Chapter 192 - Chapter 192: Finding The Roots (2) (2/2)

‘……If the origin of my sense of taste is in broths, I need to at least kno to enjoy it’

– People tend to put their hearts into even drawing a single line Can’t you tell by those psychological tests? You draw a tree and a house, and they can break down the type of person you are from those few lines you drew on a piece of paper You think cooking will be any different? If you like broths, that will show up in your dishes And that feeling ……you think it is enough to charlared at the sa with a stiff expression Ella looked toward Minjun with a worried gaze

“Uncle Minjun What’s wrong? Does your stomach hurt?”

“No, Ella I just have a lot to think about it”

“What now? What is the probleh the tone may have been blunt, her eyes showed she orried Even her feet underneath the table was cautiously caressing Jo Minjun’s heel

“I keep thinking that it is difficult to be a chef in a foreign country”

“What? Why?”

“My sense of taste is different compared to Americans But I can’t just force my sense of taste to meet the American need If I do, I would just become a fraud”

Chloe listened to Jo Minjun’s words before quietly nodding her head She had the same type of concern before No, she still had that concern After growing up with her mom’s Chinese cuisine, her sense of taste was not Americanized either Chloe slowly started to speak

“You can’t help it You need to localize it to a degree If you slowly start to e it? What is wrong with either of your sense of taste?”

Kaya cut Chloe off and answered in a slightly angry voice She see as she pretty htly different from the local sense of taste 100 out of 100 ti with that? You just have to make a dish that makes people think that your preference is cool and stylish”

“……I knohat you are trying to say But is that really possible without any localizing at all? Look at the foie gras Westerners tend to slice it into large slices, while Easterners cut it into the size of about two fingers width It is because custoer Szechuan food is the same way In the Szechuan province, you use a lot of Mala and peppercorn But the Americanized Szechuan food cannot do that If they make it as spicy as they would do in Szechuan, it is impossible for others to eat It is the same with coriander leaves or sesa to say the two of your senses of tastes are bad?”

“……It is not an easy path”

“Have you ever had it easy? Why are you suddenly acting so weak?”

“Kaya Not everyone can always be strong There are things we are weak at, times we are weak”

“No You can’t be like that”

Kaya started to glare at Jo Minjun Jo Minjun could feel Kaya’s toes clenching on top of his foot She th in her entire body He could even see that her whole body see He suddenly felt upset It was not that he was angry Kaya’s feelings were clearly delivered to him Kaya quietly continued to speak

“I said this to the chefs at the Grand Chef finale I said that I respect you That is why you… at least in front ofdon’t be weak You can struggle You can be in pain But, don’t ever lose your confidence Do not think that the things you have are not worth much”

“You……really think there is value in my sense of taste?”

“You said it yourself If you change who you are, you just end up a fraud And I like the real Minjun I respect the real Minjun You don’t need so like a sense of taste that can cater to everyone You are Jo Minjun You are Kaya Lotus’s man Go make others believe that what you think is delicious is really delicious”

Jo Minjun had a co Kaya’s words He suddenly remembered what Rachel said When she told him to research Korean food, her last addition was ‘Do not try to represent everyone’ Maybe what Rachel was talking about was based on the fact that she knehat Jo Minjun would focus on

“We are chefs If ant to cater to the tastes of our customers, we shouldn’t compromise We need to dominate the is too fragrant or decrease the areasy But we cannot compromise like that I don’t want to be a chef who runs away I don’t want you cooking like that either Minjun Please”

Kaya subconsciously stepped on Minjun’s foot before continuing

“Win Be a chef who can defeat any type of customer”

Kaya’s voice cleared all of his worries

It was not that she gave him an answer to his probleive the answer All Kaya did was share her thoughts

And Jo Minjun wanted to give Kaya what she wanted If she did not want him to hesitate, he didn’t want to hesitate He didn’t want to worry He could not become a scared rabbit It was at this moment that he made up his mind

[You have stepped outside the confines of objectivity and have accepted your own sense of taste Your oppressed sense of taste has i level 9 has been cleared!]

Messages rang in his mind Jo Minjun started to think Just as it that increased his tasting level right now? Was it Kaya? Or was it this broth? After thinking about it for a moment, Jo Minjun soon started to smile It was a useless concern The ansas obvious He started to speak

“As usual, you are my answer”

The spoon was lifted once more

End

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