prioritize their own descendants.

Such a method of inheritance was very reliable and could keep the skills in the family. But it was also extremely risky, because being a chef actually tested talent very much. Bloodlines could be inherited, but talent couldn't. The loss of many famous dishes and famous dim sum was because famous chefs had no successors.

But at the same time, the carrying forward of many famous dishes and famous dim sum was because the unfilial descendants of famous chefs couldn't survive and sold the ancestral recipes.

It could only be said that fortune plays tricks on people.

Under normal circumstances, it was standard practice for someone like Tan Weian, whose own father wasn't good enough, so the grandson took over. And it wasn't that Tan Weian's father hadn't learned to cook; he had learned, but his talent was really mediocre, and he couldn't make a name for himself in this industry. Coupled with the fact that his own father was too promising, Zhi Wei Ju grew bigger and stronger, and he had no worries about food and clothing, retiring annually just by relying on stock dividends.

In a certain sense, Tan Weian's father was the real winner in life. He retired before he was 40 and let his son take over the family business, achieving the true state of having elders above and children below.

Regarding Master Zhou's enlightened philosophy, Shi Dadan expressed extreme agreement. He also felt that there was no need at all to force children to inherit the family business. For example, he himself never forced his children to study hard and get into a good university.

Inheriting the father's business or whatever was fundamentally unnecessary. Shi Dadan was too engrossed in chatting and even accidentally let it slip, feeling that his child probably wouldn't be able to be a driver in the future either.

But it doesn't matter; anyway, no one present knew his background. Up to now, Master Zhou still thought that Shi Dadan was some cousin or uncle of Qin Huai, and during the period, he even asked Shi Dadan in a slightly complaining tone why that relative of the Qin family didn't choose to try it back then. Their Zhi Wei Ju was really easy to enter, and recommendations from old customers also counted as recommendations.

If Qin Huai had been brought over 10 years earlier, what would Zhao Chengan's business be? Zhao Chengan could have been directly given to Master Hua; anyway, he also quite liked stretching noodles.

Zhao Chengan:?

*Master, I'm still sitting at the table eating dim sum; is it really okay for you to say that? *

"You're also good at stretching noodles." Qin Huai discovered another advantage of Zhao Chengan.

"I studied it for a period of time; I can do it, but I'm not proficient." Zhao Chengan admitted generously, "During the period when I first apprenticed, I felt that I was a genius rarely seen in a hundred years. Ordinary chefs can do amazing things if they can master one thing, and excellent chefs can master one or two things. Even the masters at Zhi Wei Ju will have things they are good at and things they are not good at."

"I thought at the time that they couldn't do it because they were bad at cooking, and I could definitely do it. So I learned everything. If Master hadn't been researching Western dim sum at that time, I would have wanted to learn Western dim sum too."

"Then it became what you see now: I learned everything, and I know a little bit of everything. I can't do the too difficult ones, and I can't do the too complex ones well. After learning for so many years, what I'm most proficient in is still pastry-opening dim sum and inlaid powder cake dim sum. I thought I could at least specialize in one or two things, but after a long time, I didn't do any of them, and I'm not even as good as my senior brothers and sisters."

Zhao Chengan bit into a flower-patterned lantern bun very carelessly: "However, before I met you, I still felt that I was a genius. Now that I'm not specialized, it's just because I don't have enough time. Give me another 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, 50 years, 60 years, and I will definitely be able to specialize in everything."

If nothing else, Zhao Chengan's mentality is really quite good, and he has a very professional spirit.

Listen, he is even willing to make dim sum for another 60 years. What kind of professional spirit is this!

"What about now?" Qin Huai asked, a bit provocatively.

Zhao Chengan looked at Qin Huai unhappily and glanced at Master Zhou quietly again. Seeing that Master Zhou and Shi Dadan were chatting happily and didn't notice him at all, he lowered his voice and said: "Of course I'm still a genius now!"

"It's just that you have a bit more talent than me, but that doesn't mean my talent is bad. My talent is super good, okay? Otherwise, Master wouldn't like me so much!"

Qin Huai smiled. He suddenly understood a bit why Master Zhou liked Zhao Chengan so much.

Because Zhao Chengan is very confident.