Chapter 211 - Taking? ?the? ?first? ?s (1/2)
Translator:EnsjEditor: off ad-block! Join Yado Inn's to join the coator site, please read from the translator's site: yado-inn (dot) com I have to put the link like this or else the bots will remove it, sorry ?
<hr>
Everyone's Story (1)
Rachel Rose's Rose Island in Venice had finally opened I recalled the nu to landable to taste the food from the old days… made my heart leap in joy
To be quite honest, the food at the new Rose Island was very different fro it wasn't bad Quite the contrary, in fact Rose Island still o Ah, I still feel that the food from myday, but it really couldn't be helped Nothing tastes better than food that's been seasoned with fond et seasoned like so after a few days
Getting back to the topic at hand, if I had to pick out the food that stood out to me the most, I'd invariably have to turn to the food astrono that only took off when the main store of Rose Island closed down But the dish they showed off with it… was nothing short of perfection
I had heard that Raphael Yoon, a astronomy, had joined their tea really possible? Could it be that Rachel had disappeared for ten years to study the craft of astrono short of perfection
If I had to pick a food that was the most memorable, I'd have to pick the potato soup with bacon foam That soup bleay me and my friend's expectations of the restaurant completely
When I put a spoonful of soup with a tiny a on bits of bacon inamount of bacon flavor on it that almost seemed impossible to create with just foam Frankly, I was shocked That tiny bit of foa unique and textural to the restaurant, and also take me back to my childhood years
(skip)
By the time our ive her thanks to us She didn't talk much, and I don't quite ree The reason why I still chose to talk about this is because her words still struck a chord withinto words at all if they ultimately fail to reach a person's heart
In that sense, her short speech was one of absolute perfection She talked of her happiness, her sadness, and of her love How she conveyed her feelings didn't matter
Afterwards, she came to talk at our table for a few minutes Now this bit of the conversation, I do remember I told her that the ten years ofdeprived of food for ten years Rachel told me, ”You haven't matured at all in the last decade, huh, Juan? You really should learn to stop being so picky” Right The only reason why I riting thispost was because of this one sentence she said Rachel still remembered my name after ten years!
That made ulars just as et filled up with absolute joy
Rose Island That name would most definitely stay with me for the rest of h to witness their legacy for a while longer
”He really didn't have anything bad to say about the restaurant?”
Gerrick grinned proudly, and Maya shrugged right next to hi bad to say The food was perfect”
”Why are you acting like you own the place now? You aren't in a position to even start acting proud, not to in with”
”Hhty, though He's a great teacher and an ale complaint fro for your deot any complaints either, you know?”
”Barely and none at all are completely different terms You should really know the difference by now”
As the pressure between Antonio and Maya began to rise, Fred jumped in to try to take the two apart
”Stop it It's pointless fighting each other Don't you kno friendly chef Minjoon and chef Anderson are with each other?”
”They're coood terms with each other”
”I think it's because chef Minjoon's kind of, you know… Has that aura about him…”
”Casanova?”
”… I didn't hed as he watched Maya deflate a little
”Anyway, you two ood time about now Chef Janet's super scary If I lare at me and say 'What did you just do?', 'Did you think you did so so attention?' She keeps hounding me down like that… I can't take it”
”I didn't knoas that bad”
”That's righ…t?!”
Gerrick's face contorted a little when he turned around It was Janet and Javier, both in the roo at Gerrick coldly
”You're saying all this as you clean up the soup stock properly, yes?”
”I-I'll go check on it”
”Let o What is your problem with me? I'd just like to know”
”Eh… Eh… Well…”
Gerrick paled without being able to come up with an answer Javier see as he put a hand on Janet's shoulder to stop her
”Gerrick, it's fine Go check on the stock”
”What are you on about? He has a proble to make him cry”
”… The kid is way too cowardly to be a chef”
Janet looked angrily at Gerrick's back before sighing tiredly
”I wish I got a pretty good chef to havelike such a perfectionist”
”What, you really think I' outyou to be a little softer when you do that Hey, Fred Am I as hard on you as hard Janet is on Gerrick?”
”Rather than that… You look a littleyours”
”… Haha, you make me sound really spineless”
Javier aardly scratched the back of his head Janet sly at hi lad all along”
”da someone like me around Wouldn't the kitchen become too intense with people like you, Minjoon or Anderson”
”Did I say anything?”
”You didn't, but…”
Javier trailed off quietly Janet turned to look around
”Maya, Fred”
”Y-yes!”
”Where's Minjoon and Anderson?”
”Ah, chef Anderson is out to uy who makes our noodles”
”Minjoon, then?”
”I heard he's couess it's understandable”
”… What? Minjoon's not the type to be late Is there a reason?”
Janet frowned, which caused Maya's response to be quieter than usual
”I don't know much… But I heard someone was sick”
€
”Yes, one down a lot now”
[Thanks, Minjoon It feel co that you're always next to her]
”I'm her boyfriend, so of course I would be Please don't worry tooI can say to Kaya It's all ets in trouble like this…]
Minjoon could hear the pain in Grace's voice on the other side He suppressed his feelings of sympathy, and tried to muster the kindest voice he could ive up on Kaya no matter what There are so many people out there who can't even do that You need to be strong That's the only way Kaya can recover quickly”
[…Kaya's reallyYou stay strong too, Minjoon Don't get sick, alright? I', Grace I'll call you later”
Minjoon stared quietly at his screen after finishi+ng the call As a person who had come from a rather well-off family, Minjoon couldn't really understand the pain and hurt Kaya's fah But he could still understand After all, he could see it The fa out of poverty
'What can I do?'
He couldn't really think of ht now, the best he could do was to make the potato soup next to hi he snagged from the kitchen All he really had to do was make that bacon foah, so even that wasn't much at all
When he took the soup into the bedroom, he could feel the warmth of the room hit his face Minjoon took the wet towel off of Kaya's forehead, and put his hand on it instead It was hot Kaya sain”
”It's not your fault you got sick Sit up for a bit Try some soup”
”… Can't I just lie down for a bit more? I don't want to eat”
”No If you don't eat, you're going to stay sick The soup is good Try it”
Minjoon put his arms around Kaya's back Her clothes et from her sweat, but the fact that Minjoon didn't care just went to sho much he loved her Kaya leaned on Minjoon's arot firmer”
”You told me to work out, didn't you? Till I became like the terminator”
”To be honest… that's a bit too much”
”Good”
Minjoon took a spoonful of the soup Kaya took it like a baby bird and smiled faintly
”I can see why you were so confident of its taste What's up with the bacon flavor? I didn't think it'd have any”
”I put bacon foam up top”
”Oh, so it wasn't just nored to make potato soup this tasty”
”Aren't you surprised that a patient's meal can be this tasty as well?”
”Sure, sure You're going tosick, now”
”Don't say that no's your body so weak? You've even survived the market before”
”But I work et used to different tiood”
”You said you weren't hungry”
Minjoon took another spoonful with a sainst Minjoon's chest She opened up with a nervous voice
”You aren't going to say anything aboutmy hair, are you?”
”You think I'm that stupid?”
”You usually are”
Minjoon kissed Kaya with a rin This time, he took a bite of his own soup Kaya raised her voice in anxiousness
”Hey! No! You're gonna get sick!”
”It's fine, it's fine I didn't get sick last tiet sick this time You have to take care of yourself, silly”
”You getting worried for me?”
”Of course I am! You have a problem with that?”
”No, I like it”
As soon as Kaya opened her mouth to speak, Minjoon shoved more soup into it Her eyes shone with annoyance as she sed the soup Minjoon kissed her forehead shortly before shuddering in disgust
”Salty Tastes like sweat”
”You wanna die?”
”Do you even have the strength to try to kill th to kill your future kids”
”… Sorry I won't do it again”
Minjoon retreated quickly Kaya pinched Minjoon's cheeks
”You called ht?”
”Yeah She orried”
”She said she was sorry again, didn't she? She keeps acting like a sinner all the ti?”
”That's just what parents are like They always regret never having been perfect”
”But she was perfect And she alill be”
”Of course”
Minjoon rubbed Kaya's cheek with his hand Kaya's eyes narrowed in annoyance
”You act like you're treating me like a child sometimes”
”Well, you are one You're still in your teens, you know?”
”Bah, whatever Let's just talk about mom When she comes to LA, I'll have to…to happen”
”She must feel complicated about it Just like you”
”It's fine if I feel this way I just have to pretend not to be feeling any of it I just hope my mom understand that eren't throay It'd be better if we ended up not actually beco people ere throay”
”I don't think he was lying I don't want to judge a person's character after just one , but he didn't seem like the type to lie about stuff like this”
Minjoon felt saying sohed before looking at Minjoon
”What I' to have them meet”
”The restaurant?”
”That restaurant is the proble them to my place at first, but I wanted the to be the highlight of my life”