Chapter 297 - Things that Have Changed (5) (2/2)
“I feel ashamed of myself if you say that”
“But if you didn’t like this kind of big table, you ht? May I ask why you had to shut down the restaurant?”
“I think it’s going to be a long answer I can’t disturb your fa the dishes I’ve stopped by briefly to ask you a little favor”
“Oh, please go ahead”
Min-joon looked at hi to him Obviously, there must be some reason when he bothered to invite Min-joon and Kaya and their family ure out what kind of favor he wanted to ask
“It’s a famous fact that you have a perfect palate Besides, you are a student of Rachel Rose, that famous Western food chef You’re probably the chef with the ht nohen it coners feel about Korean dishes, or how Korean chefs can improve it”
Min-joon looked perplexed at his reil would say next But Min-joon couldn’t iiven his cooking score was 9 Of course, there was a wide variety of levels within the sail had the sah level of cooking skills, which was incoil then asked Min-joon his favor, “I want to ask you a favor Just tellout the most memorable dishes that can leave a clear impression on the people here as well as abroad”
A end in the Korean culinary world, was now asking Min-joon a favor politely without caring about his pride and stubbornness at all
‘He is asking for my help!’
With a blank expression, Min-joon recalled what Man-gil just said It was none other than Man-gil who asked for his help He could be called Korea’s Rachel Rose But he was now asking for Min-joon’s help
Of course, Min-joon could understand his feelings Since he understood Man-gil’s position, he feltti newcoil must have felt so nervous and frustrated as to ask for his help by sing his pride
Min-joon didn’t kno to respond, though To be honest, Min-joon wanted to say it was hard to help hiive advice to such an esteemed chef in Korea, and he didn’t have much time to stay in Korea
But he opened hisfor a bit
“How can I help you?”
The reason that he said that was because he understood Man-gil’s feelings well Neither their age nor experiencescould be the last straw for a chef that was facing a wall It would be too cruel if so swept away by water and shook off his hand, saying, “I’h to save you”
“Please enjoy the il said with a s sorry, “I know Youwith the dishes here even before you ate them But I hope you can enjoy the meal as if it’s my last dish”
“Okay I can accept your favor like that It’s not hard”
“Thank you”
Man-gil talked with others for athe room
A little later, Kaya looked at Min-joon and asked, “What did he say?”
“He asked for my help”
“What kind of help?”
“Well, about his cooking”
“I can’t believe a famed chef who has devoted his whole life to this kind of Korean dish is asking for your help Oh, no, that makes sense Come to think of it, Chef Rachel decided to ith you because she wanted your help So, this is nothing strange”
“Honestly, I don’t think I’ve helped Rachel”
As if he was not sure, Min-joon stretched out the chopsticks again He had yet to taste fourscore of 10 Steahtly boiled chicken breast with htly boiled in a soup flavored with crab legs and red pepper paste and soybean paste after putting crab, beef, tofu, and bean sprouts inside the crab shell
The il’s crab stew boasted of a perfect savory taste that nobody in the field could bring out Min-joon sipped a o, but he iain with his rilled crabs back into the stew…’
Of course, Min-joon hadProvince in the southern part of Korea However, it was not a common recipe, and as a result, it was difficult to il’s crab steas different He applied the dough on the crab shell just enough to ood and savory In addition, it see it with red pepper paste, bean paste, and crab legs because the stew had a deeper and richer taste than such ingredients alone could make