The Pastry Master

I'm a chef, and the days when kitchen helpers had to grovel and beg their masters to teach them are over. There are plenty of opportunities to learn just by doing the work. Those chefs who are always afraid of people learning from them won't get young men working for them; they'll only hire older women. Now, there's no need for younger staff to fawn over their masters, especially in big cities.

This teacher isn't doing their job properly; all they do is criticize without offering any positive feedback. Human fighting spirit has its limits. A few rejections can indeed ignite fighting spirit, but without encouragement, that fighting spirit will eventually be worn down, and the person will be ruined.

When you think of pastry chefs, you think of Master Xie, the Iron Rod Master from the anime "Cooking Master Boy," a top-level pastry chef.

More food to supplement daily life, less romance, and less cheating.

While the catering industry is full of competition, the author's portrayal of backstabbing and intrigue is excessively frequent. Food is meant to bring warmth and comfort, but in the author's work, it has become a tool for vying for dominance and engaging in cutthroat competition. One must ask, is this the author's original intention?

Let whoever can write it write it; if not, stop comparing. Take a look if you like, leave if you don't. I've been reading novels for 15 years, and I can't even finish the ones at the top of the monthly ticket rankings—the plots are all the same old clichés, just repackaged versions. I can't concentrate on reading this one. At least I didn't skip around in this book.

Those who say they're okay with it are either malicious and trying to scam more readers, or they're just desperate for money and have taken bribes.

This is a book with a very, very, very slow pace! I've read up to chapter 84, and the protagonist, who has a system cheat, is still kneading dough and making steamed buns. At this rate, he'll be making flower rolls by chapter 200 and steaming mantou by chapter 400… If you want to see something more sophisticated, please come back after the 2023 Spring Festival!

Couldn't there be less romance? Couldn't there be less scheming and backstabbing? I just want to see the growth of a pastry chef. If I wanted romance and backstabbing, there are so many novels out there, I could read them all. This bizarre romance and inexplicable scheming are truly baffling.

Goodness, it's getting worse and worse lately. A lot of the plot is toxic, unnecessary, and the writing is boring. It feels like I'm just going through the motions and doing nothing.