CHAPTER 792: CHAPTER 401: FOUR HAPPINESS FLOWER ROLLS (PART 2)

When Qin Huai finished making a batch of Four Happiness Rolls, Tan Wei’an started eating the fresh meat mooncake from Zheng Siyuan’s previous batch.

As for why Zheng Siyuan would bake a batch of fresh meat mooncakes before business hours—because they were secretly baked by Tan Wei’an, who counted the number of people in Huang’s Kitchen who wanted to eat fresh meat mooncakes and baked according to the headcount.

Tan Wei’an felt that the interaction at Huang’s was pretty good, and you could self-serve whatever you wanted to eat.

Just as Tan Wei’an was happily devouring the fresh meat mooncakes, the Four Happiness Rolls came out of the oven.

Freshly baked Four Happiness Rolls couldn’t immediately show if they were successful; you had to cut them open to find out.

This batch didn’t even need checking; everyone knew it was impossible to succeed. Qin Huai’s process of making Four Happiness Rolls was still full of errors. If he could produce a successful cloud pattern with this effort, many professional pastry chefs would have to question their skills.

Qin Huai swiftly picked up the Four Happiness Rolls, cut them.

Failure, there was no visible cloud pattern.

But there was progress.

This batch of Four Happiness Rolls was a nice-looking flower roll.

It met the public’s aesthetic, making people feel delighted just by looking at it. Spending 18 yuan on a flower roll like this was worth it; the chef specially crafted a creative model for it.

This is the value of awareness.

Even if the Finger Skill level is insufficient, even if the technique is not practiced well, even if it fails, it should not fail badly.

Chefs need this awareness, need pastry aesthetics, need to know how to make the pastry at least presentable for guests when their skill isn’t up to par.

The style of the pastry is also very important.

Even when making bao buns, there’s an emphasis on pinching the pleats well.

Tan Wei’an marveled at the cut-open Four Happiness Rolls by Qin Huai and said, "Now you can’t see that they are Four Happiness Rolls at all; they really look like a new model of flower roll."

"How did Qin Huai manage that?"

This question was Tan Wei’an’s murmuring to himself.

"Did you notice something just now?"

That question was a direct inquiry from Zheng Siyuan to Qin Huai.

Qin Huai didn’t answer first but picked up a Four Happiness Roll, regardless of whether it was hot or not, and took a bite to taste the flavor.

Delicious.

The taste of the Four Happiness Rolls hadn’t improved, yet possibly due to the pleasing appearance of this batch, they seemed a bit better in flavor than before.

"I suddenly realized that crafting a design for pastries isn’t as simple as I thought," Qin Huai slowly said, "I used to think making a design either succeeded or failed, just like when making Four Happiness glutinous rice. Success means it’s delicious, failure will inevitably taste bad, no matter how bad, it was an inevitable result of failure."

"But just now I suddenly realized this only applies to the filling, not to Finger Skill. Our original intention in designing pastries was to make them look better. Even if they failed, they shouldn’t look bad; they should still look good even in failure, simply not meeting our expected outcome."

Zheng Siyuan was deep in thought.

Tan Wei’an was shocked speechless.

Tan Wei’an: Seriously, can Finger Skill upgrades also lead to such enlightenment?

I’m begging you, tell me, what’s the definition of advanced Finger Skill? I want advanced Finger Skill too!

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Due to Qin Huai’s great breakthrough in aesthetics, Huang Shengli believed today was the perfect timing to launch Four Happiness Flower Rolls; otherwise, it would significantly discourage his dear Master Qin’s enthusiasm.

After a simple discussion with the lead, Huang’s rolled out Four Happiness Flower Rolls with great fanfare at noon.

This matter had been planned ahead of time; the menu was prepared, and it didn’t affect anything.

During lunch, Shi Dadan routinely came to Huang’s for lunch.

Incidentally, Wang Gen Sheng’s account was settled several days ago. Even though Uncle Wang wished to stay in Gusu for more free meals and drinks, he felt that since everything was settled and his job was done, staying behind would seem a bit cheeky, so he proactively suggested going back to Shan City first.

Qin Huai, however, wanted Wang Gen Sheng to stay in Gusu for a bit longer; after all, Wang Gen Sheng’s subsequent storyline likely needed to be triggered through Gusu, and his memory related to Xu Nuo’s involvement also dropped here.

However, Qin Huai was well aware that the practice period for the Four Happiness Rolls would be much longer than he expected, and he might stay in Gusu for a long time, leaving Wang Gen Sheng alone in Gusu would indeed be a bit unfair to him.

Better to let him return to Shan City first, and bring him along when he’s craving or when the old folks from Yunzhong Restaurant can’t resist forming a group to visit Gusu. If by then Qin Huai has made progress with the Four Happiness Rolls, they can give the senior folks a pleasant surprise.

With Wang Gen Sheng returning to Shan City, Shi Dadan could only come to Huang’s alone every day for meals. Previously, he sat in the kitchen diligently eating Four Happiness Rolls when he needed to consume them. Later, when Four Happiness Rolls were rebranded as Four Happiness Flower Rolls and sold to Huang’s member guests, Shi Dadan no longer had to eat so many Four Happiness Rolls daily; he could eat regular meals for all three meals, and simply got a membership to become a member guest at Huang’s, coming for lunch and dinner every day.

Of course, Shi Dadan could enjoy private treats.

Whether it be stir-fried greens or pan-fried tofu, they were personally cooked by Huang Shengli. Opening this mystery box got the SSR with a 100% chance, an enviably high drop rate.

Shi Daban didn’t know Four Happiness Flower Rolls were launched early and happily came to Huang’s as in the past few days, sat at the reserved six-seat table by the window, and ordered food.