Chapter 306 - Step by Step (3) (2/2)
‘At least one’
She wanted to hear from Rachel that her teacher enjoyed at least one of her dishes She was grateful for Rachel’s reassurances about her coaching once ht noas Rachel’s appreciation of all the efforts she had made until now She wanted to hear fro career diligently instead of encouraging her to fix her mistake and move on because it was not too late She wanted her teacher’s recognition of her dedicated effort So she wanted to hear her teacher’s praise alone, but rong with that?
Deborah looked down at her chef suit At first glance, her chef suit, which looked white and shi+ny, had some dirty spots of splattered spices on it She had lived like that until now
She became the head chef of a Rose Island branch when she was in her 30s While she was the head chef that lots of chefs were coveting, her life had never been so easy and splendid
‘You’ve been serving as head chef for 15 years You can’t keep crawling like this forever’
She looked around the kitchen, pulling her chef suit fir pan on the stove, the scallopshad been re her silently, one of the chefs under her command had sweat on his forehead
She tried to open herto say She didn’t knohat to say or where to look She felt like she was spaced out She curled her toes while standing The toenails that she had not cut felt tight when they were stuck on the soles of her shoes, but she couldn’t feel it
‘I’ my voice…’
“You’re kinder than I think Oh, should I say you are strict?”
Raphael grinned at Rachel, who then looked at hiras in the puree es then put it in his iven that you want to comfort your poor student, Deborah, and control her kitchen staff on her behalf, you look definitely kind and considerate But given that you want to take over as the head chef and e her kitchen staff, you are cruel to her at the sa your student, but punishi+ng her because you give the impression that she can’t even control the kitchen properly”
“You don’t have to preach totime Deborah was a kid as fully ready But she has lost her way now When you are lost, there is nobody who can tell you that since you’re an adult, you have to find your way back on your own Adults or children, when they need help, you have to reach out”
“That’s good And this is…”
Raphael looked down at the Foie gras then uous expression
So, he opened his mouth as if he was curious
“Well, it’s the first time I’ve realized today that you can see the chef’s heart in his or her cooking so clearly I feel like how nervous Chef Deborah has felt”
When he said that, Min-joon silently put Foie gras in his s cooked with the Sous vide technique, blood orange puree ras
The cooking score was 8 But the taste was…
‘It doesn’t taste good enough’
Min-joon looked at the plate quietly Deborah’s cooking level was 9 Even if her cooking level was 9, there was clearly a difference between her and Rachel Nonetheless, Min-joon thought that Deborah made this dish because she could not make a better one
‘What the hell is the problem?’
Min-joon closed his eyes then relished in the aftertaste of Foie gras in his mouth It wasn’t tasteless Min-joon felt Deborah was afraid of revealing her skills rather than showing it off whilewas hidden like a woman who covered her whole body with thick clothes, he could not figure out what taste was hidden in it
“Why did she hide it?”
By the time Min-joon noticed that he just spoke out as in hisat hie voice, “What a skills You know Deborah’s cooking skills are much better than this This isn’t tasteless The recipe itself has a neat and tidy taste But that’s it She could definitely have added soood sketch, but the painter didn’t do anymore”
When Min-joon said that, Raphael smiled and turned to other deuys?”
“Well, I think I knohat Min-joon is talking about It’s definitely delicious, but I think it lacks a really key e”
“Then, ould you do and how?”
“Well, if you want ive you an accurate answer, but I would add soredients or use a little more skill The current dish itself tastes rather bland Of course, I think there are not many people who clearly say they like this dish or dislike it,” said Janet
Like or dislike? Min-joon was surprised at Janet’sHe suspected that Deborah , so he became clearly convinced of that when Janet mentioned it Deborah didn’t want to be hated by anyone So, if she made an indistinctive dish like this, she would not be blamed or criticized for it
‘If she doesn’t s, after all’