Chapter 289 - : Types of Attention (2) (2/2)
“How should I respond, Min-joon?”
“I’ to cheer you up”
“Thanks a million, Min-joon”
When Min-joon raised both his hands, he shook his head with an uncontrollable s at him quietly, Min-joon asked in a calyang cold noodles business?”
“Well, right now, custo back, but…” Min-sok blurred as if he felt ee histhe restaurant just because of Min-joon’s favorable feedback He already had a lot of things on his hts anymore because that would be too harsh for him
So, Min-joon said simply, “I hope you won’t close the shop”
Min-joon could have said that his business would pick up soon, but he said instead he didn’t want Min-sok to close his restaurant
Withoutany eye contact with hietic voice, “I know that it’s too irresponsible for a third party likethis for you As a custorettable to see your restaurant disappearing”
“You are telling ular customer”
“If I had lived in Korea until noould already have becohtly with s at his casual response Then he put the cup of Americano coffee to his mouth, which he already drank Then he looked at Min-joon blankly, holding the cup, and said, “My elder brother cried”
“Your brother?”
“As I told you, he’s devoted hi cold noodles his whole life If you kno to i cold noodles, my brother really kno to make it properly Nonetheless, he had to be bla despised by custo,” he said feebly without any energetic zeal
It was natural Min-sok thought so But he was sick and tired of the reality that while he and his brother were not respected for their lifelong efforts to serve delicious Pyongyang cold noodles, Min-joon who gained fame and success abroad was instantly respected in Korea Although that reality was painful to hihtly crumpled the disposable coffee cup in his hand
“Don’t you think there is so here? My brother has devoted nearly 20 years of his life tonoodles In some respects, my brother is also a master chef Even my brother, a master noodle chef, says his own noodles taste delicious, but the careless negative feedback by customers almost ruined our restaurant Do you think this makes any sense? I just can’t understand that many years of our efforts to make delicious noodles are not better than your feedback…”
Min-sok glanced at Min-joon then said cautiously, “I’ry about the reality”
“I understand I would certainly have been as upset as you if I had found myself in the same situation as yours”
“Koreans call you a chef or cook when you work at a high-end restaurant or a Korean traditional restaurant even if you have about one year of experience But cooks like me ork at a noodle restaurant or those restaurants specializing in potato and pork rib stew, loach soup, seaweed rolls, or chopped noodles are just called merchants, not cooks You knohat?
When I seeThey don’t ask ood or if it is not hard foror whether it is not hard for , Min-joon put his hand on his shoulder
Min-sok said, growling with an angry voce, “Min-joon, I have never been engaged in what they call business”
“I know You are a cook Your brother is also a cook”
“I hate the word ‘high-end restaurant’ It doesn’t make any sense that just because my menu isn’t more expensive than theirs, ht”
Honestly, Min-joon had never given serious thought to it In fact, he was currently working in a restaurant that people call a high-end restaurant He could not afford to think about the agonies of the chefs working at other restaurants
“I’m sorry to tell you aboutway here to help me But I’ve realized that you’re the only one ants to understand ood one at that”
“Thanks for your kind words, Min-sok Well, all I can do for you is to listen to you So, what are you going to do with your restaurant?”
“If I can, I would like to keep it open My brother feels the same way But can I ed their perception of your restaurant If you and your brother keep nize you at the end of the day, I think Good cooks like you who make delicious food should receive dull treatment and rewards If you can’t…” Min-joon blurred
He glanced at Min-sok’s hands with lots of scars
“If you can’t, therewith our society”