Chapter 390 - Thieves Who Stole France (2) (2/2)
As the number of participants drastically decreased in the contest, Min-joon felt like the contest venue was much more spacious even when he was in the sa in front of the kitchen counter When other chefs stood in front of the kitchen counters, which were ed, they looked askance at him and made aard expressions or turned their eyes when they reat attention”
“It’s because we are the best”
“Hey, don’t make such comments even if we’re alone here”
“Don’t you like this kind of comment more than me?”
“You are in another country now”
“That’s e should be uys here are anxious to break our spirits”
Kaya looked around with her eyes glaring At that an to walk toward them When Kaya looked at him ary eyes, he approached Min-joon and spoke to hilish
“hello, Chef Min-joon! Chef Kaya! I’m Paulo”
“Oh, hello”
“Well, I was looking for a chance to speak to you, but couldn’t Only now can I talk with you like this”
“Me?”
“Yes, you’re famous And you’re from the same country as me”
“Ah, are you Korean?”
“Yes, but I can’t speak Korean I was adopted when I was young”
When he said that, Min-joon just nodded He thought Paolo spoke to hilish in consideration for Kaya, but it seelish just for that reason
By the time the two ended their conversation, Paulo quickly added, “I’ a restaurant named ‘Han’ with my friend in France Please co Asian cuisine If you can coful to me”
“Oh, your invitation is alelco brightly at hio back to his place as if he was relieved
Shrugging, Min-joon looked at Kaya and said, “It’s a to , not talking, to judge if you’re a chef or not The dishes you’ve been ood, and he knows that Of course, 51 of them are my dishes
“Not 50?”
“I’ht? Since I touched the ingredients more than you, I should be ahead of you by 1”
“If you’re 51, I’m 49 In that case, you are not ahead of me by 1, but by 2… Oops”
He suddenly stopped talking She held his lips tightly with cooking tongs and opened her ht over trifling things? Are you sure?”
“… Sorry”
“Let me pass this ti that brief moment, the two drew lots of attention fro the two, they wondered if chef couples had a quarrel, using kitchen tools Noticing their intense gaze, Kaya fanned her face without any reason She should not have attended this contest if she had felt so shy about their hot attention
But the audience’s gaze didn’t stay on the up on the podiuot fixated in their minds It was Norris who came out first on the podium He checked the microphone on his collar and slowly opened histoday, spectators and chefs in this venue”
Clearing his throat, he glanced at the paper he had in his hand Then he folded the paper and put it in his inner pocket He opened his mouth in a firm voice
“Sorry to the man who took pains to write a script fortopic is reinterpretation Our judges have spent several days co up with this topic And e decided on the topic, we also pondered over what criteria we should take when judging your dishes Now, let ive you a quick su the dishes First, you should e to us And at the saether Youabout, but this kind of reinterpreting the existing dish depends on how you reinterpret”
At that inal script while pretending to ies behind his back were surprised, he felt Norris was sincere Checking the other judges’ surprised expressions, he smiled cheerfully then continued, “Of course, your dishes have to be delicious and creative enough to surprise us It goes without saying that the beauty of plating will be part of the overall score Then, from now on, please discuss with your pair how tohow perfectly you can best express your creativity in your dishes”
Min-joon looked at Kaya Reinterpretation? It was a topic he had never thought of What kind of dish could he reinterpret? At that moment, he suddenly hit upon an idea