The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 216 Master Chef Qin Huai is online

July 1th, sunny and breezy.

As the last day of the New Year's Day holiday, business at major restaurants, shopping malls and other entertainment venues across the country is always better than usual.

Huang's Restaurant's business is also better than usual.

Qin Huai went back home early yesterday to rest and adjust his work and rest schedule, but his biological clock couldn't adjust in a short time, so he couldn't get up late even if he wanted to.

Compared with my previous biological clock that used to wake me up at 4 a.m., my current schedule of going to work at 9: a.m. is several time zones different.

Qin Huai woke up early in the morning and had nothing to do. He watched a variety show for more than ten minutes and found it boring. He was tired of the cheese sticks in the refrigerator, so he just wanted to eat two sweet snacks.

After much thought, Qin Huai felt that it would be nice to make breakfast at home.

Make four-happiness dumplings.

Ouyang heard the noise in the kitchen and came out of the room with a messy hair. When he saw the four-happiness dumplings cooked in the pot without any shapes and opened the blind box, his face turned green.

If you ask who has eaten the most four-happiness dumplings with various fruit fillings during this period, Ouyang has something to say.

Even though the dumplings Qin Huai made in the kitchen in the afternoon were shared by the fearless people at Huang Ji, most of the dumplings Qin Huai made at home that night went into Ouyang's stomach.

Sometimes Ouyang felt that the special meal he had every night at the bone-setting shop was the compensation Qin Huai gave him.

"Qin Huai, what flavor is this...?" Ouyang spoke cautiously.

"Normal flavor, with shredded radish filling, no fruit filling." Qin Huai stirred the dumplings in the pot, "Do you want to eat them? How many bowls do you want?"

Ouyang felt relieved after hearing what Qin Huai said, and immediately said, "Two bowls!"

After a few minutes, the dumplings were out of the pot.

Qin Huai served a normal bowl and Ouyang served a large bowl. Both of them were very experienced and did not eat directly but chatted first and waited for the dumplings to cool down.

"Huihui will have a holiday the day after tomorrow, right?" Qin Huai asked, "Have you rented a house for Sister Hong?"

"I've rented it." Ouyang held a spoon with tangyuan in it and blew air into it while saying, "It's the one at the back. Sister Hong likes shopping, so I rented her a three-bedroom house. I've seen the house, it's a bit old, and the furniture is all from 20 years ago. I discussed with Sister Hong and got a new batch of furniture, and I've been busy with this these days."

"Huihui will finish her exams on the afternoon of the 5th, and Sister Hong and the others will be here on the 6th."

"Change the furniture?" Qin Huai was a little surprised. "That would cost a lot of money, right?"

"Quite a lot." Ouyang nodded. "I went to ask Mr. Gong next door and changed to the complete set of smart home he recommended. Sister Hong plans to buy the house directly. The owner doesn't seem to be willing to sell it and is still negotiating."

Qin Huai:......

It's really confusing how rich people rent.

"So do you have anything to do today?" Qin Huai asked.

Ouyang blew it twice more and started eating. He was lucky that it was filled with meat, so he didn't have to tap dance.

"No." Ouyang said vaguely, "I was planning to go to Huang's for dinner today, but you became famous on that magazine, right? I definitely can't eat there. I still have a lot of money left from my dad, so I plan to go to Guanhelou for lunch."

"Anything this afternoon?"

"No."

"If it's convenient, come to Huangji after lunch. You may not know that Uncle Wang came to Gusu yesterday..."

"I know." Ouyang chewed and swallowed the remaining glutinous rice balls in one gulp, took out his mobile phone from his pajama pocket, opened WeChat, and showed Qin Huai the top group chat directly.

[Yunzhong Community Owners Exchange Group]

Qin Huai:?
Does Yunzhong Community still have this owner group? How could he, as an owner of the community, not know about it?

Qin Huai clicked on the group message and found that there were quite a lot of people in the group, and most of them were acquaintances. Xu Tuqiang, Uncle Wang, Uncle Qian, Grandma Ding were all there, and Chen Huihong was also there, and everyone was talking about air tickets and accommodation hotels.

"Grandma Ding and the others are planning to go out and play as a group?" Qin Huai asked.

"They came as a group." Ouyang pointed at his phone. "I don't know who spread the fake news that the boss of Huang's had taken a fancy to you and wanted to marry his daughter to you and let you inherit Huang's. You will stay in Gusu as a son-in-law and will not return to Yunzhong Canteen."

"I haven't heard that Huang Anyao has sisters either."

Qin Huai:......

Is this the point? !

"You guys formed a tour group to come to Gusu just for this matter?" Qin Huai was surprised.

He found that he still didn't quite understand the owners of Yunzhong Community. No wonder he couldn't join this owner group.

"Maybe he wants to come over and have some fun." Ouyang said he didn't really know why. "Gusu is also good. Didn't Sister Hong bring Huihui over to play?"

Qin Huai was briefly convinced. After thinking for a while, he remembered that this was not what he wanted to talk about, so he quickly changed the subject.

"I went on to say that yesterday, Uncle Wang came to Huang Ji to queue up for dim sum and ran into Qu Jing. Huang Ji's business has been good recently, and Qu Jing was embarrassed to ask me to cut in line for her own cooking, so she came here secretly to queue up for dim sum during holidays."

"Isn't the new fruit on the menu today? Besides, Qu Jing has never had Four Happiness Tangtuan before. Come over after lunch and help me bring some snacks to Qu Jing. You know the address of her hospital, right?"

"I know." Ouyang nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Are the four-happiness dumplings you gave Dr. Qu real dumplings?"

Qin Huai: "...I can make normal fruit-filled dumplings!"

After dinner, Qin Huai watched TV series for another half an hour. When he saw that it was almost time, he went out to Huang Ji.

It's rare for me to work so late, I'm not used to it.

As soon as he walked out of the community gate, Qin Huai was stunned by the scene before him.

Qin Huai lives in a residential complex just opposite Huang Ji. It only takes 5 minutes to walk to work, which is very close.

Of course, there are actually closer communities. All the communities near Huangji are old communities. People who know about old communities know that these old communities are very concentrated and densely distributed. Some of them have no property management and are very loose. The gates are basically open all year round.

But this is not a reason for people queuing up into other people’s communities!

Isn't it only 9: now?
It hasn't opened for business yet. At least yesterday, people didn't line up in the community until after business hours.

Qin Huai walked towards Huang's cautiously and found that there was a queuing guardrail at the door, but there were too many people and the first crowd Qin Huai saw was outside the guardrail.

At the front of the line were seven or eight college students who were obviously traveling together. They were both male and female, experienced and full of energy.

They were obviously waiting in line right after getting off the high-speed train, dragging their suitcases. Those with small suitcases sat directly on them, while those with large suitcases had their own folding stools. They were fully equipped with gloves, hats, and hot packs, and even brought their own water and fruit, which they enthusiastically distributed to the young couples who were waiting behind them, who were obviously less experienced and did not bring enough equipment.

Qin Huai quietly went in through the back door, changed his clothes and went into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, everyone was working busily. Even Zheng Da put on Huang's work clothes for the first time and worked hard to knead the dough.

"Chef Qin!" The first chef from Zhiweiju who saw Qin Huai greeted him immediately, "Have you had breakfast?"

"I have eaten. I cooked some four-happiness dumplings at home this morning." Qin Huai nodded and glanced at the Ruyi rolls, four-happiness dumplings and radish cakes in the thermal box.

It seems that these dim sum were made specially for him by the chefs of Zhiweiju.

Qin Huai changed the subject: "But I'm not completely full yet, I can eat a little more to fill my stomach."

The chef closest to the incubator hurried to get the snacks.

The chef of Zhiweiju is just like Zheng Siyuan. He only practices making one or two kinds of dim sum at a time. Qin Huai doesn’t even need to taste the food. He can tell who made it just by looking at what it is.

Take a bite of the authentic Four-Happiness Dumplings first.

Well, not as good as myself.

"The combination is not good. The most important thing about Four Joy Dumplings is the combination of ingredients. There should be no problem with these four ingredients, but the proportions are not right. Try more, practice more, and find the right proportions. Also, chopped green onions are not suitable to be added."

Take another bite of carrot cake.

general.

"It's too soft and oily. It's not fried well. The basic skills are not practiced well. I need to practice more."

It was the turn of the Ruyi roll. Qin Huai took a bite and subconsciously glanced at Gu Li, who was assigned to help Zheng Da today and was kneading the dough.

Qin Huai did not comment because no comment was needed.

There is no problem with Gu Li's basic skills. His problems are all in technique. He just needs to find the right direction and practice hard.

Among the three kinds of snacks, the Ruyi Roll is undoubtedly the most delicious, and the portion is not large. Qin Huai walked over to Dong Shi while eating with the plate in hand and asked:

"There are so many people queuing outside, isn't Captain Cao trying to find a way to solve the problem? It's only what time now. If it's eleven or twelve o'clock, the line won't stretch across the street."

Dong Shi was cutting carrots and didn't dare to be distracted. He put down the knife immediately after hearing this: "Wait until 9:40 when Foreman Cao calls the number."

After saying this, Dong Shi glanced at Huang Shengli and saw that his master was also looking at him without showing any displeasure, which was considered as tacit approval for him to take a break for 5 minutes. He then continued boldly:
"Yesterday afternoon, the master and foreman Cao discussed for a long time. If the online queue is opened early, it will be unfair to the guests who came to queue early. But if the online queue is not opened, the guests will have to stand at the door all the time, and it will be more tiring to queue for more than ten hours."

"Master and foreman Cao couldn't come up with any particularly good solution, so they could only issue numbers to customers who were queuing offline at 9:40 every day, and start online queuing at 10:10."

"In order to ensure that guests who have lined up online do not miss out on meals, five tables will be reserved in the lobby for those who have lined up online."

"Rearrange the number."

"Besides, aren't there a lot of big round tables on the first floor? They are all for wedding banquets and banquets, big tables that seat 1 people. What Supervisor Cao meant is that if there are whole tables of guests with similar numbers, we will accept them. If not, we will let individual guests share a table."

"This actually has no impact on our kitchen, but the workload in the lobby will be much greater."

"Oh, by the way, did you ask Supervisor Cao to reserve a middle table yesterday? You should tell your friends in advance and ask them to come early. Number 6 is reserved for them to do secret operations."

After hearing what Dong Shi said, Qin Huai suddenly understood Qu Jing a little.

In this case, the pressure of eating special dishes is really great.

As expected, Xiao Zao still has to sit in the kitchen or take the food to a bone-setting restaurant to avoid any pressure.

After listening to Dong Shi's intelligence, Qin Huai returned to the kitchen counter and started working.

Qin Huai is very familiar with making Guoer.

Although he did not practice this snack for a long time like crab roe steamed buns, the essence of the fruit is actually apple flour fruit, at least in terms of shape.

Qin Huai has an inexplicable familiarity and proficiency with apple-faced fruits.

The first time he tried to make the apple-faced fruit he had made, he directly copied the outrageous operation made by Zheng Siyuan. Not only did Zheng Siyuan find it outrageous, but even Qin Huai, the person involved, found it outrageous.

At that time, Qin Huai even suspected that he had turned into a spirit through Ctrl+c. With a few clicks of Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v, Zheng Siyuan's apple-faced fruit was copied into his hand.

However, this talent is only limited to apple-shaped fruits, not other kinds of fruits.

The spirit Ctrl+c only likes to eat apples.

The fruit is based on apple flour, so it is impossible to make it too quickly.

Whether it's kneading the dough, shaping it or coloring it, it can't be done faster.

If you want to paint the fruit ugly enough, it requires certain technical skills. It is not something you can just dip a brush in beet juice and brush it on randomly. It requires skills and methods.

Qin Huai was making the fruit in an orderly manner.

Huang Shengli was frying the stuffing with great enthusiasm.

Zheng Da tried his best to make fermented glutinous rice steamed buns.

Zheng Siyuan was making three-piece buns with a depressed look on his face. Halfway through, he asked Huang Shengli with full of doubt whether it was really okay for him to make the three-piece buns.

Zheng Siyuan said that his skill in making Sanding Bao is not as good as Qinhuai's, and he is not good at it.

By then, the buns are not made by Qinhuai, and the taste is not as good as Qinhuai's. Customers have waited in line for a long time to get buns that are not what they ordered. Isn't that deceiving customers?

Huang Shengli comforted Zheng Siyuan not to worry, because what was sold today were not the premium Sanding bags, but ordinary Sanding bags.

Cheap.

When customers see the price, they will know that the buns are cheap and not good.

As for why we have to sell three-packs...

It’s because Qinhuai has been selling Sanding buns for a while and has become famous. The boutique Sanding buns have become Huangji’s second signature noodle after the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns. Many customers only recognize Sanding buns and fermented glutinous rice steamed buns.

Especially guests from other places.

If you can’t eat Guoer, you must eat Sanding Baozi and Wine-Rice Mantou.

It doesn’t matter who made these two dim sum, as long as the taste is above standard and everyone feels that the trip is worthwhile.

Zheng Siyuan: …

Tired and ruined, the pastry shop should reopen.

Compared with the tense and fast-paced crowd, Qinhuai really feels like a vacation.

There are fewer helpers in Qinhuai today.

Not useful.

Among these people, only Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da knew how to make apple noodles. One of them had to make fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, and the other had to make three-stuffed buns, so neither of them had time to help Qin Huai.

So even though it looks like Qin Huai has usurped the throne and become the head chef of Huang's today, in fact today is the most independent day Qin Huai has been since he came to Huang's.

He did all the work by himself, and no one else could help him.

The only two helpers, Wang Jun and Tan Weian, were there to help with the coloring.

The artistic accomplishments of these two artists are quite unique, and the fruits they produce are slightly uglier than those of others.

"Your color block is too even. It can't be so even. It can't be so even in one area and no color in another. It's too deliberate. Look at mine. This kind of inexplicable mottled color can create a sufficiently ugly effect." Qin Huai instructed while brushing.

Tan Weian took the brush and brushed Guo'er with revenge.

He really didn't understand. It was okay that he didn't have Qin Huai's talent in white case, but this kind of talent was hard to come by.

But why is it not as good in appearance?

They are all ugly, but why does his ugliness seem so ordinary and soulless?

"The rest is up to you. Master Huang's filling is ready, and I'm going to wrap the fruits and shape them." Qin Huai left a sample and went to work.

"Ding."

The order-taking machine suddenly beeped.

This means that orders have already started to be accepted and Huang Ji’s business for the day has officially begun.

"Guo'er, can you serve the dishes now? How many can you serve in the first batch? Count, count!"

Qin Huai is concentrating on shaping.

Huang Shengli quietly walked behind Qin Huai and patted him.

"Xiao Qin, do you want to go outside and take a look?"

"Ah?" Qin Huai didn't quite understand what Huang Shengli meant.

"More than 90% of the guests in the lobby now come here specifically for you." Huang Shengli said with a smile, "Do you want to see the reactions of these diners who come from far away when they eat your signature dim sum for the first time?"

Qin Huai was moved.

“Believe me, the most honest feedback from guests is the greatest compliment to a chef.”

"When I first became a chef at a state-owned restaurant, my favorite thing to do was to secretly watch the guests eating outside the window."

(End of this chapter)