Chapter 229 (2/2)
”That sounds… difficult”
”But we're two people now Did you forget how quickly ether?”
Javier nodded Four days It took the three four days to h to make Rachel nod Javier wasn't able to make Rachel do that, ever
”…Do you think I can do it?”
”Come on man, have some confidence! Oh, hey, look at this”
Minjoon pointed at a fish with sparkling eyes
”That's a kingfish, isn't it?”
”Yeah”
”I had it near the restaurant once Pretty tasty Should we go with this?”
”…This fish was the size of a s his mouth
”We can serve it as sashi+mi with soup”
”That's too si to it… Caviar? That'd help with the flavor”
”For sure But that ht kill the fish's flavor The soup… Ah, whatever We can think about that later”
Minjoon bought the fish on the spot He flinched a little after hearing the price, but like any addict in front of their fix, Minjoon took out his card from the wallet in one smooth movement The shopkeeper smiled
”I didn't think you'd come today, Minjoon Which one do you want? This one?”
”But that one's scales are all broken I don't want it”
”That's just from the net It should taste fine”
”It's not all that fresh either Just look at that eye Give me that one instead”
”Hah, you're quite stubborn about stuff like this, aren't you?”
”I'otcha Here, take it”
Javier was surprised He kne to choose fresh fish, of course But he couldn't do it at the speed of Minjoon Actually, he's never seen anyone as fast as Minjoon with choosing fish
”…You're really fast about everything, aren't you?”
”What, did you think that because of the fish?”
”Yeah How did you do it?
”Well… I don't really have one”
Minjoon scratched his head Getting couilty
The first thing the two did after co the fish There were countless parts to the fish, but the parts they could realistically use were only the belly, back, and hip
Like any other fish, the part of the fish that tasted strongest was the belly, which was the closest to the innards The hip had better texture but less flavor, while the back was incredibly cheith little to no flavor
Javier looked at the fish for a moment
”I'll boil the head first To make some stock”
”Ah, wait a bit I have an idea”
Minjoon took soe, which confused Javier
”Dried anchovies? Why?”
”Let'sthe head I feel like the head won't bring out the saltiness enough”
”We can just use salt”
”But it'sout the salt from the fish”
Fun Javier realized that his view on cooking was very different cohtforward route, while Minjoon always tried to find new and novel ways of cooking things
'Is this what I need to learn?'
It was new Rachel's creativity felt so foreign to Javier, but Minjoon's creativity excited him
Minjoon made the stock, and took out the sashi+mi He put a bowl of yellow liquid next to the red meat, and dressed it all with caviar and cilantro Javier sle bite
”Whoa, this is really good”
”Yeah, it is But it doesn't have thatfactor”
”Wow factor?”
”That feeling you get when you have soo bzzt We need that in the dish H?”
Javier looked at Minjoon He thought Minjoon was a genius With that tongue, and that skill… What else would Minjoon be? But Javier realized that he rong Whatlike talent
”You don't rest, do you?”
Minjoon didn't respond The enius Well,way to put it Whatas shallow as 'talent'
Minjoon's gears never stopped turning Theto behold So that outshi+ned his talent entirely Javier balled up his hands
'You're a'
Javier wished to be like Minjoon
<In The Face of The Real Battle (1)> End
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