Chapter 450

After Tong Deyan finished giving the instructions he wanted to give, he completely ignored Qin Huai. Qin Huai could see that he was very busy, but he didn't know what he was busy with, so Qin Huai sensibly didn't disturb Tong Deyan again and left silently.

This scene fell into the eyes of Pei Shenghua, who listened to all directions and watched all directions, and turned into: the introverted and socially phobic Little Master Qin gathered his courage to go up and talk to Tong Deyan, Tong Deyan responded coldly, the socially phobic Assistant Xiao Qin left sadly, not daring to engage in extra social interaction, and could only be a bystander in such a good place to eat gossip.

Oh, Assistant Xiao Qin, you are really miserable. You didn't get off to a good start, and you picked such a difficult person to talk to on your first attempt.

Sure enough, the rumor that Tong Deyan looked at Qin Huai differently was just a rumor. How could Tong Deyan, with his stinky temper, look at others differently? It would be good if he didn't look at them coldly.

Pei Shenghua briefly sympathized with Qin Huai for 5 seconds in his heart and continued to actively devote himself to the great cause of eating gossip. Such a large-scale exchange meeting is rare. This Proprietor Ling from Eight Treasures House, Little Ling, is really a good person. It would be even better if his intention to poach people was not so obvious.

On the other side, Qin Huai indeed had no intention of continuing to socialize.

The priority of the time-limited task here is still very high. After all, there are only two days to complete the task, and if you miss it, it's gone. From the exchange with Tong Deyan just now, Qin Huai extracted a lot of key information points.

First, Tan Weian and Zang Liang are spreading rumors outside that he has a problem with his brain.

Second, Ling Guangzhao also has a problem with his brain.

Finally, Ling Guangzhao really came to poach people by holding this exchange meeting.

Since they are all fellow patients with brain problems, the next things will be easy to handle. I don't know if it's because Ling Guangzhao just returned from studying abroad or because of his childhood living environment, but he is very confident, even a bit conceited. You can tell by the expression on his face when he speaks.

Even when he is begging for help, his chin is slightly raised when he speaks, as if he will never bow his head in this life.

Qin Huai pondered in his heart what dim sum to make in the afternoon.

Anything too complicated or with too troublesome preparation is definitely not doable. It's not that he doesn't want to do it, but mainly because Eight Treasures House no longer sells pastry dim sum. Fillings like red bean paste or sesame sugar paste that need to be prepared in advance are definitely not available at Eight Treasures House. If he buys them temporarily, he can only buy the popular ones on the market.

And for most of this type of sweet-filled dim sum, the main source of flavor and the finishing touch lies in the filling itself. Take Four-Joy Tangyuan as an example; if the red bean paste and sesame sugar paste are not specially prepared by Qin Huai, the Four-Joy Tangyuan will lose its flavor and definitely won't reach A-grade.

Considering Ling Guangzhao's ancestral home, experience, and personality characteristics, Four-Joy Tangyuan is essentially a commoner's dim sum, and it can be seen at a glance that it is a tangyuan without much fancy origin. Ling Guangzhao might look down on it a little.

Qin Huai feels that his buddy might like something fancy.

He also has fancy things here.

Apple-shaped dough fruit, Five-Diced Baozi with a fancy origin, and Four-Joy Flower Rolls whose shape and origin can both lean towards fancy.

Of course, the textbook-like rice cake, which Qin Huai cannot make a textbook version of, must also be included.

These four it is!

With another cup of heartwarming tangerine peel tea, Qin Huai doesn't believe he can't fiercely warm Ling Guangzhao's heart this afternoon.

As Tong Deyan said, Chinese food is a Western-style buffet, basically cold dishes. A few hot dishes are made by ordinary chefs at Eight Treasures House. Ordinary people might think it's okay, but everyone present is a professional, and they can eat at least 8 small problems in one bite.

Everyone understands and doesn't care. Tong Deyan is at the exchange meeting, so what good things can you expect to eat?

When eating, Ling Guangzhao was like a butterfly, carrying a dinner plate and shuttling between various chefs to talk, especially with those chefs who looked relatively young or could be seen at a glance to be relatively short of money. He was so enthusiastic.

Ling Guangzhao also specially came over to say hello to Qin Huai and asked about Huang Anyao's situation. Perhaps because he had no interest in pastry chefs, Ling Guangzhao just chatted enthusiastically verbally and praised Qin Huai's dim sum for being on the cover of Zhi Wei's New Year issue, which was truly a young success.

It can only be said that Qin Huai is indeed a rare genius in the pastry world, but at this exchange meeting where top savory masters of all cuisines in the country are gathered, the young pastry genius is really not enough.

Ling Guangzhao's goal is still to poach those chefs who have been famous for many years, have stable representative works, can sell dishes at high prices, and can get huge gimmicks by jumping ship.

Proprietor Ling is even bold enough to want to poach Pei Shenghua. In a sense, it can be considered a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.

After eating, Qin Huai sent a message to Tong Deyan, asking if he could come to the kitchen of Eight Treasures House at 2 pm. The time he needed to make dim sum might be a bit long.

Half an hour later, Tong Deyan replied that it was okay, so Qin Huai stayed in the hotel room and watched the video tutorial of rice cake. Don't look at the production process of rice cake as very simple, but Qin Huai has indeed watched this video tutorial frequently and found it fresh during this period.

As his proficiency in basic skills continues to rise, he can see more and more things from this short video tutorial. The truth that "the Great Dao is simple, and the simpler it is, the harder it is" is vividly displayed in the rice cake video tutorial. The truth that teachers have told students since childhood—that if the foundation is not laid well, nothing will be useful in the future—is also fully reflected in this video tutorial.

Qin Huai watched the tutorial until 1:50. During this period, Zhao Chengan called Qin Huai and asked if Qin Huai wanted to go to the Prince Gong's Mansion. Everyone felt that there was no need to participate in the afternoon exchange meeting, and many people planned to run away directly to the scenic spots to start the sightseeing mode.

Qin Huai said that he had something to do in the afternoon, declined, washed his face to make himself look more spirited, and headed to Eight Treasures House.

Although Qin Huai didn't want to jump ship, in order to complete the time-limited task, he still had to tidy up.

At 2 pm, the kitchen of Eight Treasures House was already busy with chefs.

Like Eight Treasures House, an old-fashioned restaurant that is a bit inclined to be an internet-famous store, it is usually not short of customers. The master chefs are the main force, and the kitchen is like a war when it gets busy. It is absolutely impossible for the head chef to work as leisurely as the master chefs at Zhi Wei Ju, wanting to get off work whenever they want.

Even if they hold an exchange meeting, Eight Treasures House is still operating normally. The exchange meeting only occupies the banquet hall. There is no way to use the banquet hall to receive walk-in customers when there is no wedding banquet.

When picking up dishes at noon, Qin Huai heard the chefs next to the ham platter chatting and mentioned that since Eight Treasures House started marketing, it has undertaken many wedding banquets, birthday banquets, and graduation banquets. The interior has also been renovated, reducing the number of private rooms and moving out two banquet halls.

If Huang Ji is "don't take it if you can," then Eight Treasures House is "take it if you can." Although the banquets at Eight Treasures House are expensive, they have zero threshold. Unlike other old-fashioned restaurants where it is difficult to make a reservation, requiring acquaintances to recommend and high-level membership cards, everything is okay here as long as there is a schedule and money is in place.

And it is guaranteed that Tong Deyan is the head chef, and ordinary chefs are never used to make up the numbers.

In this way, Eight Treasures House can be considered to have lowered the difficulty of booking banquets, but it is hard for the only head chef, Tong Deyan.

No wonder Ling Guangzhao is so anxious to poach people. If Master Tong is allowed to continue like this, he will definitely become a pure ox and horse.

Qin Huai inexplicably understood Ling Guangzhao.

When Qin Huai arrived at the kitchen, Tong Deyan had already prepared the culinary station for Qin Huai, and the basic tools for steaming dim sum, similar to steamers, steaming boxes, and ovens, were briefly informed of their location and usage. He told Qin Huai that Eight Treasures House no longer sells dim sum at all. This is the condition; there are no more high-end machines.

Qin Huai felt it was enough.

As a breakfast shop master, as long as Eight Treasures House has the configuration of a breakfast shop, Qin Huai can make all the dim sum he can make.

It's just a bit slower.

Qin Huai started kneading the dough.

When Qin Huai was kneading the dough, Tong Deyan was cutting and preparing at the culinary station next to Qin Huai. Other chefs and apprentices in the kitchen were also preparing ingredients or doing chores, and there were sounds of cutting vegetables everywhere.

"Master Tong, Proprietor Ling is looking for people to talk and poach everywhere today. Did he poach anyone?" Qin Huai asked curiously.

As soon as these words came out, the chef who was close to Qin Huai and could hear him clearly shook his hand while cutting meat and almost cut his own finger.

Tong Deyan's expression didn't change, but he looked up at Qin Huai speechlessly and found that Qin Huai was just in a normal gossip mode. He didn't even lift his head when he said this and was still kneading the dough. He paused and said: "He took a fancy to quite a few."

After speaking, Tong Deyan sneered: "But none of them took a fancy to him."