Chapter 371 - Cooking Contest in Paris (1) (2/2)
Chloe s Min-joon, but Min-joon looked ahead
He could see Dobby behind his back
He muttered to himself, “Thank you, Dobby”
Thanks to him, he could widen his horizon To put it precisely, he had a strong motivation
He could refresh his deter method Maybe it could be pretty risky for hiht he could not obtain treasure without taking the risk
Right at that moment, the door opened, and a e, cae with cooking level 9 that any emcee could not surpass
The man raised the microphone
“Everyone, welco Competition”
The curtain has risen Min-joon could feel instinctively at that e, and that he would use it as an occasion to make his name known around the world
‘I can also row e’s ht he was nervous, Kaya hesitated for a while and then grabbed his hand gently
“Don’t be scared We’ll win”
“I haven’t gotten cold feet”
“Don’t pretend to be relaxed I know you are nervous now”
She s his back, he looked at her mischievously He wasn’t relaxed at all This was only a qualifying round He ht not win in the final round, but he was confident he was qualified enough not to be dropped frouys here what our LA cooking style is”
“I don’t even know LA style yet”
“Okay, then American style”
Min-joon replied with a dejected voice In theat the top of his voice He spoke in French first then in English There was no interpreter It was a little difficult for hie because of his accent peculiar to the French, but he could understand in one way or another
The judge said, “A lot of people ca you are the chefs who just started their careers or master chefs who handled the heat in the kitchen for decades Anyway, you have conized the value of this competition Let me introduce myself My name is Bastien I have a siggled because they knew that Bastien’s restaurant was one of the most famous restaurants in France that maintained three Michelin stars for decades
faces of Frenchthe Michelin Three stars for decades
“The reason all of you are here is to co round Probably not one out of ten aain”
That would be a big disgrace for those who really were not qualified Min-joon looked around There were at least one hundred participants here, simply too many for the kitchen tables in the place Because of this, they were supposed to take part in the contest according to their assigned cooking schedule
He felt soht lots of them here would be disqualified at the end of the day And at the sae All of those people were serious chefs But he was confident that he would be selected as one of the top ten finalists
When had he grown as what he was today? Obviously, he was no more than a mere cook who could not proudly tell anybody he was a chef six years ago or even a year ago
Now, Kaya, who he had been content with just looking at, ith hiirlfriend as well as almost a family member, not as one of her acquaintances or friends He always drea with her, which was not the everyday reality He almost achieved all of what he wanted
‘So, let oals He wanted towith Rachel He wanted to oal He also wanted to make the kitchen she wanted He wanted to make the shadow she missed cooal, winning this competition was a threshold he had to cross
If he could not achieve a oal would end up being an echo just like the unrealistic dream of an elementary school kid
“First of all, let ht now, this is an international culinary competition, so they recoree that this is a French competition held in Paris, France So, you will feel the very strong French taste in the first mission It is of course up to you how to recreate it in your oay It can be very difficult, of course,” the judge said in a calm voice
Then he paused for ais bread Whether you make the bread itself or a dish that co related to the bread!”
“Oh inning? Anyway, these French guys are so insidious!” Kaya gru the participants to the bread e to the French chefs or those who learned French cuisine
Of course, this was understandable, given that the coonized over how to ht now
“So, what are you going to do? Fortunately, other guys say we don’t need to ood enough, given the condition of the bread It’s not as good as the one in your shop, but this is okay”
They were given one hour It was almost impossible to bake bread in one hour Even if they could, it would not taste better than the bread they were holding right now Of course, the warht taste better than that of the pre- such bread now
She said to Min-joon, “How about ?”
“I knohat you’re thinking about How are you going to add soe to it?”
“Let me use the raisins basically, then I think jam would be okay”
“Jam, it should match raisins and butter How about apricots?”
“Good Let’s think about a recipe for a minute?”
Min-joon and Kaya quickly sorted out the recipe In the et the taste that Dobby brought out Putting a lot of stuff would raise the quality of food on the assuredients were used properly
However, if anybody could bring out such taste even without using redients, he or she was the one with real ability That hat Min-joon thought at the moment
Was it because of that?
When the tere done organizing the recipe, they didn’t use ood in that respect
‘8 out of 10…’
Normally, he would have tried to improve the recipe because the score wasn’t 9 But he looked at the score for a long tiht not all dishes hile when their cooking score was 9 Likewise, not all the dishes that use lots of ingredients and involve a luxurious cooking process were necessarily hile He had personally experienced it again and again but forgotten it repeatedly
The beauty of siain
Then he looked at Kaya and asked, “What do you think?”
“There’s nothingout a fresh taste with this It’s pretty si these days”
“What is that?”
“You don’t really like to cook so complicated these days It’s been a feeeks since you started it In the past, you liked to use lots of ingredients and several cooking methods, and you tried to spend a little redients I don’t see that kind of obsession anyht?”
When Kaya pointed it out, Min-joon also seemed to have understood what sheDobby’s dish was not because he didn’t kno to cook simply but because the way Dobby cooked was more detailed and delicate
“Okay, let’s finish talking about the recipe here”
Having said that, he smiled with a relaxed expression
Kaya ry”
“Can they blaredients here?”
“I think so Shall we try?”
“No Let’s put up with it What if we are disqualified here? It would be so unfair Wait a ed through his bag He took out a sausage and handed it to her
Chewing it, she said, “So to drink”
“No Drink tap water”
She picked up a paper cup She filled it with tap water and drank it at once
He also took out a sausage and put it in his mouth Others didn’t notice it, but they were the only couple now eating on the spot They were so nervous as to forget they were hungry
So, but the two didn’t care
With laughter escaping hisapproached them
“How are you?” he said
Min-joon and Kaya couldn’t answer right away because they were chewing sausages
Min-joon first sed the sausage and opened his mouth
“Oh, how are you?”
“Other participants seemed to be pretty nervous because they had to couys look relaxed Where are you from?”
“I’eles”
“Ah… Then you must be Min-joon”
Min-joon was not surprised that somebody in a faraway place like this knew his name, for he was now an international celebrity in the cuisine world
Bastieng opened hisup with the recipe?”
“Yes, I’”
“Bread pudding… Okay, I’ at hiain
When the judge left, thinking that the teirder than he thought, Min-joon and Kaya were drinkingat a distance as if he wasup with the recipe whileup her mind that she would not reveal her identity as a de your ingredients here now”