Chapter 99: The mirror recipe (2) (2/2)
Not everything could turn out as he wished to, but now that it turned out like this he felt like he would break What was the proble of the duck wasn’t that good? He couldn’t know Because if he did know it, he wouldn’t have made the mistake in the first place
He still had 30 seconds left for cooking But he couldn’t do anything in that ti sound fro that he couldn’t believe he was thinking that way
‘Perhaps, if Chloe also………’
He wanted to throw up Until now, he had said that chef mentality and what not He had said that they were friends, had an affection In thelike this If his skills weren’t enough, he just had to get eliishness On top of that, we are talking about Chloe
But even after he thought like that, he couldn’t help but find himself feel relieved the moment he saw Chloe’s dish Her dish was also 7 points Chili japchae Even if he didn’t look at the score, he could know it, because the chili japchae with flower bread was an ordinary familiar meal Compared to the ones froredients, and she hadn’t put any special things in the sauce It was normal It was a chili japchae that just suited with that word Not being 7 points for her skills lacking, but because it was a dish that didn’t seeher
‘………Just why? Chloe Why did you choose this?’
He wanted to ask her that, but he couldn’t The judges were calling for theuei said casually
“Neither of them are splendid”
“Just because it is splendid it doesn’t ensure that it is delicious, and because it is not luxurious it doesn’t mean that it also isn’t delicious”
“Even so, what you see before you eat it can decide the flavor Even if it is delicious, if you serve it like dog shi+t, you will feel like eating dog shi+t But well, this isn’t to the point of being dogshi+t……”
“Let’s eat first”
The judges calmly started to eat The first dish they ate was Jo Minjoon’s Because if they ate the chili japchae first, the flavor could be covered by that intense flavor
The sweetness of the orange and the hidden corn powder The flavor of the duck breast that was between it was quite fine However, that was all Rachel said without hesitating a bit
“YouIt seems like you tried your best to smear oil all you can, but basically, duck breast doesn’t have that much oil Of course, it’sthe skin crispy… But with only the oil that comes from the skin, it wasn’t able to moisten all of the meat”
“I think the saave it to normal people they will just say that it is delicious However, if they were real epicureans, they would be able to notice even the slightest lacking points Minjoon Have you cooked duck breastabout it, it doesn’t seeredients”
“That’s what is reflecting in this dish Could you call this as just copying a fa that you were still inexperienced”
Saying it in easier words, the idea was good but you couldn’t properly recreate that Jo Minjoon shut his mouth and also his eyes, to the point it hurt Joseph looked at hiave you a mirror as the theme For you to pour yourselves in the dish Why did you make this dish?”
“Because it’s thethe sauce with fruit, and roasting in the frying pan These are the things I tried when I first started cooking And, that was s Perhaps, it could feel like this because of the strength of the memory…… But if you told inal intention This is that”
“It was good up to there But I think that it should be good to throay the sloppiness as when you first got that intention……”
Joseph let out a sigh About when his sigh ended, the judges were already wrapping the chili japchae in the flower bread and putting it in their mouths It was delicious The flower bread was just waretables and ave a deep flavor just like a well cooked pig fat But……It also had its own disappointing points
The judges all had complicated faces Jo Minjoon understood the The recipe was also loyal to the chili japchae’s recipe But basically, it was a really basic food You would say that half of the cooking process in Chinese cuisine already ended on the knifing process, and in the case of chili japchae you only had to slice the vegetables and fry it in oil
“Why is it chili japchae? I think that I have certainly told you when I announced the mission that you , chili japchae is delicious whoever makes it And it’s that much familiar So, would you be able to amaze us with just this?”
Chloe hesitated for a es, and then opened her mouth cautiously
“Actually, I’ about the competition?”
“Uh…… new So, but I also like cooking the sas The difference that appears even in sas Things like egg rolls aren’t special at all, but I like those delicious and familiar dishes Familiar meal? I don’t knoonder if there’s a need to separate it as that And I also haveonly with serving a s dish”
Perhaps, she had accu words Chloe didn’t even get stuck once She bit her lips with a suffering face
“Of course, I also like this tistand wasn’t bad at all But the theme was mirror I am basically this kind of person Rather than luxurious and is reach me more That dish is me”
Jo Minjoon slowly listened to those words He remembered the potato soup Chloe made And he also remembered thewIth a voice as if she was about to cry, but with a stately expression
“I’m not embarrassed about that kind of dish And I don’t think that I’m miserable because there’s no need to”
“But customers will”
Alan replied in a cal However, reality was usually different to their expectation
“If you open your own plain restaurant, it can be done However, the ambition of a chef redients And that day will also coet satisfied with that dish Don’t say that you will Countless chef I have seen were like that At first, they si delicious at a cheap price Is there a need to be overly delicious There’s also a worth in a restaurant that’s for customers to take off a ly and continued speaking with a heavy voice
“Yes There is some worth But the treat, and towards you Go to a luxurious restaurant There aren’t cases where food is left on the dish, aside of when it doesn’t taste good at all However in normal restaurants those cases are nor It doesn’t feel wasteful even if you throw some The respect towards the chef that kind of dish can only fall If you are able to keep working without getting hurt in that kind of situation……That wouldn’t be bad But there won’t be many people that think that you are the best Luxurious isn’t luxurious for nothing And this Grand Chef, is a competition to pick the best chef in the world, just like the name implies It’s a competition to make a chef that every chefs aspire to beco She only looked at her chili japchae with strengthless eyes Rachel said with a calentle and warm There wasn’t ambition in your dish, but there was in Jo Minjoon’s Chloe, Alan doesn’t want to say that this dish has no worth He’s saying that it’s a lonely and difficult path”
“……Yes”
“It isn’t that this food is lacking The flavor was good, and you have also shown your philosophy Only that there were sohtly didn’t match with this competition’s basic nature”
Chloe shut her es shared their opinions for a reed E participant has been decided”
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PR Note: I feel very sad for Chloe
Translator : Subak
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