Chapter 7: In 92nd Street in New York (3) (1/2)
The first thing Jo Minjoon felt wasn’t surprise or happiness He was annoyed He was concentrating on the food, and didn’t want to get distracted by the alarm
“Does it suit your tastes?”
“At first it wasn’t familiar But as I ate I was able to enjoy it more It’s the first dish i have eaten in the US”
“Then when so you will re It’s an honor”
Jane said that and laughed Jo Minjoon, after sain on the food What was used on theso ordinary as salt On the ingredientsthe herbs and the salt were separated, however he wondered if herb salt was used The saltiness and the aroma of the herbs were so excessive they seemed to be mixed When he felt that subtle difference, he didn’t knohy but felt joyful He felt like his tongue was trained
[You noticed that the salt and the herbs were ether and discovered the herb salt]
[Your delicacy experience increases]
When the alarain affir it The herb salt’s unique flavor seemed to touch his heart Jo Minjoon savored the hot meat juices in his mouth slowly And at the same time he quickly read the recipe
It was ht You s, bread powder and minced beef The point that minced beef was used was different froer steak from Korea It wasn’t choppedyou could feel the meat more shallowly, and at the same time the beef juices felt more abundant
Even the point that it didn’t use pork meat was different In Korea you mixed the chopped pork meat with beef on a 1-1 ratio So the softness of porkflavor of the beef, but on this haer there was no pork Maybe it was because of that, that he felt more unfamiliar
After that, the next steps on the recipe were quite ordinary You fried the haer steak on an oiled pan, you put on souer For a dish that didn’t have any secret preparation to get 6 points, maybe it meant that it was an essentially basic dish
After eating half of the haer steak, Jo Minjoon moved his fork to the mac and cheese
He didn’t knoould be the final flavour if he ate two dishes that were strongly seasoned, so he purposefully ate the least seasoned ha mac and cheese wasn’t a dish Jo Minjoon liked He didn’t like strongly seasoned dishes, precisely speaking he didn’t like dishes that made him feel pressured He preferred simple flavors instead of complicated ones, and a simple sauce or only salt instead of sauce redients
Because of that Jo Minjoon felt that the mac and cheese that on top of that was added salt to be too strong Wasn’t it on the level that you couldn’t finishcheese so you had to boil it down And on top of that it was added milk, so sincerely it wasn’t an easy dish
Precisely speaking mac and cheese was called macaroni and cheese To explain it simply you cooked butter, cheese and milk with macaroni until it boiled down It was like an American topokki(korean spicy soft rice cake) Only that instead of the spiciness it was greasy
However, when he opened his reasy The flavor was also different frohtly spicy and also a refreshi+ng aroma could be felt Jo Minjoon with a hint of admiration opened his mouth
“This mac and cheese is really delicious It’s the best from those I have tried”
“It’s one of Jane’s own dish Our daughter really loves it”
Lucas said and put on a smile The recipe alar the flavors on his head But he couldn’t help but frown at the arole black powder in it
“……Is there ht Your sense of taste is really sharp Normally, people don’t even notice”
Of course If you could taste pepper but see none, then that meant that it contained white pepper
White pepper wasthe white stones It’s aroma eaker than nor white coloured dishes Jo Minjoon laughed and said as if he had won a quiz contest
“Because i’ to become a chef”
“Oh… So did you come here to try some dishes?”
“That’s one of my purpose, but i want to participate in a competition Grand Chef”
“I know that I have seen it quite a few times on tv”
The conversation stopped for a while Jo Minjoon put some mac and cheese in his mouth and started to relish the flavour He didn’t feel rejection towards the aroue and the top of the inside of his mouth The spicy taste see with the cheese was quite familiar Parsley However he was quite confused with the sour flavour, and it wasn’t even vinegar
At the end Jo Minjoon admitted defeat Jo Minjoon opened the recipebefore hiredients section