Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

But when Zheng Siyuan returned from the restroom, Qin Huai had already started eating the Double Crab Bun.

The failed Double Crab Bun.

When Qin Huai actually tasted the Double Crab Bun, he understood why Zheng Da said that making the bun filling taste like a dish was a flop.

Because it didn't match.

The filling was tasty, and the dough was also tasty, but combining the two just felt weird.

It's like chocolate is delicious and soup dumplings are also delicious, but if you insist on stuffing chocolate into the dumpling filling, then...

Then it's not just about violating ancestral decisions; it's a serious issue that should be checked by Ouyang along with taste inspection.

Half a bottle of Crab Yellow Sauce wasn't much, and Zheng Siyuan only made 18 Double Crab Buns in total. These Double Crab Buns certainly wouldn't be offered to guests for tasting, but Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan, who needed to make more, could eat a few, and the rest could be shared with good friends who could provide feedback or emotional value.

Seeing Zheng Siyuan had returned, Qin Huai switched back to work mode.

"Indeed, we shouldn't make Double Crab Bun like this." Qin Huai had a serious expression as if discussing, "Double Crab Bun is different from guo'er; guo'er just fills the bun with dumpling filling; both are snacks without any essential difference."

"It's kind of like stuffing a quail egg with red-braised pork into Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns. Both are delicious, delicious separately, but together, they just don't work."

"I know." Zheng Siyuan obviously didn't achieve enlightenment in the restroom, which is normal. He's not like Qin Huai, who really has a system.

Qin Huai went to the restroom to complete a task, really had a video tutorial to learn.

Zheng Siyuan went to the restroom to really calm down.

"I can only say I just learned, but don't know how to do it." Zheng Siyuan's mood was still somewhat low. As a famous genius, Zheng Siyuan rarely soars like this from childhood, especially in the teaching bureau. "I was just thinking whether it's because I deliberately added more ingredients, which backfired."

Qin Huai gave An Youyou, who was eating the Double Crab Bun, a look. An Youyou instantly understood.

An Youyou swallowed the bun in his mouth and exclaimed with his usual sincere yet exaggerated tone, "But this bun is really delicious!"

An Youyou held onto most of the bun that he'd bitten into, his face full of the happiness of eating great food, with a sincere smile, his eyes sparkling as if they had a light, making even his insincere words sound convincing with his genuine performance.

"I've never eaten such a flavored bun. I only knew about crab yellow noodles before, but I've never eaten them; too expensive. I originally planned to save some money to go eat crab yellow noodles, but now I think this bun must be better than crab yellow noodles. This bun has the taste I imagined crab yellow noodles would have."

"Master Xiao Zheng, can I taste the buns when you and Master Qin try making them in the future? They're really delicious!"

Without mentioning anything specialized, An Youyou's words were more effective than more professional forms of praise.

Zheng Siyuan's mood improved immediately, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up: "Of course."

"The buns Master Qin and I make in the future will definitely be better than today's."

An Youyou reached behind and gave Qin Huai an ok gesture, Qin Huai smiled and continued, "Why don't you try some too; let's figure out together what went wrong — weren't we planning to study the sauce before the buns?"

"Let's put this issue aside and study the sauce first."

Once business was mentioned, Zheng Siyuan neither sulked nor got excited; he grabbed a bun and started eating while reflecting.

That afternoon, Zheng Siyuan and Qin Huai began studying Crab Yellow Sauce.

Their approach to studying Crab Yellow Sauce was also straightforward: exhaustive trial.

Zheng Siyuan's house virtually contained all the Crab Yellow Sauce available on the market and even some not available on the market. He brought all these Crab Yellow Sauce to Yunzhong Restaurant when he came to work in the morning, a full eight large boxes, making Qin Huai couldn't help but sigh at how competitive the current Crab Yellow Sauce market is.

How profitable is this stuff? So many sellers.

Zheng Siyuan hadn't tasted all the Crab Yellow Sauce he brought — he only tried some.

Zheng Siyuan's habit is to transform each tasted can into his desired version of Crab Yellow Sauce since Zheng Siyuan knows roughly what kind of Crab Yellow Sauce the Double Crab Bun needs. He has tasted a truly successful Double Crab Bun, so he has ideas and directions.

But Qin Huai has none of these; Qin Huai only tasted the failed ones. A child who has only eaten rotten bananas from childhood won't know how sweet a normal banana is; Qin Huai is that child who has only tasted rotten bananas so far, plus Qin Huai is very skilled in trial-and-error in making snacks, so he opened every type of Crab Yellow Sauce that Zheng Siyuan bought.

The two spent the whole afternoon just tasting sauces.

Crab Yellow Sauce filled several kitchen counters in the back kitchen.

Even though Qin Huai hasn't produced a successful version and doesn't have ideas, he has taste, and excellent taste at that. With Zheng Siyuan's basic description, Qin Huai categorized these Crab Yellow Sauces into three categories.

The first category is high-quality, getting what you pay for, mainly from Huang Ji's supply channel and high-priced quality Crab Yellow Sauce bought online.

These Crab Yellow Sauces had no issues in selecting ingredients, with decent quality crab yellow and without adding too much miscellaneous stuff during production, not cutting corners to reduce costs, truly top-grade.