Chapter 191: Searching for the Roots (2) (2/2)
“I really really like fairy-nim!”
“Uh……why am I a fairy?”
“You did it on TV Sandwich, appear! Yap! And then a sandwich caaze ht about it, she did recall a broadcast with such a concept Ella took out a pen from the backpack on her shoulder This was the reason Jo Minjun brought Ella and Lisa to dinner today Ella was a fan of Chloe An extren the apron on this doll?”
“What should I write on it?”
“Please write To Ella”
Chloe started to s this, Kaya started to speak in an annoyed voice
“She hates me but likes Chloe quite a bit”
“Just be understanding It is probably because you are love rivals Plus, Chloe is really popular with the children”
Lisa answered as she entered the roo, saw Lisa’s feet To be specific, she saw the stockings on Lisa’s feet Kaya then re any socks and quickly s under the table She then started to mumble in an aard voice
“I think this is too erotic”
“Erotic? What is?”
“People without socks need to show their bare feet”
“……I’m not sure what is so erotic about bare feet?”
Anderson gave Kaya a look It was thecute next to Chloe for a while, Ella ran around the table and sat down next to Minjun Having Ella thereLisa there, but …… Kaya didn’t really like that
“Why are you sitting there?”
“Auess you can”
“Hmph”
Ella rudely scoffed and turned her head Chloe seeht s that, Kaya reached her feet underneath the table and pinched Minjun’s calf Jo Minjun pushed backwards in pain and glared at Kaya Kaya’s sood, as she tapped on his leg with her foot
‘……So childish’
He really wanted to let out a sigh, but he orried about what terrible things ht happen under the table if he really did that
It did not take long for the food to arrive They did not need to even order That was one of the unique features of this restaurant There was only one htly
A few jimoon opened once more Once it did, everybody was shocked How could they not be? There was so much food that they could probably eat until they were stuffed even if there were ten of therandest feast I’ve ever had in my life”
“Me……too”
Jo Minjun looked toward the table with a blank expression He had only seen such grand feasts in movies There were so many dishes that he had lost count Ella must have not felt like it was real, as she was completely stiff and looked uncomfortable Lisa felt like she couldn’t even eat any of it and looked around the table
“……Even if you took a bite out of every dish, you would probably full until lunch tomorrow”
“I feel the same way”
Jo Minjun quietly put the rice in hisdown in histhe rice helped him understand the level of this place
As for the banchan [4], there were a lot of dishes that were foreign to his he was not used to seeing in Korea There was no way general Korean cuisine had so like pickled artichokes
Jo Minjun made sure to eat at least a small amount of rice every time he ate a bite of a side dish You wouldn’t normally do this in a Western restaurant, but a lot of Korean dishes were only complete once you ate it with rice He could feel that to be true as he ate the different banchans around the table
Of course so like Tteok-bokki [5] was an exception Imperial Tteok-bokki that was boiled in a soy-sauce based broth The rice cake that was shaped like a bird’s egg was placed in his mouth with a piece of shank and paprika, and the sweetness of the vegetable created a perfect har on the rice cake This was thethe Imperial Feast items Because of that, he could tell that it was a really well-made Tteok-bokki However……
“Bleh This is weird”
It did not see of rice cake was one of the things foreigners found the et used to even after eating it multiple times That slippery texture felt really weird Jo Minjun looked toward Kaya and asked
“Kaya What do you think? Inthe authentic flavor than localizing their food to meet the needs of the people…is it hard to eat?”
“The overall feeling I get is that there are a lot of dishes with garlic and sesarance of the sesame oil is quite unique as well… it will be very difficult for people who are very picky eaters
“Probably Even in Korea, there are people who like the fragrance of coriander and those who hate it”
Kaya’s words made sense Dishes tended to show the characteristics of the nation quite deeply The reaction to it was usually half and half There were people who enjoyed the strong and shocking taste, but there were also people who found it difficult to eat
“It s Even if it not just Korean food but cooking food of any nation …… is it more important to retain the authentic flavor of that country, or is it important to localize it to meet the needs of the customers”
“I personally think both have their own chareneral public However, if you keep the authenticity, it ht hold more sway toward epicureans But …… even if epicureans say they aren’t biased, they all have the flavor of their horained in their palates The majority of them tend to prefer restaurants that have localized”
“……I think I can understand theh Korean food But it is kind of hard I just keep having odd thoughts like this”
“Can I say so?”
Chloe cautiously raised her hand Jo Minjun nodded his head and answered
“Of course Do you have any advice?”
“Not necessarily an advice……but I wanted to tell you my experience You know that I specialize more in Chinese cuisine than Western cuisine But to be honest, mine is not traditional Chinese cuisine, but Americanized Chinese cuisine Of course there are too many types of Chinese cuisine to call it all Chinese cuisine…… but anyways, this is what I want to say Itthe authenticity when you put the word localized in front of it, but that is not necessarily the case Even if you go to China, the characteristics of the dish will be different in the different regions That is why I just consider Aion of China Wouldn’t Korean cuisine be the same way?”
“……If that is the case, what am I supposed to find from this?”
Chloe could not respond to that question But Kaya casually threw out an answer
“The stem”
“Ste redient is used is the second question The biggest question is the ”
Kaya lightly pushed down on Jo Minjun’s foot
“Stop debating while you eat You’re going to get indigestion Sheesh”
End
[1] Tile House: lifechosuncom/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/22/2018032202000htlishvisitkoreaorkr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_1_1_1jsp?cid=561382 I actually visited this place in jis/Hanok_Traditional_Korean_Househt a house from nature’ section
[4] Korean word for side dishes
[5] Tteok-bokki: enwikipediaorg/wiki/Tteok-bokki
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Translator : Miraclerifle
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