Chapter 298 - Things That Have Changed (6) (2/2)
Turning to Min-joon, he opened his mouth
“I heard that you decided to help my teacher Thank you”
“Well, I wouldn’t say I decided to help hiive him my opinion as best as I can I don’t have o back to Ah to advise him”
“I understand you don’t have much time here in Korea, but there aren’t that many people in the world who can say Chef Min-joon is not skilled in cooking”
“At least Master chef Man-gil can tellsaid that, Min-joon looked askance at Jung-soo His cooking skills were Level 8 He was quite a competent chef Min-joon could not understand why he stayed with Man-gil at this closed restaurant with such a high cooking level He wondered if Jung-soo had any special reason to do so
‘Hummm… That’s none of my business’
It was the oodbye when Jung-soo hurriedly caught up with hio ahead”
“It’s a difficult but simple favor”
Min-joon narrowed his eyebrows slowly, a bit surprised Facing hi-soo continued in a subdued voice, “Please blast Master Man-gil’s hopes”
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“I want to coil spoke when he sat down face to face with Min-joon after the , Min-joon listened silently to what he said Who said there was no better friendlier dialogue partner than silence? When Min-joon remained silent, he continued in a lobalization of Korean food But for lobalization of Korean food, we have to know first what kind of Korean food we are going to show to the world But even I still don’t really understand what authentic Korean food is I understand it From the japanese occupation until the Korean War, there were et the records and custouess it’s rather difficult to pinpoint it clearly when it coin of Korean food Actually, most of e think of as traditional Korean dishes have appeared since the Korean War”
“So I’ether and compile them That’s my dream”
“Can I ask you one question?”
“I think I knohat you want to ask and why”
“Your dishes on the table were good Each one was perfect But I felt somewhat disappointed in their combination I understand why you made it like that, but why did you bother to choose that path?”
Honestly, if Min-joon were in Man-gil’s shoes, it seemed that he would not be happy at the dishes Of course, custoht be satisfied with the abundance of the dishes and smile at the fact they are treated well But when he looked at a mountain of food waste throay every day, hoould he feel?
Man-gil opened his reed”
“Greed?”
“A desire to show my customers at least one more dish that I have made A restaurant that boasts of a luxurious table that no other restaurant can imitate in Korea When famous people from all walks of life tell me that there is no arded their compliments as praise So, I pursued my ambition, not a dream, and I craved for more revenue, not my own recipe That’s why you are served the kind of dishes you enjoyed here today”
Min-joon was at a loss for words when he honestly confided like that
Man-gil said with a bitter siven you soht think I was trying to pretend anything I can’t ask for the ansithout showing you the proble to me?”
“Coht is short andfor sure”
Min-joon didn’t feel real while he was talking to Man-gil It was unthinkable that he was not talking with the great Korean food ined it in the past So, he felt like he would be crushed by what he had to tell Man-gil now
But time passed, and he found it hard to open his il’s deep and dark eyes
“You still haven’t let go of your greed,” Min-joon said finally
“Ah, greed… My greed”
When he said that, Man-gil kept reciting the word ‘greed’ in a low voice several times
Min-joon continued calo, you don’t seereedy as a huht”
“If that’s the case, don’t you feel you have to first ask whether your greed right now is that of a chef or that of a huil’s reply seemed rather irrelevant to Min-joon’s question When he showed a perplexed expression, Man-gil slowly said, “I’h ti I can do right now is to devoteeven a little more perfect dishes and combine them in a way that everybody in the world can help but think ood combination”
“To be honest, I found it was hard to think that youattention to their combination”
“Haha, this is why I like people like you who learned cooking abroad You guys just honestly speak your il sht I wouldn’t say the dishes had a good coo”
“Really?”