Chapter 359 - Only Looking Ahead (1) (2/2)

He felt like he was back to June’s restaurant in New York June’s restaurant reseant and splendid beauty of a jehile he felt like he was looking at a bunch of roses in this place Even the marble tiles on the floor were like a piece of art withfroh the restaurant was on the top floor of the building, its eiling was high, and the kitchen as large as a hall occupying about half the floor also caught his eye He sed before he knew it

Isaac approached him, as still deeply impressed with the new Rose Island

“Welcome, Min-joon”

“Isaac! I’ on?”

Min-joon asked with a perplexed voice, as if he could not still believe his eyes

But Isaac responded in a cal for you”

“Isaac Is this our new restaurant? I’ve never heard that there is such a big restaurant here…”

“Well, I think you can find the answer if you go to the kitchen”

Rather embarrassed by his remarks, Min-joon headed to the kitchen

Before even entering the kitchen, he could easily see as in the kitchen because it was literally a perfect open kitchen

The previous Rose Island had only a largethrough which they could look into, but this new kitchen was completely open to the hall, so much so that the custo to each other If there was a boundary between the kitchen and the hall, it was a fairly long island and a bar table

“Oh, you are here,” Rachel s a bit for a moment, he sloalked into the kitchen All the other staff than hiathered there

Rachel cleared her throat and opened her uys have smelled a rat by now This is the new restaurant where ork”

“If you open Rose Island here, what are you going to do with our Venice branch?”

Min-joon immediately asked because he was so curious

Actually it was a question that not only Min-joon but other staff wanted to ask

At that moment Rachel looked down on the floor with a sad expression, then opened her et the past and ht now is the time Our Venice branch is a very old one It e Besides, it had less practical use than before So, I thought we’re going to lose thethere”

Rachel spoke with a pretty heavy voice Perhaps she was not that happy with her decision because the Venice branch carried a significantfor her personally

Min-joon are a long tiood environh it had three Michelin stars, its building was not luxurious, nor was its surroundings good The beaches adjacent to Venice Stde were banned during the night because of gang shooting and drug addicts wandering around the streets

The reason Rachel didn’t give it up was because she was obsessed with it, triggered by her memories of Daniel

She continued, “In that respect, this place will be the beginning of our new transfor when he heard that At this et any worries about whether to leave her or not

“Yeah, she can change, too If she can change herself, and if she can look into her oorth even if he stays with her, perhaps I won’t have any reason to leave her necessarily’

At thisher first step toward change He wanted to see how she would move on and develop what kind of new recipes she would develop

So, he opened his mouth suddenly

“Shall we cook some simple dishes?”

“Youa dish ant? We are cooks, as you know”

“That’s not a bad suggestion Okay, how about you, guys?”

With a smile she looked at everyone And there was nobody who could say no to her serator and picked soredients Since the restaurant wasn’t open yet, there were not redients he picked were very coarlic and leek, kelp and sake, and other seasonings

What he was going to make noas japanese stea rill the peppered porkwith the broththe meat, Min-joon looked around for aHe was curious why Raphael didn’t cook, but he focused on cooking again

Buta no kakuni was a dish that took hours if it was cooked according to the original recipe It took about an hour to boil the meat, and after that, it had to be cooked with soy sauce, sake, and sugar for about 40 minutes

But theprocess was simple He cut the meat relatively thin, andper it like that, he topped it with mustard and made it like sushi+

The dish he made was buta no kakuni sushi+

Raphael opened hishi How come you made this kind of dish on the first day here? Any reason?”